Declan Harte
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Damn, guess we can’t do anything with our massive budget surplus that would help because it might take a while to do
Thank god we have very serious people like Fionnán Sheahan to tell us long-term planning is a fool’s game, unlike the short-term planning that is working so well for us now
Thank god we have very serious people like Fionnán Sheahan to tell us long-term planning is a fool’s game, unlike the short-term planning that is working so well for us now
🗣️ "We need a state construction company," says People Before Profit–Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett.
"How many years would it take to set that up?" asks guest host Fionnán Sheahan.
#TonightVMTV
"How many years would it take to set that up?" asks guest host Fionnán Sheahan.
#TonightVMTV
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Damn, guess we can’t do anything with our massive budget surplus that would help because it might take a while to do
Thank god we have very serious people like Fionnán Sheahan to tell us long-term planning is a fool’s game, unlike the short-term planning that is working so well for us now
Thank god we have very serious people like Fionnán Sheahan to tell us long-term planning is a fool’s game, unlike the short-term planning that is working so well for us now
Fionnán Sheahan interjecting about how long it's going to take is such nonsense. Oh yeah? May as well just continue doing nothing then, I suppose
🗣️ "It's nonsense for the government to say 'there's too many people here, Ireland is full' — no, actually we need people to help us build the houses," says People Before Profit–Solidarity TD Richard Boyd Barrett.
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 12, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Fionnán Sheahan interjecting about how long it's going to take is such nonsense. Oh yeah? May as well just continue doing nothing then, I suppose
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November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
This term is so social media-brained. Coined by people who can't imagine themselves without an audience, or that anyone could genuinely want to pass time in any other form than Stare at Phone
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People warning about this kinda thing weren't just ignored, they were ridiculed. By the same people who talk about it now with their big serious heads on.
Anyway, none of this will stop the likes of Simon Harris getting all racist to distract from how disliked he is.
Anyway, none of this will stop the likes of Simon Harris getting all racist to distract from how disliked he is.
Some of us have been crying out about a campaign of far-right terror for years.
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Now we have this:
"Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears"
www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/co...
#RejectTheFarRight
Right-wing extremist terror group planned destruction of Galway Mosque, court hears
Portlaoise District Court hears gardaí discovered ‘manifesto’ and video during search
www.irishtimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
People warning about this kinda thing weren't just ignored, they were ridiculed. By the same people who talk about it now with their big serious heads on.
Anyway, none of this will stop the likes of Simon Harris getting all racist to distract from how disliked he is.
Anyway, none of this will stop the likes of Simon Harris getting all racist to distract from how disliked he is.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
Absolutely tragic that HMV have a sale on movies from the Criterion Collection but almost none of them ship to Ireland
November 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Absolutely tragic that HMV have a sale on movies from the Criterion Collection but almost none of them ship to Ireland
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There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
🗣️ "The one thing that there is a problem with is housing right across the state, and the more that come to seek asylum, the more pressure it puts on that system.” - Fianna Fáil Minister of State Timmy Dooley
#TonightVMTV
#TonightVMTV
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
There's over 150,000 empty houses across the country.
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
Easy to blame people seeking asylum to avoid the fact that FF have been in government, more or less, for the entire history of the state
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Look at the story in the middle, it's not news to anyone around here.
Aside from from what the housing system and the landlord are doing to this woman, with no universal healthcare she has to choose between her meds and eating. You can see why they want her to believe it's the fault of immigrants.
Aside from from what the housing system and the landlord are doing to this woman, with no universal healthcare she has to choose between her meds and eating. You can see why they want her to believe it's the fault of immigrants.
November 4, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Look at the story in the middle, it's not news to anyone around here.
Aside from from what the housing system and the landlord are doing to this woman, with no universal healthcare she has to choose between her meds and eating. You can see why they want her to believe it's the fault of immigrants.
Aside from from what the housing system and the landlord are doing to this woman, with no universal healthcare she has to choose between her meds and eating. You can see why they want her to believe it's the fault of immigrants.
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Well if we didn't have a housing crisis maybe people could actually have homes in which to have kids. How many couples are putting off having families because they literally can't find a home?
