Levinson

Dublin, Ireland. It’s never to late to do the right thing. Greed never reaches satisfaction, it’s always hungry for more!

[Levinson @TheOakBar]

@OteloryUs 1.7 on scam detector

[una dunphy @unadunphy]

#ExpelIsraeliAmbassador

[Sinn Féin @sinnfeinireland]

Listen to what Simon Harris's own colleagues had to say about him.

It’s time for the people to have their say. We need a General Election now!

#ElectionNow #timeforchange

[Keira Connolly @keira_con]

Breaking :

Statement from Senator Michael McDowell

McDowell Condemns O’Gorman’s Department’s FOI Cover Up

“The public interest requires keeping the public in the dark”

Date: Monday, 12th February 2024

Minister Roderic O’Gorman’s Department has now decided that it would not be in the “public interest” to publish the minutes of the government’s Interdepartmental Group meetings which considered the proposed amendments to the Constitution, over the course of the last year 2023.

The Department has refused access to all 64 pages of notes and minutes discussing the consequences of the amendments including tax laws, social welfare laws, pension laws, allocation of family assets, alimony and allowance including the laws in relation to family reunification for asylum seekers. The withheld records include minutes of 16 meetings of the cross-departmental group. The records also include correspondence with an NGO named “Treoir”.

The Department’s flawed opinion is that to allow access and publish these minutes would be “premature” and might impinge on “the integrity and viability of the referendums”, as “public officials could be seen to promote” referendum outcomes in breach of what the Departments says are the McKenna/McCrystal Principles.

The Department apparently wishes to suppress all information in the minutes of the cross-departmental meetings until after the people have voted in the referendum.

Are the people not entitled to know what the Department of Finance sees as the likely consequences for tax and pension law?

Are the people not entitled to know what the implications are giving much wider rights for family reunification to asylum seekers and immigrants?

False Reliance on the Electoral Commission

The Department says that  the function of the Electoral Commission to “impartial and accurate information” to the public.

But the Electoral Commission cannot tell the public what the consequences of the referendums will be for tax laws for family law relating to divisions of family homes, businesses, farms and pension law, criminal law, and succession law to name but some.

All the Electoral Commission can do is to tell voters that the courts will have to decide “hard cases” in future disputes.

Cover Up

I reject the Department’s flawed reasoning for refusing public access to the process that led to these constitutional amendments being rushed through the Dáil and Seanad by Minister O’Gorman using guillotine motions to prevent proper debate.

The Department’s decision perverts the democratic process which requires giving the people all the facts before they vote in a referendum.

As one leading, legal authority on Freedom of Information said:

“The public is only marginally concerned with reasons supporting a policy which an agency has rejected…in contrast the public is vitally concerned with the reasons that did supply the basis for an agency policy actually adapted.”

There is no justification for this departmental cover-up of the processes and considerations that have led to these flawed referendum proposals.

[Eoin Ó Broin @EOBroin]

Shameful! The Government has just voted to allow Vulture Funds to continue to snap up homes from under the noses of workers and families.

This practice cannot continue - enough is enough.

It's time for change!

[Levinson @TheOakBar]

@MichealMartinTD Represent the Irish people and support South Africa! You currently support the murder of children

[Levinson @TheOakBar]

@fiannafailparty @BarryAndrewsMEP Represent the Irish people, support South Africa

[Levinson @TheOakBar]

@McConalogue @fiannafailparty @MichealMartinTD You and your party are a disgrace! Support Palestine

[Niall Boylan @Niall_Boylan]

