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These four questions need now to be asked in the Dáil, as Leo Varadkar has not replied to Village‘s attempt to get answers. By Michael Smith. Since we live in a democracy lying to the Dáil is a resigning offence. Village has made the case that the Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has run to cover over his leak […]
On Thursday Village‘s editor, Michael Smith, wrote to Leo Varadkar: “Dear Tánaiste, You referred in the Dáil on 10 November to the impossibility of yourhaving had ten encounters in 2019 with Dr Matt Ó Tuathail. You saidmany of the encounters referred to athttps://villagemagazine.ie/at-least-10-times-not-2-or-3/ wereimpossible. Can you please say how many, and which of them, youconsider […]
We live in a democracy and a free press is supposed to be important. So why have the mainstream media been silent when Village, a small, serious, independent magazine and its whistleblower, Chay Bowes, have been threatened and bullied by perhaps the most powerful political party in the State, Fine Gael, and perhaps the most powerful […]
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Cheating politicians cheat us all. By Paul Murphy TD. Leo Varadkar is either a liar or a very unlucky man. According to what he told the Dáil on Tuesday, the only time he ever leaked a confidential document was the time it ended up in Village magazine. After throwing Maitiú Ó’Tuathail under the metaphorical bus and repeatedly […]
On Tuesday, Village magazine shared communications with RTÉ, The Irish Times and the TDs who were leading Dáil questions of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar yesterday. We here link to a PDF of what we shared. Beneath are the most important of these. Readers will make their minds up as to whether the material was effectively deployed […]