Aontú 🟠 Rep for Castletroy/Annacotty, Limerick. Teacher & Gamesmaster at St Munchins College. Father of 3, Player of Badminton, Former Footballer.🟢🟡 Kerryman
On holidays in the South of France and we have seen an impressive collection of county & club jerseys, far outnumbering soccer jerseys.
Quality on display from
@ONeills1918
@McKeeverSports
@AzzurriSport
Can we get a snap all
#34CountyJerseys
before the end of the week? 🧵
Deposit return Scheme is being shown to be a gigantic tax revenue stream and is doing nothing for recycling rates.
Only 7 millions bottles and cans returned out of a possible 193 million.
A return rate of 3.6%.
Sack the minister who devised this €40 million a year quango
@sinead_ryan
Sinead, I dislike tweets like this, they pick a snap shot in time and try to paint it as if all the coverage is this way.
Earlier in the evening there were two females discussing the male 1500m athletics-Sonia and Dervla.
Did you question that?
As you know from the media
In Ireland we have a fuel storage policy of 90 days.
The Petrol/Diesel we are putting in our car today was delivered last Dec 2021, there was no war in Ukraine 3 months ago.
What we have here is profiteering & a failure by Irish Gov/EU policy.
Carbon taxes must be scrapped
Newstalk calling out An Taoiseach for Disinformation on
Deportation Orders
Open Borders
Fingerprints
This is a significant moment on the topic of immigration into the country.
Great news, the teachers unions have reached out to NPHET and offered a solution to allow hospitality opening on 5th July. They’ve reminded them that opening windows and letting air in made classrooms safe, same will apply for hospitality.
@EwanMacKenna
@FatEmperor
@PaulTreyvaud
Should this be a resignation offence?
A minister makes an incorrect claim on a referendum that will have serious consequences. Maybe it’s an error, maybe not, but it can happen.
However after being corrected by the electoral commission she declines to delete the falsehood and
Media Minister Catherine Martin is asked if she will delete a tweet in which she falsely claimed that the Constitution says "a woman's place is in the home" - a claim which was explicitly contradicted by her government's own Electoral Commission.
Question by
@Ben_Scallan
.
Not one thing about these photos says St Patrick’s day, these are from the yesterdays official launch.
Can't see this resonating with the visitors, what does the Tourism industry think?
This interview is extraordinary;
Inhumane
Not based on science
Too much fear
Misleading & immoral
Ultimately we had a deficit of leadership from FF, FG and Green who abdicated responsibility to people with 'vested interests' spurred on by Zero covid cheerleaders.
This is an Image used by a Green TD to increase the fear around temperatures across Europe
Do you think it is deliberately misleading?
Iceland with Temps of 5 degrees is Green, surely that should be some version of Blue
🇮🇪 with Temps 16-19 is yellow, it should be green. Anyone
Paul Reid resigns to spend more time with his family but somehow gets a job as an advisor with EY.
The very same EY that earned nearly €18m in health service fees during the Covid pandemic.
Nothing to see here folks.
The best solution?
🗳Aontú
This Gov are not reading the room, in fact they are going against the wishes of the vast majority of people.
The logic according to the Gov for much of our immigration policy is put down to ‘international obligations/commitments’
They now want us to sign up to a pact without
57% of new homes in Limerick last year were bought by non-household entities.
State agencies are distorting the market contrary to Gov own measures.
Very concerned to read that a new estate in Castletroy will have 40% social housing and remainder for cost rental, no owner
It’s going to be an expensive winter
I must say, the Green Party have done exactly as they said they would, financially penalise every household that drives a non EV car and a can’t afford an A rated house
Fuel to rise by 8c next month and heating oil up by €300 in 4 months
Anyone else see the irony of the largest commercial aeroplane in the world arriving into Ireland to be greeted by the Min for Environment Eamon Ryan.
At the same time he’s trying to reduce quality of life by restricting cars and roads, cull cows, levy’s on bottles and cans,
An Tanaiste once again showing his government have no interest or are unwilling to uphold the law of the land.
3 months is the most an EU citizen may reside without employment or sufficient resources.
