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THE MAJORITY OF Irish people think that there shouldn’t be an upper age limit.
In response to a poll for Claire Byrne Live/Amárach Research, 47% responded to say that there shouldn’t be an upper age limit.
A further 38% said there should be an age limit, but disagreed on what the maximum age for drivers should be.
4% said that drivers in their 70s should forfeit their licence, 18% said it should extend to drivers in their 80s, and 16% said people aged in their 90s should be the maximum allowed.
Another 15% said that they didn’t know.
A debate on whether there should be a maximum age limit for drivers was sparked last week after 97-year-old Prince Philip was involved in a car crash. Two women and a baby were the occupants of the other car, and were treated in hospital for minor injuries.
Today, police questioned the Duke of Edinburgh for driving without a seatbelt. Images published in Sunday newspapers appeared to show him behind the wheel of a replacement Land Rover on a private estate on Saturday.
A Norfolk Constabulary spokeswoman said the force was aware of the photographs and that “suitable words of advice have been given to the driver”.
The poll questions were carried out by Amarách Research for Claire Byrne Live earlier today, Monday 21 January.
The Claire Byrne Live/Amarách Research Panel consists of over 1,000 Irish adults.
If votes switch from DUP to UUP, then the new Assembly and Executive could be quite different. I wonder how ordinary Unionists view Arlene Foster after all this.
Arlene Foster switched from the UUP to the DUP. Unfortunately they’ll still vote en masse for the Bible bashing lunatics!
Ashes to Ashes dust to dust, if there’s corruption involved then an Election is a must……..
Too many words in that rhyme lad.
The parties will return the basically same as they are now minus ppp. Then what..????? Awful system of government..
@PaulJ: Just watched the party representatives being interviewed on BBC News at Stormont. The DUP spokesman coming out with scripture quotes from the bible to justify themselves was truly cringe-worthy. Where do they get these headbangers.
SF 27 seats. UU 37 seats. Same old stalemate
@pat I’m an ordinary protestant and DUP have never had my vote and they never will!! Arlene Foster needs brought back down of her fcking pedestal and put in her place!
Liz, we love you , tell everyone you know.
Agreed. A move back from the fascist extremes to the UUP/SDLP middle ground is what NI needs.
Diarmuid have you forgotten Trimble dancing hand in hand with Paisley down the Garvaghy Road? They were trying to out do one another. It was pathetic. An isolated Nationalist community being forced to endure a hate march through their area. Orange men aided and abetted by the RUC who beat the locals off the road when they staged a sit down protest. I’ll never forget the scenes, the sheer brutality. Apartheid state. Was illegal and unworkable from the get go.
@Stephen Duffy: not necessarily if we can get Nationalist population to come out in strength and match the unionist turn out it will strengthen the entire Nationalist bloc at stormont and end the terminal decline of Nationalist vote that’s been happening over the past 10 year’s..
Two years ago at least a thousand comments would have been posted by now. This site started out as wonderful and free and a voice for all.. now it’s so scared of litigation, barely 70 comments are allowed on articles. A shame really.
@Peadar Ó Gréacháin: As an environmental campaigner dedicated to ending the renewable energy scam, I how Sinn Fein calls Foster corrupt when they are promoting the wind energy scam.
@Jamie McCormack: Unfortunately this comment is largely true. But, I see things as having improved for the Nationalists in the past 10 years. The current political arrangements were working, but perhaps the DUP could have been a bit more helpful.
It is possible the electorate will return the exact same players. Many Catholics I talk to are scared about a united Ireland. It has been my experience that were it not for the border, we could not live in the south. I am a catholic by birth. The south has some horrible politicians. The worst being Eamon Ryan, but most others are a shocking dose RTE is an organ of the state, the papers are bought off and we are stuck with the EU for now. Lucky Northerners
Respect liz.
@Sean everyone knows lol
Very ‘one sided’ list of businesses and groups that benefited from the scheme. Its disgusting such bigotry is allowed and it’s difficult to see things improving when Unionists won’t even acknowledge their failings or how corrupt they are and instead they roll out the victim card and try to pin it on Sinn Fein.Sinn Fein once again looking like the statesmen again in the mess of a coalition.
@james: Well the Nationalists are in on the wind farm scam, so its balanced
Good job the election wasn’t called for the 1st March……..That’s ASH Wednesday
@Ken O’Sullivan: Be April 1st I bet?
Well see ya Arlene.. Fingers Bleedin crossed.
Never mind the election what are the odds north and south of a SF story/crisis or victim of the day being rolled out by pro-unionist parties north and south so as to bolster their unionist allies in the North? My money would be on a massive media/political attack using Austin Stack with the help of his Fianna Fail comrades. As for Kenny and his Blue shirts it doesn’t matter really so long as they say what the Independent News and Media “JOURNALIST” tells them.
@Brian Ward: Fianna Fail are looking for a foothold in Northern Ireland politics. I’m sure some blatant and well choreographed faux controversy is just around the corner.