November 4, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Well if we didn't have a housing crisis maybe people could actually have homes in which to have kids. How many couples are putting off having families because they literally can't find a home?
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Immigrants didn't cause this, Fine Gael caused this. Simon Harris, Leo Varadkar, Enda Kenny and their buddies in Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin and Darragh O'Brien, they caused this. We could boot every last asylum seeker in the country out tomorrow and we'd still have all the same problems.
Ireland’s housing crisis to last another 15 years, Department of Finance predicts
Ireland’s housing crisis to last another 15 years, Department of Finance predicts
Estimate of future demand based on current demographic trends
www.irishtimes.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Immigrants didn't cause this, Fine Gael caused this. Simon Harris, Leo Varadkar, Enda Kenny and their buddies in Fianna Fáil, Micheál Martin and Darragh O'Brien, they caused this. We could boot every last asylum seeker in the country out tomorrow and we'd still have all the same problems.
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"YOU'RE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION"
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
November 4, 2025 at 10:48 AM
"YOU'RE TRYING TO SHUT DOWN DEBATE ON IMMIGRATION"
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
If your standard of debate on immigration leads to IPAS centres being set on fire with people inside, then yes, I am trying to shut down your debate on immigration.
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Coppinger says the first response of the Government to Drogheda was to float a move to charge rent to IPAS residents. "Why would they pay rent when they're not even safe there?"
She's criticised Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin for 'ceding ground to the far right'. (2/2)
She's criticised Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin for 'ceding ground to the far right'. (2/2)
November 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Coppinger says the first response of the Government to Drogheda was to float a move to charge rent to IPAS residents. "Why would they pay rent when they're not even safe there?"
She's criticised Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin for 'ceding ground to the far right'. (2/2)
She's criticised Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin for 'ceding ground to the far right'. (2/2)
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The only “honest conversation about immigration” would state that there is no solid ground for saying that immigration in Ireland is too high and only the prejudiced would make such a claim
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
The only “honest conversation about immigration” would state that there is no solid ground for saying that immigration in Ireland is too high and only the prejudiced would make such a claim
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"Now, what is a wedding? Well, Webster's Dictionary describes a wedding as
'The process of removing weeds from one's garden'."
'The process of removing weeds from one's garden'."
November 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
"Now, what is a wedding? Well, Webster's Dictionary describes a wedding as
'The process of removing weeds from one's garden'."
'The process of removing weeds from one's garden'."
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I hope politicians who have been scapegoating asylum seekers are happy with themselves.
There is a direct line between a hostile environment and murderous acts.
The attempted murderer is responsible, but politicians are responsible for the environment.
There is a direct line between a hostile environment and murderous acts.
The attempted murderer is responsible, but politicians are responsible for the environment.
November 3, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I hope politicians who have been scapegoating asylum seekers are happy with themselves.
There is a direct line between a hostile environment and murderous acts.
The attempted murderer is responsible, but politicians are responsible for the environment.
There is a direct line between a hostile environment and murderous acts.
The attempted murderer is responsible, but politicians are responsible for the environment.
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O'Callaghan was told on the same day that he made the fireworks claim that fireworks were not the cause of the fire, but deliberate use of petrol.
"No correction has been issued to date by the minister."
But he has found time to announce charging fees and possible evictions of Ukranian refugees.
"No correction has been issued to date by the minister."
But he has found time to announce charging fees and possible evictions of Ukranian refugees.
This is a complete scandal, and Jim O'Callaghan should have to answer serious questions about this. It's been days and he's still said nothing since the incorrect fireworks claim. FFG are committed to downplaying the rise of the far right in this country
www.thejournal.ie/drogheda-ipa...
www.thejournal.ie/drogheda-ipa...
How false reports downplayed the severity of arson attack at a Drogheda Ipas centre
The confusion centred around fireworks first getting blamed for the suspected arson attack.
www.thejournal.ie
November 3, 2025 at 3:59 PM
O'Callaghan was told on the same day that he made the fireworks claim that fireworks were not the cause of the fire, but deliberate use of petrol.
