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Seán Dee retweeted
Reminder that RTE refuses to cover the ongoing criminal trial in Germany of a Ukrainian special forces operative charged with blowing up the Nord Stream 2 undersea gas pipeline between Russia and Germany in 2022.
This, despite the fact RTE has on its website a dedicated section for news on Nord Stream 2 (rte.ie/news/nord-stream-2) and has been scaring the bejaysus out of us for four years with the threat of Russians cutting undersea data cables in "our seas" or Russia destroying the two gas pipelines between Britain and Ireland (26 counties, there's actually a third between Britain and N Ireland, which is itself integrated with pipe distribution in the 26 counties).
And despite the fact that RTE has a dedicated regional reporter Liam Nolan (funded by the Government Global Ireland Media Challenge Fund) who is forever reporting what he's told about Russian threats.
🛏Reds back under the bed🟥
While investigations are at a very early stage, political and security sources here are examining a 'very credible theory' that figures in Russia are behind the threats.
Speaking on the Late Late Show last night, Taoiseach Micheál Martin could not 'definitively' say if there was Russian involvement in the hoax.
He said there is 'no doubt' Russia is involved in many similar attacks, which he claimed have become more frequent since the invasion of Ukraine.
#WaronNeutraility #Triplelock #Hoax #Scaremongering #MichéalMartin #SimonHarris #FiannaFail #FineGael #HatedGovernment
Seán Dee retweeted
Top 100 IPAS Providers in 2026 YTD:
Capewrathhotel: €𝟰𝟬,𝟱𝟱𝟰,𝟮𝟳𝟮.𝟴𝟲
Bridgestockcare Limited: €𝟮𝟴,𝟯𝟭𝟬,𝟵𝟳𝟴.𝟲𝟱
Mosney: €𝟮𝟰,𝟬𝟬𝟭,𝟯𝟭𝟳.𝟱𝟵
Guestford Ltd: €𝟮𝟯,𝟱𝟯𝟱,𝟲𝟳𝟮.𝟵𝟭
Smorgsroimanagement Limited: €𝟮𝟭,𝟵𝟱𝟰,𝟵𝟯𝟬.𝟬𝟯
Holidayinndublinairport: €𝟮𝟬,𝟲𝟳𝟴,𝟱𝟲𝟲.𝟲𝟴
Kintrona Ltd: €𝟭𝟴,𝟳𝟵𝟯,𝟯𝟮𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Tirawley Ltd: €𝟭𝟴,𝟰𝟵𝟮,𝟴𝟱𝟰.𝟬𝟬
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Vistabayunlimitedcompany: €𝟭𝟱,𝟭𝟭𝟮,𝟳𝟯𝟰.𝟬𝟬
Allprosecurityservices: €𝟭𝟱,𝟭𝟭𝟮,𝟭𝟳𝟬.𝟬𝟱
