Proud Irish Mother with a healthy interest in humanity. [email protected] Values - Integrity Family Truth Responsibility Courage Resilience #WexfordWoman
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That is what any reasonable person wants. Legal migration, background checks, qualifications, quality of person etc. It is the very least we deserve. I don’t care what colour anyone is after that.
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Decisions are already made in Brussels and brought to our tables by these guys! Regional Assemblies and the Committee of Regions, your local councillors sit on these committees. Inform yourself now!
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Every county council will vote on its 2027 budget in the next few weeks.
In August I asked the Department to release 14 years of those budgets in excel format. They did. Here's what it shows about how central government funds local authorities and where Galway County sits.
Data: data.gov.ie/dataset/local-au… (1/11)
“Drifting to the populist right”Will ye catch yourselves on.
You describe ordinary people who’ve had ENOUGH, who demand affordable homes, strong borders, safe streets, deportations, law and order and a government that listens. Perfectly reasonable demands.
No warning label required.
@fiannafailparty @FineGael
A growing volume of voters who don’t like the government are drifting to the populist right instead, creating a new front in Ireland’s political fragmentation.
businesspost.ie/politics/red…
“Those most in need” won’t cut it @fiannafail
Who will qualify? who will decide? will working households struggling with bills get help, or just the privilege of funding it? Publish the criteria, the costs and who carries it. “Trust us” 😏
That bridge been well burned 🔥
#Electricity
#Ireland
#EnoughIsEnough
ESB Networks is to develop a system for targeting electricity credits at different demographic groups, to allow the government deliver rapid cost of living assistance to those most in need next year.
businesspost.ie/politics/rev…
Under India's Immigration and Foreigners Act 2025, overstaying a student visa is a criminal offence under Section 23: up to 3 years imprisonment, fine up to ₹3 lakh, or both. It can usually be compounded via FRRO with scaled fees (₹10k–₹3 lakh) plus an exit permit. Student visas prohibit paid work or performances outside studies. Public mockery or activities outside visa conditions often trigger investigation, leave-India orders, detention, deportation and re-entry bans, as seen in multiple overstay and activism cases.
@OCallaghanJim @brophytalks
#Ireland
1/ Right,
Keep It Five
Who benefits? Who pays? Who decides?
And when a campaign says supporters’ personal details are seen only by “the people running the campaign”, there’s another fairly obvious question,
WHO ARE THEY?
I went digging again🧵
Ireland is a small country, but good grief, there are a lot of organisations, lobbyists, employers, immigration specialists and campaigners trying to influence how our immigration and citizenship laws develop.
So I started following the names…
Have any Irish people been asked to register to vote in a comedy club?
This was in 2020.
Interesting.
They are all having a great laugh at us.
REGISTER TO VOTE. Tomorrow night @ComedyHubLive and I are back with Keeping It Fresh: Humpday Comedy at 8pm EST with @JocelynComedy @tayleryarish @winonaice @keepitfive @lanaseibel. Register on Eventbrite for the link/watch on Twitch! #comedy #stillstreaming #vote #standupcomedy
Under India's Immigration and Foreigners Act 2025, overstaying a student visa is a criminal offence under Section 23: up to 3 years imprisonment, fine up to ₹3 lakh, or both. It can usually be compounded via FRRO with scaled fees (₹10k–₹3 lakh) plus an exit permit. Student visas prohibit paid work or performances outside studies. Public mockery or activities outside visa conditions often trigger investigation, leave-India orders, detention, deportation and re-entry bans, as seen in multiple overstay and activism cases.
I just asked Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan if it was a mistake for the State to give Parnell Square stabber Riad Bouchaker Irish citizenship. Video coming soon on @griptmedia.
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IT’S A VERY SMALL WORLD… 🧵 #KeepItFive
Who is “us”?
Who pulls the strings?
Immigration
IRELAND
keepitfive.ie/
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1/ Right,
Keep It Five
Who benefits? Who pays? Who decides?
