New blog post
The government is gaslighting us over immigration
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Cormac Lucey
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Chartered accountant. Economics columnist Sunday Times (Ireland). We need effective incentives, not incessant preaching. Not a fan of anonymous posters.
- Congratulations to @declanganley on what seems to have been a very successful campaign urging people to spoil their votes.
- Our duties to our own people come first. My views on immigration as articulated on @RTEUpfront youtu.be/mL-TVaxjgwE?si… via @YouTube
- Am I missing something? Why is Richard Collins, @rte CFO from whom the existence of the barter accounts was concealed, being dropped from the organisation’s leadership team while @kevinbakhurst, who knew of the accounts’ existence irishexaminer.com/news/politics/… gets to lead that team?
- I just voted in the referendums. The next time I vote, the local elections, I will be voting for myself as I will be an independent candidate in the Blackrock ward seeking election to Dun Laoghaire Council. More about this later ….
- The implications of Ireland’s population growth - interview with Shane Coleman this morning 18.08.2025
- Replying to @Alan__ShatterHarris comes across as low IQ/high energy: a dangerous combination.
- 11 / Finally, Ireland should check in with its Jewish community to make sure that they’re ok and that their needs are addressed.
- Michael McDowell: Whatever about his tariffs, Trump’s ‘helpful advice’ to the EU is on the money irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/0… Fundamental criticism of EU's conduct of asylum policy.
- Replying to @Aidan_ReganStick to what you know Aidan and ease off the ad hominem comments. The most successful person to mobilise grassroots Ireland in the state’s history was a multi-millionaire conservative Catholic in Blackrock.
- New blog post Is Ireland producing too many graduates of dubious value? tinyurl.com/mrt9s5sj
- New blog post Unfettered immigration won’t solve Ireland’s economic woes tinyurl.com/4x53ea82
- Replying to @JohnOBrennan2For a professor, you are entertainingly intemperate. When we vote, we choose from imperfect candidates. Like @Glenna_lynch I too will vote @Niall_Boylan #1. Have we got rid of the influence in our politics of one set of Maynooth-based worthies only to replace it with another?


