Declan Harte

People warning about this kinda thing weren't just ignored, they were ridiculed. By the same people who talk about it now with their big serious heads on.

Anyway, none of this will stop the likes of Simon Harris getting all racist to distract from how disliked he is.

"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk

Absolutely tragic that HMV have a sale on movies from the Criterion Collection but almost none of them ship to Ireland

Pretty big reason 30 Rock still resonates more with people now than P&R is also just that it was a funnier show

Just when you think FFG can't make things much worse, they always find a new dark path to go down

There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state

Look at the story in the middle, it's not news to anyone around here.

Aside from from what the housing system and the landlord are doing to this woman, with no universal healthcare she has to choose between her meds and eating. You can see why they want her to believe it's the fault of immigrants.

Well if we didn't have a housing crisis maybe people could actually have homes in which to have kids. How many couples are putting off having families because they literally can't find a home?

Immigrants didn't cause this, Fine Gael caused this. Simon Harris, Leo Varadkar, Enda Kenny and their buddies in Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin and Darragh O'Brien, they caused this. We could boot every last asylum seeker in the country out tomorrow and we'd still have all the same problems.

"YOU'RE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION"

If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.

Coppinger says the first response of the Government to Drogheda was to float a move to charge rent to IPAS residents. "Why would they pay rent when they're not even safe there?"

She's criticised Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin for 'ceding ground to the far right'. (2/2)

The only “honest conversation about immigration” would state that there is no solid ground for saying that immigration in Ireland is too high and only the prejudiced would make such a claim

Season 5 / Episode 22

"Now, what is a wedding? Well, Webster's Dictionary describes a wedding as
'The process of removing weeds from one's garden'."

I hope politicians who have been scapegoating asylum seekers are happy with themselves.

There is a direct line between a hostile environment and murderous acts.

The attempted murderer is responsible, but politicians are responsible for the environment.

O'Callaghan was told on the same day that he made the fireworks claim that fireworks were not the cause of the fire, but deliberate use of petrol.

"No correction has been issued to date by the minister."

But he has found time to announce charging fees and possible evictions of Ukranian refugees.

How false reports downplayed the severity of arson attack at a Drogheda Ipas centre The confusion centred around fireworks first getting blamed for the suspected arson attack.

This is a complete scandal, and Jim O'Callaghan should have to answer serious questions about this. It's been days and he's still said nothing since the incorrect fireworks claim. FFG are committed to downplaying the rise of the far right in this country
www.thejournal.ie/drogheda-ipa...

I think my opinion of both Micheál Martin and Simon Harris has been really lowered in the last month or so. Which is really something when I previously thought my opinion of both of them couldn't get any lower

Yeah that’s why there’s nowhere in continental Europe with a robust social housing programme of any kind. Comparing the Irish housing system to our EU neighbours definitely makes us look good. Anyway, back to chewing these old batteries I found down the back of the couch

“Ireland is full” is something that people say in the only OECD country with a smaller population than it had in 1840

Bullshit, pure bullshit.

FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.

Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.

#speirgorm #supergluedpockets

Simon Harris is a coward and a bully who would rather scapegoat innocent communities of vulnerable people rather than face up to the failures of either his government or himself as a leader, a Cabinet minister and a human being. Couldn't think less of him and have no problem saying it.

Right wing dickheads want you afraid of foreign criminals coming in, putting "our women and children" at risk, meanwhile this is what they're doing to women and children

The next screen grab on this thread is perfect.

the FG cllr who said people who spoiled their votes should lose their benefits is despicable, but I would note that FG cllrs call for people to lose their benefits over any old thing all the time. an FG cllr in Tipp suggested cutting young people's benefits to reduce speeding

One of the most powerful things an older person can do is show someone younger "The Larry Sanders Show"

Recent Aras elections saw multiple candidates get through process via Oireachtas or local authority support - 1997 had 5 candidates, 2011 had 7 and 2018 had 6. There is no need to change the system because the 2025 motley crew were late to process, poor quality or not serious about running at all.

Saying that it's "too hard" to get on the Irish president ballot when an independent woman got the entire Irish left to back her, got the biggest vote ever and beat two historically dominant parties is not just wrong - it is breathtakingly offensive and outrageously dishonest.
#Aras25 #Speirgorm

I'm no big fan of either McLaren driver, but they're both clearly pretty good

The story and success of this election is left unity, sticking to your values and being authentic (and keepy uppies of course).

I hope left parties learn from this because it has been inspiring to see what we can accomplish working together.

This was unique circumstances for spoiled vote: no anti-gov candidate anywhere on the right, loud online campaign, week of riots. It’s still going to end up with less than half the vote Peter Casey got as a similar protest. The “political earthquake” here is the thumping victory for the united left