Rob Carry

History/Politics/Journalism Graduate.

Business owner, community activist.

Republican and nationalist.

Views expressed my own.

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

The State and its army of NGOs can't provide young people struggling with their mental health with free, timely therapy services.

So the people of Bray are stepping in.

We're all volunteers. Zero overheads. No wages. No waste. 100% of funds raised go to end user. #Cabhair

[Independent Ireland @independent_ire]

Fine Gael want to talk about social welfare recipients, @kenoflynnTD calls on them to release all the data on the over 347,000 non nationals in receipt of a social welfare payment.

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

Well, I'm not about to argue that any party is perfect. But I also take the view that you shouldn't judge a young party on where it is at - you should also look at their direction of travel.

I find it very heartening to see a TD calling on the Government to sort out migrants claiming welfare, medical cards and social housing.

What sort of policies would you like to see them propose?

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

@independent_ire and @AontuIE have the Government rattled.

Why? Because they're about to eat into their core vote in a way that the left could never manage.

We can probably take a guess at how the Government will respond.

Expect to see their friends in the State-funded media dragging II and Aontu through the mud.

I'm also going to go out on a limb and say the Government is about to start the wholesale theft of Aontu's and II's policies.

[Independent Ireland @independent_ire]

The FG Ard Fheis spent more time talking about Independent Ireland and pretending to be a centre right party "They should focus on the people coming to Ireland getting free medical cards and benefits"

@MichaelC_IND_TD @ciaranmullooly @kenoflynnTD

[David Quinn @DavQuinn]

FG is essentially the centre-left disguised as the centre-right.

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

@TomBrad03095484 Who knows. But it would have at least shown him that he lived in a country in which the Government gave a shit about young people battling mental health problems.

https://t.co/XzvNEuZDr4

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

Infuriating.

I run a youth mental health charity which pays for young people who are struggling to skip waiting lists and access private therapy quickly.

Suicidal teens and young adults are otherwise being put on waiting lists - for months - due to lack of resources.

We're two years old and neither myself nor any committee member has taken a penny.

No wages, no expenses.

We've zero overheads - 100% of funds raised are spent on therapy services.

How much do we get from the Government?

Zero.

We're a charity - an NGO - so we get lumped in with the likes of this.

Professional form fillers who get hundreds of thousands of euro thrown at them for activities that don't even proport to help the Irish people.

Waste is not victimless.

There needs to be a bonfire of these organisations.

Strip every one of them down to zero.
See how charitable these charities are then.

[nwl @nwl88444048]

Charity of the Day! Akidwa , or to give it its full name Akina Dada Wa Africa Company Limited By Guarantee

We try to be upbeat with these Tweets but sometimes you feel like putting your head in your arms and crying.

Its latest filed accounts show €765,716 of income in 2024 along with a note reference 4.1 but alas note 4.1 just repeats the same figure with no analysis. There is an analysis over several pages which suggests taxpayer income from six government schemes is €522,000, there is no analysis of non-govt funding.

That suggests that €244,000 comes from other sources. Akidwa says it spends €207,749 on "activities for raising funds"

It has 10 staff but didn't apparently record any PRSI in 2023. What's that about?

Whilst it hasn't published its 2025 accounts yet, it has provided a summary to the Charity Regulator which says its income for 2025 was €987,823 of which the taxpayer provided €811,000. This is a charity which had income of just €255,429 in 2021 of which €196,000 was from the taxpayer. Its taxpayer funding has QUADRUPLED in four years.

There is no analysis of salaries by band. The CEO is Salome Mbugua who we last saw out and about in 2024 protesting when the DPP didn't take any action against Gardai who shot George Nkencho in 2021.

What does the charity do?

"advancement of education and the relief of poverty by setting up a drop-in centre to relieve hardship for women immigrating, particularly from the Continent of Africa into Ireland by providing information, counselling (including therapeutic services for survivors of war, FGM, torture and other forms of disempowerment to women) and social friendly facilities."

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

@CareChampions2 Meanwhile...

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

Sure why hire highly trained Irish medical professionals when you can contract cheap labour from abroad.

But here's what gets me about this -

Why is the left silent?

Why won't they challenge worker displacement?

Why are they not speaking up about the plundering of the Global South for its and brightest?

Why no challenge of migrant labour being used by the wealthy to inflate house prices and rental demand?

Because they're cowards - terrified of being called an unkind name.

And that's why the Irish working class are walking away from them in their droves.

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

There should be a charity 'Hunger Games'. If my charity can do your charity's work for less than you do, I get 50% of your funding - other 50% goes back to tax payers.

Charities who do get State funding should have to demonstrate the same sort of efficiencies you see in every successful business in the private sector.

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

@lozzylozboz @nwl88444048 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

That's sickening. Can you imagine the courage it took for him to come forward to ask for help? And then to be told that he's just not a priority. Absolutely awful.

By paying for people to go private, we can get lads in front of a therapist in 48 hours typically. Just over half the young people in Bray, aged 12-25, now have that safety net in place through our charity, Cabhair.

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

@mogsblogs Thank you - it's called Cabhair. You can see more info on our socials @cabhairbray or website https://t.co/CCHNDmC1WW

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

@goo08728714 @Toibin1 The Irish nation doesn't stop at the border.

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

@laoisedebrun @IrishTimes @Toibin1 Thanks @laoisedebrun

[Rob Carry @RobCarryBray]

Check this out.

