Another suspected arson attack this past week, on a property linked to the housing of immigrants in Ireland, follows the significant ramping up of similar attacks last year.
Your report on the Government’s Deposit Return Scheme tells us a most pertinent detail – the State, by way of a private entity, will stick its hands in our pockets and take €1m a day – that is €365m a year – for a scheme many see as flawed and unnecessary (‘Deposit Return Scheme to collect €1m a day in returnable fees on bottles and cans from today’, Irish Independent, February 2.)
There’s a radio advert running at present, sponsored by a well-known supermarket chain, basically saying that ladies’ Gaelic football ought to be played to full stadiums. The voiceover says that this is down to “inequality”.
One of the saddest outcomes of the lack of housing is the negative impact on the mental health of the thousands of people in dire need of somewhere to live.
The calving season has begun. The cows are milking again, and the farmers’ respite is over. Sex is done with around this time of the year, for the most part.