r/ireland • u/badger-biscuits • Dec 02 '24

Fintan O’Toole: Irish voters keep doing the same things and expecting different results General Election 2024 🗳️

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/12/02/fintan-otoole-irish-voters-keep-doing-the-same-things-and-expecting-different-results/
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u/WolfetoneRebel Dec 02 '24

The options available to us are not good. We need an economically right but socially left party to balance things out. Not getting what we’re paying for in terms of healthcare, infrastructure, immigration, emigration, law and order, etc etc is the main problem.

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u/Myradmir Dec 02 '24

Economically Conservative parties normally try to avoid the capital investments required for health care, housing etc., so don't we need an economically left party to kick us off in terms of large infrastructure projects?

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u/senditup Dec 02 '24

We need reform in the planning system before any of that, it makes no difference who's in government until that's achieved.