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?

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.

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.

Human Rights Laws Are Breaking Society.

The European Court of Justice is about to rule that asylum seekers have a superior right to housing above citizens.

This is legal insanity and a gift to extremists.

But how did we get here??... 🧵 Background

Dec 2023, Ireland stopped housing single male asylum seekers due to crisis. Two were left sleeping rough.

Irish NGOs sued the State

Ruling due soon giving Asylum Seekers superior right to accommodation over homeless citizens.

Human Rights laws are now being questioned.

The Irish Presidency is a constitutional safeguard. 🇮🇪

Under Article 26, the President can refer a bill to the Supreme Court. It’s happened just 15 times.

Here are the 6 times a President stood up for the Constitution, and won ! 🏆 🧵 Planning and Development Bill, 2000

President: Mary McAleese
Concerned land use, zoning, and environmental regulations.

The Court found parts of the bill were unconstitutionally vague and failed to provide sufficient procedural safeguards for affected individuals and property owners.

Remember the Govt’s White Paper to end Direct Provision? It promised asylum seekers their own front door.

The reality is that millions have been paid to an Isle of Man🇮🇲controlled company to buy up portfolios of houses for itself & lease them back to the State...🧵 Background

In 2021 Roderic O'Gorman launched a new strategy to end direct provision whereby asylum seekers would be given with their own houses....

We need to talk about Burrow beach 🏖️

In 24 hours:

2 fire brigades 🧑‍🚒
5 ambulances 🚑
Coast guard &
Public Order Unit all on the scene.

Fighting, drinking, fires, gang rivalry.

No lifeguards, just thousands of teens

Three people stretched off.. one girl looked in particularly bad trouble.

Below is a thread of footage collected from social media…. 🧵
Ambulance arriving as emergency services tend to a girl

A GAA legend
Three All-Stars
Given his debut by Banty in ’07
Monaghans's best talent in a generation

But when his company scores ~€10million in State contracts he uses a different name....why so secret? 🤔

PART II...🧵 ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Conor McManus is Monaghan GAA Royalty.
One of the best forwards to ever play the game.

Made his debut under Banty in '07 and played under him again from 2019 to 2022.

But it turns out he isn't just a key man on the pitch...

Some are calling them the "Carrickmacross Cartel"
Others prefer "Monaghan Mafia"
But its all theatrics, for me its just "Banty’s Boys"

For the first time, I’m diving deep into the web of companies linking high-profile GAA stars to lucrative State contracts.

PART ONE...🧵 Its an old debate, should GAA stars be paid??
its well known they get "looked after" .

But some just have a natural talent for business…

Take Davy Burke, the youngest inter-county manager.
Turns out he’s doing even better off the pitch...

Power Behind the Throne 👑

He organised Golfgate ⛳️
He controls votes, candidates & deals 🤝
He's the 2nd most powerful man in Fianna Fáil

He stood alongside Haughey, Reynolds, Bertie, Cowen & now Micheál.

Oh and he gets paid €5million in State Contracts for IPAS...🧵 Donie Cassidy is the Fianna Fáil fixer.

When the party needs money, hotels, venues or canvassers.... Donie PROVIDES. He knows where the bodies are buried.

In the room where decisions are made, he holds court.

There’s a rift in Fine Gael
TDs are fighting over a tourist tax to raise €12mil.

Geoghegan, Ward & Ó Muirí want it
Senior ministers oppose it, but the offer no real alternative

So allow me to do their homework & provide a solution they are too gutless to find...🧵
The TOTAL BUDGET for Dublin's four local authorities is €2.4 billion. 💰

So raising €12 million is just 0.5% of that

Instead of fighting over a highly visible, controversial tourist tax...wouldn't a smarter move be to try save 0.5% elsewhere?

How did a US billionaire family get swindled out of millions by a rogue money-man in a Tipperary village?

Were Dublin's Brogan bros involved?🤔

Locals were sold a dream of a whiskey distillery & 5⭐️ golf resort - now an IPAS centre looms.

The wild Saga of Dundrum House..🏌️🧵 📍2010

Jeffrey Leo, a Morgan Stanley broker, is barred by US regulator FINRA. He disappears from Wall Street.

