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Take the headlines of the Irish Independent this morning with yet again, another ‘pinch of salt’. For the last month at least, the usual parties have been busy doing a lot of ‘kite flyjng’ possible policy leaks, care of two print outlets and at least one online news reporting setup that likes to conveniently close its comment section when stating FF and FG propaganda.
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They are unofficially part distraction tactics to keep our eyes off
* their failures regarding the rent zone changes farce,
* their failures regarding the rent zone changes farce,
* failing to meet own house build numbers, failing to tackle price increases on most goods and services,
* failure to establish a proper national delivery of dental services, failure to see insurance rates are decreased,
* failure to tackle decade long hospital waiting lists of mental and physical issues,
* failure to tackle decade long hospital waiting lists of mental and physical issues,
* failure to tackle street violence, staff abuse and shoplifting crime,
* failure to address unofficial cartels or monopolies such as waste services or school uniform rackets,
* failure to address crazy electricity, phone and gas prices in particular,
* failure to tackle child and elderly poverty that are continuing too quiet issues,
* failure to reverse their continued acts of cronyism,
* failure to hold to proper account white-collar corrupt including judges,
* failure to stop a quiet growing leak of essential medical qualified staff to forigne states,
* failure to stop supermarket conglomerates with their ‘Rip-off Ireland’ antics as they see Ireland as a ‘golden basket of Europe’ to mega profit from,
* failure to legislate against Shrinkflation that continues, failure to protect Ireland’s neutral international status,
* failure to address continuing “Irish Water” company incompetence (including a still 40+% leak rate),
* failure to address RTE scandals that still quiet continue, failure to stop the loss of fishing rights to other countries,
* failure to stop the increase builds of power taking data centres,
* failure to legislate and stop price bumping increase antics from the likes of Ticketmaster – with its additional ‘resell’ issues too,
* failure to address patient hospital corridor crammed issues,
* failure to address our also more news buried, power station straining crises,
* failure to stop Dail and Seanad ‘Conflict of Interest” regular possible corruption matters,
* failure to stop USA military flights involving expulsions, renditions and weapon transfer to the likes of Israel,
* failure to tackle highest EU rates of VAT and other forms of tax including the still illegal VRT (that you are quiet paying the EU imposed fines for)
…and a lot more national issues we could all further list…
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…You would, if you just listen to the likes of the usual government spinning media, be (deliberate) made (or deliberated left) to think that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have a handle on matters and they are running the country with a high degree of near success. The weather is half decent at the moment, so everything is grand! Today’s Irish Independent headlines – not for the first time this week alone – consists of even more two party ‘kite flying’ as they seek to population distract and minimise airing of governing failures through a fair bit of media that they still quiet maintain a good deal of influence and even control over. Who as a journalist fancies a chance at another created advisor position! They just have to ease off criticism of them or lessen highlighting issues, to stand a better future chance?
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Stay distracted and don’t forget to keep supporting the usual lot. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael loves you – till give minutes after you next vote, then it’s back to their normal disregard and instant dismissal.
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P.S. The Presidential election is due in October. Heaven forbid there was some form of protest vote regarding one or two possible, running of the country failures! Your Dail goverment elected are soon off on their still high paid and perked, long summer holidays. Thank God there’s little to resolve in the meanwhile!
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