Adrienne Diem

[Louise McKenna @_louise__]

Europe is taking Ireland to court over peat harvesting.
Let that sink in for a moment.

For generations, Irish families cut turf to heat their homes. Long before the European Union existed, turf was part of rural life, local tradition, and economic survival. Now unelected officials in Brussels believe they can drag Ireland before a court because Irish people continue to use a resource that has been part of this land for centuries.

What many seem to forget is that the supreme law of this country is Bunreacht na hÉireann.

Article 5 states that Ireland is a sovereign, independent, democratic state.

Article 6 states that all powers of government derive, under God, from the people.

Article 1 declares the Irish Nation's inalienable right to determine its own form of government and relations with other nations.

The Constitution was not created to make the Irish people subjects of external bureaucracies. It was created to protect the nation, its people, its lands, and its sovereignty.

The Irish courts have repeatedly recognised the Constitution as the fundamental law of the State. In cases such as Crotty v An Taoiseach, the Supreme Court affirmed that significant transfers of sovereignty require constitutional authority and, where necessary, the consent of the people.

This raises an important question....

How much control over Ireland's land, resources, energy policy, agriculture, and rural traditions can be transferred away before the constitutional principle of self government is undermined?

Peatlands should be protected where appropriate. Environmental stewardship matters. But decisions affecting Irish communities should be made with the consent of the Irish people, not imposed through threats of legal action from institutions that are far removed from the realities of rural Ireland.

The issue here is bigger than turf.

Today it is peat harvesting.

Yesterday it was fisheries.

Tomorrow it may be farming, land use, energy, housing, or water.

The real debate is about who governs Ireland.

The Constitution begins from the principle that sovereignty rests with the people of Ireland. Any discussion about peat, climate policy, or environmental regulation must start there.

The Irish people are not merely stakeholders in their own country. According to the Constitution, they are the source of all lawful political authority. Whether one agrees or disagrees with peat harvesting, that principle should never be forgotten.

[Holy jayzus @HolyJazus]

You get a 10 day cooling off period from a hire purchase on a motor vehicle.

Holly Kearns tried to have the 3 day waiting period for abortion removed.

She failed.

She did this while pregnant.

Let that sink in.
#irelandisfull
@OldNormality
@Mick_O_Keeffe

[Niall Boylan @Niall_Boylan]

I interviewed Marcus many times during the pandemic and I found him to be honest with opinions and views, which I can’t say for many other professors and doctors at the time. I had well known professors telling me one answer off-air and something very different on-air out of fear they would loose their jobs.

[healthbot @thehealthb0t]

Remember when the flu completely disappeared for a year?

That wasn't suspicious AT ALL was it?

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

I can’t lose him. He is all I have left':

A Cork father is pleading with the Government to fund life-changing medicine for a rare disease that has already caused the death of one of his two sons.

Craig Coady, lost his son Rory, 13, last September to Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare genetic disorder which causes progressive damage to the nervous system and can lead to heart complications.

His older son Paudie, 16, also has the condition, and is starting to deteriorate.

Mr Coady told the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party last week that his wife, Della, has Huntington’s disease and is now receiving treatment in Dublin.

“It is only two of us left at home from a family of four,” he told the meeting.

“I am begging the Government, the HSE, and [drug company] Biogen, please get together. I can’t lose him. He is all I have left.”

Skyclarys, the drug for treating Friedreich’s ataxia, is not available in Ireland.

The National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics (NCPE) said in December that it would not recommend that the HSE provide it because it was “poor value for money”, and it was “unsure based on the available clinical evidence” on the “meaningful improvements” it could have.

Mr Coady said: Every night, he always gives me a hug and a kiss. I feel that he's just worried that he's not going to wake up in the morning, the same as Rory.

#TreatmentForPaudie #HSE #FundTheTreatment
#FriedreichsAtaxia #CraigCoady

https://t.co/PviksULtdS

[Anne McMahon @anbealach]

@CareChampions2 @angiebeeb My husband has suffered this so often I’ve lost count. We have sat on chairs through the night. He’s a dialysis patient , 85 years old. Nobody cares. No nurse or doctor is breaking a sweat. Just taking vitals & writing, writing.>>>

[Care Champions Ireland @CareChampions2]

Regrettably, this is not an isolated incident within our emergency departments. the conditions are profoundly inhumane. Despite senior leadership within the HSE and government being fully aware of these systemic issues, vulnerable patients are still required to navigate this environment for medical assistance. The situation has deteriorated to the point where some individuals feel too ill to even risk attending an A&E.

@CarrollJennifer @roinnslainte

#Lunchtimelive #EDs #emergencyDept #Inhumane #HSE

[AislingOLoughlin @AislingOLoughl1]

"Is the Medical Council fit for purpose?" - Prof Dolores Cahill @dolorescahi11 following the IMC's decision to punish Dr Marcus De Brun @indepdubnrth for blowing the whistle on the nursing home scandal in April 2020.

[J.K. Lunden @Jklunden]

When even RTÉ decides it needs distance from a state-funded Pride reading list produced by a state-funded children’s organisation, you know the public conversation has shifted.

RTÉ didn’t remove that link because of a sudden attack of conscience. They removed it because they read the room and realised the public was paying attention.

For years, institutions have pushed harmful material believing there would be little scrutiny or pushback. This time, people spoke up, asked questions, and refused to stay silent. The backlash made the issue impossible to ignore.

