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. 👏 👏 👏

Second verse, its gets worse,
It gets no better than this.

....🧵 An Open Secret

I've been bombarded with messages saying that David Mooney, a notorious figure, is actually the real owner of Igo Café.

Apparently, everyone in Sallynoggin knew this. But I needed written proof...

"Coffee's for closers" ☕️

How does a closed-down café in Sallynoggin manage to make €50,000,000 a year from refugees centres?

Irish Govt contracts are brewing........🧵 Faith Loves Irony

Last week Roderic O'Gorman published an update on the controversial plans for Thornton Hall.

The site was supposed to be turned into a super-prison but now it will become the largest refugee camp in the country...

"What is left unsaid carries more weight than what is shouted the loudest"

Here is what they are not telling you about Budget '25.....🧵 Potemkin Show

Jack Chamber's gave a lovely performance.

A young Minister for Finance - in the job only a few months - with no qualification or industry experience but now delivering a €33billion bonanza budget.

Incredible..

"When the roots are rotten, the fruit is bitter."

The bike shed contract is steeped in corruption. You reap what you sow.

New information has just come out, so let's walk through the facts....🧵 Who is Michael Stone?

A prominent Celtic Tiger businessman & close friend with Bertie.

He set up Designer Group, his engineering company in 1992. It turns over ~€150m+ every year.

It holds many lucrative State contracts.

Everything you need to know about the Security Shelter that cost €1.4million....🧵 Who got the Job?

McKeon Group were awarded the contract by the OPW

"The project involved the construction of a new, modern security pavilion within a secure environment"

Dog & Pony Show

RTÉ’s riot coverage was going as expected, until 45mins in, things took a bizarre turn

Suddenly, it morphed into a tribute to the self-righteous businessman Paul Collins - a real victim who claims he's not in it for profit...lol

Time to scratch the surface...🧵 Celtic Tiger Cowboy 🤠

You could be forgiven for believing Collins, when he says that he is not in it for profit...because up until 2015 he had never made one. 😅

He was bailed out by NAMA, (your taxes), to the tune of €45million! 💸

"The better you look, the more you see." 🚲

For the last week, I’ve been scouring the internet, determined to find out who was behind the €336k bike shed.

But all along, the answer was hiding in plain sight...🧵 IT IS NOW my working assumption that Sensori Facilities Management was the primary contractor for the bike shed—

a company founded by a controversial businessman with an EXCEPTIONALLY CONTROVERSIAL relationship with Paschal Donohoe...🍿