And when a campaign says supporters’ personal details are seen only by “the people running the campaign”, there’s another fairly obvious question,
WHO ARE THEY?
I went digging again🧵
Ireland is a small country, but good grief, there are a lot of organisations, lobbyists, employers, immigration specialists and campaigners trying to influence how our immigration and citizenship laws develop.
So I started following the names…
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For all the hand wringing about the ‘far right’, it turns out the far left is a real danger to society. This week’s @Independent_ie column
independent.ie/comment/eoin-…
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This story in today’s @Independent_ie should make people angry.
It shows how Irish graduates are not prioritised when approx 20k nursing visas have been granted since 2020 and 700 up to April this year alone.
Why does Gov policy push our young to leave?
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My own take on the dropping of charges. There's a lot to unpack here and the legacy media are happy to let people mistakenly believe the victim was not honest.
Please share.
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The Irish Government has confirmed that immigration NGOs are their strategic partners, with NGO funding reaching €11b in 2025.
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CUAN State Agency Board-Professor Caroline Fennell — Chair
Emerita Professor of Law, University College Cork; Commissioner of An Coimisiún Toghcháin — the Electoral Commission; former Commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission.
Denise Charlton
Chief Executive of Community Foundation Ireland; previously Chief Executive of the Immigrant Council of Ireland and Director of Women’s Aid.
Sarah Benson
Chief Executive of Women’s Aid; previously Chief Executive of Ruhama.
Molly Buckley
Founding member of Offaly Domestic Violence Support Service; Cuan’s biography describes her as its longstanding chairperson.
Conor Hanly
Law academic at the University of Galway; board member of Galway Rape Crisis Centre.
Vivian Geiran
Former Director of the Probation Service; social worker and academic at Trinity College Dublin.
Claire Loftus
Former Director of Public Prosecutions.
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NSW Seat Projections
One Nation 48
Labor 29
Liberals 8
Nationals 0
The One Nation tsunami wave is happening everywhere 🇦🇺🇦🇺🧡
Nostalgia for traditionalism is wrong apparently.
DEI is fine but if you don't like it, you're extreme far right. Concern about your life shrinking is classed as 'terrorist ideology'. Allahu akbar isn't, btw.
Civil servant speak from the Home Office.
#Ireland wake up.
EXCLUSIVE: Leaked Home Office counter-terrorism documents link “nostalgia for traditionalism” and fears over immigration, liberalism and multiculturalism to “Christian extremism”.
Officials propose working with churches to promote “theological resilience” against the use of Christian teachings to justify hatred or violence.
I obtained dozens of pages from RICU’s report on “Christian extremism”. Among the findings:
• Images of happy families in wartime, peaceful countryside and classical statues are described as a “hook” towards an extremist worldview.
• Tommy Robinson’s rallies and a Christmas carol concert come under scrutiny, alongside Christian fitness groups.
• “Bob from Speakers’ Corner” features, despite RICU identifying no extremist content from him.
Yet the report acknowledges that the threat of violence from Christian extremists remains “low”.
Jeremiah Igunnubole, UK legal counsel for ADF, says the report “suggests an institutional anti-Christian bias has taken hold in the Home Office”.
stevenedginton.substack.com/…
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5. We can also make predictions:
Just 136 Somalians were granted citizenship in 2022.
Given that 8300 have arrived in the last few years..
We can confidently predict, (given our lax citizenship laws), that these numbers are about to dramatically increase in years to come.
Expect another 1000% increase here.
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NEW IRISH IMMIGRATION DATA 📊
Indians work 👨🏻💻
Brazilians study 📖
Somalians seek asylum 💵
Simon Harris, recently said we should "never categorise by nationality". ... He's TOTALLY WRONG!
The next 5 posts explain why...🧵
Thank you @rickygervais
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But Grandparents are the problem
Three gang rapists who used a young woman like “an object that they were entitled to” have argued that allowing the complainant to give her evidence behind a screen was prejudicial to their trial.
courtsnewsireland.ie/rapists…
