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They'll tell you there's no money. There's money. There's no accountability.

Morning, @IrishTimes @IrishTimesOpEd article today is on the monumental waste of public money that plagues Ireland. The State is pissing billions away every year. The figures are startling. No one is accountable. irishtimes.com/opinion/2026/0…

Absolutely disgraceful responses from @fiannafailparty & @FineGael party leaders over the past 3 days…. They no longer represent grassroots politics!! Let’s all continue to give our protestors the amazing support they deserve!!

Two of the worst leaders we’ve ever had. #FuelProtest

Appointing Simon Harris as Minister for Finance with a Leaving Certificate makes a mockery of every qualified finance professional in the country who spent years studying, qualifying and earning their right to practice.

BREAKING - Passengers on an American flight from Atlanta to Puerto Rico captured one of the closest videos of the Artemis II launch from their plane, and it’s going massively viral, with some commenters expressing concern about how close the plane was to the rocket.

@KingdofDesmond @LeinsterClub Mark O'Connor 🔥

@LeinsterClub They're all playing GAA. David Clifford or Brian Hayes would incredible 12s.

Possibly the best U20 game I've seen in a long time. Munster might have a 10/12 combination Does anyone remember the last time Munster had a 12? Did they get paid to play rugby or was it pre-professionalism?

Endless fluff pieces for Holly Cairns. Incredibly soft interview for Micheál Martin, a Taoiseach with a 36% approval rating in a Sunday paper. Ryan Tubridy getting a PR cleanse, possibly for a return to RTÉ, after being a flop in the private sector. The clique never changes.

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Similar to what's currently happening in Minnesota, an investigation into childcare facilities in Ireland last year revealed that 7 of the top 10 highest paid companies responsible for looking after vulnerable kids are operated by African or Muslim migrants. It also revealed massive fraud with forged documents used to secure sums of up to €1 million per year per child. Below are the top 10 private companies paid the most by the Irish government to house vulnerable children : 1 - Baig & Mirza Health Services Ltd- Muhammad Usman Baig and Farhan Mirza, foreign. 2 - Comet Care Ltd - Irish 3 - Whisbay Ltd- No info. 4 - Victoria Healthcare Org Ltd- Samson Oluseyi, foreign. 5 - Reign Healthcare - Tariro Taruvinga, foreign. 6 - Good People Homecare Ltd - Gerard and Simbonile Chimbganda, foreign. (Revealed they used fake garda vetting to hire untrained migrant staff). 7 - Ideal Care Services Ltd - Jossy and Karen Akwuobi (Foreign, convicted frauster, received 6 month suspended sentence in March for hiring unvetted staff and forging garda vetting. 8 - Mary Ademola t/a Clarion Healthcare - Adeniyi Ademola, foreign. 9 - Tender Touch Services Ltd - Sylverline Chikwe, foreign. 10- Superior Health Ltd - no info.

Munster v Leinster is a shocking inditement where rugby is at in Ireland. Zero flair. Little to no individual talent or high skill set. Turnover to turnover. Error to error. Kick to kick. HT highlight a disputed forward pass. In disbelief as to how this is a marquee match. 🤯

ON THIS DAY, The Greatest Xmas Tweet ever in history. WYKYK.

The M50 toll bridges cost £53million to build. Drivers have paid over €2.5billion in #tolls. This government is ripping off commuters and workers.

I’m sorry, I know this should be treated as good news but it makes me absolutely furious that the thing that people have been called racist for saying is now suddenly trotted out by Harris like he’s Rip van winkle and just woke up. Communities were gaslit and called names for years. Many people were brave and took the abuse for grasping the nettle and having the difficult conversation. Watch all the lemmings follow him now that it’s safe and act like it’s just common sense. Cowards all.

What is happening to our country...a 10 year old child…..Our women and our children are not safe in this country anymore! They simply do not feel safe!!This is utterly heartbreaking, infuriating and completely unacceptable!! How can they allow this to happen?

Horrific. Any politician or journalist not speaking out about IPAS is a coward. The scandal of our times. It must stop.

Re-Turn is a giant swindle on Irish consumers all under the guise of “Climate Change” Five execs were paid €1.1million last year & the company is sitting on a cash pile of almost €50million. Every cent that moves in and out of this company needs forensic scrutiny in public interest. How any political party can stand over the creation of a private entity operating this scheme is crazy. This and Dídean Dochas are essentially the same scam but in different sectors. All opposition should be united in calling these out. Great reporting from @killianwoods & @businessposthq

"This is why Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and so many of our TDs and local county councillors undemocratically blocked highly popular candidates like Nick Delehanty and Maria Steen from getting on the ballot," Ryan Casey, the boyfriend of Ashling Murphy, said: gript.ie/ryan-casey-pre…

Lucky to be in Croke Park yesterday, and this version of Amhrán na bhfiann was one of the best I’ve heard in all my days there. Can’t help feel the GAA are missing a trick by not giving spectators more of this stuff. Incredible moment

I was at a friend's house, the radio was on -Ray D'Arcy: the friendly guy next door who would love to lend you his gardening equipment. The substance of the show was utterly benign, Ray -joking about being on his bicycle and people not getting out of his way because they had their earpods in ... tut tut " I'll have to get myself a louder bell". So warm, friendly, avuncular and benign, man of the people stuff... Then I discover what kind of salary he's making and I realise, this is sinister stuff. These people are put in their positions for a specific agenda, and the main part of that agenda is to promote a particular kind of narrative and a complicit conformity -its about keeping people ignorant and labelling any kind of legitimate questions as being extremist or far right etc. The Irish government is indeed 'at war with its own people, and its single greatest weapon is RTE.