#  @john_mcguirk John McGuirk
John McGuirk posts on X about ireland, israel, dublin, hamas the most. They currently have [---------] followers and [----] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.
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### Social Influence
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**Social topic influence**
[ireland](/topic/ireland) #137, [israel](/topic/israel) #638, [dublin](/topic/dublin), [hamas](/topic/hamas), [has been](/topic/has-been), [donald trump](/topic/donald-trump), [in the](/topic/in-the), [ukraine](/topic/ukraine), [money](/topic/money), [palestine](/topic/palestine)
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"The local newspaper in Westmeath the Westmeath Examiner also largely confirms that the story tweeted by @senatorkeogan yesterday - and for which she was widely attacked - is accurate. The IPAS applicants have been housed in a local estate"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1732056661718716514) 2023-12-05T15:17Z 60.2K followers, 99.7K engagements
"Hundreds of billions of dollars in American wealth is being vanished on the grounds of one man's entirely fictional grievances with Canada"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1899469280254554471) 2025-03-11T14:35Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@GarethNotGarth You're right about that there is. But they have also defaulted you on the web browser (which I use at my desktop) to the "for you" tab every time you refresh. Musk REALLY wants you to see the bitcoin/russia/palestine slop"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2001243804058464261) 2025-12-17T10:51Z 60.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I don't care if it makes me a left wing pinko - I for one am in favour of putting an end to the practice of boiling sentient creatures to death. And don't tell me "they don't feel a thing" either. Load of nonsense. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/22/boiling-live-lobsters-to-be-banned-in-labour-crackdown/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/22/boiling-live-lobsters-to-be-banned-in-labour-crackdown/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2003165820068004010) 2025-12-22T18:08Z 60.2K followers, 31.4K engagements
"@ApocalypseEire Bit like asking if I'd live in the Bahamas or French Polynesia if I won the euromillions. I guess so"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2010064542940967030) 2026-01-10T19:01Z 60.2K followers, [--] engagements
"I've no idea who or what this disrupted meeting was about but for as long as I've been alive thick fuckers with SF heads on them have thought that they alone decide "what's allowed" in the border counties. Base thuggery has always been their currency. This proves that Sinn Fin will never hide the baseball bats so well that they can't lay their own hands on them. This proves that Sinn Fin will never hide the baseball bats so well that they can't lay their own hands on them"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015384444601864355) 2026-01-25T11:21Z 60.2K followers, 46.4K engagements
"Rashford can stay at Barcelona. Dorgu's the future"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015480956371521645) 2026-01-25T17:44Z 60.2K followers, 14.8K engagements
"It does not do this. That is verifiable and easily established fact. So this should be a quick investigation. Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will be investigated on whether it disseminates illegal content such as manipulated sexualised images in the European Union in breach of the bloc's tech rules the European Commission said today. https://t.co/LjXyrs1F8m Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will be investigated on whether it disseminates illegal content such as manipulated sexualised images in the European Union in breach of the bloc's tech rules the European Commission said today. https://t.co/LjXyrs1F8m"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015749287519363114) 2026-01-26T11:30Z 60.2K followers, 30.6K engagements
""The Elders" is of course an entirely self-appointed group of former left-wing politicians who purport to direct influence over world affairs. Former president of Ireland and member of the Elders - a group of global leaders working for human rights - Mary Robinson has said that the US' proposed Board of Peace is not a board of peace it is "the board of the power of one person" https://t.co/ppqcElLTtS Former president of Ireland and member of the Elders - a group of global leaders working for human rights - Mary Robinson has said that the US' proposed Board of Peace is not a board of peace it"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015777695095836941) 2026-01-26T13:23Z 60.2K followers, 27.1K engagements
"I mean good luck to this lot trying to turn the young lads against Sydney. https://t.co/gQuo0JTufc https://t.co/gQuo0JTufc"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015828171405275423) 2026-01-26T16:44Z 60.2K followers, 15.1K engagements
"Oh well. The gun lobby had a good run. Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing. https://t.co/TkhHQopHA6 Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing. https://t.co/TkhHQopHA6"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2016220019584123308) 2026-01-27T18:41Z 60.2K followers, 10.1K engagements
"@fiagirly @SoyMotor Isn't this a testing spec car with upgrades to come for Bahrain and Australia or did I dream that"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2017195773063008347) 2026-01-30T11:18Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@wearetherace Eh. Ferrari will have done almost as many laps by the end of the day and their car - which is a "Spec A" version - seems plenty fast by comparison. Bit premature to be handing out the rosettes"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2017198717841854664) 2026-01-30T11:30Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Staff at the Takeda pharmaceutical facility at Grange Castle have been told that the plant is to close this morning I understand. Substantial number of jobs at risk"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1765341405923127454) 2024-03-06T11:39Z 60.2K followers, 19.2K engagements
"@robespierre I don't think you can call that economic or budgetary policy. He had no difficulty with the overall policy just the local implications of it. But I guess it's as close as we're gonna get"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1840686268520210541) 2024-09-30T09:32Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The population of the world in [----] was [--] billion. 36% of that is about 640m "white people." The population of the world in [----] is 8.5billion. 8% of that is 664m "white people." The number of white people in the world has risen not fallen. Other populations have grown faster. Today the white population in the world is 8% [---] years ago it was 36%. Today the white population in the world is 8% [---] years ago it was 36%"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996235744776499464) 2025-12-03T15:11Z 60.2K followers, 11.3K engagements
"Hey @GarethNotGarth [--] years or [--] years on the contract for Carrick"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015491577628569997) 2026-01-25T18:26Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I confess I foresaw many things with the Trump administration. I did not foresee them turning on the second amendment like this - which says that yes you can actually carry a gun and go whereever you want with it. FBI Director Kash Patel: As Kristi said you cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have that right to break the law and incite violence. https://t.co/QJY2gaXHMZ FBI Director Kash Patel: As Kristi said you cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015748622806081846) 2026-01-26T11:28Z 60.2K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Someone really needs to tell the former President that there's a whole other Christian denomination on her island called Anglicanism that will let her become a Bishop if she really wants it. Former President Mary McAleese has told Catholic school girls that parts of the Churchs teaching is rancid and warned that Pope Leo XIV is no reformer but merely a stopgap Pope. Read more: https://t.co/S9InUMVJ6g https://t.co/NXu7NBQIa4 Former President Mary McAleese has told Catholic school girls that parts of the Churchs teaching is rancid and warned that Pope Leo XIV is no reformer but merely a stopgap"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2016884098078240801) 2026-01-29T14:40Z 60.2K followers, 35K engagements
"@LeoVaradkar You can certainly celebrate two different things on the one day - but conflating them as actually being the same thing with an absurdity like "Saint Goddess" is so comically dumb that you can't be shocked when people think you must be deliberately trying to offend them"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2017185657622241317) 2026-01-30T10:38Z 60.2K followers, 19.3K engagements
"If Andrew Windsor was stripped of his Dukedom and Princely status over this stuff why is Mandelson still a Lord"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2018275666014179375) 2026-02-02T10:49Z 60.2K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Who is demanding this Where is the constituency up in arms demanding verified participation in financial services ads Meanwhile people walk free from court having been found with 1000's of the worst child abuse images and they cannot or will not fix that law. I intend to change our laws to obligate a search engine company or a social media company to verify that the person in the ad has consented to being in the ad before it can be placed. This would be an effective measure to crack down on this. I intend to change our laws to obligate a search engine company or a social media company to"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2018306086445383693) 2026-02-02T12:50Z 60.2K followers, 45.8K engagements
"This is the chap who the voters of Somerset chose over Jacob Rees Mogg at the last UK election. 🚨 BREAKING: Suspended Labour MP Dan Norris has been further arrested on suspicion of rape sexual assault voyeurism and upskirting https://t.co/sKj8d4CNlA 🚨 BREAKING: Suspended Labour MP Dan Norris has been further arrested on suspicion of rape sexual assault voyeurism and upskirting https://t.co/sKj8d4CNlA"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2018613295435891028) 2026-02-03T09:11Z 60.2K followers, 16.2K engagements
"China is indeed an evil regime. But props here for really leaning into it and being evil in proper cinematic style: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/china-unveils-star-wars-space-carrier-luanniao/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/china-unveils-star-wars-space-carrier-luanniao/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2018625690413748678) 2026-02-03T10:00Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Instead of trying to play catch up on defence spending Ireland should just go all in and build it's own evil space carrier"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2018625918747423045) 2026-02-03T10:01Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"RTE assured us all last year that they would change and learn and improve. It was all nonsense. Which is why your taxes are paying for this little bit of in-group ritualised fellatio. As he returns to Irish telly on The Assembly Ryan Tubridy talks to us this week about how family friends and therapy kept him going and why hed be open to returning to the national broadcaster. https://t.co/nWx5yiak5h As he returns to Irish telly on The Assembly Ryan Tubridy talks to us this week about how family friends and therapy kept him going and why hed be open to returning to the national broadcaster."