Eastcoastcatering(ireland): €𝟭𝟮,𝟮𝟯𝟳,𝟴𝟯𝟰.𝟬𝟴
Gatewayintegration: €𝟭𝟭,𝟲𝟬𝟮,𝟱𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟭
Dideandochaseireann: €𝟭𝟬,𝟯𝟳𝟬,𝟳𝟲𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Millstreetequestrianservices: €𝟵,𝟵𝟳𝟰,𝟭𝟳𝟱.𝟳𝟵
Tif Co Ltd: €𝟵,𝟱𝟳𝟬,𝟱𝟭𝟴.𝟯𝟲
Nextweek& Co Limited: €𝟵,𝟰𝟱𝟲,𝟱𝟬𝟴.𝟰𝟬
Thedhotel: €𝟵,𝟯𝟵𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟬
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Keldesso Limited: €𝟵,𝟮𝟮𝟴,𝟯𝟬𝟳.𝟮𝟳
Subalpine Ltd: €𝟵,𝟭𝟳𝟲,𝟵𝟴𝟯.𝟬𝟬
Heronwell Limited: €𝟵,𝟬𝟴𝟯,𝟱𝟵𝟮.𝟬𝟬
Townbe Ltd: €𝟴,𝟲𝟳𝟴,𝟵𝟰𝟮.𝟱𝟲
Fazyard Ltd: €𝟴,𝟲𝟳𝟴,𝟳𝟵𝟭.𝟴𝟬
Carnbeghotelandspa: €𝟴,𝟮𝟬𝟰,𝟭𝟱𝟳.𝟬𝟬
Deloitteireland Llp: €𝟴,𝟬𝟬𝟲,𝟴𝟳𝟴.𝟯𝟴
Ravenglass Limited: €𝟴,𝟬𝟬𝟱,𝟳𝟮𝟱.𝟬𝟬
Coolebridge Ltd: €𝟳,𝟴𝟭𝟮,𝟬𝟲𝟴.𝟴𝟬
Jmaventures Limited: €𝟳,𝟰𝟱𝟯,𝟲𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Trabolganholidaycentre Ltd: €𝟳,𝟯𝟯𝟯,𝟲𝟭𝟳.𝟬𝟬
Doublepropertyservices: €𝟳,𝟮𝟳𝟰,𝟱𝟭𝟯.𝟵𝟰
Airwayscentreun Limited: €𝟳,𝟬𝟯𝟭,𝟭𝟭𝟱.𝟬𝟬
Igoemergencymanagement: €𝟲,𝟲𝟮𝟯,𝟳𝟴𝟮.𝟲𝟬
Trailheadunlimitedcompany: €𝟲,𝟰𝟴𝟭,𝟬𝟮𝟲.𝟱𝟰
Windwardmanagement Limited: €𝟲,𝟰𝟮𝟴,𝟮𝟱𝟴.𝟬𝟬
Propiteeribisredcow: €𝟲,𝟮𝟬𝟲,𝟯𝟲𝟯.𝟬𝟬
Crossapropertyventures Ltd: €𝟲,𝟬𝟬𝟴,𝟰𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Praemonitus Ltd: €𝟱,𝟵𝟳𝟰,𝟲𝟰𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Slideville Limited: €𝟱,𝟲𝟳𝟴,𝟯𝟵𝟵.𝟵𝟵
Abbeytrillsagconholding Ltd: €𝟱,𝟰𝟴𝟬,𝟰𝟮𝟴.𝟮𝟴
Jjuniorservicesun Limited: €𝟱,𝟰𝟳𝟱,𝟳𝟮𝟯.𝟬𝟬
Tattonward Ltd: €𝟱,𝟰𝟰𝟲,𝟵𝟴𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Brightoncapital Ltd: €𝟱,𝟯𝟮𝟬,𝟬𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Parkviewresidential: €𝟱,𝟮𝟰𝟭,𝟮𝟯𝟲.𝟬𝟬
Transboil Ltd: €𝟱,𝟭𝟯𝟱,𝟳𝟴𝟮.𝟳𝟬
Pumpkinspice Limited: €𝟰,𝟵𝟴𝟱,𝟲𝟯𝟴.𝟬𝟲
Campbellcatering Ltd: €𝟰,𝟵𝟳𝟯,𝟲𝟭𝟭.𝟳𝟭
Totalexperience Limited: €𝟰,𝟲𝟮𝟵,𝟬𝟱𝟳.𝟴𝟯
Burveaunlimitedcompany: €𝟰,𝟱𝟴𝟬,𝟰𝟵𝟱.𝟬𝟭
Motver Ltd: €𝟰,𝟱𝟯𝟰,𝟳𝟭𝟴.𝟱𝟬
Bcmcgettigan Ltd: €𝟰,𝟱𝟮𝟯,𝟯𝟭𝟯.𝟭𝟴
Punchestownenterprises: €𝟰,𝟱𝟬𝟰,𝟲𝟳𝟳.𝟴𝟮
Internationalorganisationformigr: €𝟰,𝟰𝟰𝟮,𝟭𝟴𝟳.𝟭𝟴
Powertique Limited: €𝟰,𝟯𝟬𝟭,𝟯𝟰𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Rathmineshospitality: €𝟯,𝟴𝟵𝟮,𝟯𝟱𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Bohrmount Ltd: €𝟯,𝟳𝟴𝟴,𝟴𝟮𝟬.𝟵𝟴
