HeyJaredGerard Howlin
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Gerard Howlin: Trump may have been Britain-baiting but his statement on unity still mattered (opens the original)
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US president Donald Trump may have been Britain-baiting with his remarks about how he âwould love to seeâ a united Ireland, but that doesnât make it any less consequential. Taoiseach Micheál Martin is right that some of the reaction was an overreaction. Trump has an interest in goading Britain, which didnât support him in Iran. Andy Burnhamâs government is already a target in a Maga culture war. But in politics, statements are facts. The US president could later have walked it back, b
Opinion: Early access to all drugs for rare diseases is pie in sky unless we tax to fund it (opens the original)
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If sucking diesel were a cure for Friedreichâs ataxia then Leinster House would be Lourdes. The Dáil meets in special session on Friday to roll over subsidies on fossil fuels that have already cost an additional â¬1 billion this year. The political story this week, though, has been the row over Skyclarys, a new drug for Friedreichâs ataxia patients. In an act of previously unknown co-ordination the Fianna Fáil backbenches demanded the drug be provided by the taxpayer at any price. It was
Gerard Howlin: Scaling back remote working should be on the agenda as payback for public sector pay rises (opens the original)
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Trade unions want more money in a new public sector pay deal, which is fair enough. But the Government has no plan for what it wants in return except to minimise costs. The money involved is important. A 1 per cent pay increase for more than 420,000 public workers costs about â¬430 million. Over a few years, multiplied by the increase agreed, that is billions baked into public spending as a recurring cost forever. But at least as important as the cost is the value. Working from home was an unpl
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