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2018664923216355814) 2026-02-03T12:36Z 60.2K followers, 35.2K engagements
"@fergalreid I mean you'd imagine only Boris would fit the bill but then you remember John Major was a dark horse in more ways than one"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2020173876316037373) 2026-02-07T16:32Z 60.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Some people paid good money to go to this at Electric Picnic today I'd pay a fine to stop a court sentencing me to an hour of it"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1962189436487164377) 2025-08-31T16:23Z 60.2K followers, 79.1K engagements
"In [----] German military spending was 10% of GNP. By [----] at the end of "rearmament" it will be just over 3%. Connolly's an idiot. A buffoon. And the absolutely perfect President for modern Ireland. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/09/25/catherine-connolly-compares-german-arms-build-up-with-1930s/ https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/09/25/catherine-connolly-compares-german-arms-build-up-with-1930s/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1971138058587340886) 2025-09-25T09:01Z 60.2K followers, 41K engagements
"A thing about RTE being a state broadcaster is that the coverage is always from the point of view of the state. As in this article where the focus is on the challenge faced by hospitals rather than that faced by sick people who cannot get treatment. Challenging period ahead as flu season gathers pace via @RTENews https://t.co/nKaGw6VyIW Challenging period ahead as flu season gathers pace via @RTENews https://t.co/nKaGw6VyIW"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2000148724459196642) 2025-12-14T10:19Z 60.2K followers, 19K engagements
"Homelessness in Ireland has nothing to do with state spending. 400m will be spent on tackling homelessness in Dublin in [----] (link below). That works out at [-----] per homeless person in Dublin. Of course it's all funneled through NGOs. These headlines in the same week a few days apart. Record tax takes based on record profits and wealth hoarding for the few Record homelessness and inability for secure homes to live in for the many. https://t.co/yMQNZWpyg3 These headlines in the same week a few days apart. Record tax takes based on record profits and wealth hoarding for the few Record"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2008615601460441260) 2026-01-06T19:04Z 60.2K followers, 15.8K engagements
"I sometimes think about how the American Bison was deliberately hunted to the brink of extinction by the US army in order to starve Native American tribes and how the General responsible Philip Sheridan was a Cavanman. His troops slaughtered [--] million Bison in [--] years. A sad day for the great Montana Bison. Interior Secretary Doug Bergum at the request of Little Greg Gianforte and the corporate zombie Montana Senators/Reps has ended conservation grazing permits for Bison on the great American Prairie a huge section of restored Bison land https://t.co/w3o4w7Q31t A sad day for the great Montana"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2015537257004814612) 2026-01-25T21:28Z 60.2K followers, 34.8K engagements
"The interview with the Taoiseach in today's Sunday Independent could hardly be more fawning and deferential if the Government was doling out massive wads of cash to the media to keep them in business. It's client service not journalism. Oh. Wait"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2020503708040331505) 2026-02-08T14:23Z 60.2K followers, 19.3K engagements
"I assume the whole world is rooting for the correct result in this match so we never have to hear about the lad and his hair ever again #WHUMUN"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2021318403856724084) 2026-02-10T20:20Z 60.2K followers, 15.4K engagements
"@Ireland2020 @Niall_Boylan @BBGRichie @IrishInquiry @Mickbraz1 @griptmedia @fatima_gunning @Ben_Scallan @sarahcatryan @DavQuinn @BowesChay @JimFergusonUK @Healyhack There is no excess death uproar because you guys are using an old baseline to calculate it. If you used the [----] baseline you'd find even more excess deaths"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2021538691777511667) 2026-02-11T10:55Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"This stuff is indefensible and yet I fear there are plenty who will defend it. 🚨 WATCH THIS. Newly released body cam shows Border Patrol agents deliberately steering into Marimar Martinez an American teacher before shooting her [--] times. DHS falsely claimed she ambushed them. Kash Patel amplified the lie. Prosecutors later dropped the case. Texts https://t.co/ExxGHJ1X5E 🚨 WATCH THIS. Newly released body cam shows Border Patrol agents deliberately steering into Marimar Martinez an American teacher before shooting her [--] times. DHS falsely claimed she ambushed them. Kash Patel amplified the"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2021929360761000386) 2026-02-12T12:48Z 60.2K followers, 16.8K engagements
"BREAK: Gary Gannon apologises to Alan Shatter confirms payment of "an agreed sum" by way of damages over false Epstein claim:"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2022395149926465947) 2026-02-13T19:39Z 60.2K followers, 27.2K engagements
"As it's budget week here's a question to start us off: Who was the last Fianna Fil or Fine Gael Minister or TD to resign their job or party whip on the grounds that they had a principled difference of opinion with the Government on economic or budgetary policy"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1840684622822228207) 2024-09-30T09:26Z 60.2K followers, 12.1K engagements
"It's the same people all the time. Anti globalisation riots. Pro Palestinian ones. Anti-enforcing-the-immigration laws riots. Black lives matter riots. It's the same west-hating flag-burning rock-throwing looting mob all the time. That's what "intersectionality" means. JUST IN: Protesters hurl rocks at LAPD during ICE demonstrations in downtown LA. https://t.co/Xct8hXfo7v JUST IN: Protesters hurl rocks at LAPD during ICE demonstrations in downtown LA. https://t.co/Xct8hXfo7v"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1932026659747618977) 2025-06-09T10:47Z 60.2K followers, 35.9K engagements
"RTE is an entirely left-wing organisation that only hires those with left-wing views and skews every news story to the left in so far as humanly possible. It is also now running its own independent foreign policy. Ireland will not take part in [----] Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead RT Director-General says https://t.co/AbJb8KH0Ju Ireland will not take part in [----] Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead RT Director-General says https://t.co/AbJb8KH0Ju"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1966110081696649528) 2025-09-11T12:02Z 60.2K followers, 68K engagements
"I am genuinely mystified by this. You would think Tubridy was some kind of great lost talent like Roy Keane in exile from the soccer team instead of a bland and mediocre presenter who oversaw the massive decline of the Late Late Show"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2020492578714468470) 2026-02-08T13:39Z 60.2K followers, 76.8K engagements
"At some stage between now and [----] Ireland will have the single most expensive hospital in the entire history of humanity. What does your country have 🤔 https://t.co/XFAgAn0mRY What does your country have 🤔 https://t.co/XFAgAn0mRY"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2021574761193537668) 2026-02-11T13:19Z 60.2K followers, 19.9K engagements
"This would be less painful and miserable for all news consumers if it was just resolved fast. Ireland has already given Israel [--] points in the Eurovision over the last two years. just make a present of [--] points in the football and move on. Social Democrats must back boycott of Israel fixture @chrisandrews64 If you oppose Israels actions then you must be prepared to say this fixture should not proceed and to call for a boycott. Anything less is hesitation. https://t.co/XpQdj4mvnu Social Democrats must back boycott of Israel fixture @chrisandrews64 If you oppose Israels actions then you must"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2022292692147823019) 2026-02-13T12:52Z 60.2K followers, 10.4K engagements
"This stuff is incredible. "UEFA should read the room" says Sinead Gibney. Well let's look at the room: Only two European members of UEFA even consider this a question - Ireland and Norway. The rest of the room has no issue with Israel playing"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2022295408131637452) 2026-02-13T13:02Z 60.2K followers, 16.8K engagements
"The "because Ireland cannot guarantee the safety of visiting Israeli fans" is for some reason unspoken here. Ireland's home game against Israel likely to be moved abroad https://t.co/uFIDptu1aI Ireland's home game against Israel likely to be moved abroad https://t.co/uFIDptu1aI"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2023006685808484587) 2026-02-15T12:09Z 60.2K followers, 27.7K engagements
"One assumes RTE will refuse to show the game. Ireland have been drawn into Group B3 of the UEFA Nations League alongside Israel Austria & Kosovo Fixture details will be announced in due course 🗓 https://t.co/m95uuwN1Aq Ireland have been drawn into Group B3 of the UEFA Nations League alongside Israel Austria & Kosovo Fixture details will be announced in due course 🗓 https://t.co/m95uuwN1Aq"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2022022209020039676) 2026-02-12T18:57Z 60.2K followers, 25.6K engagements
""UEFA criticised for putting Ireland in a difficult position". God what self indulgent nonsense. Play the match don't play it. Whatever. But UEFA hasn't put Ireland in this position. Our own weird and demented obsession has. Austria and Kosovo aren't whining like this"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2022240903704858661) 2026-02-13T09:26Z 60.2K followers, 21.3K engagements
"If only the IDF were up against the likes of you there on your keyboard rather than hardened Hamas terror cells the whole war might have ended differently. @john_mcguirk Dead right neither the team or fans of the genocidal Zionist colony are safe here theyll get the kind of welcome theyll never forget @john_mcguirk Dead right neither the team or fans of the genocidal Zionist colony are safe here theyll get the kind of welcome theyll never forget"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/2023020608045625825) 2026-02-15T13:04Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm not a big GAA head but RTE ditching Joe Brolly is an atrocious move. Sky's younger more knowledgeable panel is already ten times better. Clear out O'Rourke and Spillane as well then and bring in Colm Cooper and Bernard Brogan or someone like that"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1171865457424510978) 2019-09-11T19:17Z 59.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@NigelAWatson I grew up on the border. Every BS line from that crowd I've heard a hundred times since I was about 8"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1278056443753586688) 2020-06-30T20:02Z 59.6K followers, [--] engagements
"Look at this total nonsense. Twitter thinks an interview with Kevin Myers is "sensitive content""
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1283811111352107008) 2020-07-16T17:09Z 59.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Both sides in the US election seem to be utterly convinced that their guy is going to win a comfortable victory. Which is not you'd venture a recipe for a happy Wednesday"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1323221607863750660) 2020-11-02T11:13Z 59.9K followers, [--] engagements
""The banks were not bailed out" is one of those things where the point the Taoiseach was trying to make - about shareholders - will be lost in the fact that he sounds absolutely insane to anybody who lived through the period when the banks were in fact bailed out"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1339317655182913537) 2020-12-16T21:13Z 59.6K followers, [---] engagements
"What is the use of a study with a half billion euro range in its costings There's a vast difference between 381m and 881m. Mind you this being Ireland no need to worry. The real cost after the HSE get their hands on the programme will likely be 1.81billion. The ESRI study estimates the cost of extending free GP care to the whole population in [----] would cost the State between 381m and 881m https://t.co/AenHO3LXmM The ESRI study estimates the cost of extending free GP care to the whole population in [----] would cost the State between 381m and 881m https://t.co/AenHO3LXmM"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1615318818137509888) 2023-01-17T12:03Z 59.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@bonchieredstate Someone probably said something mildly unworshipful on one of the morning shows. Trump's raison d'etre is to hear people say he's great. If they don't say it they are the baddie"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1664733610853687298) 2023-06-02T20:39Z 60.1K followers, [---] engagements
"According to the UK anti-Monarchy group "Republic" the Monarchy costs 345m per year. That ignores any return in tourism etc. The NHS by contrast costs 187bn. Were the Monarchy abolished and all it's funding given to the NHS that would cover the NHS for. [--] hours. Abolish the monarchy and fund the NHS. https://t.co/NAahYiGHyg Abolish the monarchy and fund the NHS. https://t.co/NAahYiGHyg"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1723388480376525080) 2023-11-11T17:13Z 60.1K followers, 20.7K engagements
"I think this is really important journalism by Ben: It's a deconstruction of a political party's spin - what they want you to believe about their record as against what that record actually is. "You could theoretically be found guilty of a criminal offence and jailed if you criticise an illegal immigrant - that was Sinn Fins contribution to this legislation." @Ben_Scallan comments on Sinn Fin's proposed amendments to Helen McEntee's hate speech bill. https://t.co/RD06QzT9G1 "You could theoretically be found guilty of a criminal offence and jailed if you criticise an illegal immigrant - that"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1775804674647417305) 2024-04-04T08:36Z 59.6K followers, 19.9K engagements
"I can't be the only one who's just entirely opted out of this dumb scheme so far and written it off as the stealth tax increase that it always was and is intended to be"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1777282894186086423) 2024-04-08T10:30Z 59.6K followers, 56.6K engagements
"This is the point that the Irish Government seems unwilling to accept: If it continues to label events in Gaza as a genocide (and it is going to the international courts to make that claim) then our OWN laws legally obligate us to accept every Gazan who seeks refuge. Israel has rightly trolled Ireland and Spain that if they are going to falsely label the events in Gaza as a genocide then their own laws obligate them to accept asylum claims from Palestinians in Gaza and that they are willing to assist the transfer. Israel has rightly trolled Ireland and Spain that if they are going to falsely"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1887862454589251585) 2025-02-07T13:54Z 60.2K followers, 149.2K engagements