@For Connolly: over the past 10 year’s total Nationalist vote has been declining across the 6 county state which is absolutely disgraceful at this stage it should be hovering around 47% instead it is at 38% all because the Nationalist population have a no choice only hard left and soft left parties to choose from fermanagh and south tyrone constituency has Nationalist majority of 20 thousand and it was lost this on belivable there was time west of the bann had 90 % Nationalist turn out .it time for a new Nationalist centrist party who can united rural /urban /working class / middle class Nationalist population right across the North
Little question for the shinnerbots above….
When Arlene Foster is returned as political leader of the largest party in NI, will you accept her as your First Minister, or hand back direct rule to the London Tory Government?
@Bobby wilson: Why (sinse 1922) has violent republicanism always been left leaning?
@Bobby wilson: The catholics don’t want a united Ireland. In fact moving to N.I. may be the only way southern youngsters will be able to get a house. I know a few who moves and they would not come back. Life is easier in N.I. there is more personal freedom and better public services.
No pot holes either. Their farmers come up here and buy my cattle in the mart.
Arlene Foster is a disgrace to women and to her party. She’s tried every angle to hang onto her pew and when it is failing she blames ring a woman and then the man who had more grace than her. The muppets who think she’s right won’t be happy till there’s no peace again. I hope their kids and grandkids have the stomach for the changes this stupid woman is bringing their way
Exactly. She is trying her hardest to turn it around and lay the finger of blame on SF. If the shoe was on the other foot with regards to the ash for cash scandal, she would not have been as patient or tolerant as Martin McGuinness was. You can see the hatred in her eyes. She has no one to blame but herself for this. All to try and cling on to power when she should have just stepped aside for a few weeks and let an investigation commence. If she had nothing to hide, this should not have been a problem.The blame for all of this lies with her and nobody else. She alone has brought chaos and turmoil to the political landscape which has resulted in this election. I have no sympathy for someone who hates anything we as an Irish people stand for and less tolerance for anyone who claims to called themselves Irish yet backs the likes of her knowing she is in the wrong just to have a go at SF. They are nearly worse than the hardcore Unionists.
@Mary Murphy: She was watching Duncan Stewart on Eco Eye and he did a programme saying wood was the way to go for renewable energy. Arlene believed him. Duncan burn wood and she did? Whats the problem?
There once was a first minister Arlene, Her reputation she couldn’t keep clean, On this cash for ash scandal, She could keep not a handle, So old Gerry is ready to get mean.
Ashes to Ashes!!
Cash for Sash and Cash for Ash.
Hahaha very good Niallers!
@Niallers: Cash for a lap dance?
GOOD
(Pity the commments section on related articles will be filled with hate filled bile and vitriol from the usual suspects)
Can people not express a view that differs from yours!
‘Views’ like referring to Martin McGuinness serious illness as ‘karma’?
Yep, really furthering the discussion that one.
While I wouldn’t personally refer to him like that, they are still views and someone like hime with a past you can understand why there may be a lot of animosity towards him.
Plenty of Irish would refer to people for example in British army the same way and so on.
@For Connolly:
I think Foster has been a disgrace, and an election is correct. However I dread the daily stable of sectarianism that we will be feed over the next couple of months with the combination of the election and attempt to form a government. If i was a betting person I can see a possibility of this ending in direct rule from Westminster. This will test whether some form of normal politics can surpass tribalism and sectarianism. Sadly and I hope I am wrong, I do not think the north is ready for that yet.
This all boils to one thing- certain elements of the Protestant land owning class still don’t want to share power with Catholics but the days of them dictating though are long gone. Their days of ruling with fear, extortion and collusion are well and truly over.
Very true, and a return to Direct Rule from London is not an option. If the power-sharing arrangement can’t be seen to function effectively, the alternative is joint authority which equates to joint sovereignty. This is a nightmare scenario for Unionists. Although in the greater scheme of things, this set up would just be another one of those stepping-stones that have yet to be skipped past. All in good time.
@Eadbhard MagUiginn: I wish someone would tell me why promoting wood burning is large quantities is wrong and paying wind farmers to turn off their turbines is right. What is the difference\?
Small potatoes Val, this is about sovereignty and equality and a beautiful land to call home.
@Jamie McCormack: So thousands of miles of pylons and 6,000 wind turbines each 150 meters high will make it a “beautiful land”.
Looking forward to 6 weeks of listening to this drivel 24/7…..
And may the odds be forever in your favour…
@Ned Flanders: May the Foster be with you Luke?
No
With Brexit, May might want to sell N. Ireland now???
A case where Waterford whispers did the nail on the head as per.. UK to NI, honestly we couldn’t give a shite. Fair play to M Mcguinness he may have had his other reasons ,those dinosaurs have NI in a trap of bigotry. What a mess.
Mr Brokenshire has presided over a brokensire!
Really silly comment That. Cop on.