"No correction has been issued to date by the minister."
But he has found time to announce charging fees and possible evictions of Ukranian refugees.
"No correction has been issued to date by the minister."
But he has found time to announce charging fees and possible evictions of Ukranian refugees.
This is a complete scandal, and Jim O'Callaghan should have to answer serious questions about this. It's been days and he's still said nothing since the incorrect fireworks claim. FFG are committed to downplaying the rise of the far right in this country
www.thejournal.ie/drogheda-ipa...
www.thejournal.ie/drogheda-ipa...
How false reports downplayed the severity of arson attack at a Drogheda Ipas centre
The confusion centred around fireworks first getting blamed for the suspected arson attack.
www.thejournal.ie
November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
This is a complete scandal, and Jim O'Callaghan should have to answer serious questions about this. It's been days and he's still said nothing since the incorrect fireworks claim. FFG are committed to downplaying the rise of the far right in this country
www.thejournal.ie/drogheda-ipa...
www.thejournal.ie/drogheda-ipa...
I think my opinion of both Micheál Martin and Simon Harris has been really lowered in the last month or so. Which is really something when I previously thought my opinion of both of them couldn't get any lower
November 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
I think my opinion of both Micheál Martin and Simon Harris has been really lowered in the last month or so. Which is really something when I previously thought my opinion of both of them couldn't get any lower
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Yeah that’s why there’s nowhere in continental Europe with a robust social housing programme of any kind. Comparing the Irish housing system to our EU neighbours definitely makes us look good. Anyway, back to chewing these old batteries I found down the back of the couch
November 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Yeah that’s why there’s nowhere in continental Europe with a robust social housing programme of any kind. Comparing the Irish housing system to our EU neighbours definitely makes us look good. Anyway, back to chewing these old batteries I found down the back of the couch
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“Ireland is full” is something that people say in the only OECD country with a smaller population than it had in 1840
The men who tried to burn down a building where women and children were taking refuge have "legitimate concerns" according to Simon Harris.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
Simon Harris defends comments that migration numbers in Ireland are too high
Politicians of the centre cannot ‘put fingers in ears’ on migration, says Tanaiste
www.irishtimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:49 AM
“Ireland is full” is something that people say in the only OECD country with a smaller population than it had in 1840
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Bullshit, pure bullshit.
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
November 2, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Bullshit, pure bullshit.
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
FF & FG looking someone, anyone to blame for thier failures.
Plenty of other EU countries have tenants rights, long term leases, State owned social housing and rent control.
#speirgorm #supergluedpockets
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Simon Harris is a coward and a bully who would rather scapegoat innocent communities of vulnerable people rather than face up to the failures of either his government or himself as a leader, a Cabinet minister and a human being. Couldn't think less of him and have no problem saying it.
November 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Simon Harris is a coward and a bully who would rather scapegoat innocent communities of vulnerable people rather than face up to the failures of either his government or himself as a leader, a Cabinet minister and a human being. Couldn't think less of him and have no problem saying it.
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Right wing dickheads want you afraid of foreign criminals coming in, putting "our women and children" at risk, meanwhile this is what they're doing to women and children
Firefighters rescued five people, including three children under ten, from the top floor of an Ipas centre in Drogheda last night after a major fire.
Gardaí have preserved the scene while the cause of the blaze is investigated.
www.thejournal.ie/fire-ipsa-ce...
Gardaí have preserved the scene while the cause of the blaze is investigated.
www.thejournal.ie/fire-ipsa-ce...
Emergency services tackle major fire at Ipas centre in Drogheda
Arson has not been ruled out.
www.thejournal.ie
November 1, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Right wing dickheads want you afraid of foreign criminals coming in, putting "our women and children" at risk, meanwhile this is what they're doing to women and children
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The next screen grab on this thread is perfect.
This really is the pits. This is not a design that — whatever you think of them — Saudi Arabia, the organisers of the 2034 World Cup have anything to do with. Has popped up randomly on social, caught fire and now pushed for attention by the Mail. Pathetic business.
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The next screen grab on this thread is perfect.