I placed the following motion on the Seanad Order Paper: “That Seanad Éireann calls on the Government to take urgent measures to open the West Link Toll Bridge on Dublin’s M50 motorway” This is due for debate shortly.
Monthly Archive
for: ‘December, 2004’
Open the Gates: The West Link Toll is Absurd!
It’s clear that tolls on the M50 are clogging the entire ring-road and defeating its purpose as a fast alternative to driving through Dublin city. Radical action is required. It is disgusting that the toll charge on the M50 is being raised from €1.50 to €1.80. It is important that we realise that West Link …
Political Interference is Causing the Problems at Aer Lingus
I sometimes wonder whether Aer Lingus is in crisis. For a company that is earning more than €100 million per year and with prospective earnings of similar amounts next year, it is difficult to paint it as being in a critical situation. Financially, it is not in a critical situation. The crisis is of a …
Budget 2005: A Calculated Repositioning of the Goverenment
Only an idiot or someone who has a political axe to grind could oppose this budget. It is obviously a deliberate, calculated and perhaps humane effort to reposition the Government by giving away money. Luckily for Fianna Fáil, the Government is in a position to do so. The only quibble with the budget is where …