Paddy Walsh

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@nwl88444048

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@nwl88444048 https://t.co/95ckRaWWMK

[Keira Connolly @keira_con]

Unbelievable what Gary & the Sraith Fhada community endured from Richard Kamson, especially as claimed by Mr Power Cllr Helen Ogbu provided "ZERO help" to the victims.

At a rate of €77.04 per week, the Kamson family was paying roughly €334 a month for an apartment in Galway.

In a severe national housing crisis where standard market rents in the city regularly surpass €1,500 to €2,000 a month, a voluntary housing placement with Tuath Housing is an incredibly rare, secure safety net.
Instead of respecting that massive benefit, their behavior completely shattered the peaceful community that previously existed at Sraith Fhada. Glad to see justice finally catching up.

Tuath Housing submitted evidence of 32 separate incidents of anti-social behavior, which persisted despite numerous formal and informal warnings.

Key witness testimonies from neighbors detailed severe ongoing disruptions:

Violence and Threats: Neighbors testified about a major party on April 1, 2023, that escalated into a street fight involving weapons (a bottle and a fake gun) and individuals shouting threats to kill.

Property Damage: A neighbor testified that his car was struck and damaged twice, with one incident resulting in approximately €8,000 in damages.

Harassment & Verbal Abuse:
A resident provided recordings of Mr. Kamson and his friends targeting him with extreme harassment and homophobic slurs.

Nuisance & Safety Hazards:
Documented issues included drug-related activity (refusing a delivery of nitrous oxide canisters), throwing lit cigarettes out the window, and severe, repetitive noise that forced a neighbor to sleep on his sofa.
Impact on Vulnerable Residents:
A witness shared that the noise and aggressive confrontations from the group severely distressed her terminally ill mother during chemotherapy treatment prior to her passing in 2022.

📊 Official Breakdowns of the 32 Incidents

The landlord's Complaint Summary Tracker formally cataloged the anti-social behavior spanning from August 2020 to August 2024 into specific legal categories:

19 reports of severe noise disturbances (including heavy floor stomping, slamming doors, and screaming).

5 reports of structural nuisance behavior (including spitting at residents and public urination).

5 reports of targeted verbal abuse, severe harassment, and homophobic slurs.

2 reports involving explicit threats to life.

1 report involving a threat of direct physical assault.

[Independent Ireland @independent_ire]

The Labour party have criticised journalists for asking straight questions that the public deserve to know the answer to - it is time for Ivana Bacik to address the inconsistencies that have emerged.

@MichaelC_IND_TD

[The Laymans Take @thelaymanstake]

The Helen Ogbu scandal is a microcosm of a fundamental change Irish politics is going to experience in the next 10 years.

Once the foreign population reaches a certain point all politics becomes inter ethnic and religious warfare. With each group battling to secure power to rule over the other. Arguments about principles, morals, political philosophies, capitalism, socialism, constitutions etc will all take a back seat to ethnic bloc voting and advocacy.

Our party system was founded on a difference of opinion over a piece of legislation in 1921 and that principle of voting your conscience has been a staple of Irish politics in the one hundred years since.

But that is coming to an end very soon. With foreigner's being around 25% of the population ethnic minority "Representation" and pandering is going to become a staple of Irish politics because unlike us, these people will vote exclusively for their own race no matter their position.

This happens in every single Western country with large ethnic minority populations. You're going to see a lot more Helen Obgus and your going to see them do very well because they have an ever growing section of the electorate who's vote they can rely on with 100% certainty. Unlike the Irish candidates who actaully have to work for every vote.

A democratic Republic can only work in a homogeneous society because it's the only one were people can be trusted to vote their conscience. But sadly that era in Ireland is coming to an end.

Diversity destroys democracy.

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@nwl88444048 Pity the Mail or other media outlets weren't as probing in their questioning of Daniel Ennis, and his role with Dominicks Crazy Deals, in advance of Dublin Central Bye Election. They simply just took his statement, and never dug any deeper

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@fatima_gunning Ben Scallan needs to put these questions to Labour Party TD's

[Andy @PositivFuturist]

This is it btw..

All liberal ideas have been implemented, you are living in their supposed utopia.

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@CostelloeDf @nwl88444048 Agreed. But can't see many asking the questions. Maybe Ben Scallan will try but that's it

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@CostelloeDf @nwl88444048 Nobody will keep asking the questions, except for a few on X. Ogbu had a soft interview on GBFM, not even challenged on the details. Statement issued, 1 interview done, it's all over. Storm in a teacup as far as the Labour Party are concerned

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@CostelloeDf @nwl88444048 She is ignoring it and moving on. Pumping out the content on other platforms and hoping the media catch onto one of those issues so they can all leave Ogbu's lies in the past

[nwl @nwl88444048]

Some politicians might want to wind their necks in, after a recent spate of outrageous attacks on mainstream media outlets for doing their job...

