IrishMapleLeaf

First I drink the coffee, and then I do the things.

[IrishMapleLeaf @IrishMapleLeaf]

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[gript @griptmedia]

"There's a clear view that you bring to this questioning...that's certainly not neutral language": Tánaiste Simon Harris hits back at Ben Scallan's question as he is asked about the three-day wait.

[Ken O’Flynn TD @kenoflynnTD]

Ireland’s media regulator has paid out €83 million in public money to broadcasters, newspapers and journalists since 2023.

Virgin Media. Irish Times Group. Iconic Media. Hot Press. The Journal. The list goes on.

Meanwhile Gript gets nothing from the State. And People Before Profit refuse to answer a basic Gript question on the Triple Lock, then answer the same question instantly for an Irish Times journalist.

When the State writes the cheques, editorial independence stops being a given. This needs scrutiny.

[TheJournal.ie @thejournal_ie]

The far-right Irish Freedom Party has lost its official status as a political party after the Registrar of Political Parties moved to cancel its registration today
https://t.co/WoCtDUmsev

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Complete silence from the BBC on our rape gang inquiry report.

A truly despicable organisation.

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

This is FALSE ❌

1. The Govt literally pays €30million+ to a private company, Didean Dochas, to buy houses across the midlands for asylum seekers.

This company owns the houses, rents them back to the State and routes all profits through Isle of Man.

2. Cluid Housing & other approved housing bodies pick and choose who gets which house in what area.

The idea that there is an orderly queue is a myth.

What am I missing?

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@JohnCleese He used words that the pro-stabbing politicians didn’t like

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

@Ben_Scallan @AislingAon State financing of NGOs needs to be called out louder & more often.

They are the engine behind the policy.

[Ben Scallan 🇮🇪 @Ben_Scallan]

How odd - it's been several days since the head of the Hope and Courage Collective made a verifiably false claim on live TV, saying "We're not [funded by the State] actually", when they are, yet there's been no sign of The Journal's fact check yet. Any day now I'm sure. 🤪

[tetsuo @tetsuoai]

History's first trillionaire is a guy who catches rockets out of the sky with chopsticks and beams internet to every dead zone on the planet.

Same guy ships cars that drive themselves, humanoid robots for the factory floor, brain chips that let paralyzed people move a cursor with pure thought, and an AI running on a supercomputer his team stood up in months instead of years.

And the people crashing out about his net worth are doing it on the app he owns. The same app governments spent years trying to censor.

You cannot legislate a rocket into orbit.

[Niall Boylan @Niall_Boylan]

Well done to @Ben_Scallan for calling out the media in general. When the “independent and impartial” regulator is giving large amounts of money to the media, it’s very obvious that the media is no longer independent.

[Gabhán @OffgridIreland]

Ben Scallan walks into a room full of state-funded NGOs and a Gov TD, drops more truth bombs than the IRA, and Lego-hair lady's face does the rest. Ireland's bubble popped.

[Risteárd Ó hArrachtáin @HarrachtainO]

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Enough.

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

Patriots - if you are protesting tonight, in Belfast or elsewhere, do NOT give Starmer what he wants.

Stay calm. Keep your heads. Do NOT attack the police.

The state will show you no mercy.

The dangerous ‘far-right’ will be blamed, and your life will be ruined forever.

It will be that brutal. However angry you are feeling now, it is not worth it.

Protest - but do it loudly, do it peacefully.

If the police are being aggressive, record it. Film it. Do not react. Because you will not be shown the same leniency as the officers. You will be charged, you will be sentenced, you will be imprisoned.

We’re all angry.

But you will achieve far more for our cause and country OUTSIDE of prison.

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

This morning everyone is reacting to the horrific attempted beheading in Belfast.

But last week in Galway a young Iranian mother of two, Masuma Sohrabi, was murdered and almost beheaded.

There is no viral video of this brutal attack.

She was living in State care.
Her body was thrown over a bridge.
Murdered by her ex-partner.
The had been living in an IPAS centre together.

She had previously secured a court protection order against him. He was moved only a few miles away.

Only a week later, her story is all but forgotten.

In 2012, Savita Halappanavar, died in State care while giving birth in Galway.

Her death lead to the one of the biggest political movements in Irish history, after an enormous campaign of outcry from, media & NGOs.

My question is:
Where is the national outcry for Masuma Sohrabi??

Where are the NGO's demanding an overhaul of IPAS?
Where is the media demanding answers?

The sad truth is her death doesn’t fit any convenient political narrative for the NGO/media complex.

As some journalist in the Irish Times might say,
her murder "isn't being helpful".

[Rupert Lowe MP @RupertLowe10]

I am calling on the police to urgently release the details of what happened yesterday on the streets of north Belfast.

Urgently.

[Nick shirley @nickshirleyy]

🚨 Meet Doris, she lives in California and is registered as a 126 year old who has voted in 51 elections and has NO IDEA.

California’s voting system is so corrupt that by simply knocking on the door of the “126 year old” proves election fraud.

EXPOSE IT ALL.

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

59 years ago today, Israel attacked the USS Liberty in international waters. 34 crew members were killed and 174 were wounded by the IDF.

Today, I spoke on the House floor to honor the fallen and to recognize the survivors who were present in the gallery.