Tenzing Ltd: €𝟯,𝟲𝟭𝟰,𝟭𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Onsitefacilitiesmanagement: €𝟯,𝟱𝟯𝟮,𝟬𝟯𝟳.𝟳𝟮
Wallsloughvillage Ltd: €𝟯,𝟰𝟳𝟵,𝟳𝟲𝟯.𝟳𝟱
Northerngateservices: €𝟯,𝟰𝟱𝟬,𝟲𝟲𝟱.𝟬𝟬
Shorestone Limited: €𝟯,𝟯𝟰𝟰,𝟲𝟯𝟲.𝟭𝟮
Dromaprop Limited: €𝟯,𝟯𝟰𝟰,𝟱𝟲𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Oscardawn Ltd: €𝟯,𝟯𝟭𝟴,𝟬𝟰𝟮.𝟬𝟬
Pbmproductons Ltd: €𝟯,𝟮𝟳𝟲,𝟲𝟭𝟰.𝟲𝟳
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Killequestriancentre: €𝟯,𝟮𝟲𝟮,𝟵𝟵𝟰.𝟬𝟬
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Thegatewayhotel: €𝟯,𝟭𝟮𝟬,𝟵𝟯𝟰.𝟬𝟬
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Earlsline Limited: €𝟮,𝟵𝟬𝟴,𝟵𝟭𝟱.𝟬𝟬
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Flodale Limited: €𝟮,𝟲𝟴𝟵,𝟲𝟯𝟳.𝟲𝟲
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Coziqenterprises Limited: €𝟮,𝟲𝟯𝟲,𝟵𝟴𝟱.𝟬𝟬
Convoytownpark Ltd: €𝟮,𝟱𝟲𝟮,𝟮𝟵𝟳.𝟬𝟲
Themhotel: €𝟮,𝟱𝟱𝟲,𝟬𝟳𝟵.𝟲𝟲
Swiftcastleroscrea Limited: €𝟮,𝟱𝟰𝟴,𝟰𝟴𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Seatownplacehousing Ulc: €𝟮,𝟱𝟰𝟲,𝟲𝟭𝟱.𝟬𝟬
Cwgsinvestments Limited: €𝟮,𝟱𝟰𝟬,𝟯𝟬𝟬.𝟳𝟭
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Realtnamarahospitality: €𝟮,𝟱𝟯𝟰,𝟬𝟵𝟬.𝟱𝟬
Ruskinconcepts Ltd: €𝟮,𝟱𝟬𝟵,𝟯𝟭𝟳.𝟵𝟰
Gardinerstreetprojects Dac: €𝟮,𝟱𝟬𝟭,𝟳𝟳𝟮.𝟬𝟬
Emnradvisory Ltd: €𝟮,𝟰𝟴𝟯,𝟳𝟰𝟮.𝟵𝟬
Easykeepservicesun Limited: €𝟮,𝟯𝟳𝟲,𝟴𝟵𝟴.𝟬𝟬
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Earlofdesmondhotel: €𝟮,𝟯𝟲𝟱,𝟬𝟲𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Codelix Ltd: €𝟮,𝟯𝟱𝟱,𝟮𝟬𝟱.𝟯𝟮
Mccurtainstreethoteliers Ltd: €𝟮,𝟮𝟰𝟮,𝟵𝟲𝟴.𝟬𝟬
Stompool Ltd: €𝟮,𝟮𝟯𝟯,𝟬𝟬𝟬.𝟬𝟬
Wshiunlimitedcompany: €𝟮,𝟮𝟮𝟴,𝟳𝟲𝟮.𝟬𝟬
Flanagansonline Ltd: €𝟮,𝟮𝟮𝟲,𝟯𝟵𝟬.𝟱𝟳
Greenfieldmarketgarden: €𝟮,𝟮𝟭𝟬,𝟮𝟴𝟱.𝟬𝟬
Mythshear Limited: €𝟮,𝟮𝟬𝟱,𝟵𝟬𝟲.𝟭𝟰
Depaul: €𝟮,𝟭𝟵𝟯,𝟵𝟭𝟮.𝟳𝟲
Rocarojadevelopments Limited: €𝟮,𝟭𝟴𝟰,𝟭𝟲𝟱.𝟬𝟬
Townsendpropertyservices Ltd: €𝟮,𝟭𝟯𝟱,𝟮𝟱𝟯.𝟰𝟬
The Govt is on track to spend ~€1.22B for 2026 on IPAS!
We are also noticing some new trends:
There are 37 new providers and 210 contracts have been terminated.
It seems the market it consolidating.... bigger providers like Bridgestockcare, Tirawley etc are getting bigger and smaller providers being cut-off.