"There are various entitlements": Micheál Martin responds to a question by Ryan Casey, boyfriend of Ashling Murphy, about how Slovak killer Jozef Puska came to Ireland to be jobless on welfare for a decade. Question by
@Ben_Scallan
.
#gript
Something is rotten in the state of Ireland
The government are mounting a campaign to bully the NGOs, who they’ve been bankrolling for the past decade, to do their bidding.
A clear out is needed and 2024 is the year to start the process.
A scathing assessment of the ill conceived Deposit Return Scheme.
Customers are paying a extra tax and businesses are losing money
But the Greens and their jobs for the environmental boys in the quango running it are delighted.
@rtenews
Aontú said this months ago when we got the data showing the vast majority of asylum seekers were arriving this way.
How is this Gov so slow to react with all their advisors?
Eirgrid reported that yesterday we nearly had nationwide blackouts due to lower than expected wind power & demand.
Same day it was reported that a data centre in Ennis to be built will consume as much power as every house in Limerick/Clare&Tipp
No joined up thinking by our Gov
The Ditch has seen a copy of the Attorney General’s advice to Minister O’Gorman on the referenda that he refused to publish. It vindicates our position. Vote NoNo!
Dáil votes in favour of opting in to EU Migration Pact
Time after time this government make decisions that are not in the best interest of its people.
We must vote them out, banish them forever.
@IrelandAMVMTV
Fair play to Tommy and Muireann, they took Min Foley to the cleaners.
We need more journalists prepared to ask tough questions and not give in to spin and prepared answers.
The government needs to realise that the majority of tourists travelling to Ireland are doing so to encounter what they believe is an Irish experience.
They are not coming for British High street shops, Asian food or some Mardi Gras type parade.
Dublin has more or less lost
The lead NGO during the recent referendums where the Gov suffered a record defeat is refusing to acknowledge its own role.
An NGO that won’t define a woman.
Should Advocacy NGOs like the National Women’s council receive 700k a from the state to pay 98.7% of their staff costs?
More disinformation from the gov and published by a media outlet that knows better.
Funding for disability services is a budget and political decision, changing the constitution will have no impact on that.
Misleading and irresponsible to say otherwise
Tweets like this are doing the rounds tonight in an emotional attempt to deceive people that men competing in women’s sport is not wrong.
The irony here is that Semiya Castor has married a woman and fathered two children.
What’s horrid is all the women who’ve lost out of
The self proclaimed eco socialists are trying to destroy the life our forefathers created for us.
We have a group of politicians who want to reduce the life experiences and quality of life for our children.
These people; Green, Soc Dem, Labour and PBP need giving a short
Chinese owned multinational hotel sees room rate going from €100 per night to €312.
Normal family who hosted a Ukrainian family offered €400 a month.
Thats FF/FG Ireland for you represented by those two payments.
Violence on our city streets is far to common, especially late at night in Limerick.
I wrote to the Gardaí in Nov 2021 seeking the establishment of a late night operation with increased Garda presence to act as a deterrent. Chief super at the time, Brian Sugure, replied and
To think this is where we were 2 years ago
Madness to reflect back & ponder how our Gov & authorities allowed fear & scare mongering fester to such a level that a ban on selling baby clothes was tolerated
A investigation is needed to ensure this never happens again
@FineGael
@nealerichmond
By linking legal and illegal immigration and mixing them together you are doing a serious disservice to the many non-nationals who move here legally and in good faith.
Law breakers should not be tolerated, those entering illegally must be subject to the law.
FG, by linking
I see our Taoiseach is off doing valuable EU business again. To me it seems that he does more to serve the needs of the EU than listen to concerns of the people on the island of Ireland.
This is the head of the Gov that bleats constantly about climate change and how we must
I’m very concerned with the FG and government efforts to link all types of immigration.
Illegal immigration needs to be tackled and stopped.
Controlled Legal immigration brings many positives.
Law breaking must be subject to the rules of the country. The efforts by FG to
Climate change kills 14 times as many women and girls as it does men and boys. One of the solutions? To have more women decision-makers.
I discussed this interconnection today with Lucca Kettschau from
@uniofgalway
for her podcast series on Climate.
The question that needs to be asked is why would Min Humphreys not increase payments to carers no matter the result of referendum?