"The American Government is borrowing almost 2trillion dollars a year to keep the lights on. Why on earth people in Kansas should be expected to pay to keep Trocaire and Goal executives in salaries god only knows. 🚨 Here we go. "Irish NGOS have benefitted substantially from USAID over the years. Aid agency GOAL was awarded more than [---] million in [----] which made up over half its funding. USAID's contributions made up about 7% of Trcaire's budget according to its latest annual https://t.co/QpHEQ3UpP7 🚨 Here we go. "Irish NGOS have benefitted substantially from USAID over the years. Aid"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1888527898895687702) 2025-02-09T09:58Z 60.1K followers, 30.1K engagements
"If the Minister knows at this very early stage that this incident was truly "random" and not say a planned attack by somebody for a set of reasons he should give us more details. Otherwise the inclusion of that word seems premature. I am receiving updates from an Garda Siochana about the situation in Stoneybatter. The suspect is now in custody and the victims of this awful random attack are receiving medical attention. I am receiving updates from an Garda Siochana about the situation in Stoneybatter. The suspect is now in custody and the victims of this awful random attack are receiving"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1888639113500213606) 2025-02-09T17:20Z 53.7K followers, 25.5K engagements
"Bold strategy cotton etc etc. I suspect this White House will demand much less restraint from the other side should the war re-start. Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced it would indefinitely postpone the next hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile truce agreement with Israel accusing it of failing to comply with its terms https://t.co/JzexN5BPDA Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced it would indefinitely postpone the next hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile truce agreement with Israel accusing it of failing to comply with its terms https://t.co/JzexN5BPDA"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1888995059359461825) 2025-02-10T16:54Z 53.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The new media line on Musk is that he is "unelected" as if Presidents cannot empower and appoint people. Not a concern I ever recall the Irish Times expressing about say Tony Holohan when aul' Tony was patrolling the streets of Dublin ordering the Gardai to arrest people"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1889590942325162067) 2025-02-12T08:22Z 53.7K followers, [----] engagements
"How do you blame any German for casting a vote for the AfD at this point It is readily and obviously apparent that Frau Merkel fundamentally altered German and European society without regard for public safety or any other consequence. BREAKING: The man who drove a car into a crowd in Munich Germany is an Afghan asylum seeker who has previously been arrested numerous times for theft and drug dealing. At least [--] people were wounded and a toddler is fighting for his life. https://t.co/UrvP06dkmC BREAKING: The man who drove a car into a crowd in Munich Germany is an Afghan asylum seeker who has"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1890009368353292696) 2025-02-13T12:05Z 55.3K followers, 52.7K engagements
"@feloniousG72575 So you're looking for a strong nationalist right wing party that has the foreign policy of Sinn Fein and the hard left. I see"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1890014207812534738) 2025-02-13T12:24Z 53.7K followers, [---] engagements
""It turns out you can't mandate innovation or creativity" might be my favourite line from that speech by the American Vice President today. A dagger right to the heart of the dominant view of the world in Brussels"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1890503214211993904) 2025-02-14T20:47Z 53.7K followers, 17.2K engagements
"If a person were to believe that assassinating the President was an act of saving their country (as all Presidential assassins generally do) then by this logic they would have been absolved of any crime in advance by their victim. He who saves his Country does not violate any Law. He who saves his Country does not violate any Law"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891097663837233223) 2025-02-16T12:09Z 53.8K followers, 10.7K engagements
"@PaulMul16170336 Are you arguing that laws only apply to people with a different vision of "saving the country" than yours"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891098685603192937) 2025-02-16T12:13Z 53.7K followers, [---] engagements
"My fav genre of tweet about Jim O'Callaghan's RTE interview are moderate types saying things like it was "refreshing" and "frank". Translated: He said what I think but have been afraid to say lest people think I have far right sympathies. But now I can praise it cautiously"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891118270528274497) 2025-02-16T13:31Z 53.8K followers, 24.5K engagements
"JD Vance asked a good question at Munich. He said "it's not enough to ask who you are fighting. You also have to ask what are we defending". Right wingers cheering on a billionaire impregnating a fifth woman and then implying she might have duped him should ask that question"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891138969946956225) 2025-02-16T14:54Z 55.6K followers, 36.2K engagements
"@real_parkinson It is a joke if that helps"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891236855951040726) 2025-02-16T21:22Z 53.8K followers, [---] engagements
"People often tweet things like "there is no profit in peace" while ignoring the fact that the most peaceful era in human history has been the last [--] years and that it has overlapped with unprecedented human prosperity. @john_mcguirk There's no profit in peace John. There's nothing complicated about it. Why is NATO so desperate to head east @john_mcguirk There's no profit in peace John. There's nothing complicated about it. Why is NATO so desperate to head east"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891445938255749243) 2025-02-17T11:13Z 55.6K followers, 11.7K engagements
"I understand some people don't like the messenger. I get it. But if the US is pulling back its commitment to Europe what is the alternative We sit around knitting friendship bracelets Is it no army [--] distinct armies Is it just giving Russia everything it seeks every time"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891470113787740562) 2025-02-17T12:49Z 55.7K followers, 87.9K engagements
"@nemeanexegete Fine but this is just another way of saying "I prefer Russia to my own country". That's in essence what you are saying in theory if perhaps not in practice"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891471174573388077) 2025-02-17T12:54Z 53.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Gardai tried to get access to Gript Media's data and private messages via court order. They failed. Read more: https://gript.ie/a-statement-by-the-gript-media-management-team https://gript.ie/a-statement-by-the-gript-media-management-team"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1891782477368238547) 2025-02-18T09:31Z 60.2K followers, 185.4K engagements
"@KitMurray @elonmusk @X Not that I recall"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1891868098925408662) 2025-02-18T15:11Z 55K followers, [---] engagements
"Aside from the moral view anyone might take of this post it is just a simple fact that every single numerical value cited in it is absolute nonsense with no relationship to fact. That either matters to you or it does not. https://t.co/PMcrOwXejI https://t.co/PMcrOwXejI"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1892263941008498956) 2025-02-19T17:24Z 59.6K followers, 82.1K engagements
"RTE has just sent out it's weekly press release about this week's exciting Late Late Show lineup. You'll all be shocked to know that [--] of the [--] headline guests are current or former RTE employees"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1892596834708643870) 2025-02-20T15:27Z 55.7K followers, 102.2K engagements
"This is just full-on "are we the baddies" stuff from the White House. There is zero reason for the US or anyone else to be intervening to prevent Tate from facing the very serious charges levied against him. Zero reason"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1892663109354987898) 2025-02-20T19:50Z 55.7K followers, 31K engagements
"The refusal to attend the event would be more convincing if there was any evidence at all that Sinn Fein had been formally invited to the event. Not saying they haven't been but where's the invitation As Leader of Sinn Fin I have made the decision not to attend the event in the White House this year as a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza. https://t.co/1FtXDDTocb As Leader of Sinn Fin I have made the decision not to attend the event in the White House this year as a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1892883882170622444) 2025-02-21T10:27Z 55.7K followers, 38.6K engagements
"Some thoughts on Sinn Fein's big announcement this morning that it will insult the United States on behalf of the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip: https://gript.ie/sinn-feins-trump-snub-gaza-derangement-syndrome/ https://gript.ie/sinn-feins-trump-snub-gaza-derangement-syndrome/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1892914551307296771) 2025-02-21T12:29Z 55.7K followers, 31.6K engagements
"Gript - especially my colleague @fatima_gunning - has been following the story of Brendan McDonagh and people like him who built their own small homes and have been ordered to demolish them for two years now. Glad to see others finally catching up. https://www.thejournal.ie/cabin-homes-gardens-6629593-Feb2025/ https://www.thejournal.ie/cabin-homes-gardens-6629593-Feb2025/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1893651003653673343) 2025-02-23T13:15Z 55.7K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Nice looking machine. Introducing the Mercedes-AMG F1 W16 🤍🖤 https://t.co/Gs244BRH8R Introducing the Mercedes-AMG F1 W16 🤍🖤 https://t.co/Gs244BRH8R"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1894027641092558878) 2025-02-24T14:12Z 55.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@CapTweed You don't achieve anything without working with other people and being willing to be nice to them. That is true in every walk of life. There is a reason the right is so popular unfortunately with young blokes who find it hard to achieve anything"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1894027918113751350) 2025-02-24T14:13Z 55.7K followers, [---] engagements
"There are too many writers on the right pretending that this shit "doesn't matter" when what they really mean is "if we call it out our readers will rebel". But a movement that tolerates roman salutes will live to regret it. By me: https://gript.ie/a-movement-that-tolerates-roman-salutes-will-live-to-regret-it/ https://gript.ie/a-movement-that-tolerates-roman-salutes-will-live-to-regret-it/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1894386682310414505) 2025-02-25T13:59Z 55.7K followers, 20.6K engagements
"It is indeed true that those who forget history are doomed to re-live it. And that those who do not forget history are doomed to watch every other idiot re-live it. @john_mcguirk People don't care. All the generations that gave a shit about this are dead or dying. You're fighting a losing battle trying to keep alive a dying taboo. @john_mcguirk People don't care. All the generations that gave a shit about this are dead or dying. You're fighting a losing battle trying to keep alive a dying taboo"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1894400097129009303) 2025-02-25T14:52Z 55.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Over [---] European soldiers (not including [--] from Ukraine) died helping the United States of America fight its abortive war in Iraq. Over [---] Europeans died fighting America's war in Afghanistan. No Americans have died in Ukraine. To the hand-wringing Europeans who felt offended by President Trump rejecting being lectured by President Zelensky: Be my guest to defend Ukraine from Putin. It is long past time for the Europeans to show they are capable of defending their own continent. Theyve allowed To the hand-wringing Europeans who felt offended by President Trump rejecting being lectured by"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1896246199214379366) 2025-03-02T17:08Z 60.1K followers, 34.5K engagements
"Obviously you'd understand this not getting quite as much attention as McGregor in Washington or even Garron Noone deleting his tiktok (MASSIVE NEWS). But Daly's open alignment of Ireland with Iran and Yemen really should get more attention at home than it will"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1904608062029099186) 2025-03-25T18:55Z 59.9K followers, 37.5K engagements
"First Papal Conclave of my lifetime in which there won't be a voting Irish-based Cardinal. Cardinal Brady is too old to vote. Cardinal Kevin Farrell was born in Ireland but who has served his entire Ministry in the USA or Rome"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1914612295516201170) 2025-04-22T09:28Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This amounts to 0.2% of the annual Israeli defence budget of $23billion. In other words the Israelis have close to zero reliance on EU arms. By contrast Israel EXPORTS well over $7billion a year in arms. The Ditch can exclusively report that EU member states have exported [--] million in arms and ammunition to Israel since October [----] under their controversial Israel trade agreement. Including [----] million in the first four months of this year. https://t.co/sqpfZRtmTk The Ditch can exclusively report that EU member states have exported [--] million in arms and ammunition to Israel since October"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1925271202508988586) 2025-05-21T19:23Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Basically everywhere in Europe: "we are baking in this hellish heatwave" Meanwhile in Tipperary Ireland the Irish summer proceeds as normal"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1940373325005598814) 2025-07-02T11:33Z 60.1K followers, 63.4K engagements
"As I wrote this morning Sheridan has had a very bad start to his campaign. But some of this coverage is absurd. There is nothing abnormal here. It's the pathologising of being in business as opposed to living a cosy public sector existence. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/08/15/very-small-number-of-investors-own-vast-bulk-of-shares-in-gareth-sheridans-us-firm/ https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/08/15/very-small-number-of-investors-own-vast-bulk-of-shares-in-gareth-sheridans-us-firm/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1956273158282985896) 2025-08-15T08:34Z 59.5K followers, 13.8K engagements
"In [----] the USA imported a TOTAL of $3.35trillion. Trump is claiming $8trillion in Tariff revenue in [--] months. If that were true the US would run a surplus this year. It is not true. It is a lie. A fib. A fabrication. It's ACTUAL misinformation and disinformation. Fake news. LABOR DAY 🤝 GOLDEN AGE President Trumps protectionist trade policies have helped drive more than $8 trillion in new U.S. investment creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. https://t.co/kYPb2vS6hp LABOR DAY 🤝 GOLDEN AGE President Trumps protectionist trade policies have helped drive more than $8 trillion in new U.S."
