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Ireland Fast-Tracks Law Effectively Banning Gas Vehicles Within A Decade. Is The US Next?

Chris White Ireland is fast-tracking legislation that will effectively ban all gas-powered vehicles within a decade, leaving customers who are buying cars in January confused about what to do next, local reports show. The country’s Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton plans to publish the Climate Action (Amendment) Bill 2019 enforcing such a ban, the Independent.ie reported Monday….

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Middle-Aged Man Agrees To Be Heroin Mule In Order To Pay Golfing Fees

LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr A man in Ireland who got busted couriering heroin during a nearly $1 million deal told authorities he got involved to pay off golfing fees. Michael Smallhorn, a 57-year-old resident of Dublin, was arrested Feb. 4 2016 with more than 13 pounds of heroin found in a…

Thousands Of Britons Rush To Get Irish Passports Before Brexit Kicks In

Thousands Of Britons Rush To Get Irish Passports Before Brexit Kicks In

Jacob Bojesson Displayed with permission from Daily Caller News Foundation Applications for Irish passports from British citizens shot up 68 percent during the first three months of 2017 compared to the same time last year. Ireland’s foreign ministry received a record number of citizen applications in 2016 and the trend appears to continue. More than 51,000…

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European Union Whines That Ireland’s Corporate Tax is Too Low

Brussels Reminds World EU is Bad for Business Despite a Member’s Attempt to Attract It by Bric Butler After the British people this June decided to vote for leaving the European Union, pundits across Europe and America warned of the wounds businesses would have inflicted upon them if they choose to continue operating and investing…