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This makes for awful reading. Another hospital with a toxic culture and the patients being the ones that end up suffering as a result. Fair play to the whistleblower, I truly hope things have changed there.

Addressing some of the comments and questions I’ve seen this morning in relation to the Statutory Public Inquiry. Also just to say a massive thank you to @SBH_PAG and @scolionetwork for their tireless and unrelenting advocacy for our children and all the opposition parties that have amplified our voices and helped us in our fight ❤️#JusticeForHarvey #StatutoryInquirySecured #NoChildWaiting

As Founder of Whistleblowers Ireland, I want to sincerely thank Senator Dr. Tom Clonan @TomClonan for inviting our group to the Dáil last night to mark World Whistleblowers Day 2025. It was the first time many of us met in person — a rare moment of recognition in a country where, sadly, too many politicians only listen after a whistleblower goes to the media. Thank you to the incredible staff in the Members’ Restaurant for their kindness and welcome. And thank you, Tom, for your courage, your integrity, and your unwavering support for those who speak truth to power. Whistleblowers are workers of conscience. We deserve to be heard before crisis hits — not after. #WorldWhistleblowersDay #WorkersOfConscience @BlowersIreland

Harvey was never declared palliative he was declared fit for spinal surgery @CHI_Ireland are blocking HSE access to his file & others, the inquiry pending into CHI must be nothing short of a statutory anything less is a complete slap In the face to families @CarrollJennifer

Shocking to read this. More questions and heartbreak for Gillian and Steven as they search for the truth around Harvey’s care. Nothing short of a statutory enquiry will do now as it appears it will be the only way to compel people to tell the thruth. #JusticeForHarvey

It’s really getting farcical at this stage. We have Government TDs screaming blue murders about the lack of respite for our disability community. We have come to the conclusion now that it’s obviously pointless engaging with our elected reps on the issues we face as they have no control over fixing those issues so we kindly ask, who do we need to engage with so we can begin to see change for the better? #HelpNeeded

Facing a miserable evening in Dublin and to think the four survivors of residential abuse continue their Hunger Strike outside the Dáil. Neither the Taoiseach @MichealMartinTD nor the Tanaiste @SimonHarrisTD could sort that issue out all week - says it all about them. I genuinely hope the health & well-being of these courageous people holds up, because the government will be held responsible if it doesn't.

I’ve always had serious concerns about the Section 38 and 39 Voluntary Organisations — each with their own Boards, Management structures, and HR departments. It’s an enormous duplication of public funds and resources. The HSE and the Department of Health must ensure real accountability and oversight. Too often, governance and pay disparities can be hidden behind the “voluntary” label — while taxpayers foot the bill. It takes real courage to challenge that system, and I want to thank Minister @CarrollJennifer for her bravery in tackling this long-ignored issue. #Governance #Accountability #HSE #PublicFunds #Transparency #WhistleblowersIreland

Narrator: Russia has never vetoed Irish troops from being deployed overseas.

Some nursing homes charge €30 per week for "pastoral care" whether a person wants or receives it. Some nursing homes charge €35 to €80 for activities even for residents who can't or don't want to participate. This is on top of the #FairDeal contribution. #NursingHome

Isn't it funny how none of the ministers calling for "a debate" all week will actually debate it? Don't fall for their mass distraction tactics, dog whistling to try and distract from government policy that's created the housing, healthcare, and cost of living crises we face.

The St. John’s Hospital CEO pay story isn’t new — it started in 2013. 12 years on, we still see pay irregularities in publicly funded hospitals. The @HSELive must audit all management & HR pay grades across every dept — Section 38 & 39 included. Public money demands transparency. #HSE #Accountability #Section38 #Section39 📰 @IrishTimes @shaunabowers_ie @HSELive @BernardGloster

Ahead of the general election, Yates went out to Montrose and talked down Sinn Féin’s prospects, without ever mentioning his obvious conflict of interest. independent.ie/irish-news/pol…

Dear @rtenews @VirginMediaNews, the very least you could do is send a crew down and report on this ?