You can now tracker "gainers" and "decliners" on the website "Public Data Unpacked"
Make sure to spend time on here and let us know any other trends or data you find.
The Govt has published its Immigration Accommodation Costs for Q1 & Q2 2026.
First six months: €643.69M
Q1: €311.28M
Q2: €332.41M (up 6.8%)
Below are the Top 20 companies & groups:
Tifco/Travelodge Group: €43,897,254.90
Cape Wrath Hotel (Citywest): €26,848,965.22
Bridgestock Care Limited: €18,531,180.61
Mosney Unlimited Company: €18,249,727.79
Subalpine/Millstreet group: €17,007,036.86
Guestford Ltd: €15,592,999.27
Brava Capital Ltd: €12,635,064.00
Kintrona Ltd: €12,460,040.00
Tirawley Ltd: €12,273,654.00
“Banty” McEnaney family companies: €11,170,810.00
Allpro Security Services Ireland: €10,684,088.15
Vista Bay Unlimited Company: €10,019,798.00
Gateway Integration: €7,692,500.00
Didean Dochas Eireann Teoranta: €6,891,320.00
East Coast Catering Ireland: €6,725,709.20
The D Hotel (Fairkeep): €6,539,000.00
Deloitte Ireland LLP: €6,344,309.40
Seefin Events Unlimited Company: €6,160,729.02
Heronwell Unlimited Company: €6,055,728.00
Carnbeg Hotel: €5,631,101.00
Keldesso Limited: €5,586,322.19
Punchestown Enterprises - €3,204,146.46
These Top 20 account for €261.64M or 40.6%...
Since 2020, €7.1billion has been spent on IPAS.
More details below..
Seán Dee retweeted
FG leader and Tanaiste Simon Harris is today calling for SF TD Aengus O'Snodaigh to come into the Dail and make a statement about his role at Liberties Recycling in the wake of Garda raids etc. Fair enough.
But shouldn't Simon Harris and (current education minister, former FG chief whip and direct employer of the victim in the case) Hildegarde Naughton come before the Dail to explain their passive (at best) concealment & handling of two FG politicians and the abuse of that victim, the young woman who previously worked for Naughton? When SF called for that accountability in February 2025, they were given the deaf ear.
Seán Dee retweeted
Thurs 12 November 2026 Convention Centre Dublin
Nato is being welcomed into Ireland for the first time since 2022, with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte set to attend the meeting of the so-called "European Political Community", a group set up in 2022 after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, and whose focus includes "defence"
No doubt Rutte will be lecturing us about our spending on weapons - €1bn armoured cars, €600m surveillance planes/helicopters, €500m radar to replace the donations to Ukraine, €250m war ship etc - it's just not enough, it's only 0.3% of GDP and Nato wants us all to spend 2%.
#DefendTheTripleLock
Nato boss Mark Rutte, below, is expected to participate in the European Political Community meeting in Dublin on Thurs 12 November 2026 at the Convention Centre in Dublin Docklands beside the Liffey. Nato has attended all meetings of the EPC since 2024; the EPC was created in 2022 to support Ukraine.
President Zelensky of Ukraine is also expected to attend. On his last visit to Dublin in July 2026, he wanted us to shutter the Aughinish refinery in Limerick at a cost to our economy of €3bn over 10 years. The time before, December 2025, we gave him €125m and promised to stump up our 3% share of the €90bn EU "loan" and with the drone attack, which was likely orchestrated by Ukraine or Britain, we were forced to spend €20m on a French anti-drone system. If we lie down behind the sofa this time, might he just stay away and we can use the €100m that Micheal Martin will probably give him, to abandon the 15% fare increases in January?
Seán Dee retweeted
Brendan O'Connor is probably the best example of why a Govt should never be responsible for financing state media. Every week he willingly adopts a new Govt position on a topic, If its not housing or healthcare its NATO where he has a panel of yes men and women to support that position. RTE do some great work but unfortunately this tool and his show destroy whats left of RTE's reputation.
Seán Dee retweeted
Shameless RTE continues to abuse its position to foist voices upon us which are pro-Nato, pro-weapons spending, anti-neutrality or anti-Triple Lock or a combination thereof.
