Craig Hughes
@thenewshughes.bsky.social
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🗞️Political Editor: Irish Daily Mail 🎪Festival organiser:
@nightdayfest.bsky.social
Your favourite political diary ‘The Bridge of Sighs’ is online at
@dailymail.co.uk
don’t miss the weekly tales from within Leinster House each week.
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LEINSTER HOUSE HUSH: Paschal and Monk; Soc Dems and Séamus Culleton
What's been going on in the corridors of power in the Dáil? Mail's very well briefed writers on The Monk, bluetongue, Séamus Culleton crisis and much more
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15591871/BEHIND-SCENES-LEINSTER-HOUSE-Paschal-caught-Monk-crossfire-outbreak-red-face-bluetongue-debate-Soc-Dems-shaky-defence-S-amus-Culleton.html
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OFFICALS in the DPER recommended annual growth of 5.7% for the Government's spending plan up to 2030. Gov opted to go with an average of 6% and frontload this in 2026 and 2027. Compared to a smooth 5.7% growth rate this amounts to an extra €12bn! 💰💰
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Fiscal watchdog says Government ‘budgeting like there’s no tomorrow’
The Government’s ‘sustainable’ spending plan includes an additional €12billion beyond the limit recommended by public expenditure officials.
https://extra.ie/2026/02/24/news/politics/government-budgets-beyond-limits
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No sympathy for this devil: My night at the shameless self-serving play ‘The Monk’ for
@dailymail.co.uk
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Why no one with an ounce of humanity should go see play about The Monk
Rex Ryan's contention that his play 'challenges' Hutch and does not glorify him is pathetic
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15567511/No-sympathy-devil-audience-shameless-new-play-Gerry-Monk-Hutch.html
15 days ago
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Return of The Monk: Gerry Hutch tells me he will contest the Dublin Central by-election in May.
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#TheMonk
#IrishPolitics
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Deputy heads will roll…
www.bbc.com/news/live/c7...
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Morgan McSweeney quits as PM's chief of staff following Mandelson scandal
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c74wd01egvyt?post=asset%3A7b7c23f6-241a-4e0a-b1bd-3fb14756e944#post
24 days ago
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We’ve added more great acts today 🌚🌞
add a skeleton here at some point
29 days ago
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My column in today’s Irish Daily Mail about the scandal of physiologists without HSE mandated qualifications being employed in Irish hospitals.
about 1 month ago
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The body tasked with ensuring diagnostic staff have recognised qualifications have paused their relationship with the
@hselive.bsky.social
The HSE can’t say who will do the checks now 🤷
about 1 month ago
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🚨 Hospitals are hiring medics who are not qualified to work here, Mail investigation reveals.
extra.ie/2026/01/28/n...
about 1 month ago
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In June I revealed the sweetheart deals for current and former civil servants living in the Phoenix Park under 24/7 security prompting the PAC to write to the OPW…
extra.ie/2025/06/22/n...
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Exclusive: Ex-Civil Servants get sweetheart 'rent deal' for Phoenix Park homes
Retired and current civil servants are living effectively rent-free under a sweetheart deal in secret ‘ghost houses’ in the Phoenix Park, Extra.ie has learned.
https://extra.ie/2025/06/22/news/irish-news/rent-opw-deal
about 2 months ago
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Officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs advised against claiming that providing enhanced funding to the World Bank would lead to an ‘enhanced national reputation’ for Ireland.
extra.ie/2026/01/13/n...
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Department: 'Giving an extra €10m to World Bank wouldn’t help reputation'
The Department of Foreign Affairs advised against claiming that giving extra funding to the World Bank would lead to an ‘enhanced national reputation’.
https://extra.ie/2026/01/13/news/irish-news/world-bank-irelands-reputation
about 2 months ago
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🚨 Home building targets are set to be missed for every year of the lifetime of the Government with a warning delivery could “drop below current levels” in the coming years, internal documents reveal in today’s Irish Daily Mail.
6 months ago
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Looking forward to the IMRO awards at the end of the month 🌑🌞
12 months ago
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This letter which I reported on a few weeks ago will dog the current government for a while longer as they struggle to shake off the accusation they didn’t mislead the electorate.
about 1 year ago
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We added some more great acts to the
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lineup yesterday 🌑☀️
about 1 year ago
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The Regional Independents have agreed to facilitate not being afforded speaking rights for TODAY to allow the Taoiseach to be nominated, but it is unclear if this will appease the Opposition.
about 1 year ago
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No resolution, party whips meeting AGAIN… we could face the prospect of TDs being thrown out of the chamber if they refuse to allow business to proceed. My god.