[nwl @nwl88444048]

"On Fri­day we made nine phone calls to Ms Ogbu, fol­lowed up with text mes­sages, as well as 11 calls to sev­eral Labour press officers, along with emails and text mes­sages seek­ing clar­ity on the dis­crep­ancy."

Irish Daily Mail comes out fighting today, justifies its journalism in the face of attack by the Labour party. It contradicts claims by the Labour party about their journalism, and sticks to its guns in its core claim that Helen Ogbu and Labour had misrepresented the circumstances in which she came to Ireland.

Here's the story free to read.
https://t.co/o8AnAOMSa9

We are now all pretty clear that there was inconsistency over the date of the death of Helen Ogbu husband in Nigeria. Many would like to know if this inconsistency had any influence on Ogbu's permission to remain in Ireland. Presumably this is where the story now goes...

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

New Website Just Dropped.

This one tracks Ireland’s asylum and immigration statistics using interactive dashboards.

From IPAS spending to deportations, arrivals, PPS numbers. Using the data, we can see:

1) Arrivals from Somalia are up 90% in 2026
2) Backlog of asylum appeals is up 383% since 2023
3) Almost €300m has been paid to owners of CityWest.

It was developed by a friend.

I’m also working with other devs who want to make public data more open. We are all volunteers who care about Ireland.

We receive €0 from Coimisiún na Meán

Isn't it amazing how none of our highly paid media are capable of this type of work? Why is that?

🇮🇪 👨🏻‍💻

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@thecurrency @Nick_Delehanty IPAS beneficiaries battling it out in court

[nwl @nwl88444048]

For those of you scratching your heads at why it is newsworthy if Labour councillor and asylum seeker Helen Ogbu husband died in 2004 or 2006 or 2010 (the fact is, he is dead and was apparently killed), it is being asked what information Helen Ogbu gave to International Protection officials in Ireland which led to the approval of her asylum claim. There is no evidence that Helen Ogbu was granted asylum under false pretences, but the inconsistency in the dates naturally gives rise to speculation, and not just by the fascist dog-whistling Nazi gas-lighting far right!

[nwl @nwl88444048]

This is Shane O'Curry, the "director" of Irish Network Against Racism, which receives taxpayer-funding from Jim O'Callaghan's Dept of Justice and the Dept of Children. Unable to find financial accounts but below is a 2024 grant from Dept of Children.

O'Curry is, via his Tweets last night, attacking the Irish Daily Mail for its coverage of Labour councillor Helen Ogbu. It's not clear precisely what he means by 'clear them out', but phrases like this in activist discourse are often read by critics as going beyond peaceful protest or political pressure.

Helen Ogbu has received racist and other intimidation, of that there is no doubt, but these Tweets are attacking a mainstream media outlet for apparently investigating discrepancies in Ogbu’s backstory which are newsworthy.

Opinion may differ but this kind of dehumanizing language from the director of INAR is unprofessional and damages their credibility. To some, it comes across as crass and thuggish.

Why is the State funding this?

[nwl @nwl88444048]

The NGO that is the subject of Daily Mail article today is almost definitely Cultur, a charity in Navan (on Peadar Toibin doorstep, Dep Toibin asked the parliamentary question).

Its most recent accounts at the Charity Regulator for 2023 show "Grants from governments
and other co-funders 307,285", the Daily Mail writes today "Accounts for 2023 show that it received over €300,000 in fund­ing in ‘grants from gov­ern­ments and other co-fun­ders’."

There are no 2024 accounts on the Charities Regulator website for Cultur, though the Regulator has a summary showing income of €556,879 of which €542,000 comes from the State. The lookback machine thinks that the precise text showing in the Mail "This doc­u­ment sub­mis­sion has been marked as returned and can­not cur­rently be viewed" was on the Charities Regulator website yesterday but it is not there this morning.

The charity at the centre of the Mail story hasn't responded to requests for comment. So, not 100% confirmed, but if you were a betting person...

[Paddy Walsh @Trader_PaddyO]

@kenoflynnTD Surely this isn't still going on? Lol

https://t.co/7pFLr1Q5t4

[nwl @nwl88444048]

Meta (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads) launches four judicial review cases against Coimisiun na Mean, the state-enabled censorship and selected media funding outfit. Proceedings lodged yesterday.

What's it about? Presumably CnM censoring Meta or the fees it is levying on Meta. We'll find out in due course.

Twitter, Meta, Tiktok each have multiple cases against CnM.