Irish govt: There's no link between crime & immigration
A few moments later
Here's the figures for Cloverhill Remand Prison in Dublin from 2024 & the nationalities & the numbers of the prisoners who are imprisoned there. Irish prisoners/non-Irish prisoners. Notice anything?🤨👇
I believe two referendums are now needed in Ireland.
The first should be on Ireland’s position regarding EU migration policy. The Irish people should have a direct say on major decisions that affect our country, our communities, and our public services. Legal migration is welcome and necessary. People who come here with proper visas, skills, and a willingness to contribute are an important part of Ireland. But uncontrolled or illegal migration, and any EU policy that limits Ireland’s ability to manage its own borders, should not be decided without the clear consent of the Irish people.
The second referendum should be on the future of RTÉ. It is time to ask the public whether RTÉ should remain publicly funded or be privatised. Many good and decent people work in RTÉ, and this is not an attack on them. But RTÉ must fully disassociate itself from political party influence, whether that influence is real or perceived.
Where any staff, presenters, board members, contributors, or decision-makers have current or past connections to political parties, those connections should be openly declared. A publicly funded broadcaster cannot be seen to have links, loyalties, or sympathies towards any political party, including Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, the Social Democrats, Labour, Sinn Féin, independents, or any other political group. RTÉ must be completely independent, politically neutral, transparent, and accountable to the people who fund it.
Taxpayers are being asked to fund RTÉ while many ordinary people are struggling with the cost of living, housing, health, and public services. If RTÉ receives public money, then the Irish people deserve confidence that it represents all sections of society fairly, not just the views of political insiders or establishment parties.
The Irish people deserve a say on both issues. These decisions are too important to be left only to government, political parties, or insiders.
I would have kept these plans until 1 day before. The state will have time now to stop this. We need to be smart here. Shared but this is gonna be a shitshow now.
And if Gardai are to deploy 300 in Citywest, any chance at all they could deploy one (1) to the Belfast-Dublin Enterprise train today, on which an estimated 50 people will illegally enter the State via N Ireland, which will cost the State €6m if they claim asylum.
JOHN MCGUIRK: The Puska family, without working, were bringing in over €2,500 weekly in state supports. Three years ago, Ashling Murphy's partner Ryan Casey said of this situation that "things have got to change".
Have they?
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