Denis O'Connell

Just look at this from the photographer Donal Harrison with the brilliant caption "when you score a huge goal, win Leinster and Nan slips you a sly 50 on the pitch". 😭😭

@MaiaDunphy African teenagers Maia

God, this is horrific news. Teenagers??

A founder of Belfast Pride in Northern Ireland is a trans activist and former drag queen who recently died. Now, the director of the Belfast R—pe Crisis Centre says the activist was a s—xual predator who had previously pleaded guilty to procuring a girl to work as a prostitute. Tina McCombe, formerly Thomas A. McCombe, was announced to be deceased on May 10. After his death, his former counselor went public that he was "a s—xual predator and an exploiter of vulnerable young men and women." Pride organizations around the world have since deleted their glowing tributes. Former neighbors of McCombe claim that many children were traumatized by him because he would allegedly flash his genitals at them while dressed in women's clothing, among other disturbing allegations. Some LGBTQ+ activists have labeled the revelations as a “hit job” and expressed anger at the counselor for violating client confidentiality. ngocomment.com

Left Politicians and NGO representatives hold protest for Congolese habitual criminal Yves Sakila as innocent man Alex Coughlan died in Connolly died after been beaten to death and robbed by two African teens in Blanchardstown. A Political Protest for Yves Sakila Coincided with Death of Alex CoughlanAs tributes continue for Alexander (Alex) Coughlan, the 37-year-old Blanchardstown man who died on May 20, 2026, three days after a violent assault and robbery by two teenagers, attention has turned to the contrasting public response to another recent death in Dublin. Coughlan was attacked on Mill Road around 4:15 pm on May 17. He was found unconscious, taken to Connolly Hospital, and later passed away from his injuries. Two 16-year-old boys have been charged with assault causing serious harm and robbery. The assault was described by Gardaí as unprovoked. Coughlan’s family described him as a “caring and selfless” man whose organs were donated in a final act of generosity. Just days earlier, on May 15, 35-year-old Congolese-born Yves Sakila died after being restrained by private security guards outside Arnotts department store on Henry Street following an alleged shoplifting incident. Sakila, who had lived in Ireland since 2004, had a lengthy criminal record involving multiple convictions for theft and public order offences. In response to Sakila’s death, protests were held outside Leinster House and at the scene, drawing crowds chanting “Justice for Yves.” Speakers included Solidarity TD Ruth Coppinger, in which Alex Coghlan lived in her constituency and Senator Eileen Flynn, along with representatives from NGOs and anti-racism groups such as the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR). They called for a full investigation, raised concerns about the use of force by security, and framed the incident in the context of racism and unequal treatment. The timing of these high-profile protests, while Coughlan lay in hospital fighting for his life and then passed with relatively limited public mobilisation, has sparked online debate about priorities in public mourning, media coverage, and responses to crime and integration issues in Ireland. Gardaí investigations continue into both cases.

Two men die in the space of a week. One is a black immigrant with a history of stealing and other crimes. His death is quite obviously not deliberate and very much related to his own activities over a lifetime. You are supposed to assume he was a victim of racism and that a grave injustice has occurred. Questioning the system and demanding 'justice' is the politically correct opinion. Politicians and others will comment on the case and breathlessly decry supposed racism and discrimination against non-whites. The Non-white population are encouraged to constantly impugn the behaviour of white people collectively and claim that we all share some collective guilt over this situation. We are failing them. If you disagree you are an evil person and should be held accountable for your transgressions. Across the same city an Irish man is lured by two men of foreign background to a place where he is brutalised and murdered on camera, seemingly due to who he is. You are supposed to draw no conclusions. An investigation is ongoing and you shouldn't prejudice it. Collective guilt is absolutely off the table. We have in no way failed this man and his family. Anyone who says anything about the case invoking collective guilt or calling out particular ethnic or racial communities for their behaviour is an evil person and should be held accountable for their transgressions. The multicultural and multiracial society is very successful in curating such double-think. The fact that the two positions outlined above coexist, one supporting the other in some perverted dialectic, is evidence that society has been driven insane. No justice or representative governance is possible in such a society.

There were massive international protests over George Floyd and those police involved were severely punished with long prison sentences, yet the police responsible here did not even lose their jobs! An incredibly unjust double-standard!

The response to the death of Yves Sakila definitively proves that identity matters. For decades Irish people have been told that "Anyone can be Irish" and "Immigrants are just as Irish as you or me" and even suggesting otherwise is an act of unfathomable bigotry. Just this week a TV host said that an African man, born in Africa, to two African parents is just as Irish as any of us because he can kick a soccer ball. We've seen criminal after criminal from the all four corners of the globe commit the most heinous crimes only for our papers to describe them as "Dublin man" or "Sligo man" because they've been living in a tax payer funded apartment for 6 months. But today it's all about "Black Irish, Congolese Irish, African Irish, foreign Irish". All of a sudden, identity really matters to these people. As soon as there's a chance to side with their own tribe and attack the natives of the country they take it without a moment's pause because that's where their loyalties lie. If a member of their group commits a heinous crime "We're all just Irish and noticing their race/ethnicity is bigoted". But if a member of their tribe is done wrong, then all of a sudden identity is their most important and defining factor. Watch the news, turn on your radio, scroll your social media feed and you will see dozens of different idenity groups (many of which are taxpayer funded) coming out of the woodwork advocating for nationwide changes trying everything in their power to turn this into some Irish BLM George Floyd. They are doing this because are fighting for their own people, they prioritise their own and they don't care about you. They are telling you directly that it doesn't matter that this country and it's people took them in, welcomed them and gave them a great life. They still won't give you the benefit of the doubt or even wait for the facts. They will instantly side with a violent, thieving, scumbag because he looks like them and they will do it without a moment's hesitation. They are telling you that even though they live in your country, their idenity matters, they value their own people above you and they will beat you down if it helps raise them up. We Irish had better start taking our own side again because this last week has proved, no matter how kind, generous and welcoming we are nobody else is going to.

