According to planning docs "Beechlawn Guest House" was to be developed by HLK Developments which is owned by Brendan Delaney who was featured in the Paradise Papers & businessman Harry Parkinson.
Its sole director is Damien Fitzimons.
The registered address of HLK Development is also oddly enough "Beechlawn Guest House" itslelf...🤔
Dublin HQ
In fact there are over 15 companies all registered at Beechlawn Guest House!
Each of which lists either Patrick Flanagan or Derek Scully as directors.
Many of these companies have multi million euro contracts with the Dept. of Children to house refugees.
State Contracts
Codelix Limited,
Kyraview Limited,
Shakeview Limited &
Coziq Enterprises are making almost ~€10m a year. 😳
The shareholders of these companies are
Daniel Bateman 80% &
Sandra O'Neill 20%
Super Directors
InterestinglyPatrick Flanagan & Derek Scully are both involved with the Swift Hotel Group in Cork.
Flanagan is a director of the controversial Swiftcastle Roscrea which received €1.5m in Q2
The registered address of this company is Quality Hotel Youghal.
Cork HQ
In fact there are another ~10 companies connected to both Derek Scully & Patrick Flanagan each registered in Quality Hotel, Youghal.
Each also owned by either Allen McEnery, Daniel Bateman, Sandra O'Neill & others.
🤠 🤯
Swift Hotel Group
The Swift Hotel group is largely operated by its GM Allen McEnery.
The parent company is called Heronwell ULC which received a ~€7,000,000 from the Dept. of Children in Q2 alone 🤯
Small World
Interestingly Heronwell uses McGahon & Associates as its law firm.
Its managing partner, Maximilian McGahon, looks to be a close relation &/or number 1 fan of Fine Gael Senator John McGahon who was ordered to pay €39k for battering a local farmer
(..also fond of a twix!)
Rainmaker
But most interestingly of all, the 99% Shareholder of Heronwell is the mysterious Daniel Bateman who lists his personal address at Beechlawn Guest House ! ! !
I have no further information on Bateman - but the connections here are insane.
There are people online with the same name but none look likely candidates.
Opinion & Analysis
When you add everything up, there is over €50,000,000+ a year going to this web of companies.
The companies are operating on 50% to 70% profit margins. Most of which are controlled by Daniel Bateman.
The fact that Nial Collins TD, the Minister of State for further education & skills has personally supported an application for this group in Dublin's North Inner City is nothing short of alarming. 🚨 🚨
It tells you all you need to know about this Govt. intent & involvement in the Immigration Industrial Complex.
They are hand and glove.
It must be said nothing here is illegal - (apart from maybe the works done to Beechlawn house😅!)
This whole web of companies has taken me days to untangle. I'm sure there is much that I have missed or maybe gotten wrong. There is likely A LOT more to all this that I haven't picked up.
But what is worrying is the fact that no mainstream newspaper has picked this up or will bother to in the future.
This election is soo important, we cannot allow another 4 years of this carry-on to continue.
I'm doing my best. But I encourage others to get out there and let people know. Spread the word.
Support your local candidate who is calling this out loudly.
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?....🧵
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?
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.