But re-emerges in Irish business circles and embarks on a 15 year streak of financial chaos & destruction...

Inside Ireland's IPAS System.

Afters months of FOI requests, I have finally received an EXPLOSIVE set of reports.. some deemed too dangerous to release.

You might want to sit down for this...🧵 Before We Start - Explanation

I requested incident reports from 3 IPAS centres in Dublin & Wicklow for a ~4month period, Nov to Feb

Each centre is managed by Igo Café, the controversial company run by David Mooney, which was paid €12.4million in Q4 alone.

The Dept. confirmed that 22 relevant reports existed but withheld 7 due to safety & ongoing investigations. We know some of these are in relation to knife attacks and fires.

Ok, here we go....

"It feels like we only go backwards
Every part of me says "Go ahead"
I got my hopes up again
Oh no not again"

Calls for an Irish Doge are getting louder. But the truth is, we already had one - it was called Benefacts.

But it worked too well. So they shut it down. 😭

....🧵
Every year, Irish Govt pours ~€20 BILLION into nonprofits.

Where does it go? Who gets what? How much?
Before Benefacts, nobody knew. Not even the Govt itself.

One woman changed everything...

Slumdog Asylum Millionaire. 🚨 🚨 🚨

How does an Indian man living in asylum accommodation get awarded millions in State Contracts?

How is he able to finance the purchase of hotels & mansions? while also owing €150k+ in judgments to Revenue! ..🧵 Mohsin Manzoor Hospitality Ltd is one of the fastest growing companies in the Immigration Industry.

In Q1 '24 they made only €25k but by Q3 they were raking in over €900k.

A 3000% increase.
They are entrepreneurs of the year ! !

"Oh what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive"

Meet Coldec Group: a shadowy of network hotels, estate homes & apartments profiting off emergency accommodation.

Banking €50M+ in taxpayer money since 2022.
But is one man pulling all the strings? 🧵 The "Barber" & "Painter"

The directors of many Coldec companies are Patrick Ward (a barber) & Ronan Holbrook (a painter) have no real estate experience.

Both had financial struggles before suddenly becoming figureheads for companies managing €70M+ in property assets. How!?

"We're half awake in a fake empire
Turn the light out, say goodnight
No thinking for a little while
Let's not try to figure out everything at once
We're half awake in a fake empire"

.........🧵 CRM Properties has been paid over ~€30million from the Dept. of Children since 2022. Thats about €250k a week & rising!

The company is owned and controlled by just one man...

The smokescreens, perceptions of false reality,
Who the real owner if your boss gets a salary?

....🧵 Question

Has the Irish Govt. been inadvertently supporting a major pro-Israel / anti-Palestine media campaign, "Facts for Peace", via obscene payments to the asylum centre in Citywest Hotel?
😅 😳

Niall Collins TD is some man for planning ! !

He'll make sure there is no refugees in Limerick but guarantee them in Dublin.

Who is he doing his favours for?....🧵 What happened?

This week, Dublin City Council gave the green light for two buildings, 38 & 39 Gardiner Street, to be used as Refugee Accommodation.

All thanks to a special letter of support from Niall Collins.
⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

You do not hate RTÉ enough.

This week on "Upfront With Katie Hannon" they debated paying GAA managers.

Out of all the experts, they platformed former Monaghan manager Séamus "Banty" McEnaney, who claims he never took a cent in travel expenses 😇

Shame they didn’t ask him about the €130M he’s pocketing for housing asylum seekers....🧵 Since 2020 Banty has been paid an eye watering €130,000,000 to house refugees...

Simply extraordinary that this is real....

🚨

Billionaire wants to create an GIANT Asylum Centre on the Merrion Road

Eamon Waters has bought the old Jacob’s building to cash in on the asylum scam. But is he the one to blame?? 🤔

…. 🧵
Who?

Eamon Waters is the founder of Panda Waste. He started with one truck in the 90’s & sold his company in 2021 for €1.4billion !!! 🤤

There is no doubt this man is an incredible entrepreneur, deal maker and developer. 👏 👏 👏