Gavin Elliott
@sgelliott.net
Non-practising barrister based in Dublin, Ireland. Environmental, Housing and Climate Justice.
Born 335.42 ppm. He/Him.
Born 335.42 ppm. He/Him.
Asylum seekers could pay up €1,000 per month to live in tents.
Absolutely vile behaviour from a government, so enmired in their goal of creating misery for asylum seekers, that they have decided to monetise it.
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Absolutely vile behaviour from a government, so enmired in their goal of creating misery for asylum seekers, that they have decided to monetise it.
www.thejournal.ie/justice-mini...
Government approves sweeping changes to asylum and citizenship rules
Tánaiste Simon Harris pushed back on the idea the government was becoming a landlord by making asylum seekers pay for accommodation.
www.thejournal.ie
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Asylum seekers could pay up €1,000 per month to live in tents.
Absolutely vile behaviour from a government, so enmired in their goal of creating misery for asylum seekers, that they have decided to monetise it.
www.thejournal.ie/justice-mini...
Absolutely vile behaviour from a government, so enmired in their goal of creating misery for asylum seekers, that they have decided to monetise it.
www.thejournal.ie/justice-mini...
The Tanaiste said if it “doesn’t end” it allows a “vacuum to develop” which could be filled with far-right “populists”.
Strange how the government bends over backwards to accommodate the concerns of the far-right but not the far-left.
www.thejournal.ie/justice-mini...
Strange how the government bends over backwards to accommodate the concerns of the far-right but not the far-left.
www.thejournal.ie/justice-mini...
Government approves sweeping changes to asylum and citizenship rules
Tánaiste Simon Harris pushed back on the idea the government was becoming a landlord by making asylum seekers pay for accommodation.
www.thejournal.ie
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The Tanaiste said if it “doesn’t end” it allows a “vacuum to develop” which could be filled with far-right “populists”.
Strange how the government bends over backwards to accommodate the concerns of the far-right but not the far-left.
www.thejournal.ie/justice-mini...
Strange how the government bends over backwards to accommodate the concerns of the far-right but not the far-left.
www.thejournal.ie/justice-mini...
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A deeply depressing read. The poor child at the heart of all this, and her family. This is where the panic merchants are bringing us.
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Looking for answers to ‘case closed’ following troubling events at a girls’ football match in Cavan
On a Friday in August, a WhatsApp message describing troubling events at a girls’ football match began to spread in Cavan GAA circles. It read:
m.independent.ie
November 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
A deeply depressing read. The poor child at the heart of all this, and her family. This is where the panic merchants are bringing us.
m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic...
m.independent.ie/sport/gaelic...
Parnell Street is proof enough of this. Without the immigrant community it would be a wasteland, with the immigrant community it's lively and a pleasant place to be.
I live in (what I think I'm correct in saying is) the most diverse constituency in the whole country - Dublin Central, D1 - *and* I'm old enough to remember what this place was like before significant immigration, and the idea that immigration hasn't been good for this country is fucking laughable
November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Parnell Street is proof enough of this. Without the immigrant community it would be a wasteland, with the immigrant community it's lively and a pleasant place to be.
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🔖 Must read
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
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“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🔖 Must read
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
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CJEU, environmental law
New judgment: Ireland is in breach of numerous provisions of EU law on water pollution - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
New judgment: Ireland is in breach of numerous provisions of EU law on water pollution - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
CURIA - Documents
curia.europa.eu
November 20, 2025 at 10:10 AM
CJEU, environmental law
New judgment: Ireland is in breach of numerous provisions of EU law on water pollution - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
New judgment: Ireland is in breach of numerous provisions of EU law on water pollution - curia.europa.eu/juris/docume...
It's hilarious to think of Enoch Burke on the run, unless going to show up at some foreign airport claiming asylum due to religious oppression in Ireland.
Having said that, maybe him being some other nation's problem wouldn't be the worst.
Having said that, maybe him being some other nation's problem wouldn't be the worst.
Gardaí have been unable to locate Enoch Burke after twice calling to his house yesterday to imprison him for contempt of court.
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
A High Court judge ordered the former teacher's return to prison on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie/6880578t
Gardaí can't find Enoch Burke after calling to his house to imprison him for contempt of court
Burke was ordered back to prison by the High Court on Tuesday.
jrnl.ie
November 20, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's hilarious to think of Enoch Burke on the run, unless going to show up at some foreign airport claiming asylum due to religious oppression in Ireland.