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1962494703800037575) 2025-09-01T12:36Z 59.6K followers, 18.1K engagements
"Does anyone think a racist runs for the Soc Dems Anyone I mean this is all hilariously stupid precisely because it's so performative. Nobody with a brain would think he meant any offence. But that's not what matters over in Wokelandia"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1967680202194252094) 2025-09-15T20:01Z 59.5K followers, 41.8K engagements
"Before I wrote an article about Joe I sought comment from his employer as is standard practice. That email in full is below. The claim that I or we "lobbied to have him sacked" is I'm afraid to say another complete falsehood. The free speech people. Gript and their editor lobbied the Sunday independent to have me sacked. In this MAGA world hate speech is fine. But not free speech. The free speech people. Gript and their editor lobbied the Sunday independent to have me sacked. In this MAGA world hate speech is fine. But not free speech"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1967971044754669803) 2025-09-16T15:17Z 59.5K followers, 86.4K engagements
"I understand from people with knowledge of the process that Senator Michael McDowell has persistently refused to return calls or requests for a meeting from Maria Steen and that this has been the position for two weeks. That position has not changed today"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1970553568919794026) 2025-09-23T18:19Z 59.5K followers, 60K engagements
"With nominations closed this story can now be told. How Senators Michael McDowell and Aubrey McCarthy emerged as the nemeses of the Steen campaign: https://gript.ie/why-did-michael-mcdowell-block-maria-steen/ https://gript.ie/why-did-michael-mcdowell-block-maria-steen/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1970817264128843937) 2025-09-24T11:47Z 59.5K followers, 85.3K engagements
"Michael McDowell was right: Steen would have walked this. #TonightVMTV"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1972778063315492955) 2025-09-29T21:38Z 59.6K followers, 36.2K engagements
"The Dear Leader in Pyongyang could only dream of this kind of fawning. Over his two presidential terms Michael D. Higgins has become something of a folk hero with his fluffy dogs fluent Irish and poetry-writing all contributing to his distinctive charm. https://t.co/LEJwehVYmf Over his two presidential terms Michael D. Higgins has become something of a folk hero with his fluffy dogs fluent Irish and poetry-writing all contributing to his distinctive charm. https://t.co/LEJwehVYmf"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1977014343402504249) 2025-10-11T14:12Z 59.4K followers, 49.4K engagements
"Candace Owens is nuttier than squirrel shit. Nothing she believes is sane. Oh FFS https://t.co/nQySBMGc6I Oh FFS https://t.co/nQySBMGc6I"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1977425962125127753) 2025-10-12T17:27Z 59.5K followers, 27.7K engagements
"Simon Harris's two pronouncements about the hostage release and pledging Ireland's further fealty to Gaza have a combined [---] likes and just 30k impressions on this platform. Few Governments in the world look smaller or less relevant today than Ireland's"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1977662341681750113) 2025-10-13T09:07Z 59.4K followers, 34.6K engagements
"The Occupied Territories Bill is dead. It might be dead like Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. But it is nevertheless dead"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1977671337163583886) 2025-10-13T09:42Z 59.5K followers, 31.9K engagements
"Poor ol' RTE. Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition following Middle East "developments" the European Broadcasting Union said https://t.co/cKMEZ0tjn2 Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition following Middle East "developments" the European Broadcasting Union said https://t.co/cKMEZ0tjn2"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1977837898495107503) 2025-10-13T20:44Z 59.3K followers, 49K engagements
"Say one thing for Hamas they hold their trials very quickly. This is Gaza. This is what it is and has always been. Security services in Gaza publicly execute Israels collaborators who were recruited and used by the Israeli military to: steal aid attack starving aid seekers destabilise internal front monopolise goods damage medical aid blackmail people kidnap resistance https://t.co/tTdZ6ABizF Security services in Gaza publicly execute Israels collaborators who were recruited and used by the Israeli military to: steal aid attack starving aid seekers destabilise internal front monopolise goods"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1978073997108535543) 2025-10-14T12:22Z 59.2K followers, 54.8K engagements
"Some of the commentary around the election on social media is reaching levels of absolute batshit never before seen. No the High Court will not cancel the election over the party whip. No there will not be spoiled votes neck and neck with Heather Humphreys or anywhere close"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1978798698223059115) 2025-10-16T12:22Z 59.2K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Amy Huberman's dog died. Literally hundreds of people reacted like this because her husband is an after dinner speaker who spoke at an event with a tangential link to Israel. These people think they are kind and good. They are in fact deeply unkind and unwell to boot"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1979444015830569404) 2025-10-18T07:06Z 59.5K followers, 242.7K engagements
"Ireland is a vastly more religious country today than it ever was in [----]. Presidential election candidate Catherine Connolly TD and her team join a busker on Williamsgate Street Galway on Sunday in a verse from John Lennon's Imagine. Video Mike Shaughnessy/ galwaypix https://t.co/jCkmsq7P9j Presidential election candidate Catherine Connolly TD and her team join a busker on Williamsgate Street Galway on Sunday in a verse from John Lennon's Imagine. Video Mike Shaughnessy/ galwaypix https://t.co/jCkmsq7P9j"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1980272693267357737) 2025-10-20T13:59Z 59.5K followers, 50.7K engagements
"Something like this was inevitable. An inevitable result of state policy. BREAKING: Details of sexual assault at Citywest earlier today. It is understood a [--] year old Irish girl is alleged to have been raped by an African Asylum seeker on the grounds of the hotel which is housing asylum seekers. The girl is in Tusla care. https://t.co/k18StIduHx BREAKING: Details of sexual assault at Citywest earlier today. It is understood a [--] year old Irish girl is alleged to have been raped by an African Asylum seeker on the grounds of the hotel which is housing asylum seekers. The girl is in Tusla care."