Payments are a budgetary consideration and nothing to stop them being increased.
Clearly those in favour of changing the referendum are in full
Ireland only sent back 31 out of 2750 asylum applicants to EU where they first arrived or sought international protection
That is 1%
While Ireland agreed to take back 182 of 626 from other counties.
That’s 29%
Incompetent or deliberate governance?
@NewstalkFM
This was an excellent interview, combative and challenging,
@Niall_Boylan
was put under pressure and handled it well.
It is imperative that
@kierancuddihy
is now equally as robust with other candidates, this is where many of his fellow professionals fail.
Significant win for Aontú and the campaigns we fight.
What needs to be asked is why did the government allow only cashless payments progress so far.
Are they out of touch with the people on the ground?
300 restaurants and cafes have closed in Ireland in the past six months.
This was warned about but the government refused to listen and the representative associations did not think long term.
Longest lockdowns, large reduction in accommodation beds, rising costs all hitting
A government minister has been publicly cited for false claims in relation to the upcoming referendum.
By my count this is the 4th instance of misinformation by government spokespeople after Leo did so twice and Catherine Martin also.
You must
#VoteNoNo
Nobody would say parents with a child aren't a family just because they're not married. Yet that's what our Constitution says.
On March 8th, you have the opportunity to change that by voting
#YesYes
.
Are the Government and those with housing decision powers trying to whip up anger and jealousy? Are they trying to create a them vs us scenario.
There are tens of thousands of people on the housing list badly in need of a home.
Our Gov has lost the plot
We’ve taken in around 100,000 refugees over the past year and half yet they decide to pay a voluntary contribution of €1.5 mi
Is there a leadership in the world that is more concerned with appearance & virtue signalling
They are not fit to govern
Italy have put a windfall tax on banks as they are profiteering from Interest Rate Increases
Irish banks made €4B profit last year, a trebling from year before
Banks haven’t passed on rate increase for savings but have for mortgage rates
Should we do something similar?
"I don't think [Simon Harris is] an effective Minister. I think he's been a very poor Minister."
"[His] management skills...are sadly lacking."
"[His] failings in health are many and well-documented."
What did Simon Harris' FF/Green Party allies say about him in years prior?
They want to put something into the constitution that won’t apply to everybody that fits the criteria!!!
Has there ever been a been a more muddled and mindless referendum?
Anyone with any sense has to
#VoteNoNo
This is happening far to often at the top levels of Irish society, why is it that people on 6 figure salary's can decide not to appear for questioning when a scandal breaks.
Would a hair dresser, block layer, sales assistant or officer worker get away?
Who are these people Ms Chu?
I know of no sports person who claims that ‘girls sports are not worth investing in’
This is a gross example of someone who should know better stroking up the gender wars for ideological reasons
People claim girl's sports are not worth investing in since no one will watch and it's not exciting.
There was over 6,000 fans in RDS today and it was one of the most adrenaline rushing final minutes I've seen in a while.
So very proud of our women's team!
#IREvITA
#GW6N
@Independent_ie
Should be said that Ms Murphy is a SF activist in the heading or at the least sub heading.
It is not even mentioned in the article.
Incomplete reporting
Unbelievable but true, opinion polls being used by NPHET in high level discussions with government on the need for lockdowns.
‘Follow the science’ has been well and truly abandoned in favour of populism.
The minutes of the last NPHET meeting this month show that the Department and HSE presented them with the findings of an opinion poll showing public appetite for more restrictions.
Surely NPHET / government should be following science as opposed to opinion polls? 🤨
Fair to play FG, it only took 12 years of holding the justice portfolio and they move us from the bottom of the table of dangerous cities to the top 10.
Dublin: earns a place in the 10 most dangerous cities of Europe. This calls for some
#hatespeech
laws to correct, the only way to deal with street thugs is to stop them from saying things we don't like (sort violence some other day)
@IrishTimes
Bring back the horse and cart. Use the manure that can be publicly and freely gathered from the streets to nourish the lettuce window boxes. Tie string to the boxes so drying clothes across the streets and then we’ll come up with some invention that will harness energy from the
Would you like a debate on immigration?
