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This is the new owner of the old paint factory in Coolock. 🚨

Meet Peter McGarry,

He’s from Kildare,

but lives in Switzerland for tax reasons. 🤓🇨🇭

He likes to virtue-signal online about his electric Land Rover and his “Earth Foundation”.

But he doesn’t mention his actual business of housing asylum seekers
for maximum profit

To be fair to Peter though he doesn’t seem like the brains behind the operation.

My suspicion is he the junior partner…. 🧵
The other owner of the old paint factory is Paul Collins..

the real piece of meat in this story 🥩

Collins was a Celtic Tiger Cowboy.

NAMA bailed him out for €45million !!

he reportedly still has personal loans of €2.7m to AIB.

But he never gave up the graft.

For over a decade he has been involved in asylum centres all over Ireland - Kerry, Roscommon, Leitrim, Dublin, Cork.

He’s basically an asylum centre dealer.Image
Paul Collins is constantly making headlines for the wrong reasons.

the migrants staying in one of his centres in Kerry went on hunger strike because conditions were so bad.

Here is a picture of them holding signs pleading for help!

How is this man still allowed to be in business - yet he is rewarded with lucrative Govt. contracts.Image
Paul Collins and Peter McGarry are unlikely bedfellows.

But in 2018 that’s what they became when they set up “Garlin Investments ICAV”

Collins also became a director of the McGarry family business - “Caragh Trees” in 2018 🧐
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The McGarry family business looks very normal from the outside

In 2018 they had this nice little piece in the paper letting everyone know how profitable they were

The question must be asked why would they let a fox like Collins into their hen house?

I suspect there’s more to it…Image
The business relationship between Collins and McGarry is extensive.

They are listed as directors and shareholders of over 20 linked companies.

“Townbe ULC” is one of the most notable.

This company was paid €43.5million from the tax payer in the last 3 years for housing asylum seekers!!Image
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last year when the Govt. announced new laws that any building with a roof on it can be turned into an asylum centre WITHOUT planning permission -

they didn’t waste any time -

Old paint factories were now on the menu!

This type of Govt. policy needs to be seen as wreckless.
It must be said nothing here is illegal.

The problem is that the Govt. has created an Immigration Industrial Complex -

paid for by the taxpayer

But the profits aren’t subject to tax - when structured correctly.

All this chaos in Coolock just so cowboys like Collins & McGarry can enrich themselves further.

No thanks.

I’m calling for serious policy reform.Image

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Irish Homeless Industrial Complex

Every year Dublin City Council publishes contracts over €10million. These used to be for roads, bridges, housing etc.

Now look at contracts homeless accommodation:

2022: €0
2024: €722,460,350

So who is getting these mega-contracts?
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The latest figures show how DCC's remit is changing rapidly .. its a homelessness contractor.

In 2024, the council awarded €1.73 billion worth of contracts over €10m.

42% for homeless emergency accommodation.
Housing construction, roads, parks etc made up 58%. Image
Just under 20 companies were awarded over €722m in these Homeless Emergency contracts by DCC.

The contracts range from 3 to 10 years in duration. See below 👇🏻 Image
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Dec 16, 2025
Dublin City Council has spent €455,000,000 in the first 9 months of 2025.

37% or €168,000,000 goes to private hotels/landlords for emergency accommodation. Thats almost 4 in every 10 euros.

Here are the top 10 paid companies.....🧵
Before we begin...

Important: This €168M spend for Q1, Q2 & Q3 is separate from IPAS spending. Same players but different game.

The most effected group here are Irish families receiving eviction notices. Singles leaving Direct Provision are second most. Image
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Why Irish families?

New Govt rental rules have triggered a wave of small landlords exiting the market. Families are being driven into homelessness.

While funnelling hundreds of millions in taxpayer cash straight to big providers like Banty McEnaney & co

Here are top 10 companies making millions.....👇🏻Image
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🚨 The Govt has published its Immigration Accommodation Costs for Q3 2025.