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980340762748588495) 2025-10-20T18:30Z 60.2K followers, 103.1K engagements
"RTE's coverage of the Citywest incident obfuscates so many details ("Saggart" v "Citywest"; "Man" v "Asylum Seeker") as to be the perfect demonstration of that organisation's purpose: To cover the news. With a pillow. Until it stops moving"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980571188205351063) 2025-10-21T09:45Z 60.2K followers, 93K engagements
"This is the central problem with Fine Gael. They know the eviction ban is immoral and economically indefensible. But I'm not sure there is a single front line member of the party who has the ability to make that case. So instead we get "we have to make difficult decisions". 🗣 You voted not to extend the eviction ban. That wouldve kept people in their homes wouldnt it 🗣 I had to make difficult decisions when I was in government. @HeatherH discusses housing policy and her record in government. #TheBigInterview https://t.co/3ewdLFWgfC 🗣 You voted not to extend the eviction ban. That wouldve"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1980599262028140640) 2025-10-21T11:37Z 59.5K followers, 12.1K engagements
"@wexfordobrien I am comparing RTE's coverage to that of the Irish Times and the Mirror. Are you accusing those two august publications of recklessness"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1980611265794809859) 2025-10-21T12:24Z 59.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The toilets in UCD. What I love about this is the entirely redundant braile as if a blind person will to the trouble of finding the loo they want to use and then change their mind having literally felt the wokeness"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1980687376130445795) 2025-10-21T17:27Z 59.5K followers, 30.1K engagements
"There are a very large number of people in the country who are sick of it. Sick of the platitudes. Sick of the gaslighting. Sick of being told you are racist for years and then told today their concerns are legitimate. And on Friday they have nobody to vote for"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980755573541945709) 2025-10-21T21:58Z 60.2K followers, 135.8K engagements
"In relation to the violence at Citywest tonight: What are people to do when the democratic system excludes them When there is no candidate on the ballot who will say "I hear you I am on your side" to the hundreds of thousands of people who feel immigration is a major issue There are a very large number of people in the country who are sick of it. Sick of the platitudes. Sick of the gaslighting. Sick of being told you are racist for years and then told today their concerns are legitimate. And on Friday they have nobody to vote for. There are a very large number of people in the country who are"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980757694597218786) 2025-10-21T22:06Z 60.2K followers, 87.7K engagements
"By me and free to read: Absolutely everything that has happened at Citywest this week from the awful assault of a child to the burning of a Garda van is the fault of the Government and the insane political gaslighting around migration. All of it: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-spare-us-the-crocodile-tears-about-citywest/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-spare-us-the-crocodile-tears-about-citywest/"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1980923427675685358) 2025-10-22T09:05Z 60.2K followers, 105K engagements
"I got to listen to this yesterday. It's a genuinely great hour if you've never heard Maria Steen in a non-hostile interview. Very revealing conversation. The President who never was With two days to go until polling Gript's LAURA PERRINS is joined on the podcast by Maria Steen to discuss her career family activism beliefs and the Presidential Campaign that very nearly was. PODCAST: https://t.co/GvsvjMoZPI The President who never was With two days to go until polling Gript's LAURA PERRINS is joined on the podcast by Maria Steen to discuss her career family activism beliefs and the Presidential"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1980944572592128461) 2025-10-22T10:29Z 59.5K followers, 13.2K engagements
"@ChiuauaTeardrop @fintish1601 There's no point debating straw men. If I endorsed last night's violence you'll be able to point me to the line in the article where I did that. I said the Government is to blame. I stand over that. You don't blame people for things you are happy about do you"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1980959826319454413) 2025-10-22T11:30Z 59.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Needless to say if an Israeli soldier was filmed doing this to a Palestinian man it would lead every news bulletin in Ireland and other western countries. When their own Government do it to them silence. Hamas-affiliated groups continue to crackdown against accused law breakers in Gaza. Hamas has no intention of laying down its arms. https://t.co/nynQtAaZ1K Hamas-affiliated groups continue to crackdown against accused law breakers in Gaza. Hamas has no intention of laying down its arms. https://t.co/nynQtAaZ1K"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1980966804865638645) 2025-10-22T11:57Z 59.5K followers, 23.9K engagements
"Ryan Casey covers a lot of ground in his statement today. It is lengthy but worth reading in full. The pain and anger - but perhaps more tellingly the sheer frustration with the state of the country - seeps from every word. RYAN CASEY has issued a lengthy statement following the sentencing of the Puska family yesterday. Gript Media with his consent is publishing it in full. "I was utterly disgusted by the verdicts" he writes: https://t.co/LxacWNkBz9 RYAN CASEY has issued a lengthy statement following the sentencing of the Puska family yesterday. Gript Media with his consent is publishing it"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981343071456334151) 2025-10-23T12:52Z 59.5K followers, 37.2K engagements
"Vast sums of money being expended by the state electoral commission to try and drive turnout up tomorrow. Every last cent of it wasted. Its something Ive wanted to do for so long and Im very excited Louisa a student at @uniofgalway will be voting for the very first time in tomorrows Presidential Election 🙌 Polling stations open tomorrow 7am - 10pm🗳 @UniOfGalwaySU @nycinews @issu4u https://t.co/vB4sq1fYSY Its something Ive wanted to do for so long and Im very excited Louisa a student at @uniofgalway will be voting for the very first time in tomorrows Presidential Election 🙌 Polling stations"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981432464850768101) 2025-10-23T18:48Z 59.5K followers, 14.1K engagements
"If you are an ulster person of the Protestant tradition you should be aware that a big chunk of southern political opinion regards you as untouchable. The new Ireland stuff is a facade. Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member and former UDR soldier who caused controversy when he said he wouldnt attend GAA matches or pride events. https://t.co/6AEfgAj7HQ Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member and former UDR soldier who caused"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981675423693246780) 2025-10-24T10:53Z 59.6K followers, 63.3K engagements
"Spotted on facebook. Marks for effort"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981707384595829105) 2025-10-24T13:00Z 59.5K followers, 20.8K engagements
"This isn't as bad as it looks. Often the rule is take 5pm and just about double it. Which would put it not far off [----]. Of course those rules do not always hold. Ireland Votes is estimating that that the national turnout at 17:00 is 23.3% - just ahead of the rush period. Follow our LIVE blog for turnout updates: https://t.co/lhCzC2vgin #Aras25 https://t.co/GceKwwkyVF Ireland Votes is estimating that that the national turnout at 17:00 is 23.3% - just ahead of the rush period. Follow our LIVE blog for turnout updates: https://t.co/lhCzC2vgin #Aras25 https://t.co/GceKwwkyVF"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981773926918500670) 2025-10-24T17:24Z 59.5K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Unbelievable. @sarahcatryan is never going to let this one go. @john_mcguirk Thoughts John Transfers needed https://t.co/mbhHmC5BKg @john_mcguirk Thoughts John Transfers needed https://t.co/mbhHmC5BKg"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981811160665018722) 2025-10-24T19:52Z 59.6K followers, 14.3K engagements
"She's gonna win big. It was a tiny turnout and only the left had any reason to vote. The disillusionment of everyone else is clear by their absence and what will be a very high spoiled vote proportion. RT Radio reporting that initial inner city boxes in Dublin are "overwhelmingly" backing Catherine Connolly. RT Radio reporting that initial inner city boxes in Dublin are "overwhelmingly" backing Catherine Connolly"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981996626316046526) 2025-10-25T08:09Z 59.5K followers, 28.1K engagements
"Spoiled votes beating Humpreys in this inner city box Piles are currently in second place https://t.co/AWqSucn99V Piles are currently in second place https://t.co/AWqSucn99V"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981997300990812615) 2025-10-25T08:12Z 59.5K followers, 25.8K engagements
"There will be big Humphreys wins in some places like Monaghan but the spoiled vote looks huge in the early going"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1981998927298633830) 2025-10-25T08:19Z 59.5K followers, 11.7K engagements
"Remember: a huge proportion of these spoiled votes would have transferred back to Fine Gael had the party not decided to block everyone else from the ballot. This is a deserved humiliation. Your base has abandoned you. Here is one box from Dublin South Central: CC [---] votes/HH 20/JG 11/Spoiled [---] https://t.co/66TswJEv6m Here is one box from Dublin South Central: CC [---] votes/HH 20/JG 11/Spoiled [---] https://t.co/66TswJEv6m"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982002536258191557) 2025-10-25T08:33Z 59.6K followers, 76.8K engagements
"This isn't mad if you actually listened to what people were saying during the campaign. Bit of a mad one here from Ballymun - as many votes for Maria Steen as Heather Humphreys - and [--] votes spoiled. Connolly still ahead of spoiled votes but not by as much as youd think https://t.co/aIUZG3Afn7 Bit of a mad one here from Ballymun - as many votes for Maria Steen as Heather Humphreys - and [--] votes spoiled. Connolly still ahead of spoiled votes but not by as much as youd think https://t.co/aIUZG3Afn7"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982004359429804496) 2025-10-25T08:40Z 59.5K followers, 33.7K engagements
"The spoil the vote wave naturally has not hit leafy south dublin where smug satisfaction still reigns. Tally for one of the poshest polling stations in the country - Scoil Mhuire in Sandymount- C Connolly & H Humphreys are even. Proving - as one politico says - this is a free vote. Theyre not going to be voting for People Before Profit on Park Avenue come the election https://t.co/EIHI4bP21v Tally for one of the poshest polling stations in the country - Scoil Mhuire in Sandymount- C Connolly & H Humphreys are even. Proving - as one politico says - this is a free vote. Theyre not going to be"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982006013210382713) 2025-10-25T08:47Z 59.6K followers, 50.8K engagements
"In this Dublin North West box spoiled votes outpolled even Sister Catherine. Ouch https://t.co/zEmV7KuZEL Ouch https://t.co/zEmV7KuZEL"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982011088704028711) 2025-10-25T09:07Z 60.2K followers, 125K engagements
"@OwenCallan Of returned votes. In one of the least participated elections in our history"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982013480161972446) 2025-10-25T09:16Z 59.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Everyone talking - correctly - about the people who registered their disgust with this election via a spoiled ballot. Less chat than there should be about the hundreds of thousands who did the same by staying at home. Turnout looks abysmal"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982031817030136155) 2025-10-25T10:29Z 59.5K followers, 18.8K engagements
"Unless I am very much mistaken today will be the worst result in history for FF/FG combined in elections where both parties have contested a national election"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982036374287982815) 2025-10-25T10:47Z 59.5K followers, 22.3K engagements
"Turns out that Fine Gael obsessing about Gaza for months and months has proven an electoral winner. for the left. How many votes has it won for Fine Gael"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982045961338732874) 2025-10-25T11:25Z 59.5K followers, 38K engagements
"Pay attention to turnout figures here. In green at top. Tally for North and South Tipp at present. @catherinegalway #connollyforpresident https://t.co/neMjl410aT Tally for North and South Tipp at present. @catherinegalway #connollyforpresident https://t.co/neMjl410aT"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982047497330602290) 2025-10-25T11:32Z 59.5K followers, 16.3K engagements
"At this rate there will be close to [------] spoiled votes nationally. The Irish Times fretted the other day that there might be [-----]. Spoilt Ballots 10/43 constituencies declared. LIVE results 🔗 https://t.co/S1ZAlbF3QM #Aras25 https://t.co/Y4Jj42svnK Spoilt Ballots 10/43 constituencies declared. LIVE results 🔗 https://t.co/S1ZAlbF3QM #Aras25 https://t.co/Y4Jj42svnK"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982095742954295435) 2025-10-25T14:43Z 59.5K followers, 62K engagements
"With over a third of constituencies counted Spoiled votes make up 13.2% of the votes a record for any Irish election in the history of the state"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982099900746584555) 2025-10-25T15:00Z 59.5K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Local pundit wants to compare spoiled ballots to votes for an actual candidate with a campaign and debate performances and media outings. Perhaps if a spoil the vote representative had been allowed to participate in the Presidential debates spoiled votes might have been 50% Context. In an election that had a greater turnout than that in the previous election in [----] deliberately spoiled votes are about half the level of votes received by a nakedly xenophobic candidate Peter Casey in [----]. #UnquestionedPresidentofIreland Context. In an election that had a greater turnout than that in the"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982178019495014772) 2025-10-25T20:10Z 59.5K followers, 20.7K engagements
"Absolute crisis mode now at Liverpool. You hate to see it"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982182783851053096) 2025-10-25T20:29Z 59.5K followers, 15.6K engagements
""This same person was critical of John McGuirk editor of the conservative Gript website because of his support for Israel. Jew McGuirk is an apt name he posted. Nothing here that isn't posted by anonymous accounts online every day. Ireland's anti semitism issue is real. Aont fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group https://t.co/Tu2NypFCtU Aont fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group https://t.co/Tu2NypFCtU"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982376071858458935) 2025-10-26T09:17Z 59.5K followers, 44.1K engagements
"Every political party would improve themselves by at least 30% overnight if they just abolished the youth wing"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982408457090429426) 2025-10-26T11:26Z 59.5K followers, 30.9K engagements
"Bank Holiday weekend so decided to try out Football Manager [--]. boy oh boy is it shit. How have they messed up one of the greatest gaming franchises on earth It's barely playable"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982584231835660306) 2025-10-26T23:04Z 59.6K followers, 13.8K engagements
"RTE says 68% turnout reflects "disillusionment with the entire political class". in another country. 45% turnout here with 13% of all votes cast however. represents a historic mandate for Catherine Connolly. RTE. On Argentina. https://t.co/gQHo0PW32L RTE. On Argentina. https://t.co/gQHo0PW32L"
[X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1982774753854410776) 2025-10-27T11:41Z 60.2K followers, 84.2K engagements
"Spoiled votes in such huge numbers were very heartening on Saturday but they won't change a thing absent focused and realistic political organisation on behalf of disillusioned voters. By me: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-enjoy-spoiled-votes-but-remember-their-limits/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-enjoy-spoiled-votes-but-remember-their-limits/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1982788398197756136) 2025-10-27T12:36Z 59.5K followers, 21.1K engagements
"In her lifetime Virginia Giuffre told a series of provable lies about a whole series of men worldwide most prominently the lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Yet her book - making more allegations - is being treated as gospel. JOHN MCGUIRK: Despite the fact that she made false accusations against Alan Dershowitz and others for years the media is suddenly treating Virginia Giuffre's latest and posthumous book as if it were the gospel of St Mark: https://t.co/PXWDZKl6yz JOHN MCGUIRK: Despite the fact that she made false accusations against Alan Dershowitz and others for years the media is suddenly"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1984197109982306449) 2025-10-31T09:53Z 59.6K followers, 52.2K engagements
"@zencloud6990 That he may have been. But no evidence that anything Virginia Giuffre has ever said about him or anyone else is actually true has ever been presented one distinctly non sexual photo aside. And her verified lies are many"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1984198109082313202) 2025-10-31T09:57Z 59.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Ireland "must" contribute absolutely nothing to Europe's defence needs. The EU's taxpayers "must" pay for the theoretical unification of this island. If you stand back and look closely you might see the reason why Ireland's EU standing has taken a big hit in recent years. The debate on Irish Unity is well underway and the EU must play a bigger role. Brussels must set out now what financial and political supports will be in place to help our island move from partition to unity. #unitedireland https://t.co/mcNy53mB57 The debate on Irish Unity is well underway and the EU must play a bigger role."