@IrishTimes journalist Kathy Sheridan is fuming about @Toibin1 using the term 'woke'.

She sees it as a, 'bone lazy word that stands for everything you don't like.'

Funny.

Because that's exactly the way Sheridan has been using the term 'Far Right' in her work - as a lazy, reductive catch-all for everything she doesn't like.

Her many, many column highlights include -

Sheridan talking about a friend having, 'The full deck of far-right playing cards.'

Praising a Garda strategy of not falling into 'the far-right trap of confrontation.'

She titled one column, 'Call the far-right what it is - a menace to our democracy.'

Another was called, 'Demonisation of single, migrant men has bounced from far-right into the mainstream.'

She referred to 'Trump’s and Russia’s far-right Irish footsoldiers.' (who?)

And on, and on, and on.

For years now, anyone who opened their mouths about migration has been branded with the far right tag. But this wasn't just designed to silence - it was designed to ruin lives.

People have lost their jobs, been harassed, attacked on the street and received death threats (myself included) because of this lazy damaging descriptor.

And Kathy has been among the chief denouncers.

Maybe at some point she'll see the role she played in dragging us all into the culture war trenches.

[Peadar Tóibín TD @Toibin1]

I suspected this would happen.

That when Aontú hit 9% in the polls, establishment figures would come for us.

There is much in this that I disagree with. A twitter post wouldn't do it justice.

I respectfully invite Kathy to debate these issues with me.
https://t.co/XaujSVvebB

[Independent Ireland @independent_ire]

“Instead of welcoming a proper examination of where public money is going, we have politicians on the extreme left rushing to defend the NGO sector at all costs. That in itself says a lot.

Collins: “If Simon Harris had listened to us three years ago, taxpayers could have been hundreds of millions of euro better off”
Independent Ireland leader says Government must explain why its proposal for independent audits of NGOs was rejected as TD's on the far left rush to defend the sector

Independent Ireland leader Michael Collins TD has welcomed Simon Harris’s call for greater scrutiny of public funding provided to non-governmental organisations (NGOs), saying that if the Tánaiste and his Government had listened to Independent Ireland three years ago, taxpayers could potentially have been spared hundreds of millions of euro in expenditure that has never been properly scrutinised.

Deputy Collins said it was remarkable that the very proposal Independent Ireland had put forward to introduce proper audits, transparency and accountability across the NGO sector had been voted down, only for senior Government figures to now acknowledge that the system needs closer examination.

“I'm glad Simon Harris has finally woken up to what we have been saying for years. But where was he three years ago when we were demanding proper audits and accountability for organisations receiving millions of euro in taxpayers' money?

“Our proposal was dismissed and voted down in a Private Members Bill. Had the Government acted then, we could have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of euro by identifying waste, duplication, unnecessary expenditure and organisations that were not delivering value for money.

“Every euro of public money must be accounted for. It is not the property of Government ministers, political interests or organisations with access to the corridors of power. It belongs to the taxpayer.”

Deputy Collins said the reaction from Labour leader Ivana Bacik, who has written to Mr Harris demanding that he withdraw his comments, demonstrates precisely why the issue of political influence and accountability within the NGO sector must be examined.

Ms Bacik described the Tánaiste's remarks as sending a “chilling message to the sector” and accused him of “grossly mischaracterising” the role of NGOs. Deputy Ruth Coppinger also raised concerns at a recent press briefing.

Deputy Collins said:

“Instead of welcoming a proper examination of where public money is going, we have politicians on the extreme left rushing to defend the NGO sector at all costs.

“Why are they so uncomfortable with the idea of independent audits? Why should any organisation receiving substantial sums of public money be exempt from proper scrutiny? That in itself says a lot.

“Many NGOs do valuable work and provide essential services. Nobody is disputing that. But we must be honest about the fact that some organisations are also heavily involved in political advocacy, campaigning and attempts to influence public policy.

“When organisations are receiving public funding while simultaneously engaging in political campaigning, taxpayers are entitled to ask legitimate questions about their activities, their political independence and whether public money is being used for the purposes for which it was granted.

“The increasingly defensive reaction from certain political quarters only reinforces the need for transparency. It does not prove wrongdoing, but it certainly makes the case for independent scrutiny even stronger.

“We cannot have a situation where organisations can receive substantial sums from the public purse while politicians who defend them appear more concerned about protecting their independence than protecting the taxpayer's money.”

Deputy Collins said Ireland needed a comprehensive, independently audited system covering all organisations receiving significant State funding, with full disclosure of funding, expenditure, administration costs, salaries and measurable outcomes.

He added:

“Simon Harris is right to say that the responsibility for value for money does not end when the Government writes the cheque. But that principle should never have been in question.

“We need to know exactly where the money goes, what it delivers and whether the taxpayer is getting value for money.

“The days of handing out public money and asking questions afterwards must end.

“Independent Ireland raised this issue when it was politically inconvenient. We were right then and we are right now. The taxpayer deserves answers, not excuses, and certainly not a political lecture from those who want to defend the existing system rather than reform it.”

@MichaelC_IND_TD @RichardODonoghu @kenoflynnTD

[Independent Ireland @independent_ire]

Richard O'Donoghue TD "Drew Harris Destroyed An Garda Siochana."

@RichardODonoghu

[Ben Scallan 🇮🇪 @Ben_Scallan]

Kerry IPAS centre stabbing leaves multiple people dead or injured

https://t.co/w9HfNmrtG0