𝐔𝐩𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 This morning, Tusla social workers arrived on the maternity ward where the mother we wrote about yesterday is admitted. The mother was brought into a side room where they served papers ordering her to appear in court on Friday morning for a hearing to take her newborn into Care. Not one of the social workers asked her how she was feeling after giving birth. They simply asked how the delivery went and how the baby is doing. A birth should be a time of joy and celebration. Instead, within 30 hours of giving birth, this mother has been subjected to what she believes to be harassment and intimidation by those who should, in her opinion be offering her comfort, support and reassurance that everything possible will be done to keep her and her baby together . She is breastfeeding her baby and instead of contentment, she is living in constant fear that her baby will be taken from her on Friday. We in the Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice have seen this pattern too many times before. The decision to remove this baby was made long before the birth. Based on our observations over the last seven years, on  Friday morning the mother will arrive at court alone and without legal representation. A solicitor will be assigned at the last minute so that the system can claim she was represented. This solicitor will play the game, knowing that challenging Tusla means losing future contracts. He will not follow her instructions and if she interjects, she wouldn’t be viewed as petulant and this will be used against her as another #weapon to take her baby.  The mother’s “crime” is that she grew up in the Care system and is now homeless. She has no addiction issues, no history of harm, and no one to advocate for her inside the courtroom. We have seen this again and again. Mothers who were once in Care find that the same social workers who removed them as children now appear in their maternity wards to take their babies. The system is built to sustain itself, not to support families. It is driven by money, contracts, and institutional self-preservation. A mother and baby in crisis should receive support, not surveillance. The right intervention here would be a placement in one of the specialised mother and baby homes that help mothers and infants stay together. Such homes exist and have proven successful in preventing forced mother and newborn separation. Yet instead, the system continues to feed itself. Tusla must justify its €1.2 billion budget. Private for-profit providers rely on a steady supply of children to keep their operations running. Thousands of professionals have a stake in keeping things just as they are — lawyers, barristers, social workers, GALs, experts, and administrators. The public often asks why a baby is taken. In this case the answer is painfully simple. The mother is homeless. She is poor. And she was once a child in care. Generations of Irish mothers and grandmothers have seen their babies taken. The names of the institutions may have changed, but the cruelty remains the same. The Alliance of Birth Mothers Campaigning for Justice calls on Tusla CEO Kate Duggan to intervene personally. She will have no difficulty in finding out which case this is. She has the power to direct that this mother and baby be placed together in a supportive setting, not separated in the name of protection. This is Ireland in November 2025. A mother who gave birth less than two days ago is now preparing to walk into court alone to fight for her baby’s right to remain with her. The buck stops with @KateDuggan8 *Casey is a pseudonym to protect the identity of the baby

Wow, Nvidia's CEO now says unequivocally that "China is going to win the AI race". He says this is thanks to lower energy costs and looser regulations. The beautiful irony here is that China's low energy costs are in large parts driven by its extraordinary buildup of green energy. Trump the other day at the UN said: “If you don't get away from the green energy scam your country is going to fail.” -> well that "green energy scam" might make YOU fail the most consequential technology race of the 21st century 🤷‍♂️ Src: reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

Fastway workers have been left in an awful situation by Fastway going into receivership. They are going to be left without any pay and cannot apply for social welfare for the next 30 days because if they do, they would lose redundancy entitlements. The government must step in.

@garrethmcdaid We’re the second largest trader of Israeli goods, allow war planes refuel in shannon, blocked the OTB bill, celebrated a surrender guised as a ceasefire agreement. Ireland aren’t trying extinguish them as a race but we’re not taking any action either, just weak statements

Congratulations to @ZohranKMamdani! You ignited a grassroots campaign, built on the radical idea that everyone deserves to live in dignity. This is a seismic victory — not only for the people of New York, but for all those who believe that humanity & hope can prevail.

Did you know that private nursing homes can get pension control and be a "pension agent" for a resident so they control their pension? Did you know that Fair Deal covers bed and board only. A nursing home can change "extras" for, well, anything. #NursingHome #FairDeal