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CABINET OFFICE MINISTER Michael Gove has congratulated “taoiseach-elect Micheál Martin” during a debate in the UK’s House of Commons.
Martin, who could be nominated as taoiseach within the next fortnight, is set to lead the country more than nine years after becoming Fianna Fáil leader.
Parliamentary party members from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens yesterday endorsed a joint programme for government with the membership of each party now set to decide whether to ratify that deal.
If that happens Martin would be expected to elected as taoiseach as soon as Saturday June 27 or Monday June 29.
Despite a degree of uncertainty over this plan, Gove perhaps jumped the gun to take the opportunity to congratulate Martin on behalf of the British government.
Speaking in response to a question from the SDLP’s Belfast South MP Claire Hanna about Covid-19 contact tracing on the island of Ireland, Gove said:
It is important on the island of Ireland that we continue to share information. We’ve had a very good working relationship with the government. I’d like also to congratulate Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party for agreeing a programme for government and I wish the new taoiseach-elect Micheál Martin all the very best in the shared work that we engage in in dealing with Covid-19.
During her question, Hanna said there was a “growing unease across the island of Ireland” about the prospect of a no-deal trade exit at the end of this year.
Last week the UK government announced it would not seek an extension to the post-Brexit transition period beyond 31 December.
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For those wondering why it’s receving this much attention, basically it’s a hardware hackers dream come true. If it is a true development model then a jailbreak for the newest iPhone would be a breeze for them.
110% guarantee? Well that is enough for me.
I lost my job as a maths lecturer a few years back. Never understood why. I always gave 110%
You’d be unwise to think that this isn’t worth the money. If a good developer can get a hold of it and alter the software they could make a lot more then 48k out of it.
They’d make there money back in months if used right,and can continue making money rapidly for at very least 18-26 months and who knows, it can continue making the buyer money for long time as it’s the latest phone they have that the diagnostics on, which is why price is so high,,
YOU HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO MAKE MONEY
Best of luck to the buyer.
Probably just apple bidding to get it back and Samsung bidding against them to get hold of it.
48k … Get a life
Looks like kimberlyk1018 may end up facedown lying in some american wasteland if this sale goes ahead….
Provably someone from Apple buying it back
Can anyone else see the hidden box of Cherios in the images?
Madness to pay that to the ordinary joe soap.
But to a developer or hacker it’s priceless.
There’s no such thing as 110% :) Seriously though, why would anybody want this with no guarantee that it will make calls or that the camera will work? I wouldn’t give her a chip butty for that ….
The context was wrong, but no more wrong than your assertion that there is no such such thing as 110%. What is 11/10 expressed as a percentage?
^This.
And not sure if you’re serious regarding the camera and calls. If so…lol
You might have been sick the day we did 110% in school.
You wouldn’t see any other phone prototype fetch this price. It’s a tech geeks wet dream.
There’s already been over 100 bids!! Why??!
Some eejit will probably pay it tho !
Now €100k
Would be cool to have but definitely not at that price, If it’s authenticated as been real collectors will go nuts for it
have your say