Are you having conversations in your own home on how much Ireland can support people moving here?
Aontú are prepared for this discussion but the government don’t even want it whispered. 16 Gov members were asked, all were unavailable.
16 Government TD’s were contacted by KFM this morning to come on and debate immigration issue - none were ‘available’. We need a respectful debate on this important topic. Listen below to Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín’s take.
#aont
ú
Fuel & utility bill costs are set to increase as excise duty/Vat cuts are not likely to be extended
The Greens a represent upper middle class urbanites who live close to work, can afford EVs & A-rated homes
All Green policies cater for their voters
@NaomiOhReally
Is it the job of an IT employee to do PR for the Taoiseach?
Can I ask, did someone contact you with that reference to get it out or did you do it off your own bat?
The minister for children just casually refusing to answer a simple question
‘Is it right for State funded groups to instruct teachers to lie to parents’
Irish Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman refuses to say whether he supports State-funded NGOs encouraging teachers to lie to parents. Question by
@Ben_Scallan
#gript
Look at this, Sunday Indo along with Irish Government trying to deflect from the main cause of inflation; Shutting down economy for 2 years, printing billions of euro and weak leadership are primary causes of the serious economic risks.
CPI was already 7.9% in Feb 22
Why does our Gov not enforce the laws that are currently in place?
Aontú PQ reveals that a total of 1,140 refusals on asylum applications were made last year and 539 deportation orders were signed. But only 17 deportations were enforced, while 73 voluntary departured.
To be fair if you knew you’re Minister for Media had been rebuked by the state electoral commission for inaccuracies and you didn’t want to publicly defend her walking, away might be your best option….
Or else he’s giving a ✌️to questioning media and the public….
You decide.
IGNORED: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar walks out of a press briefing as
@Ben_Scallan
is mid-sentence asking about government ministers spreading referendum misinformation.
Sick of being lied to?
Sick of vague undefined terms being proposed for the constitution?
Sick of women and mothers being written out of Gov documents?
Sick of important legal advice being hidden?
Sick of biased one sided reporting?
You know what you have to do
#VoteNoNo
Ireland is now a significant net contributor to the EU budget, €2.6 billion in 2022.
Getting a small portion back is not really a benefit.
Don’t be fooled by announcements like this.
In the example in this clip, 'if a transgender woman goes into a girls bathroom'
Green TD Patrick Costello states that 'a jury' would decide if it constituted hate.
In other words the Green Party see the Hate speech bill as a mechanism to push people certain expressing
"It's about where that moves into incitement to violence..."
Green Party TD Patrick Costello on concerns raised about the lack of a definition of 'hate' within the Hate Speech Bill.
#rtept
|
@RTENews
🇮🇪 is heavily reliant on gas, we are the 6th most reliant in the EU, 15th in the world
However,we have ZERO gas storage capacity. All 14 countries more reliant than us have over 100 days of storage
Our Ministers & Gov have no foresight, we are sleepwalking into an energy crisis
So the Greens shoot down the building of a proper Gas/LNG terminal on the Shannon estuary only a few months ago but now they want to store the gas on a moored ship.
Anyone see craziness here?
@IrishTimes
Apart from Aontú and a few brave Senators no one else with a political background countered the government attempts to mis-inform the citizens.
Very disappointing that the opposition of SF, SD, Labour and far left did not do their job, they did not scrutinise
🗳️
#1
Aontú
@SimonHarrisTD
@UL
Min Harris, your lack of action on 3rd level student accommodation has been a driver in the scenes we’ve witnessed in College Court this evening. Clear for a month that Castletroy & Limerick was having an issue with students. Here’s a photo on
@ul
campus accom, look at the lights
I see
@willieodeaLIVE
voted for the EU
Migration pact.
Anyone want to take a bet to see how long it’ll be before he denies it and starts advocating against its implementation?
Those in power do not put the needs of its citizens first, just another awful example discovered by the
@businessposthq
Is there anyone that thinks this is right?
In Limerick we’ve had approved housing bodies outbidding individual buyers by paying fees some €10-20k above the
Minister Roderic OGorman more concerned about looking bad on the ‘Facebook moment’ than the worried that he sat in the same board as a man who got €9million from Tulsa, who fabricated staff references and falsified Garda vetting.
