There are absolutely no words to describe the scenes we have just witnessed that happened in north Belfast.
Not even one msm news outlet mentioning it this morning let alone lead with the story
It is simply horrific.
Do not believe what your eyes see or your ears hear.
Just over a year ago, I nearly became another statistic.
On 18 March 2025 in Waterford City, I was the victim of a serious knife assault.
Like many victims, I trusted that the criminal justice system would do its job. I believed that once someone was charged in connection with such serious violence, public safety would be the priority.
Today, another family is grieving the loss of a 21 year old man following a separate fatal stabbing incident that is now the subject of an active Garda investigation.
Out of respect for that investigation, I will not speculate on guilt, innocence, or outcomes. Those matters belong to the courts.
But I do believe there are questions that deserve answers.
How are individuals charged with serious violent offences monitored while on bail?
The individual charged in connection with the assault on me was arrested, charged, and subsequently released on bail with conditions that included not entering Waterford City, This was after months of him hiding in the UK and bragging about the attack on TikTok saying if he gets jail he gets jail so what.
THIS IS PUBLIC IMFORMATION AMD ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE AND COURT HAS BEEN ADJOURNED!
reports indicate these bail conditions were ALLEGEDLY breached on multiple occasions, including attendance at events in the city all posted on social media.
That same individual is now ALLEGEDLY main suspect in a separate murder investigation involving another stabbing, with investigations ongoing.
This raises serious questions about bail decisions and monitoring of individuals charged with violent knife crime, especially when multiple victims were stabbed in one night in the same city.
What happens when bail conditions are allegedly breached?
Are victims and the wider public being adequately protected from repeat violence?
These are not political questions.
They are public safety questions.
I know what it is like to be on the receiving end of serious violence. I know how quickly lives can be changed forever.
My thoughts today are with the family of the young man who lost his life, and with every victim of violent crime who has been left wondering whether more could have been done.
Ireland deserves a justice system that protects innocent people, supports victims, and takes violent offending seriously.
Public safety must remain the priority.
Roxanne ✨
In Ireland we were told No she wasn’t fit for surgery it couldn’t be done . No Options Case closed. 5 days ago surgery in America went to plan . This is way I speak up about the neglect children face in Ireland🙏On the road to recovery now
#scoliosis#spinehealth
Ireland’s government, who so quickly and happily congratulated Hungary’s new PM, should so to stand down Ireland’s acceptance of the EU’s migration pact, as he has just done for Hungary, or at the least, in the interest of fairness, allow our citizens have their own say on our border via a referendum!
ÉIRE ABÚ!
@TonightVMTV@johnclendennen Delighted with his airtime, sending him out to try mop of the shit show, and he failed. He has no backbone and will never be voted in again.
CORMAC LUCEY: We are increasingly a country split between two broad cohorts: Those with the right qualifications—and the right networks—are insulated. Those without are exposed. And a deeply unpopular government remains entrenched in power.
https://t.co/26d8yrxVF5
Govt affordable purchase delivery short 55% of target in 2025
Even worse, many of these cost €400k+
Cost Rental closer to target but still too low & too expensive
Council & LDA cost rental delivery really poor
We need at least 10k genuinely affordable homes every year
@timmyrichieb@sinnfeinireland@EOBroin Who created a problem, who hasnt been building houses? Who has been taking in 1000's of people and not building any extra infrastructure? Who put the country in debt? Not Sinn Fein.
Government miss affordable purchase home delivery target by 55% in 2025 – @EOBroin
"Minister James Browne is abjectly failing to address the affordable housing crisis."
https://t.co/qRQhvYVnR3