Please Share Far And Wide:
It is absolutely crucial that everyone grasps the terrifying reality of what's unfolding in Ireland. Our freedom, the freedom of the press, the freedom to express our views, the freedom to protest, and the freedom of speech are all under relentless assault. Our nation is undergoing a profound transformation, and the government, seemingly ignoring the very people who put them in power, is speeding towards an election where, regardless of the main political parties chosen in your vote, they all dance to the same tune or essentially exhibit the same level of disdain for the electorate.
Social media and organisations such as @griptmedia , along with select broadcasters like myself, are viewed as threats by the government. Not because we propagate falsehoods or disinformation, but because we dare to correct and balance the narrative and misrepresentations of the truth peddled by some of our elected representatives. Their only response is to wield a heavy-handed arsenal of discrediting, canceling, silencing, and shutting down these alternative voices. Numerous instances abound, with Senator Malcolm Byrne recently singling out Gript Media baselessly, suggestion they should not be accredited by the press council and quoting guidelines suggesting they discriminate against minorities with no evidence of these accusations.
Leo Varadkar himself, in a bid to control the narrative, suggested to @griptmedia reporter @Ben_Scallan that they fact-check themselves regarding mainstream media myths surrounding immigration policy. Despite the policy surrounding seeking asylum being in the first country of entry, Varadkar's claims, including checking criminal records and the idea that Ireland maintains open borders, were debunked by Gript, Aontu, and other informed individuals, even within his own Government past and present. Goinf as far as contradicting his own opinions of the past.
A chilling future looms on the horizon where laws may soon be enacted to stifle alternate views, deeming them offensive or inciting hatred. The question arises, who gets to decide what views are offensive or incitement? Answer: The government of course, through appointed moral guardians committees and organisations, who will hold this power, deciding whether citizens are allowed to express their opinions or if the media can broadcast particular dissenting views or alternate viewpoints.
Orwellian legislation, poised on the precipice of being signed by our president, threatens not only those who spread alternate viewpoints but even those who dare to think about them or prepare related content. Justice Minister Helen McEntee provides a stark example by suggesting recently that you could be prosecuted for having a banner with alleged hateful slogans in your car trunk going to a protest if your car is searched by the Gardai. Home searches, device seizures, and prosecutions may follow, even if the material was never posted online or in public.
Elected representatives, aware that this legislation contradicts democratic principles and infringes upon free speech, lack the courage to vote against it, fearing repercussions that might jeopardize their political standing and overpaid positions. As I observe my surroundings daily, it becomes painfully apparent that citizens, preoccupied with day-to-day life, are oblivious to the gravity of these regressive laws and controls imposed by both the government and the EU. These laws will directly impact their ability to think critically, as they remain shielded from any dissenting information beyond the government-sanctioned narrative that they will be exposed to on main stream media or by mainstream press.
To those currently fighting in Ireland, like myself, @Gript, and a few others, and to those with international platforms like @elonmusk , @RobertKennedyJr , @shellenberger , and many more, we applaud your efforts. Keep highlighting the implementation of these Orwellian laws on the international stage and continue to expose Ireland's embarrassment. Most importantly, spread the word to those unaware of the dire situation, urging them to join the debate and resist laws and policies that threaten to strip away our freedoms to speak and express our views freely, turning Ireland into a country that even a communist society could only dream of.

[Paul Treyvaud @PaulTreyvaud]

The largest passenger plane in the world, flying halfway across the world, with the Premier of one of the biggest polluting country’s in the world, meeting the biggest clown in the world that’s forcing Irish farmers to cull 200,000 cows because their farts are destroying the world!

Whoever is writing the script of this insanity we are currently living through is a fricking genius!!!

[The Ditch @wereontheditch]

The second-most senior housing official at Tipperary County Council lets properties she owns to her local authority employer under “long-term leases” for social housing.

She is among the 20 percent of senior staff who are landlords.

https://t.co/Q6DZLCHzW0

[Killian Woods @killianwoods]

Deutsche Bank’s investment arm snaps up Dublin homes originally aimed at individual buyers

€800 billion German asset manager majority controlled by Deutsche Bank has bought the Belcamp Manor homes

https://t.co/gEaUAeISPf

[Dr Harold News @DrHaroldNews]

Who could have predicted the man who travelled over 5,000km to view a ceiling hole would refuse to support South Africa's genocide case against Israel.

[Levinson @TheOakBar]

@votemaryfitz @fiannafailparty @FFDublinCentral @sinnfeinireland @DarraghOBrienTD You and your crowd should be locked up! It’s a crime what ye have done to our country

[Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis]

🇮🇱Israel will face trial for Genocide in the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has scheduled a hearing next Thursday, for South Africa's lawsuit accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza.

🇳🇱 Israel has confirmed that it will appear in the Netherlands next week to defend against the charges.

@thesaviour

[Dr. Anastasia Maria Loupis @DrLoupis]

Remember these child killers🇺🇸🇮🇱🇬🇧🇪🇺