The leader of
@AontuIE
@Toibin1
drops massive truth bomb on
@rodericogorman
pointing out that he sat on the same committee as Jossy Akwuobi whose company got almost €9m from
@tusla
for residential care and is now under Garda investigation for alleged “fabricated” staff
Looks like our pathetic government have gone ‘Far-Right’.
Anybody that suggested this course of action a few months ago was labelled with a slur.
We have a govt that are unwilling to govern, the disgust on the doors towards then I’ve never witnessed before.
Incumbency and
The depth in this document on the reasons for a
#VoteNoNo
is impressive.
Polling is showing that those most educated on the referendums are
#VoteNoRef24
Get educated people.
Thank you to all who attended our Lawyers For No press launch today. Our comprehensive analysis document is available on my website here: or on Google Drive here:
#VoteNoNo
The fact that the current FF, FG and Green Gov are even considering this means they should be dumped and never ever brought back.
Talk about ruining a country and it’s people
When
@AontuIE
leader
@Toibin1
raised concerns about stopping cancer screening in the Dail,
@MichealMartinTD
told him to "get real"...
Now we can look forward to a zero accountability enquiry..
What’s the nations reward for giving FF and FG a majority local and EU vote?
Another household energy increase in October of course.
They are laughing at us.
At the local supermarket today, had a conversation with the young man trying to sort the Re-turn machine.
He described the whole introduction as a
‘Pile of sh1te’
he has wasted hours of work on it since the introduction, he’s not a happy camper.
Story on Soc Dem Candidate Kisyombe in todays
@TheSundayIndo
Apologised for ‘clogging up’ court
False info as an asylum seeker in 2010
Lawyers tried to prevent publication of story
Resignation of 3 Nat Exec members
Victim-‘worst physical assault’ in 12 yrs in asylum centre
Sensible immigration is what the majority want.
Helping those in need is what people want.
The ability to make a rational calculation of the numbers Ireland can accommodate is what people want.
Zero sympathy for bogus applicants is what people want.
The removal of pull
For the last 2 years, the political establishment hammered Aontú for our common sense approach to migration.
Now they put their finger in the air and copy us word for word.
@Independent_ie
It’s really disappointing to see columnists use their platform to ignore key incidents and further their agenda.
Initially the blame for the tragic and horrible murder was jumped on by the ‘extremists’ who blamed the number of single sex male schools in Ireland and it’s
The realisation has finally dawned that Ireland has over stretched resources for refugees
What we have are Ministers trying to safe face by pushing the problem onto each other
Min OGorman v Min OBrien & M Martin.
Are you concerned about EU migration pact and its impact on Ireland?
Do you hope that the government will use elements of the pact to bring structure and order to migration?
Not a chance, watch Min McEntee fail and flounder under the assessment of the Dept of Justice
Michael McNamara TD grills Justice Minister Helen McEntee on asylum seeker returns:
"The other country accepted responsibility, accepted they would take them back, a decision was made to transfer them, and you transferred 3 of those 188 [asylum seekers]. Where's the problem?"
@AlannahEMurray
That’s the thing with role models you can choose your own.
Kellie has won an Olympic medal, she’s more than worthy.
Who would you suggest?
All over at the count centre, close but it wasn’t to be.
A seat was there to be won but not getting to canvass a 3rd of the constituency cost me in the end for transfers.
Thanks to everybody who helped and sent messages of support, it is appreciated
#VoteNoNo
is on a surge, FF and FG higher ups at this last minute now switching sides and speaking out, calling for a No vote
Hats off to those who started the
#VoteNoRef24
, the brave few who spoke up when the Political, Media and NGO establishment was lined up against them.
Learnt in politics that often when nearly every Dail party agrees on an issue its out of fear from appearing out of touch & what is agreed has little substance,so no room for controversy. Its a pity so many well meaning NGOs have been mislead into support 2 Yes referendum votes.
Businessman who paid for Paschal Donohoe postering work is Land Development Agency board member.
This is the same LDA with a budget of €1.5 billion yet has only delivered 150 houses in 4 years.
That's FG for you