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Moving the goalposts

Richard O'Donoghue

“The rules on that should be based on the rules on the day they came here, and if new rules are being implemented, they should not be part of that. … It is the same as any rule that changes in that it should change from here on out.”

Richard O'DonoghueTD for Limerick County · Independent IrelandIn the Dáil on 30 September 2026: read it in the official record ↗On the board: Pushing a transition

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Five years was the promise.

People came to Ireland on the rule of five years and planned their lives on it. The Government wants eight, for them too, and has published no reason why.