Daniel Flaherty

Amateur photographer. Exercise, Mental Health, Photography, current affairs, Sport, Entertainment #Ireland #socialmedia

[Paul Treyvaud @PaulTreyvaud]

If Minister Foley is lying about this, surely she must step down?

It’s just disaster after disaster for @fiannafailparty right.

Some one in the party is going to have to step up.

And step up quick!

[🇮🇪Taxi Dave🇮🇪 @DublinTaxiDave]

I miss the old "backwards" Ireland when we didn't have African savages running around Grafton Street stabbing people.

#MigrantCrime
#Unvetted
#IrelandisFull

[Patrice Johnson 🇮🇪 @patricej36]

Don't you just love the constant reckless waste of taxpayers money.

[nwl @nwl88444048]

Disgraced former RTE presenter Ryan Tubridy who famously said he never watched #LateLate after his departure in 2023, and who said RTE is "in his rear view mirror" has suddenly become an analyst & commentator on RTE and #LateLate

Interviewed today on Rupert Murdoch's Q102 in Dublin (Murdoch also owns the small Times Radio station in London, on which Tubridy has an unintentionally hilarious current affairs prog on Sundays)

Interviewed on Q102 by Kathryn Thomas who is managed by 'agent to the stars' Noel Kelly, who also manages Tubridy (Tubridy is the #1 listed client at NKM).

Having pocketed €8m from RTE in a decade, having enterered into a scheme "designed to deceive" to maintain his giant pay at RTE with side payments via Renault, having sat on his hands after RTE published misleading pay figs which painted Tubridy as sharing the pain with RTE workers forced to take paycuts in 2020-2021, having quit in year #3 of a 5-year contract within six days of auditors uncovering the scheme and having sat on €150,000 for "work I did not do" for two years after he promised to return it, and only did so in 2025 when his radio gig in London was coming to an end, the future for Tubridy is probably minor celebrity with the fanbase which has forgiven him, or couldn't see any wrong originally. Won't stop Noel Kelly hawking him at every opportunity.

[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.

[Seán Ó Morchoe @JohnMurphy51]

Politicians are taking our money from us so they can mollycoddle and pamper migrants invited by them into our country to murder and rape rob and assault us.

Those are the immutable facts.

[Nick Delehanty 🇮🇪 @Nick_Delehanty]

"Re-Turn has said" 😂 😂

The PR team in Teneo have been working day n night on this new campaign.

[Tweed Cap @CapTweed]

So let me get this straight:

The EU is suing us over our turf

The EU is suing us over our jet fuel

The EU is suing us over our waste water management

The EU is suing us over missed climate targets

And next week they take full control of our borders

Fúçk off #Irexit

[Irishman @IrishmanIRL]

"Ireland is no longer a country that belongs to the Irish people, our ancestors would turn in their graves"

Farmer and fuel protest spokesman John Dallon speaks about the EU Migration Pact

[Maureen O Leary @Maureen15668967]

👇 Cannot build a children's hospital. Cannot build houses for the Irish people forced to live on the streets, in their parents home or families firced into one room in some hotel. But these data surveillance farms will be built on every inch of spare land.

[Fella Writes @fellawrites]

6 years ago, the decision that Ireland would join the EU Migration Pact was already made.

“No country should be able to opt out” said Simon Coveney in 2020. We had no crisis.

I believe Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil created a migrant crisis in order to justify opting in.

[Dr. Maalouf ‏ @realMaalouf]

A Muslim passenger:
"Excuse me, can you turn off the music?"

The driver:
"Why?"

The passenger:
"Music is haram."

The driver:
"Why is music haram?"

The passenger:
"Because there was no music in the time of prophet Muhammad."

The driver:
"Well, get off then. There were no cars back then either. A camel will come pick you up."

😂🤭😂

[Independent Ireland @independent_ire]

"We are importing peat from Latvia while shutting down our own industry" Michael Fitzmaurice TD on Newstalk today discussing the EU's decision to take Ireland to the ECJ over alleged lack of peat-cutting enforcement

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

🇵🇸💔 THE PEOPLE LECTURING YOU ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS DID THIS TO GAZA!

[Fella Writes @fellawrites]

The EU Migration Pact comes into effect in Ireland this month.

It was published in 2020.

Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil publicly welcomed its publication, including Helen McEntee.

From 2021, a mess was made of the IPAS system. Tent cities, soaring numbers, no deportations, no documents. We all know the story.

It was sold to us in 2024 by Helen McEntee among others as a way to solve the giant mess that was made.

But, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil wanted the pact as far back as 2018!

Ireland was untouched by the EU Migrant Crisis.

That was until after the EU Migration Pact was published, and with it, a motive to create a crisis.

[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.

[RealIrishNews @RealIrishNews]

Kildare County Council Under Fire Over Claims of Prioritising Muslim-Friendly Housing Designs

A local resident who attended a recent Kildare County Council meeting has sparked outrage after reporting that a Fianna Fáil (FF) councillor advocated for future housing developments to incorporate specific features tailored to Muslim residents' way of life.

According to the eyewitness account shared widely on social media, the councillor pushed for designs including dedicated porches for removing shoes and separate rooms for prayer.
The claims highlight concerns that such accommodations are being prioritised amid Ireland's ongoing housing crisis, where many native Irish citizens, including families, remain homeless or sleeping rough.

The post, which has been circulating with calls to share, states: "We have received info from a person that attended a meeting with Kildare Co Council and this FF councillor, who was in attendance was calling for future developments for houses to be made to suit Muslims, to suit their way of life regarding porches for them to take off shoes and rooms for praying etc.
This is crazy!! We have our own Irish living on the streets in a sleeping bag and she concerned about whether there is a porch for Muslims to take off their shoes etc. All about the money "The witness's direct attendance at the meeting lends weight to the allegations, fuelling public frustration over resource allocation in Kildare and broader national debates on integration, housing policy, and cultural accommodations in new builds.

Critics argue that basic shelter for existing vulnerable residents should come first, regardless of background.
No official minutes or council statements confirming the exact discussion have been widely reported, but the claims have resonated with locals concerned about planning priorities in a county facing significant development pressures.
Residents are urged to contact their councillors for clarity on housing standards and equitable allocation policies.

[Mandy Gall @TheMandyGall]

This is Brussels, our MEPs see what's going on with mass immigration and they STILL throw us to the wolves with the EU Migration Pact...outrageous

[J.K. Lunden @Jklunden]

These are types of barbaric savages the Irish establishment are letting in through mass migration.

Free to stab, rape and kill. It's like the regime are following Agenda 2030 to cause civil unrest?

They may be incompetent but this is clearly deliberate.