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1984202154207592857) 2025-10-31T10:13Z 59.6K followers, 21.9K engagements
"@JohnDriscoll197 I am not a politician. I write about things that interest me. I persistently write about the way female accusers are given undue credence against male accused. See recent piece about an Irish incidence: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-olaf-tyraransen-and-the-meetoo-witch-trials/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-olaf-tyraransen-and-the-meetoo-witch-trials/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1984210863910482097) 2025-10-31T10:48Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Somebody in Ireland is a signage millionaire. The entrance to the historic [--] foot bathing area has become a signage hellscape https://t.co/zn5sbo41MR The entrance to the historic [--] foot bathing area has become a signage hellscape https://t.co/zn5sbo41MR"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1984212362463973744) 2025-10-31T10:54Z 60.1K followers, 24.8K engagements
"Matt Cooper getting rid of Ivan Yates would be a bit like me ditching @sarahcatryan: A failure to recognise that nobody is listening to the podcast for YOU"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1984934373016186910) 2025-11-02T10:43Z 59.6K followers, 33.8K engagements
"This old dude who has been retired for the last [--] years is the same age as the present incumbent of the Oval Office and younger than the guy who left office in January. Pleasure seeing ya again W. https://t.co/EEfBBOTGqe Pleasure seeing ya again W. https://t.co/EEfBBOTGqe"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1984982132578738499) 2025-11-02T13:53Z 59.6K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Elite opinion v public opinion in Ireland"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1985247476924711234) 2025-11-03T07:27Z 59.6K followers, 45.8K engagements
"You know I think the story that is being overlooked here is how badly Jim Gavin's debate performances stand as an advertisement for Ivan Yeats media training industries inc. Fianna Fil confirms Ivan Yates supplied communications training to Jim Gavin on September [--] and again on September [--] in advance of two specific programmes. (September [--] was the date of the Tonight Show debate.) Yates filled in for Pat Kenny on Newstalk on Sept 23-24-25. Fianna Fil confirms Ivan Yates supplied communications training to Jim Gavin on September [--] and again on September [--] in advance of two specific"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1985393671517126776) 2025-11-03T17:08Z 59.6K followers, 25.3K engagements
"FWIW one thought that keeps occurring to me about DJ Carey (an undoubted villain) is that most people with exceptional skills that people really value are able to monetise them and turn them into financial security. GAA players of both codes are an exception"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1985396750979375469) 2025-11-03T17:20Z 59.6K followers, 23.6K engagements
"Of course he felt entitled to money. If he'd been as good at soccer or baseball or race car driving as he was at hurling he'd never have had to worry about a cent"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1985396920953499973) 2025-11-03T17:21Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"I favour the death penalty or something close to it for people who maliciously and cruelly hurt animals. A man has been jailed for his role in a scheme which saw pigs injured in hopes of keeping Muslims out of a proposed IPAS site at Thornton Hall. https://t.co/gla7vHNkc3 A man has been jailed for his role in a scheme which saw pigs injured in hopes of keeping Muslims out of a proposed IPAS site at Thornton Hall. https://t.co/gla7vHNkc3"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1985698182848774392) 2025-11-04T13:18Z 59.6K followers, 37K engagements
"In whatever context she means the word jihad it is explicitly clear that a big chunk of voters in Mamdami's coalition back him for religious not ideological reasons. The US left's lack of discomfort with that is revealing. Zohran Mamdanis intern Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik explains that electing him is part of a Holy War and jihad: This is all jihad this is all ibadah this is all counted by Allah. How committed am I to this What am I willing to sacrifice for this noble cause https://t.co/8oWzjUfW6v Zohran Mamdanis intern Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik explains that electing him is part of a Holy War and jihad:"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1985993026347417853) 2025-11-05T08:50Z 59.6K followers, 25.1K engagements
"Donald Trump asking the US Supreme Court to greenlight a future liberal administration declaring a climate emergency just so he can have tariffs is classic bad Trump. Gorsuch asks whether a different president could declare a national emergency on climate change. Sauer says he thinks they probably could. So a GOP administration is arguing to the Supreme Court that a climate change emergency is probably allowed for the sake of tariffs. Gorsuch asks whether a different president could declare a national emergency on climate change. Sauer says he thinks they probably could. So a GOP"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1986418829803855883) 2025-11-06T13:02Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"FF and FG TDs sneering at the intellectual poverty and ideological extremism of Deputy Gibney should really be asking themselves how it is that their Government confected to appoint her head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. 🗣 "Where will all the labour come from" - @naoiseomuiri 🗣 "We bring them in." - @sineadgibney 🗣 "So you will bring them in but you will have nowhere to put them" - @naoiseomuiri #TonightVMTV https://t.co/os6o1gcxRU 🗣 "Where will all the labour come from" - @naoiseomuiri 🗣 "We bring them in." - @sineadgibney 🗣 "So you will bring them in but you will"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1986419408026411298) 2025-11-06T13:04Z 59.6K followers, 25.8K engagements
"When I look at a stage and see [--] years of Irish history represented by Robinson McAleese Higgins and now Connolly. I just see a generation that resolutely and absolutely refuses to cede power"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1988219464115253653) 2025-11-11T12:17Z 59.6K followers, 63.8K engagements
"The state says you can pay for this nonsense or go to jail. I maintain my view that jail is infinitely preferable. So I will continue to refuse to pay. Were not crying you are 🥹🥹 Michael D Higgins at the inauguration of President-elect Catherine Connolly. https://t.co/QvhEi4eEJL Were not crying you are 🥹🥹 Michael D Higgins at the inauguration of President-elect Catherine Connolly. https://t.co/QvhEi4eEJL"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1988396296609427588) 2025-11-11T23:59Z 59.6K followers, 32.7K engagements
"Football Manager is more fun though. If you redirected all the time young men spend playing video games back into trades and the labour market we would already be a Type [--] civilisation building dyson spheres in space. https://t.co/zZCMH8Pnh7 If you redirected all the time young men spend playing video games back into trades and the labour market we would already be a Type [--] civilisation building dyson spheres in space. https://t.co/zZCMH8Pnh7"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1988532480308048355) 2025-11-12T09:01Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"There's far more evidence from Epstein's mouth directly implicating the current President of the United States in his world than there ever was implicating the former Duke of York whose guilt nobody appears to doubt. Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president https://t.co/lTNd2kT8cQ https://t.co/65EIUrYemZ Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1988654257327993337) 2025-11-12T17:04Z 59.6K followers, 27.6K engagements
"You don't look around that Fine Gael cabinet table and see a whole lot of people with obvious qualifications to replace Paschal Donohoe in Finance. Peter Burke maybe but the list sort of stops there. He'll be a big loss to the Government"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1990723537548530124) 2025-11-18T10:07Z 59.6K followers, 25.7K engagements
"Galway West by-election is legitimately hard to call. Dublin Central less so: Anything other than a convincing Sinn Fein victory would be a brutal blow to that party"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1990746564915323359) 2025-11-18T11:39Z 59.6K followers, 16.1K engagements
"Why does she have to speak to her officials She could just ask her friend and party leader who was in the job and responsible for this legislation up until yesterday. Im committed to passing it: Newly-appointed Defence Minister Helen McEntee has said that one of her first priorities this morning will be speaking to her officials about progressing the Occupied Territories Bill: https://t.co/Pb2xQppUOC Im committed to passing it: Newly-appointed Defence Minister Helen McEntee has said that one of her first priorities this morning will be speaking to her officials about progressing the Occupied"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1991091038216229129) 2025-11-19T10:27Z 59.6K followers, 22K engagements
"@KarlMartinIrl @Independent_ie @EnochBurke Given that the purpose of the Court Order is to stop him showing up at the school it would appear to me that Enoch in exile is a cheaper way of fulfilling that objective than Enoch in jail"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1991815636981559603) 2025-11-21T10:27Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"All [---] tickets sold out for today's Battle of Ideas event in Dublin with @acadofideas and @griptmedia. Looking forward to meeting lots of readers"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992206859210494388) 2025-11-22T12:21Z 59.7K followers, 15.4K engagements
"Not perhaps history's biggest scandal but Grinne Seoige tells the Sunday Indo that FF took her election photo in Government buildings. which is a use of public resources for partisan politics"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992526550957515207) 2025-11-23T09:32Z 59.7K followers, 12.6K engagements
"There's something a little dark about a person's now fairly obvious slide into being unwell being cheered on and liked by [------] people and viewed 25million times. 🚨 URGENT Two days ago I was contacted by a high-ranking employee of the French Government. After determining this persons position and proximity to the French couple I have deemed the information they gave me to be credible enough to share publicly in the event that something 🚨 URGENT Two days ago I was contacted by a high-ranking employee of the French Government. After determining this persons position and proximity to the"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992550635783217238) 2025-11-23T11:07Z 59.9K followers, 91.6K engagements
"Today's interview with Twink (Adele King) in the Sunday Independent is box office stuff. Jaw dropping lines every few minutes in the quotes attributed to her by Barry Egan"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992575431053279578) 2025-11-23T12:46Z 59.7K followers, 40.2K engagements
"Good to see the taxes hard at work as usual reminding us all that we are the problem. This time: Having leftovers. Shameful"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992605675592278389) 2025-11-23T14:46Z 59.6K followers, 29.8K engagements
"The objective of DOGE was to cut $1trillion annually from the US budget. The actual verified savings it made were just $8billion or about 0.001% of the US budget for [----]. It has now been disbanded. Cutting Government spending is hard. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992898704135573521) 2025-11-24T10:10Z 59.9K followers, [----] engagements
"If you want to seriously cut Government spending you have to be willing to say "I don't care about the next election". Which goes against everything politicians - even Trump - believe in"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992898936432918948) 2025-11-24T10:11Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This media regulation stuff on foot of the Ivan Yates thing is the kind of story you'd laugh at in August but we've now got deadly serious political silly season in November. JOHN MCGUIRK: It is hard to appreciate the sheer scale of the lunacy behind the government's latest power grab over media - which could see radio guests having to register conflicts of interest with a state regulator: https://t.co/A1VmRHek9I JOHN MCGUIRK: It is hard to appreciate the sheer scale of the lunacy behind the government's latest power grab over media - which could see radio guests having to register conflicts"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1992909770739855517) 2025-11-24T10:54Z 59.7K followers, 12.3K engagements
"There's something about this image that I absolutely love in the way it's so naked in its appeal to a certain kind of young lad. "Join Fianna Fil and one day you too could sit in this lavishly apportioned chair and lord it over your minions.""