Total Spend in 3 months: €378,363,763.67
Total spend Year to Date: €1.3BILLION

The Top 20 Most Paid Companies in Q3: 🏆

Cape Wrath (City West) €12,579,756.69
Travelodge Hotels: €10,874,518.759,756.69
Tirawley Limited: €9,974,835.00
Tifco Ltd: €9,316,060.59
Allpro Security Services: €8,765,821.15
Holiday Inn Dublin Airport: €8,509,795.62
Guestford Ltd: €8,452,045.33
Cloudview Properties Limited: €7,100,326.32
Mosney Holidays PLC: €6,504,573.78
Kintrona Ltd: €6,333,280.00
Millstreet Equestrian Services: €4,927,614.35
The D Hotel (Fairkeep Limited): €5,520,000.01
Bridgestock Care Limited: €5,009,633.09
Seefin Events Unlimited: €5,576,046.02
Trailhead Unlimited Company: €4,000,557.58
East Coast Catering Ireland: €2,682,023.80
Brava Capital Ltd: €3,812,952.00
Carnbeg Hotel (Major Ventures): €3,458,740.00
Heronwell Unlimited Company: €3,036,864.00
Propiteer Ibis Red Cow Operations Ltd in Receivership – €2,231,147.00

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Purchase Orders: gov.ie/en/department-…
Typo in payment to Traveldoge:

*Travelodge Hotels: €10,874,518.75
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Oct 17, 2025
Fine Gael TD, Barry Ward, has posted an update on Facebook re Merrion House IPAS centre in Dublin 4.

No challenge to the decision ❌
Blind acceptance of wreckless Govt policy ✅

But is he conflicted?....🧵 Image
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As a sitting TD opining on migration, Ward is also actively acting as barrister for Somali diplomat Mohamed Abdallatif Hussein who was arrested at Dublin Airport on 8 charges of people smuggling.

Everyone deserves a lawyer, and barristers have a duty to represent their clients.....

BUT Ward’s choice to stay on this case is nothing short of jaw-dropping, given that he sits on the Justice Committee & is currently an elected Govt TD. His role in trying to release a charged people smuggler surely undermines any trust?Image
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This case is highly unusual.

Ward is pushing diplomatic immunity for Hussein, on eight counts of people-smuggling. That's someone allegedly exploiting the very IP pathways Ward publicly champions as "safe and vetted" in his Facebook post.

Given that Somalis represent ~11% of asylum applications so far this year (around 900+ out of 8,259 from Jan-Aug), makes this highly relevant.

How can he stay impartial on a system he helps shape while defending its alleged exploiter?

Why is no one asking serious questions here?Image
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Aug 9, 2025
The Irish Govt is trying to rewrite planning laws in the middle of a High Court case it’s losing.

Kevin "Boxer" Moran's old friendships & alliances shattered. Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael councillors now at war with their own Party.

This is extraordinary.... 🍿
The Site

Lissywollen IPAS centre in Athlone was pushed through in 2024 under “emergency” planning powers for up to 1,000 men.

Locals were not consulted and they pushed back.Image
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Local Democracy in Action!

Four Councillors, Paul Hogan (Independent Ireland), Frankie Keena (Fianna Fáil), Aengus O’Rourke (Fianna Fáil) and John Dolan (Fine Gael), launched a High Court challenge.

Kevin “Boxer” Moran, then still a councillor, was a co-signatory.Image
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Jul 30, 2025
Did you know that Morgan McSweeney's Mum & Dad have been paid €8.4M+ by the Irish Govt for asylum accommodation... with all profits routed through a Cyprus shell company??

...🧵
The name of the company is "TÓGÁIL VEILBHIT GLAS TEORANTA"

Set up very recently in Feb 2023, it has already been paid €8.4million!! Tim & Carmel McSweeney are directors, secretary. Image
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Tógáil Veilbhit Glas Teoranta is owned by another Irish company Velvet Quality Systems which is ultimately controlled by Cerapon Ltd, a holding company based in Cyprus.

Each of which links back to Tim McSweeny and his business partners.

Why Cyprus? Tax & Privacy. Image
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