Posted By: December 25, 2016
BBC NI December 23, 2016Image caption Flaws in setting the scheme’s subsidy rate left it open to abuse as claimants could earn more cash the more fuel they burnedThe cost of the botched renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme to the Northern Ireland taxpayer will be £490m, the Department of the Economy has said.The original estimate for the scheme given at an Assembly committee […]
Posted By: December 24, 2016
John Daly Irish Independent. Saturday, December 24, 2016If there’s ever a tough time to be an expat, it’s surely at Christmas. Whether you’re munching turkey on Bondi Beach, hiking in the Hindu Kush or paragliding above Ko Samui, that old adage, ‘the savage loves his native shore’ applies with a vengeance this week.For the 50,000 undocumented Irish in the […]
Posted By: December 24, 2016
Mairtin O Muilleoir, who took over Stormont’s finance ministry in May, is pictured on a TV screen in Stormont’s Parliament Buildings. News Letter. Belfast. Friday, December 2, 2016Finance minister Mairtin O Muilleoir has said that the cost to Northern Ireland’s public purse of the botched Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme could be far higher than thought.He said up to £600 million […]
Posted By: December 24, 2016
Standing up for justice: Former New York Congressman Ben Gilman with Fr Sean McManus of the Irish National Caucus Irish News. Saturday, December 24, 2016 The district served by New York Congressman Ben Gilman included part of ‘Ulster County’, and throughout his career, he was keenly attuned to the concerns of his Irish-American constituents. Although […]
Posted By: December 24, 2016
Would we be any worse off if Stormont didn’t exist? The scene at Stormont when all non-DUP MLAs left the chamber in protest, except for Claire Sugden and Jim Allister Patrick Murphy.Irish News (Belfast). Saturday, December 24, 2016 Oh good, Stormont has survived another crisis. As thousands faced the bleak prospect of a Stormont-less Christmas, […]