Senator Mark Daly
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Senator Mark Daly
@SenatorMarkDaly
Senator in Senate of Ireland - 26th Chair of the Senate of Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช American Irish State Legislators Caucus ๐บ๐ธ @AmericanIrishSL
- โโฆ.. the illegal invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation is an Act of Genocideโ Senate of Ireland passed a resolution on Genocide by Russia in Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa @r_stefanchuk @Denys_Shmyhal @mezentseva_dep
- A United Ireland took a big step forward tonight. #Brexit #GeneralElection2019 #GeneralElection #ExitPolls
- โข91% of Irish ๐ฎ๐ชexports went to UK ๐ฌ๐งin 1953. Now itโs 11% โขIrish ๐ฎ๐ชfirms in UK ๐ฌ๐งemploy more people than ๐ฌ๐งfirms in Ireland๐ฎ๐ช โขIreland ๐ฎ๐ชis UKโs๐ฌ๐ง 5th largest export market, larger than China โขIrish ๐ฎ๐ชare 25% richer than ๐ฌ๐ง โขSince 1995, ๐ฎ๐ชis growing 5 times faster than ๐ฌ๐ง
- Irelandโs Parliament, Leinster House lit up tonight in the Ukrainian ๐บ๐ฆ colours. The people of Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช stand in solidarity with the people of the #Ukraine
- Compare these numbers: Debt to GDP (2018): ๐ฌ๐ง 86.8% ๐ฎ๐ช 64.8% Deficit (2018) ๐ฌ๐ง 2.1% ๐ฎ๐ช 0.0% Growth (2018) ๐ฌ๐ง 1.4% ๐ฎ๐ช 6.7% GDP per capita PP (2018: Int $, IMF) ๐ฌ๐ง 45,705 ๐ฎ๐ช 78,785 Trade surplus (2018) ๐ฌ๐ง -ยฃ31bn ๐ฎ๐ช +โฌ50bn Poverty rate (2018: Eurostat) ๐ฌ๐ง 23.2 ๐ฎ๐ช 16.6 #Brexit
- President Zelenskyy is a true leader for his people & the world, honoured to meet him & again affirm Irelandโs support for the Ukrainian people ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช @ZelenskyyUa asked that we not only support their EU membership application, we also advocate for it, I pledged to do so
- Majority of people in the Republic want Irish unity referendum within five years In the age range 18-24, a total of 70% of people wished to see the referendum take place,
- Uniting Ireland has gone global, 7 weeks ago in Belfast I met 2 journalists from The Economist magazine, one of the most influential in the world.
- The United Nations ๐บ๐ณ has ranked Ireland ๐ฎ๐ช 2nd in the world in their @UN Human Development Index of Health, Education & Income. 1๐ณ๐ด Norway 2๐ฎ๐ช Ireland 2๐จ๐ญ Switzerland 4๐ญ๐ฐ Hong Kong 4๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland 6๐ฉ๐ช Germany 7๐ธ๐ช Sweden 8๐ฆ๐บ Australia 8๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands 10๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark
- Some of today's #Seanad Commencement Matters: 1) The detention of pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong๐ญ๐ฐ @barrymward & @malcolmbyrne 2) The restriction of Air Bnb's during level 5 โ๏ธ @voteTimLombard 3) The Leaving Cert 2021 โ๏ธ๐ @votemaryfitz
- Irish Independent Today carrying my opinion piece: Based on research done by myself & a senior economist for the IMF during German reunification. The analysis shows that Northern Ireland is near a balanced budget in a unification situation.
- Discussing cost of United Ireland on The Business RTE Radio 1. I spoke to them about report I & Senior Economist on Germany desk at IMF during German Reunification published on true running cost of North in reunification scenario. Not ยฃ10billion itโs ยฃ700 million #think32
- Not my usual morning cup of coffee โ๏ธ on the way from Kerry Airport with Congressman Richie Neal and the members of the US House of Representatives ๐ฎ๐ช๐บ๐ธ
