Micheál Martin, Simon Harris und Jim O’Callaghan schafften es nicht, die Stimmung in der Nation zu messen

Absolutely, and they’re going to pay for it in the next election. Final nail in the coffin for this shower.

At least Leo had the decency to spit on the thermometer first.

I’d have a lot more support for them if they’d gone in and cleared out this rabble last Thursday when they should have done.

Did anyone expect them to handle this well or in a timely manner?

Have they ever been proactive or on top of a crisis since coming into power together?

Perhaps not the way you think though. I know a fair few people who are pissed off they let it get this far before the fuckwits blocking the fuel depot got pepper sprayed.

They failed to five years ago more, they’ll fail again

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Disagree. This has turned into a right-wing challenge to the authority of the state, and the main failing of the government was allowing a small group to feel empowered by standing back and letting them disrupt the country. Now they have a real problem as we are seeing how weak and ineffectual the state is, and we lack a large enough defence force to protect internal security.

Any of the left-wing parties who are even half-thinking of supporting this are empowering the very thing that hates them.

So many pro-MeHole shills in here

I mean did anyone expect differently?

The same as the issue with people flying in from outside the EU, destroying their passports on the plane and claiming asylum when they landed. It was such a small percentage, but their failure to take action and downplaying it directly fueled far right anti immigrant protests.

People complaining about the scrotes in Dublin and anti social behavior ignored until a yank tourist got attacked and then the justice minister doing a walk with a Garda escort to convince everyone how safe Dublin is. (Objectively yes it is safe).

What about the issue of affordability and housing, wasn’t really a fucking problem until tech companies struggled to attract talent because of the cost of living and namely rent making Dublin less attractive to come and work.

Sometimes I think in this country we are secretly into like BDSM or some humiliation kink to suffer these people since ‘09. Almost 20 years now.

I swear there has to be a better alternative than FFG which is more of the same or some alt right far right offering.

The labor and greens constantly selling out anytime they get a sniff of power in a coalition.

Edit to add:

Covid, the lockdowns, told you couldn’t go more than what was it 5km from the house. Yet planes flying in from America and Brazil non stop two of the worst affected countries.

MM down in Glengariff at his daughters wedding today too.

I disagree, I think a lot of people will seriously be questioning whether there is any credible alternative to FFG now. SF supported this nonsense- what would life be like under  SF government. I took a wander down to O’Connell Street earlier to take a look at the trucks. I felt like shouting „Up the Gardaí“ at them. I’ve never felt that way before in my life. I should say that I find Micheal Martin very unlikeable on a personal level and I’ve never voted FF before in my life.

The main complaint against the government seems to be that they didn’t get physical sooner but this was a very volatile situation. They had to seriously assess the risk of escalation first.

They had so many options available to them.

1. When they saw things were bubbling implement a temp halt on €0.40-0.50 of tax and setup an auto kick in x number of days after the barrel of oil hits x. Then trickle it back in over 2-3 months.
2. Implement a tax break for everyone who submits receipts online at the end of the year and the refund is paid back to the card submitted.
3. Make a public announcement saying that protest is welcomed when done correctly and that no infrastructure should be blocked and will be cleared if needed. Send the Garda out to the blockades and jot down all the license plates and vin numbers for the vehicles, give them one hour to clear out or regardless of when they are removed they will be coming to their farm/business to impound the vehicles and serve them with a summons to appear in court. Some would stay but I think most would say fuck it and leave. Then you bring in machinery and remove the rest regardless of damage to their vehicles after a final warning. Arrest those that remain blocking infrastructure.
4. Just come in and forcefully remove them. Impound their vehicles and let the rest of the blockades know they have until this one is cleared to be gone or they are next. Inform the public that protesting and marching is 100% fine but blocking infrastructure and stopping civilians from accessing Healthcare or fuel for national security will not be tolerated.
5. Launch a proper campaign in the media about this, who the leaders are, and why this isn’t about the ordinary person but about rich farmers wanting a bigger cut in taxes than the average person. Smear the leader for all his honestly frightening posts about raping people, failure to pay taxes, his animal cruelty, and condoning state sanctioned murder of Protestors. daily make him justify these actions. And frankly shame anyone who follows this conman.

Any combination of these things or something else. These are just a couple I thought of on the spot. Their incompetence is on full display.

I can’t believe Tommy Robinson started this entire debacle