When public bodies reverse course only after facing widespread criticism, it’s hard to credit them with principle. This wasn’t a voluntary correction born of reflection; it was a reaction to public pressure.

But nobody should assume the job is done. The inappropriate for children still being promoted in classrooms and libraries. If people want change, the pressure must continue. Public accountability doesn’t end with one withdrawn link - it requires ongoing scrutiny of what children are being exposed to and who is making those decisions.

The lesson is simple: when citizens make their voices heard, institutions listen. Not because they want to, but because they have to.

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

I asked a local councillor if the russian refinery here in Ireland should be sanctioned.

He said yes, if it was supplying Israel.
But Russia? No.

This is Ireland’s sanctions hypocrisy in 90 seconds.

[SnDMedia @SnDMediaNews]

Recent Arrival Gets Just 4 Months for Week-Long Sex Spree on Women
Has Ireland's Justice System Hit a New Low?

A 31-year-old Indian national who arrived in Ireland just one month earlier has been handed a mere four months in prison after embarking on a week-long public masturbation spree targeting multiple women in Dublin.

The soft sentence, handed down by Judge Martina Baxter at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court, perfectly illustrates the toothless, victim-dismissing approach that has become all too familiar in Ireland’s failing criminal justice system.

Rishabh Mahajan, a former UCD Smurfit Business School master’s student, pleaded guilty to repeatedly exposing himself and masturbating in front of three different women, plus sexually assaulting one by groping her bottom. His behaviour was described by the judge herself as “brazen.” He positioned himself directly in front of a glass-walled workplace in a well-lit area equipped with CCTV, returned multiple times to the same victim despite being confronted, and even wiped his hands on the glass after one incident. Yet somehow this warranted only four months behind bars after a 16-month sentence with 12 months suspended.

The Gardaí response also raises serious questions. Multiple incidents occurred over several days and nights in October and early November 2024, yet Mahajan was only arrested on 8 November after CCTV was obtained. Women had to repeatedly call emergency services while being terrorised at work or on the street before any real action was taken. One victim was forced to retreat inside her workplace and alert security, another was followed and assaulted after spotting him masturbating on Arran Quay.
The system waited until victims were repeatedly victimised before intervening effectively.

Even more galling is the timing of the deportation process. The court only heard today that Mahajan has no right to remain in Ireland and that deportation proceedings “will now be initiated.” Why was this not fast-tracked the moment he came to Garda attention? A foreign national with no legal entitlement to be here commits serious sexual offences within weeks of arrival and still gets to serve a short sentence on Irish soil before any removal.

This is taxpayer-funded accommodation and court time for someone who should never have been allowed to roam Dublin streets in the first place.Judge Baxter noted the aggravating factors, targeting women in vulnerable positions at work, the use of alcohol and cannabis, yet still delivered a sentence that amounts to little more than a slap on the wrist.

The offender will be placed on the sex offenders register, but given Ireland’s track record with monitoring and actual deportation enforcement, many will rightly wonder how much protection that provides.

This case is not an isolated failure. It reflects a judicial culture that consistently prioritises offender rehabilitation rhetoric over public safety and victim justice. When “brazen,” repeated sexual offending by a recent arrival draws only four months, it sends a dangerous message: Ireland’s streets are open season, consequences are minimal, and victims’ trauma is secondary.

Irish women deserve far better than a justice system that reacts slowly, sentences weakly, and deports even more slowly. Until politicians and judges start treating public sexual predation with the seriousness it demands, expect more of these infuriating headlines. The system isn’t just soft, it’s failing miserably.

[Susanne Delaney @SuzieD755164]

A great time to remind everyone that she voted against the Foetal Pain Relief Bill which would, if passed, have ensured babies receive pain relief during or after the abortion process. 115 babies in Ireland (officially) have survived the process and Holly Cairns thinks (apparently) it was against human rights to extend them relief from suffering.

[gript @griptmedia]

The Minister of State for European Affairs has today launched the "Blue Star" programme, which receives hundreds of thousands of euros from the Government to teach Irish school children about "the benefits of the EU for Ireland" and foster "European" identity:

https://t.co/zvsnFZ2l55

[J.K. Lunden @Jklunden]

🔥🔥🔥💥🔥🔥🔥

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

This is a win.
Fairplay to @Ben_Scallan & Gript.

But also to people like @Jklunden who have been calling it out for years only to be ostracised and marginalised.

Gender ideology has no place in the classroom.
Teach it at home if you want.

[CúChulainn @CuChulainnnnnnn]

@AislingOLoughl1 @indepdubnrth SIPO now nearly one year on have abandoned their responsibility ......

@gardainfo will and must get involved now CRIMINAL FRAUD happened which resulted in injury, harm and death. It is very simple

[gript @griptmedia]

Lawless said that the Dáil should be allowed to vote on EU Migration Pact before it comes into effect, saying it was passed by a tiny margin, and that the mandate has changed since 2024

https://t.co/2yeF5e2qeZ

[🇮🇪MartinMurphy72 @MartinMurphy72]

Don’t fall for this BS
Ask Matt what way
Mary loo voted on the EU immigration pact ..

[Brianne @Brianne14437909]

@AislingOLoughl1 @indepdubnrth https://t.co/EBpf809Xfo

[Adrienne Diem @adDIEM24]

@AislingOLoughl1 @indepdubnrth Another sheild to protect the medical institutions.
They are determined to keep the lid on.