Having said that, maybe him being some other nation's problem wouldn't be the worst.
Having said that, maybe him being some other nation's problem wouldn't be the worst.
Reposted by Gavin Elliott
Among other topics, we discuss the sale of children in care.
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Among other topics, we discuss the sale of children in care.
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
They're worth roughly £100k each. The profit you can extract by sending them across the country to the cheapest housing in derelict places, cutting them off from all hope and contact, is off the scale. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xx6...
It's pleasing to see the High Court taking such a robust line not only with Enoch Burke, but with is family members who have engaged in a concerted attempt to undermine the functioning of the courts.
![An screenshot of a quote from the High Court judgment in [2025] IEHC 635
2022/4507P - Wilson's School v Enoch Burke which says:
"there is a prima facie case that
Dr. Isaac Burke, Mrs. Martina Burke, Ms. Ammi Burke, and Mr. Enoch Burke, have all committed a form of criminal contempt of court known as contempt in the face of the court. I will therefore
now send this matter to the President of the High Court and request the Attorney General to prepare the appropriate application to the President of the High Court in respect of these matters"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6zs5dzbj465nby4rnixpzims/bafkreic444cmfaygsxgt4qklqj4xulgfvqxdjmt3ahxsqeovpx3ian77je@jpeg)
November 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's pleasing to see the High Court taking such a robust line not only with Enoch Burke, but with is family members who have engaged in a concerted attempt to undermine the functioning of the courts.
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“He accused the Dáil of being the only forum in Ireland where it was not discussed” well when your party (and Labour) were running the Dáil the International Protection Bill was guillotined before it could be fully debated
Tánaiste Simon Harris has said Labour TD Conor Sheehan calling him a populist is an attempt from the left to “caricature” him and “shut me down”. jrnl.ie/6875778
Simon Harris says the left are ‘trying to caricature me’ on migration
Labour TD Conor Sheehan said he believes the Tánaiste is ‘quite populist’.
jrnl.ie
November 15, 2025 at 1:58 PM
“He accused the Dáil of being the only forum in Ireland where it was not discussed” well when your party (and Labour) were running the Dáil the International Protection Bill was guillotined before it could be fully debated
Simon Harris edging perilously close to claiming he's being 'cancelled' by the left because of his views on immigration.
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Simon Harris edging perilously close to claiming he's being 'cancelled' by the left because of his views on immigration.
"The problem with targets is that we keep missing them, so we're moving to a vibe based estimate of the numbers of houses we need to build."
“Why is there no annual targets in this plan?”
“Because we are focused on activation,” Minister for Housing James Browne says.
“We want to get away from yearly targets,” he adds.
@thejournal.ie
“Because we are focused on activation,” Minister for Housing James Browne says.
“We want to get away from yearly targets,” he adds.
@thejournal.ie
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 PM
"The problem with targets is that we keep missing them, so we're moving to a vibe based estimate of the numbers of houses we need to build."
We are perilously close to him using the phrase "turning the corner on housing" which is the traditional cry of a government housing minister in distress.
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We are perilously close to him using the phrase "turning the corner on housing" which is the traditional cry of a government housing minister in distress.
A really excellent and informative piece from Dr Kelleher, explaining the reality of the Judicial Review system.
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
Opinion: Beware of the judicial review red herring
Dr Orla Kelleher pushes back against the narrative that judicial reviews are to blame for the housing crisis.
www.irishlegal.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
A really excellent and informative piece from Dr Kelleher, explaining the reality of the Judicial Review system.
Very pleased to hear our new President speak about home is a fundamental human right.
Adequate housing is a human right and should be a part of the Irish Constitution.
The proposed text of a constitutional amendment and the rationale for it can be found here:
www.homeforgood.ie/referendum/
Adequate housing is a human right and should be a part of the Irish Constitution.
The proposed text of a constitutional amendment and the rationale for it can be found here:
www.homeforgood.ie/referendum/
Why a Referendum | Home for Good
Our proposal The Constitution of Ireland exists to protect the rights of all our people and yet it does not mention a right to housing. Instead it contains substantial and powerful protections for ...
www.homeforgood.ie
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Very pleased to hear our new President speak about home is a fundamental human right.