Finally. A real one. Van Jones defending Jews with simple facts and moral clarity. No spin, no fear, just truth. This is what leadership sounds like. Share this far and wide.

Over the past few years, our Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael government did absolutely everything they could to appease these extremists, at immense cost to our international reputation and standing. It was, of course, not enough. Because it’s never enough. Many of us tried to warn them; our advice was not heeded, and now here we are. Further, it should go without saying that if right-wing protestors tried to forcibly break into the Ard Fheis, this would be front page news on every media outlet. But because it’s anti-Israel protestors, I’ve barely seen it covered.

Incredibly disappointing to see this. It is galactically inappropriate for the President of Ireland to act as a patron to Belong To, a very well funded lobby group for the medicalisation of children’s identities. We know these procedures cause harm. Children can’t consent to the loss of sexual functioning and infertility because they don’t understand the consequences of this. This is an unfolding medical scandal. Mo náire thú, a Uachtaráin

For the very first time we now have a paper trail between an IPAS Director of companies making €120million+ and an elected politician. That politician is Daniel Ennis...🧵

Most people will more or less agree with Bertie on immigration and Micheal Martin has been his usual weak self in more or less apologising for him.

I would never have had the cheek to lecture Japanese people about what it means to be Japanese when I lived in Japan. Imagine if an Irish man moved to Ghana and tried to tell the native people that their culture and heritage has no inherent meaning and is essentially a costume anyone can put on.

@GMAlexColovic You bet! (see what I did there..)

There are worse addictions than chess.

@Caherconlis @workerdrone4 @nwl88444048 He certainly did mention and praise Sarah Ryan

@workerdrone4 @nwl88444048 Or sarah ryan

John McGuirk changes his bio on Twitter from "editor of Gript" to "founding editor", and Fatima Gunning re-Tweets the brief Gript statement about John last Friday. Somehow, this looks like a parting of the ways, which even Kieran Mulvey couldn't reverse. Best wishes to John, he made the painstaking development of the Gript Media brand over nearly a decade, look effortless.

Two years ago, I made a bet with a political figure that Nigel Farage would become Prime Minister within two years. I was told it would never happen. Yesterday, I congratulated Nigel after speaking to him many times over the years. Say what you want about him, but I’ve never met a politician more passionate about his country and the British people. A major reason for his success has been a more diverse and open media landscape in Britain. Channels like GB News and TalkTV, along with sections of the print media, have given airtime to alternative political views and highlighted perspectives outside the traditional establishment narrative. While the BBC and Sky are often seen as supporting the existing two party system, alternative voices in Britain at least have a platform and a chance to grow. We don’t really have that in Ireland. We have a state funded national broadcaster and independent media heavily influenced by grants and regulation from a government appointed regulator and media system. When people criticise policies around immigration, gender ideology, climate taxes, or other progressive policies, they are often ridiculed, dismissed, or discredited by sections of the funded media instead of being allowed airtime and fair debate. Britain is changing. The reason for a Brexit vote many years ago and yesterday’s election results show that many people are frustrated with the political direction of the country, concerns around illegal immigration, and questions about national identity and culture. It’s time politics in Ireland became a fair playing field, it’s time to independently investigate the regulator, it’s time to demand real balance and let the public decide when all sides get fair exposure. Currently parties like Aontu or independent Ireland have to work much harder to get the message in the media and when they do it becomes a negative or inconvenient story for the two party system, whereas the left opposition parties are seen as everything that is morally good, which is not usually the case. There are nut jobs on both the left and right but it’s only “the right” nut jobs that are held up as poster boys for right leaning politics. I consider myself center right but I don’t associate with some of the extreme right views of a few headcases online. Well done to @Nigel_Farage and everyone involved in his party. The Time For Change Is Coming.

She's so great

🚨Kemi Badenoch just drew a clear line: Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rallies are not the same as hard-left pro-Palestine marches. About time a senior politician called out the obvious double standard. Britain’s finally getting some straight talk.

Watch this smug political commentator get put in his place by @GBNews presenter @MichelleDewbs Who asked Samuel Sweek FOUR times whether it’s reasonable to expect women to get undressed “in front of a male”. Sweek visibly squirmed - unable to provide an answer - until finally telling Dewberry they would have to 'agree to disagree'. I mean what kind of numpty has to 'agree to disagree' on biological sex? 🫣