Pat's Sunday Paper Review July 5th
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
The Pat Kenny Show. With timber living log cabins. Saturday and Sunday from 10am on Newstalk. Conversation that counts. Well now joining me in studio is Brenda Power, columnist with the Sunday Independent and the Irish Daily Mail. Brenda, good morning. Good morning. Now, you've been looking through the newspapers. I'll bring the headlines to our listeners, first of all. On the front of the Sunday Independent, tax paid on just 2% of vacant homes is their lead story. They also have an Ireland Thinks poll inside, but the headline from that is, Fine Gael, now the largest party.
What are the headlines from the Sunday newspapers?
The Sunday Times, ministers at war over cuts in next budget. There's a nice picture of... of Jemison Gibson Park with Tyke Furlong over the win yesterday in Sydney. And Lara McKee dreamt she was shot, says sister. The Irish Mail on Sunday, dealers target pensioners to enforce family drug deaths and Tay-Tay's $50 million wedding. And the Business Post, AIB chief warns investors losing faith in Ireland's energy boom. We are so tardy about giving permission for windmill construction, be it offshore or onshore, that investors are losing heart. Now, Brenda, you've been looking at the papers in more detail. What have you found?
That's right. Well, I mean, the first thing I suppose that jumps out is that poll and the suggestion that Fine Gael is now the most popular party in the country at 20%. Sinn Féin slipping into second place at 19%, Fine Fáil 17%, and the Social Democrats at 12%, Independence 11%. I guess the lesson from that, Pat, is that the less visible you are, the more popular your party is going to be. We've seen little of Simon. Very little of Simon. In fact, the only time I saw Simon come out in the last while was yesterday to wish Taylor Swift well. every congratulation on her wedding. So it seems to be, and I think that possibly explains perhaps the popularity of Holly Cairns, who is the most popular party leader at 40%, because she
I guess she disappeared for quite a while on maternity leave, during which time her popularity soared. I believe she's about to leave shortly again. So I guess we can see her skyrocket in popularity. Really, it seems the more people see of you, the less they like you in politics.
It's hard to make sense of some of the questions and others are very obvious. I mean, do you support or oppose the three euro so-called TIMU tax on non-EU online purchases? 55% say no, we don't want to pay more. Surprise, surprise.
Surprise, surprise. Who's ever said, yeah, I love tax? More of it, please. Border poll, 53% in favour of a united Ireland. Decriminalisation of drugs, surprise, surprise. People are opposed to that, 57%. That was the recommendation of the Royal Justice Committee or the Iraq Justice Committee. Something like, is it 50% of, see the figure, who believes that a large percentage believe that there's been an increase in crime linked to immigration. 55%.
On Joe Duffy's remarks about a Gardaí on a hunch could seize a phone from someone they saw on the street. And do you agree with Joe? 72% say no.
I thought those remarks were taken slightly out of context. I was at that dinner to commemorate the commemoration for Veronica Guerin last weekend. The point he was really making was that we shouldn't prioritise the privacy of the suspected perpetrator over the security of the public. I mean, Garda can already do a lot on a hunch. Do you remember Inspector Columbo operated entirely on a hunch? An awful lot of investigations actually begin on a hunch. So I think perhaps it's called reasonable suspicion or probable cause in the United States. So I think maybe that issue is something that people maybe don't know as much about in terms of the restrictions that there actually are on Gardaí being able to access metadata in particular.
There's a picture of Michal Martin and Ursula von der Leyen across the top of the Irish Things poll. And on the European Union, would you be in favour of or opposed to Ukraine joining the EU? They are massively in favour.
62%. 62%.
Yes. And the other one, do you feel that Ireland's holding of the presidency for the next six months will personally impact you in any way?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–0:36
2
What are the headlines from the Sunday newspapers?
0:36–5:26
3
How does the Fine Gael party's popularity compare to others?
5:26–11:08
4
What are the public opinions on the proposed tax on online purchases?
11:08–12:23
5
What are the implications of the border poll for a united Ireland?
12:23–15:50