about 1 year ago
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A now deleted tweet…
about 1 year ago
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A huddle among the Opposition Business Committee members and party leaders has formed inside the chamber, as they plot their next move. Will they go tika taka, or just launch it up to Big Duncan Smith? If the Ceann Comhraile ever comes back into the chamber (20 mins overdue) we might find out.
about 1 year ago
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Quite the chaotic scenes in the Dail chamber this morning, with the House twice being suspended (yet to resume) as the row over speaking rights delays, for how long we don’t know, the election of Micheal Martin as Taoiseach. 🍿
about 1 year ago
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Cost of new ministries set to cost €1m during the lifetime of the new Government 💰💸💶
about 1 year ago
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Incoming junior ministers will receive thousands of euro in new accommodation expenses, the Irish Daily Mail can reveal.
extra.ie/2025/01/16/n...
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
Craig Hughes
Ken Foxe
about 1 year ago
What is it that makes Ireland such an attractive location for foreign businesses? According to this client survey obtained by
@righttoknow.bsky.social
, and which the IDA withheld from release for almost a year and a half, it's still the corporate tax environment:
www.thestory.ie/2024/12/31/c...
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Senior civil servants advised AGAINST introducing another round of universal energy credits.
about 1 year ago
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The housing crisis will get worse for the next four years… at least!
extra.ie/2024/12/30/n...
about 1 year ago
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Newly elected Ceann Comhraile Verona Murphy agreed a €50,000 gagging order preventing an alleged bully complaint against her by an older female member of staff being made public.
about 1 year ago
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Verona Murphy has been elected as the Ceann Comhraile, becoming the first woman to occupy the role. The new (almost anointed) gov survives its first scare.
about 1 year ago
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In comments that are likely to further to inflame our country’s diplomatic spat with Israel outgoing Ceann Comhraile Sean O’Fearghail likened Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Putin and “other dictators”.
about 1 year ago
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In his speech urging TDs to elect him as Ceann Comhraile John McGuinness has a swipe at input from TDs in Government stating that sometimes “the government” equates to simply the leaders of the coalition parties.
about 1 year ago
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Coming in hot with
@antonsavage.bsky.social
about 1 year ago
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I’ll be on
@rteradio.bsky.social
for The Gathering with Claire Byrne at 11:30 to discuss the week’s events 📻
about 1 year ago
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My response to having my journalistic integrity called into question by Gary Gannon over my pursuit of the Eoin Hayes story.
extra.ie/2024/12/12/n...
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'Dear Gary, this is senior hurlin', so don't play the man' - an open letter to Social Democrats after a week to forget
It was the morning after the night before for the Social Democrats, who had just suspended their newly elected TD Eoin Hayes on foot of reporting by the Irish
https://extra.ie/2024/12/12/news/dear-gary-gannon
about 1 year ago
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I’ll be on
@drivetime.bsky.social
at 4:30 talking about Eoin Hayes and the attack on my journalistic integrity…
about 1 year ago
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Last week I was being told that this wasn’t a story… today Eoin Hayes was suspended from the Soc Dems with slim chance of being let back in.
about 1 year ago
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Eoin Hayes suspended from the Soc Dems with immediate effect.
about 1 year ago
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There we have it… Eoin Hayes received €199,000 pre-tax when he divested his shares in Palantir in JULY of this year. This is despite telling journalists earlier he did so before entering politics. Soc Dems now reviewing the issue.
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For 20 minutes newly elected Soc Dems TD Eoin Hayes refused to answer: 1) When he divested his shares in Palantir (Cian O’Callaghan said last week it was “this year”) 2) How much he received from the shares 3) If he will be donating any of it to Palestinian causes.
about 1 year ago
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I wonder how the Social Democrats will be able to continue to say they stand with the people of Gaza?
#GE24
about 1 year ago
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Tomorrow’s Irish Daily Mail
#speirgorm
about 1 year ago
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Fianna Fáil leader Micheal Martin says his party’s status as the largest in the Dail “will have to be reflected” in the next Government.
about 1 year ago
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Rotating Taoiseach WILL remain between Martin and Harris
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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Back on the wireless with
@antonsavage.bsky.social
who has shamed me out of wearing a tie today
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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Preach, brother.
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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Coming up on RTÉ shortly
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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Awaiting Mary Lou
over 1 year ago
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I don’t recall some many gardai being at the count in 2020…
#GE24
add a skeleton here at some point
over 1 year ago
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Tally men here in the RDS believe the final seat in Dublin Central will go to Gerry “The Monk” Hutch
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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On air at 10:30 discussing
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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Just two boxes but Dublin Central shaping up to be very interesting
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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Some interesting early boxes from the north inner city where Gerard “The Monk” Hutch is picking up votes.
#GE24
over 1 year ago
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