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The title of the attached article sums most of the topic up. Other papers report the same news. What they all allude to also, is that individuals in the Fine Gael party realise that if the Green Party’s war on turf is to continue, it will be at the expense of rural Fine Gael elected representatives loosing TD seats at the next elections! Officially, they say the pause is about “lack of detail“.
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Even worse, with local elections before that, the wrath of rural voters could be dished out in an earlier show of political disgust. Fine Gael can’t be having that – so a “Pause” is now being talked about. In other words ‘We’ll do these things once we get the votes in first”.
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It’s summed up as “Old Politics“. Still alive and kicking.
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The Green Party meanwhile, says the ban is needed as turf is bad for the health of the nation. There is merit in their point here – however, they deliberately gloss over some obvious other related points they don’t care to address – such as;
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1. They want to ban turf sales within Ireland and ban even it being given to others for free – but it will of course, continue to be imported (more transport fuel burning, upping a carbon count) from foreign states by the shipboard, hundreds of tons being offloaded through Drogheda and similar docks.
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2. The Green Party seeks to wipe out a long established, family generation Irish tradition going back centuries – but at same time will improve the sales of foreigners selling their similar product – obtained at possible taxpayer expense, a possible more costly price due to import costs and additional related taxes!
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3. The Greens say that buying turf is bad for health – and they could be right – but other countries turf will still be allowed to be burned in Ireland? So that’s ok?
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4. If the Green Party is so concerned about what individuals burn in their own homes and so concerned about the health of individuals in their own home, why don’t they call for a ban on cigarettes that we know absolutely kills more, daily in many homes right across the country? After all, burning cigarettes means burning leaves. Yes, plants that all world Green parties say they want to protect!
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So, if they want to protect the world and the health of far more people in Ireland at the same time, where is their proposed cigarette ban legislation?
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Turf might/does kill how people per year compared to how many are annually Ireland killed by cigarettes? O’ well, the state earns far more millions of Euro from the poisons we are still allowed to burn away – so that’s contradictory allowed and a medical aspect, blind eye is turned by the Green Party – but not just them…
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In short: the Green Party wants to ban something less lethal than a massive world recognised killer that makes many millions of Euro for consecutive Irish governments. Ultimately, its profit before health. A conclusion that can be reached based on a genuine, true to self, realistic look at how political parties are operating with double-standards in Ireland alone.
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Of course, you’re not supposed to cop all this bigger picture stuff. Once again, such aspects will remain TD unstated and #RTEcensored. A normal day in Ireland. It’s still Old Politics dished out for everyone to sheepishly swallow.