Its weekend flagship current affairs programme with an audience of 399,000 today features Brigid Laffan of the private outfit European Council on Foreign Affairs, whose views weapons spending are well-known. Laffan denies that she was aware that she spoke at a conference in Dublin sponsored by USA weapons manufacturer Lockheed Martin,
This is the listing of guests over the past year who would be regarded as pro-Nato, pro-weapons spending, anti-neutrality or anti-Triple Lock or a combination thereof.. As was pointed out by someone recently, it omits Alison O'Connor who is also pro-militarisation, based on columns she has had in newspapers. The only well-known anti-Nato, anti-militarisation, pro-neutrality pro-Triple Lock voice in the entire year was Brid Smith on 22 March 2026.
That's how unbalanced these panels have been.
#DefendTheTripleLock
RTE continues to abuse its position to foist voices upon us which are pro-Nato, pro-weapons spending, anti-neutrality or anti-Triple Lock or a combination thereof.
Its weekend flagship current affairs programme with an audience of 399,000 today features US-born lecturer Larry Donnelly, whose views on neutrality & military alliances are well-known.
This is the listing of guests over the past year who would be regarded as pro-Nato, pro-weapons spending, anti-neutrality or anti-Triple Lock or a combination thereof.. As was pointed out by someone last week, it omits Alison O'Connor who is also pro-militarisation, based on columns she has had in newspapers.
The only well-known anti-Nato, anti-militarisation, pro-neutrality pro-Triple Lock voice in the entire year was Brid Smith on 22 March 2026. That's how unbalanced these panels have been.
In 2026, RTE is 100% dependant on Government-backed funding, you saw recently the conniptions it had when there was a €20m shortfall in a €725m bailout. Brendan O'Connor was paid €239,988 by RTE in 2025 for around 40 weeks of 4-hr on-air work. Dismantling the Triple Lock is the top priority for Micheal Martin to show off as his legacy. It's rotten, but despite the concerted effort to plant a negative narrative, the majority of the public who express an opinion want to retain the Triple Lock.
Seán Dee retweeted
Utter basketcase RTE which is completely dependant on Government for its funding and existence gives us "5 reasons why the housing crisis may be turning a corner"
Here's nine yeasons the housing catastrophe is getting worse...
(1) Commencements in year to September 2026 of 32,573 indicative of downstream annual output, versus govt targets of 43,000 in 2026 alone.
(2) Monthly housing activity show two consecutive months of declines in August & September 2026
(3) Housebuilding employment in Q2,2026 showed a quarterly and annual decline
(4) We're handing out around 3,000 work permits to non-EU each MONTH (without any accommodation precondition)
(5) RTE itself acknowledges pent-up demand TODAY of 250-300,000 units. With Government policy to turbocharge immigration, that pent-up demand is INCREASING.
(6) Housing cost (purchase/rent) and availability is driving 7/10 Irish people to consider emigrating
(7) Emergency homelessness is relentlessly increasing
(8) asylum minister Colm Burke is evicting Ukrainian and IPAS refugees from State-run centres into the private market to compete with natives
(9) Planning permissions, longer term indicator of supply, are (based on Q2,2026 of 11,912 approvals) running at 48,000 annualised, and some of these won't be built and if they are, it may be up to five years.
Seán Dee retweeted
Earlier this year, we saw the USA ambassador in Peru threatening that country to buy USA F16 aircraft or else.
Today, we read that the Irish government is considering taking a loan from the EU to buy weapons, even though the loan is more expensive that our own sovereign cost of funding. All, so we can appear like good Europeans even if it costs us, and paints a target on our backs.
Is that mythological Military Industrial Complex actually a real thing?
Seán Dee retweeted
198,500 defecets in the National Childrens Hospital.
The latest:
Computers being stolen, ventalation systems not working, bathrooms broken.
FF, FG & Independent TDs flushing your money down the toilet.
#AontúAccountability
irishexaminer.com/news/polit…
Seán Dee retweeted
Our daily dose of Ditch the Triple Lock scutter from RTE, with Helen McEntee scaring the bejaysus out of us.
In addition to undersea gas pipelines (there's three including the one that connects Britain to N Ireland, which in turn is integrated with the Republic's network) and the undersea data cables, McEntee now suggests our goods imports/exports by sea are threatened. Is Putin going to sink Irish Ferries?
And tsk, tsk she's wrong about the undersea cables...