Up to now I wasn’t aware that Arlene fosters father was murdered by IRA . Totally sympathise with her loss but I’m not sure whether she should have been in that position. As it clearly shows now it was never going to work,this Sinnfein/DUP power sharing. Now look at the mess. Direct rule again front london
Why not direct rule from Dublin.? Why not direct rule from an Anglo-Irish ministerial council.? It’s undemocratic. The people will have their say and if need be their say again until this is resolved.
Arlene Fosters da wasn’t murdered by the IRA Gerry.
Andrew.On the RTE news at 5 today They said her dad was murdered by the IRA. AS I said I was not aware of this before the RTE report. So you’re 100%sure he wasn’t yeah? I genuinely would like to know.
@Gerry Fallon: Arlene Fosters dad wasn’t murdered by the IRA, Andrew is correct.
@John Brendan Mullen: Oh my God, would you be that cruel?
Ok Andrew. I accept that point. It was RTE who reported that he was killed by the IRA . In fact in 1979 he was a serving RUC officer and was shot by the IRA but survived ok.
For connelly. But he was shot by the IRA in 1979.he survived ok. RTE got it wrong.
Arlene is a spirited lady whose family suffered at the blood-soaked hands of the IRA. She deserves our praise, sympathy and understanding.
There’s a slow boat to China waiting for you Paddy.
Cosy pellet fire should help for now
What you meant to say was Arlene is a bitter woman who’s father was a member of the hated b-specials, and who has p*ssed away half a billion pounds of tax payers money over the next 20 years, thus ensuring money that could have been spent on schools, hospitals, infrastructure and job creation goes to her pellet burning buddies instead.
*whose.
@Paddy Lions: The Irish state was born out of civil war and most of the Free State government had blood on their hands and managed to move on from it. Arlene Foster is no exception and needs to move on from the past for the benefit of everyone in Northern Ireland. If she can’t do that then she has a serious problem.
Should live in the republic. About 200 billion to date
@Paddy Lions: thanks for the laugh paddy !!
@Paddy Lions: … Both cummuinities have suffered as much as the other Nationalist population have excepted over the past 18 years unionist first ministers will the unionists population except a Nationalist first minister…
Who cares
We all should care ok.EC P
@EC P Ford: The pylon ones and especially the tax payers here who throw money from here to them up north to the Unionists and Nationalists… …
What’s going to change-absolutely nothing
Another cold snap….
Sign up for cash for ash.
@Gash: Their necks I think?
I wonder what odds Paddy Power are offering on direct rule
@Diarmuid: Nationalist population have excepted unionist first ministers over the past 18 years the question is will they except Nationalist like the way they did in belfast city council No Catholic lord mayor was ever elected in 90 years since it was created..
So Cameron leads his party and the U.K. over the cliff and into uncertain shark infested waters, resigns; the UKIP leader resigns after “winning” the Leave vote; no Snap election called.
McGuinness resigns to score political points and there’s a snap election in Northern Ireland.
Priorities!!!
I don’t think you understand how the power sharing agreement works. In fact you obviously haven’t a clue.
@MadMike, if you support Equality you would understand why McGuinness has resigned
@Mad Mike: There never was a person who could not be done without.
Cameron lost so he left. Farage won but had been rejected by the British voters in South Tannet.
Ferry ugly bunch of politicians indeed,
Growing support for Sinn Fein in the North indicates that a referendum on union with the Republic is not that far away
and now is the time to jettison the old political hacks and install a new crop of young republicans without a shady past.
The Orange Order and its agencies of political and militant influence should be simply shunned also so that the youth
of Northern Ireland can entangle itself from a violent and tragic past and get on with building an Ireland that we can all
be proud of.
Perhaps, in a minor way, the results of the election can also be tacit comment on Brexit which could draw the Six Counties closer to the Republic.
@Moorooka Mick: A referendum on union with the south would fail miserably. The south is run by Bono, Mary Robbinus, Peter Sutherland and George Soros. Gang land murder rules Dublin, A lot of poverty and its getting worse.
Carbon tax, globull warming everywhere. Eamon Ryan, Censored media. Wouldn’t you run a mile;
Never vote in the Republic, stay at home, leave it to them they cant do much ,more harm.
Good to see Martin McGuinness looking better, almost back to himself.
They need to ditch the extremist parties in the north to stand any chance of progression. SF and DUP have had far too long putting fear into their own communities, forcing them to vote purely out of fear. Extremism is always doomed to fail.
Sinn Fein can help them over brexit
Incredibly poor body language in the photo.
Arelene foster needs a reality check .who was the minister who was looking after this scheme. It wasn’t a sinn fein mla .typical dup trying to deflect from there own failings .Martin McGuinness had been very patient he has worked with Ian Paisley and they said they would never got on then Peter robinson… so u have arelene foster arogence ..lack of respect for the Irish language .the ash for cash scandal. The lack of respect of other people regardless of creed and sexual orientation. The people can have there say .
I miss the chuckle brothers
Just Look them what a picture
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