@Conn32Ro Horrible supporters on the hill last year in the semi, Disgusting shouting and jeering the whole way through the game and nastiness on the streets of Dublin afterwards. Munster final this year screaming and jeering every single free and penalty, shining Torches on phones.
@Euphoria93BTS Awwwww you're so good. Ya that fence was always there coz of rogue sliotars from the gaa pitch. Thank you so much for having a look. Hope the rest of ballyheigue escaped too ๐
@Euphoria93BTS Wow that would be amazing. You're too kind. Hoping to get down soon to check everything. God you'd always be worrying with these storms. Hopefully everyone in ballyheigue escaped from the battering. I'd say it was fairly rough below there.
I have been to Ballaghadereen many times and I have friends in the town. Let me tell you about it. Ballaghadereen, once a quiet rural town in Roscommon, is now unrecognisable. This community, with little to no major employment and long neglected by the Irish state, was promised the world when Syrian refugees began arriving in 2017. Locals were skeptical but hopeful, thinking it might finally bring investment, infrastructure, and services. Fast forward six years, and those promises have turned to dust. What we see today is nothing more than a dumping groundโa place where asylum seekers are quietly sent, all while services and supports remain virtually nonexistent.
Imagine this: one of Irelandโs most rural towns has seen its population surge by almost 50%, yet no additional resources, no support systems, and no enhancements to local infrastructure. Older residents whoโve spent their entire lives here now struggle to find suitable accommodation, while the fabric of this community is stretched thin.
And now the horror of last weekโa brutal assault on a child. But where is the national outrage? If people knew, if the Irish media dared to expose the reality, there would be a national reckoning. We havenโt learned anything from Ashling Murphy's death, and weโre watching in silence as this government betrays its people. This is no policy for progressโit's exploitation, plain and simple, driven by the morally bankrupt who are lining their pockets in the name of an โasylum system.โ
The Irish government and media should be ashamed for abandoning Ballaghadereen and leaving its people in fear, while those at the top profit from a flawed and destructive system.
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