Seán Dee retweeted
Hot on the heals of supporting Israel, Ukraine then Serbia, @MichealMartinTD now expresses his strong support for the people of Belarus to be allowed the freedom to choose their own future and self determination.
Ask him about the same rights for citizens of the 6 counties of the North of Ireland, and it's all "now is not the time".
He's a political weasel and charlatan. Ireland deserves better than a hypocritical fake. – at Ottawa, Ontario
Seán Dee retweeted
@morningireland leads with the 'intensely debated' issue of the Triple Lock, only to have Cathal Berry on alone, unchallenged, claiming the new legislation is simply a 'broadening' of what we currently have.
This is meant to be public media.
Seán Dee retweeted
Govt intent to join EU (non UN) enforcement mission to Disarm Hezbollah -while Israel ethnically cleansing Sth Lebanon -Has potential to be mass casualty event & de facto end to our policy of Military Neutrality by active involvement in Lebanese Civil War on side backed by Israel
Seán Dee retweeted
War mongering insanity. The Minister is proposing that Irish troops participate in a mission without UN mandate (& therefore illegal) to disarm Hezbollah and so intervene in a Lebanese civil war on behalf of the Zionist state which is perpetrating a genocide.
#TripleLock
Seán Dee retweeted
RTE continues to abuse its position to foist voices upon us which are pro-Nato, pro-weapons spending, anti-neutrality or anti-Triple Lock or a combination thereof.
Its weekend flagship current affairs programme with an audience of 399,000 today features US-born lecturer Larry Donnelly, whose views on neutrality & military alliances are well-known.
This is the listing of guests over the past year who would be regarded as pro-Nato, pro-weapons spending, anti-neutrality or anti-Triple Lock or a combination thereof.. As was pointed out by someone last week, it omits Alison O'Connor who is also pro-militarisation, based on columns she has had in newspapers.
The only well-known anti-Nato, anti-militarisation, pro-neutrality pro-Triple Lock voice in the entire year was Brid Smith on 22 March 2026. That's how unbalanced these panels have been.
In 2026, RTE is 100% dependant on Government-backed funding, you saw recently the conniptions it had when there was a €20m shortfall in a €725m bailout. Brendan O'Connor was paid €239,988 by RTE in 2025 for around 40 weeks of 4-hr on-air work. Dismantling the Triple Lock is the top priority for Micheal Martin to show off as his legacy. It's rotten, but despite the concerted effort to plant a negative narrative, the majority of the public who express an opinion want to retain the Triple Lock.
RTE continues to abuse its position to foist voices upon us which are pro-Nato, pro-weapons spending, anti-neutrality or anti-Triple Lock or a combination thereof.
Its weekend flagship current affairs programme with an audience of 399,000 today features "defence analyst" Declan Power.
Somehow, I doubt there'll be criticism of all the weapons spending .... €1bn on armoured cars and cannon, €500m on radar to replace the radar we gave to Ukraine, €600m with Airbus for helicopters and surveillance planes, €250m for a new ship, €40m for Javelin missiles, €20m for drone missiles, €60m for array sonar etc, etc. And our Triple Lock (specifically UN approval for foreign deployments) is in dire peril with Micheal Martin power grab to dismantle it.
Brazen, but then again RTE has to pay Brendan O'Connor €240,000 a year for 4-hrs week on-air for 40 weeks a year at an utterly bust basketcase 100% dependant on a capricious government decision to back the outfit.
Seán Dee retweeted
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Seán Dee retweeted
"Where to next after Triple Lock passes first Dáil vote?"
RTE does the Triple Lock. So it does.
It portrays it as a done deal that the dismantlement legislation will pass the Oireachtas, without mentioning the noted unhappiness of 10-15 FF TDs (John McGuinness and Willie O'Dea are noted as non voters this week, but that's not "sufficient enough" to block the law), and it's a "done deal" that President Connolly will sign it into law without a referral to Council of State and/or Supreme Court.
The only non-politician cited by RTE is lecturer Ben Tonra, and of course RTE doesn't disclose his role with an armaments lobbying outfit and his longstanding and widely disseminated views on militarisation and military alliances.
Of course, there's no reference to opinion polling which shows the majority of those expressing an opinion, in favour of keeping the Triple Lock. It's a done deal, and you'll just have to get used to it.
It's Sunday and apologies for the profanity, but Fuck Off RTE.
