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The Daily PollPRESIDENTIAL hopeful David Norris has admitted that the controversy arising over a letter he wrote seeking clemency for his friend and former partner from the Israeli courts could seriously damage his bid to secure nomination to run for the Áras.
In the 1997 letter written on official Seanad paper, Norris asked the Israeli High Court to consider a non-custodial sentence for Ezra Yizhak, who had been convicted of having sex with an underage teenage boy. He wrote of his concern for his friend and of his worries over “anomalies” he says he witnessed in the court case.
Several of Norris’ senior campaign staff have resigned over the past few days, with some citing new information coming to light as the reason for their resignation.
The senator has insisted he will continue to push for the support he needs to win a nomination to run for the presidency. He has secured the support of 15 of the 20 Oireachtas members he needs. However, he says that his chances for a nomination now appear “slim”.
Earlier this year, Norris was criticised for comments he made in a 2002 interview with Magill, but subsequent opinion polls showed the controversy had little effect on his overall popularity.
Do you think the letter he wrote from the Seanad in 1997 will affect his bid to run in this year’s election?
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Has to include oil & gas or else they’re peeing against the wind. Make it meaningful & hit him where it hurts
Half a billion euro to arm Ukraine but 35 billion to Putin??? Yeah, that’ll sort it….
We need to provide Ukraine with the means to not only defend itself but push the invader completely out of its territory. That includes tanks, advanced anti-air missiles, training for Ukrainian pilots for western jet fighters and supply of F-16′s to let them reclaim their skies.
This war will be a litmus test for how far Putin can test the rest of Europe and we need to make sure Ukraine has the ability to make the war politically, tactially and economically unviable for Putin.
@Seán Ó Briain: do u hear yourself talking f n Sxite ..yeah yeah let’s give them more guns more bombs more planes …you sound like that fn guy riding the atomic bomb down to ground zero .they would have been better off putting down there guns and doing nothing did never hear of Gandi and his teachings
@Michael Nolan: So once the Russians have already invaded your answer is to bend over?
I can just imagine you welcoming your new overlords while snitching on your neighbours.
@Seán Ó Briain: takes several years to train to fly an F-16. It’s more complicated than a bike.
@Will: well let’s see eh I’d rather be alive
Have a look at this
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLXUTKwA/
@Sean Whelan: 100% right.
I think it’s time for a general boycott on German goods, until they stop dragging their feet. Germany has a big responsibility for allowing this to happen.
- They blocked countries from supplying Ukraine with weapons
- They blocked the SWIFT ban (And watered it down)
- They blocked tougher sanctions
- They continue to block sanctions on energy imports.
Germany is Russia’s most powerful political ally in the EU.
Is this a discussion on the sixth round of sanctions on Russia or Europe?
It looks like it is not doing much to stop war on Ukraine and inflicting a lot of financial pain for all the EU countries…
Russian Oil Continues To Flow To India And China
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Russian-Oil-Continues-To-Flow-To-India-And-China.html
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