Adequate housing is a human right and should be a part of the Irish Constitution.
The proposed text of a constitutional amendment and the rationale for it can be found here:
www.homeforgood.ie/referendum/
Adequate housing is a human right and should be a part of the Irish Constitution.
The proposed text of a constitutional amendment and the rationale for it can be found here:
www.homeforgood.ie/referendum/
A well deserved retirement for a good and faithful servant of the public good.
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Activism, opinions were hallmarks of Higgins' presidency
Sometimes controversial, strongly opinionated, but never dull, Michael D Higgins' 14-year term as Uachtarán na hÉireann comes to an end this week after many historic moments that helped define modern-...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A well deserved retirement for a good and faithful servant of the public good.
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
Seems that client confidentiality is important for pundits working for political parties, but not for presidential candidates working as barristers.
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‘My golden rule is client confidentiality… and I wanted to leave the podcast with Matt Cooper’ – Ivan Yates on Jim Gavin controversy
Political commentator Ivan Yates said his “golden rule” in his media training business endeavour is “client confidentiality”.
m.independent.ie
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Seems that client confidentiality is important for pundits working for political parties, but not for presidential candidates working as barristers.
m.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Fundamentally this measure is to stop people complaining to the courts that the state has acted unlawfully
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
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Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Fundamentally this measure is to stop people complaining to the courts that the state has acted unlawfully
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
This would apply when you complain about the unlawful behaviour and the High Court agrees with you
Rather than work within the law the state decides to stop people telling the courts about it
Reposted by Gavin Elliott
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
Objectors will be on the hook to pay six-figure legal costs under judicial reviews clampdown
Objectors will have to foot six-figure legal bills for successful judicial review cases in a new move being brought to the Cabinet to speed up the supply of infrastructure and housing.
m.independent.ie
November 9, 2025 at 10:48 AM
The Government's new stated aim is to make it so unattractive for lawyers to take good cases against the State that they will stop. Not bad cases. Good ones. Successful ones. This new rule only applies if you *win* your case. Doesn't that worry anyone slightly?
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
m.independent.ie/irish-news/o...
It's emblematic of the do-nothing government, that one of the parties isn't able to deliver an internal report on time and without a row.
If Finna Fail can't get their act together to produce this report what hope of them producing anything in government?
www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-...
If Finna Fail can't get their act together to produce this report what hope of them producing anything in government?
www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-...
Fianna Fáil braces itself for a delay of its review of its presidential campaign
It was set out last month that the party would carry out a review into its chaotic presidential campaign following the shock departure of candidate Jim Gavin.
www.thejournal.ie
November 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
It's emblematic of the do-nothing government, that one of the parties isn't able to deliver an internal report on time and without a row.
If Finna Fail can't get their act together to produce this report what hope of them producing anything in government?
www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-...
If Finna Fail can't get their act together to produce this report what hope of them producing anything in government?
www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-...
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Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hello it's me the leader of the party full of landlords that has been in power your whole adult life and created the housing crisis we now refuse to resolve.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
I'm here to tell you it's actually the foreigners' fault.
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A reminder, if needed, that the ‘Regional Public Policy & Government Relations Lead’ of Airbnb is a former Labour (!) TD who represented Gaeltacht communities in Galway West.
There's no quicker way to kill a community than to drive out the young people. That's exactly what short term rentals do to places like the Gaeltacht. If young people have nowhere to rent locally they leave.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
It's a problem for any small community that's attractive to tourists.
An 88 percent increase in the number of whole homes to rent in Gaeltacht areas on Airbnb – in just six years
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
'The history of the Gaeltachts as places of radical and forward thinking gets forgotten now when they've become a holiday destination,' say @CnaG
www.ontheditch.com/airbnb-expan...
November 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
A reminder, if needed, that the ‘Regional Public Policy & Government Relations Lead’ of Airbnb is a former Labour (!) TD who represented Gaeltacht communities in Galway West.
Some testimony from a victim of the US ICE regime, currently being facilitated by Shannon Airport.
He said that the agents would throw food at them to eat. The agents threatened to withhold food for a week and to beat him up if he didn't sign deportation papers. He said he saw others refuse and get beaten/receive no food. He signed because he was afraid.
November 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Some testimony from a victim of the US ICE regime, currently being facilitated by Shannon Airport.