Day 3 of the campaign, which by some quirk has also always been happening. Brexit Merit Badges Today presented more evidence that, contrary to all that is sane and rational, Fine Gael are genuinely invested in talking about Brexit to win votes. A voter may say to themselves “Why should
Campaign Gist is in an unusually somber mood today. A homeless man was critically injured while industrial machinary was used to remove his tent while he was in it. A photograph of the Minister for Housing's poster hanging above the scene of the incident went viral. The Taoiseach
It’s the Gist! In an election! So it’s the Campaign Gist! Shorter and more ruthlessly selective than ever. Posters Fizzogs on lampposts mean only one thing- post-revolutionary terror and hangings from the street furniture. Unless it’s an election, in which case we are treated to lovely photos
Euro-Drama A day and a night and then another day without sleep. Only hotel banquet food and take-out for sustenance. The leaders of the 27 member states of the EU unhappily discovered themselves in a sort of Irish Hotel Wedding Experience as the price for trying to decide who would
Back now , for the moment. On we go. G20: Occidental Winners After discovering that putting tariffs on Chinese goods led to China putting tarrifs on US goods, the US president demonstrated his mastery of dealmaking by reversing himself, and declaring himself the winner of the whole thing at the G20
Reportedly Here at The Gist, we like to squeeze things down for you. So, imagine how helpful it is to find that a whole set of unrelated but proximate stories suddenly crammed themselves together. On the day that saw a new set of reporting restrictions to limit reporting/tweeting of
UK just can't Spain complained. If the withdrawal deal applied to Gibraltar, then they would veto it. It took the UK four days to respond- "Grand, whatever, no applying the deal to Gibraltar. We just can't any more." No point fighting to the ends
Trenchant criticism of defaced installation Somebody didn't like the 18 foot sculpture of a WW1 soldier installed at the enterance of St Stephen's Green. They sprayed red paint over its bottom half. Though this isn't the most constructive form of social criticism, it is
Scouting in the past Unsurprisingly, like lots of Irish organisations put in locus parentis over children, it turns out that volunteering with Scouting Ireland was used as a chance by a bunch of child abusers to attack children. According to the fella hired to do a review, this abuse was
Sometimes, there is nothing interesting happening nearby in news. Trump is still awful, Brexit is still occurring, FG like rugby. So, today we have a special round up of news from Asia. #MeToo in Bollywood Bollywood star Preity Zinta was asked about the #MeToo movement (an interesting phrase used to
Landlord law lacuna The head of the Residential Tenancies Board had a clear message to deliver. There were landlords out there just blatently raising rent above the maximum 4% a year in "Rent Pressure Zones" (aka, where the people are). And, by golly, there is absolutely nothing the
Reality Bites OK, so this is the Gist. Let's do the Brexit bit. So, basically, Ms. May's Wednesday claim the Cabinet backed her was missing the *until they start to quit. Mr. Raab, the man who had negotiated the Brexit deal quit, reputedly in horror at