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1993268221927973182) 2025-11-25T10:39Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Uncle Klaus has a new podcast. I hope he calls the Christmas episode "Santa Klaus""
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1993279905271075090) 2025-11-25T11:25Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Great explanation here of how massive subsidies for wind energy drive up household electricity bills. You pay tax to make your own energy more expensive. It's the most ludicrous economic policy on earth and there's almost no debate about it. The spike in wholesale gas prices after Russias invasion of Ukraine certainly increased our energy bills big time. Since then wholesale gas prices have fallen 55%. But energy bills are still rising. I wonder why. Gas prices down offshore wind generation up. Could that explain The spike in wholesale gas prices after Russias invasion of Ukraine certainly"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1993302184935792888) 2025-11-25T12:54Z 59.7K followers, 44.2K engagements
"It's a random wednesday afternoon in November and yet again there is barely a single bed - if any - available in any Dublin hospital public or private. Just talking to somebody who's been turned away from several of them"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1993697636491121044) 2025-11-26T15:05Z 59.8K followers, 17K engagements
"A completely needless diplomatic insult to the UK doled out here by the President of the type that would cause ructions were it sent in the other direction. Sir Keir Starmer is Scotland's head of Government. This morning President Catherine Connolly received Mr. John Swinney @ScotGovFM First Minister of Scotland on a courtesy call. Mr. Swinney is the first foreign head of government received by President Connolly at ras an Uachtarin. https://t.co/g07bAPnsCR This morning President Catherine Connolly received Mr. John Swinney @ScotGovFM First Minister of Scotland on a courtesy call. Mr. Swinney"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1994046269270929540) 2025-11-27T14:10Z 59.9K followers, 276.2K engagements
"An amusing story I'd missed flagged in @edwest's indispensible newsletter this morning: https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/27/adolf-hitlers-namesake-triumphs-in-namibia-local-elections-fifth-time-in-a-rowutm_source=substack&utm_medium=email https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/27/adolf-hitlers-namesake-triumphs-in-namibia-local-elections-fifth-time-in-a-rowutm_source=substack&utm_medium=email"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1994713715116314909) 2025-11-29T10:23Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Big co-ordinated Government push on this suddenly. Assume diplomats have fed back just how bad Dublin City Council is making the country look"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1994842584615981111) 2025-11-29T18:55Z 59.9K followers, 33K engagements
"Re: The Herzog thing on maths: Dublin City Council has [--] seats. SF Labour Soc Dems Greens PbP and Right to Change have [--] between them. If it's between "not being anti-semitic" on the one hand and "standing with Hamas" on the other that's only going one way"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1994872703090610569) 2025-11-29T20:54Z 59.9K followers, 17.6K engagements
"Panic stations now. The proposal to rename Herzog Park should be withdrawn in its entirety and not proceeded with. https://t.co/2DmscslEOn The proposal to rename Herzog Park should be withdrawn in its entirety and not proceeded with. https://t.co/2DmscslEOn"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1995074741439463437) 2025-11-30T10:17Z 59.9K followers, 136.7K engagements
"Thoughts on the Herzog Park fiasco. Irish people who tell you (and themselves) that this is just about "perception" are living in a fantasy world: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-perception-is-not-the-problem-with-herzog-park/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-perception-is-not-the-problem-with-herzog-park/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1995095076629057831) 2025-11-30T11:38Z 59.8K followers, 54.6K engagements
"This is welcome but it should be noted that every single FG councillor on the original committee voted in favour of it. It was not principle that woke FG up here. It was the international reaction fed back through our embassies overseas. Every @FineGael councillor is opposing the proposal to change the name of Herzog park in Rathgar. It should never have got to this stage and hopefully will not go any further. Every @FineGael councillor is opposing the proposal to change the name of Herzog park in Rathgar. It should never have got to this stage and hopefully will not go any further"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1995197072962973850) 2025-11-30T18:23Z 59.8K followers, 29.5K engagements
"The only councillor to oppose this from the beginning was @LaceyDermot of the Labour Party to his very great credit. And he did oppose it on principle because he opposes meddling with history"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1995197565508465014) 2025-11-30T18:25Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This may be heresy on my part but it's the right result by the wrong mechanism. Withdrawing the report "because there's not enough information" is bullshit. They're pulling it because they'd have lost the vote. The City Council remains radically left wing and determined to pursue ideological ends regardless of the impact on Irish citizens or the country's reputation. Taking the toys off them obscures this point it doesn't change it. Having the motion pulled is not a display of strength but an admission of weakness. If a majority of the council in the Capital City is this radical and extreme"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1995199215417557348) 2025-11-30T18:32Z 59.8K followers, 56.2K engagements
"@Sarahjdublin @ZzVvbbbbn You wanted global attention on Ireland's anti-Israel views. Congratulations. You got it. Did it work out the way you imagined"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1995200966094991368) 2025-11-30T18:39Z 59.7K followers, [---] engagements
"A strange display of diplomacy here from the Irish Ambassador to Israel. Ambassadors generally do not get into shouting matches with Ministers in their host country. Irish Ambassador to Israel Sonia McGuinness is finally dealing with antisemitism. No not the fact that her homeland is full of Jew-hate but the real problem: those Jews who keep noticing it. Send her home. Israel doesnt need dealings with Ireland. https://t.co/gDTRtuk5Cy Irish Ambassador to Israel Sonia McGuinness is finally dealing with antisemitism. No not the fact that her homeland is full of Jew-hate but the real problem:"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1995919230009516322) 2025-12-02T18:13Z 59.8K followers, 53.4K engagements
"Labour on 4% in the polls launches its latest initiative to recapture lost support. Time to deliver trans healthcare reform now 🏳⚧ Across Ireland young trans people are being left without care. It is time to deliver reform and provide the care every person deserves." @marie_sherlock ➡ https://t.co/glq1JtuLmK https://t.co/0AJU7djtwT Time to deliver trans healthcare reform now 🏳⚧ Across Ireland young trans people are being left without care. It is time to deliver reform and provide the care every person deserves." @marie_sherlock ➡ https://t.co/glq1JtuLmK https://t.co/0AJU7djtwT"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996197026263093745) 2025-12-03T12:37Z 59.8K followers, 54.4K engagements
"It's not just Ireland and this isn't a snipe at the Dil but at some point over the last [--] decades symbolic crap like this has become the only thing western politicians know how to do. Can't give disabled people the supports they need; but sure can light something up in purple. Leinster House is purple this evening to mark international day of persons with disabilities @rtenews https://t.co/0zgiChrqRS Leinster House is purple this evening to mark international day of persons with disabilities @rtenews https://t.co/0zgiChrqRS"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996259350604562716) 2025-12-03T16:44Z 59.8K followers, 32.1K engagements
"Ireland places itself in a minority of [--] countries out of [--]. Tell me again how stunning our diplomacy is. Ireland will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest [----] after it was confirmed that Israel would be allowed to participate in the competition. Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the contest. https://t.co/blVQGFh4Kb Ireland will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest [----] after it was confirmed that Israel would be allowed to participate in the competition. Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996645987679649944) 2025-12-04T18:21Z 59.9K followers, 100.3K engagements
"Didn't even lose a vote. Opposition to RTE in Europe was so overwhelming that no vote was required"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996646431923560549) 2025-12-04T18:22Z 59.9K followers, [----] engagements
"So to recap this story: A taxpayer funded lobby group headed by a far-left ex-TD voted out at the last election is seeking major sanctions on a US company based in Ireland because it does business with a US ally. Do we have an economic death wish https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/04/complaint-filed-against-microsoft-ireland-alleging-it-facilitated-mass-processing-of-illegal-surveillance-data-on-palestinians/ https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/04/complaint-filed-against-microsoft-ireland-alleging-it-facilitated-mass-processing-of-illegal-surveillance-data-on-palestinians/"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996735498841391600) 2025-12-05T00:16Z 59.9K followers, 37.4K engagements
"Ireland this week: 1) Tries to de-name a park because it's called after a Jew. 2) State broadcaster refuses to go to Eurovision because Israel is there. 3) Taxpayer funded de facto arm of state launches legal proceedings against Microsoft for doing business with Israel. 4) Ambassador berates Israelis shouts in public at Israeli foreign minister and accuse world's only Jewish state of "weaponising" anti-semitism. 5) Insists that the country is not antisemitic at all and all the mean foreigners are making it up. This is all in less than a week"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996736640144777477) 2025-12-05T00:21Z 59.9K followers, 208.5K engagements
"I've always found the movie a little dull. I'd argue that Jeremy Irons' turn as John Tuld in "Margin Call" is a better depiction of masculine leadership: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=G-6Zxqya5uY&t=3s Master and Commander is the best depiction of masculine leadership ever put to film. https://t.co/vuX1YInOxa https://www.youtube.com/watchv=G-6Zxqya5uY&t=3s Master and Commander is the best depiction of masculine leadership ever put to film. https://t.co/vuX1YInOxa"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996892086378156347) 2025-12-05T10:39Z 59.9K followers, 11.4K engagements
"@TadhgHickey With witty repartee like "McCircleJerk" one would nearly wonder how your comedy career ended in such spectacular failure"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1996923513287201148) 2025-12-05T12:44Z 59.9K followers, 11.4K engagements
"@fitzr1122 And cellphones. I've come a long way from my Nokia 3210"
[X Link](https://x.com/john_mcguirk/status/1997045217560875155) 2025-12-05T20:47Z 59.8K followers, [---] engagements
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Social Influence
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Social topic influence ireland #137, israel #638, dublin, hamas, has been, donald trump, in the, ukraine, money, palestine
Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by @cocophilips @griptmedia @benscallan @johnmcguirk @fatimagunning @rtenews @padgemc1 @sarahcatryan @fitzr1122 @sineadmceneaney @jasonomahony @rachelmoiselle @sineadmce @thoughtstoby @simonharristd @davquinn @rfitz77 @emmaquinlan @newhandlehun @eoinlenihan
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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"The local newspaper in Westmeath the Westmeath Examiner also largely confirms that the story tweeted by @senatorkeogan yesterday - and for which she was widely attacked - is accurate. The IPAS applicants have been housed in a local estate"
X Link 2023-12-05T15:17Z 60.2K followers, 99.7K engagements
"Hundreds of billions of dollars in American wealth is being vanished on the grounds of one man's entirely fictional grievances with Canada"
X Link 2025-03-11T14:35Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@GarethNotGarth You're right about that there is. But they have also defaulted you on the web browser (which I use at my desktop) to the "for you" tab every time you refresh. Musk REALLY wants you to see the bitcoin/russia/palestine slop"
X Link 2025-12-17T10:51Z 60.2K followers, [---] engagements
"I don't care if it makes me a left wing pinko - I for one am in favour of putting an end to the practice of boiling sentient creatures to death. And don't tell me "they don't feel a thing" either. Load of nonsense. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/22/boiling-live-lobsters-to-be-banned-in-labour-crackdown/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/12/22/boiling-live-lobsters-to-be-banned-in-labour-crackdown/"
X Link 2025-12-22T18:08Z 60.2K followers, 31.4K engagements
"@ApocalypseEire Bit like asking if I'd live in the Bahamas or French Polynesia if I won the euromillions. I guess so"
X Link 2026-01-10T19:01Z 60.2K followers, [--] engagements
"I've no idea who or what this disrupted meeting was about but for as long as I've been alive thick fuckers with SF heads on them have thought that they alone decide "what's allowed" in the border counties. Base thuggery has always been their currency. This proves that Sinn Fin will never hide the baseball bats so well that they can't lay their own hands on them. This proves that Sinn Fin will never hide the baseball bats so well that they can't lay their own hands on them"
X Link 2026-01-25T11:21Z 60.2K followers, 46.4K engagements
"Rashford can stay at Barcelona. Dorgu's the future"
X Link 2026-01-25T17:44Z 60.2K followers, 14.8K engagements
"It does not do this. That is verifiable and easily established fact. So this should be a quick investigation. Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will be investigated on whether it disseminates illegal content such as manipulated sexualised images in the European Union in breach of the bloc's tech rules the European Commission said today. https://t.co/LjXyrs1F8m Elon Musk's Grok chatbot will be investigated on whether it disseminates illegal content such as manipulated sexualised images in the European Union in breach of the bloc's tech rules the European Commission said today. https://t.co/LjXyrs1F8m"
X Link 2026-01-26T11:30Z 60.2K followers, 30.6K engagements
""The Elders" is of course an entirely self-appointed group of former left-wing politicians who purport to direct influence over world affairs. Former president of Ireland and member of the Elders - a group of global leaders working for human rights - Mary Robinson has said that the US' proposed Board of Peace is not a board of peace it is "the board of the power of one person" https://t.co/ppqcElLTtS Former president of Ireland and member of the Elders - a group of global leaders working for human rights - Mary Robinson has said that the US' proposed Board of Peace is not a board of peace it"
X Link 2026-01-26T13:23Z 60.2K followers, 27.1K engagements
"I mean good luck to this lot trying to turn the young lads against Sydney. https://t.co/gQuo0JTufc https://t.co/gQuo0JTufc"
X Link 2026-01-26T16:44Z 60.2K followers, 15.1K engagements
"Oh well. The gun lobby had a good run. Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing. https://t.co/TkhHQopHA6 Trump: You can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. It's a very unfortunate thing. https://t.co/TkhHQopHA6"
X Link 2026-01-27T18:41Z 60.2K followers, 10.1K engagements
"@fiagirly @SoyMotor Isn't this a testing spec car with upgrades to come for Bahrain and Australia or did I dream that"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:18Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"@wearetherace Eh. Ferrari will have done almost as many laps by the end of the day and their car - which is a "Spec A" version - seems plenty fast by comparison. Bit premature to be handing out the rosettes"
X Link 2026-01-30T11:30Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Staff at the Takeda pharmaceutical facility at Grange Castle have been told that the plant is to close this morning I understand. Substantial number of jobs at risk"
X Link 2024-03-06T11:39Z 60.2K followers, 19.2K engagements
"@robespierre I don't think you can call that economic or budgetary policy. He had no difficulty with the overall policy just the local implications of it. But I guess it's as close as we're gonna get"
X Link 2024-09-30T09:32Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"The population of the world in [----] was [--] billion. 36% of that is about 640m "white people." The population of the world in [----] is 8.5billion. 8% of that is 664m "white people." The number of white people in the world has risen not fallen. Other populations have grown faster. Today the white population in the world is 8% [---] years ago it was 36%. Today the white population in the world is 8% [---] years ago it was 36%"
X Link 2025-12-03T15:11Z 60.2K followers, 11.3K engagements
"Hey @GarethNotGarth [--] years or [--] years on the contract for Carrick"
X Link 2026-01-25T18:26Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I confess I foresaw many things with the Trump administration. I did not foresee them turning on the second amendment like this - which says that yes you can actually carry a gun and go whereever you want with it. FBI Director Kash Patel: As Kristi said you cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's that simple. You don't have that right to break the law and incite violence. https://t.co/QJY2gaXHMZ FBI Director Kash Patel: As Kristi said you cannot bring a firearm loaded with multiple magazines to any sort of protest that you want. It's"
X Link 2026-01-26T11:28Z 60.2K followers, 13.5K engagements
"Someone really needs to tell the former President that there's a whole other Christian denomination on her island called Anglicanism that will let her become a Bishop if she really wants it. Former President Mary McAleese has told Catholic school girls that parts of the Churchs teaching is rancid and warned that Pope Leo XIV is no reformer but merely a stopgap Pope. Read more: https://t.co/S9InUMVJ6g https://t.co/NXu7NBQIa4 Former President Mary McAleese has told Catholic school girls that parts of the Churchs teaching is rancid and warned that Pope Leo XIV is no reformer but merely a stopgap"
X Link 2026-01-29T14:40Z 60.2K followers, 35K engagements
"@LeoVaradkar You can certainly celebrate two different things on the one day - but conflating them as actually being the same thing with an absurdity like "Saint Goddess" is so comically dumb that you can't be shocked when people think you must be deliberately trying to offend them"
X Link 2026-01-30T10:38Z 60.2K followers, 19.3K engagements
"If Andrew Windsor was stripped of his Dukedom and Princely status over this stuff why is Mandelson still a Lord"
X Link 2026-02-02T10:49Z 60.2K followers, 15.3K engagements
"Who is demanding this Where is the constituency up in arms demanding verified participation in financial services ads Meanwhile people walk free from court having been found with 1000's of the worst child abuse images and they cannot or will not fix that law. I intend to change our laws to obligate a search engine company or a social media company to verify that the person in the ad has consented to being in the ad before it can be placed. This would be an effective measure to crack down on this. I intend to change our laws to obligate a search engine company or a social media company to"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:50Z 60.2K followers, 45.8K engagements
"This is the chap who the voters of Somerset chose over Jacob Rees Mogg at the last UK election. 🚨 BREAKING: Suspended Labour MP Dan Norris has been further arrested on suspicion of rape sexual assault voyeurism and upskirting https://t.co/sKj8d4CNlA 🚨 BREAKING: Suspended Labour MP Dan Norris has been further arrested on suspicion of rape sexual assault voyeurism and upskirting https://t.co/sKj8d4CNlA"
X Link 2026-02-03T09:11Z 60.2K followers, 16.2K engagements
"China is indeed an evil regime. But props here for really leaning into it and being evil in proper cinematic style: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/china-unveils-star-wars-space-carrier-luanniao/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/03/china-unveils-star-wars-space-carrier-luanniao/"
X Link 2026-02-03T10:00Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Instead of trying to play catch up on defence spending Ireland should just go all in and build it's own evil space carrier"
X Link 2026-02-03T10:01Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"RTE assured us all last year that they would change and learn and improve. It was all nonsense. Which is why your taxes are paying for this little bit of in-group ritualised fellatio. As he returns to Irish telly on The Assembly Ryan Tubridy talks to us this week about how family friends and therapy kept him going and why hed be open to returning to the national broadcaster. https://t.co/nWx5yiak5h As he returns to Irish telly on The Assembly Ryan Tubridy talks to us this week about how family friends and therapy kept him going and why hed be open to returning to the national broadcaster."
X Link 2026-02-03T12:36Z 60.2K followers, 35.2K engagements
"@fergalreid I mean you'd imagine only Boris would fit the bill but then you remember John Major was a dark horse in more ways than one"
X Link 2026-02-07T16:32Z 60.2K followers, [---] engagements
"Some people paid good money to go to this at Electric Picnic today I'd pay a fine to stop a court sentencing me to an hour of it"
X Link 2025-08-31T16:23Z 60.2K followers, 79.1K engagements
"In [----] German military spending was 10% of GNP. By [----] at the end of "rearmament" it will be just over 3%. Connolly's an idiot. A buffoon. And the absolutely perfect President for modern Ireland. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/09/25/catherine-connolly-compares-german-arms-build-up-with-1930s/ https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/09/25/catherine-connolly-compares-german-arms-build-up-with-1930s/"
X Link 2025-09-25T09:01Z 60.2K followers, 41K engagements
"A thing about RTE being a state broadcaster is that the coverage is always from the point of view of the state. As in this article where the focus is on the challenge faced by hospitals rather than that faced by sick people who cannot get treatment. Challenging period ahead as flu season gathers pace via @RTENews https://t.co/nKaGw6VyIW Challenging period ahead as flu season gathers pace via @RTENews https://t.co/nKaGw6VyIW"
X Link 2025-12-14T10:19Z 60.2K followers, 19K engagements
"Homelessness in Ireland has nothing to do with state spending. 400m will be spent on tackling homelessness in Dublin in [----] (link below). That works out at [-----] per homeless person in Dublin. Of course it's all funneled through NGOs. These headlines in the same week a few days apart. Record tax takes based on record profits and wealth hoarding for the few Record homelessness and inability for secure homes to live in for the many. https://t.co/yMQNZWpyg3 These headlines in the same week a few days apart. Record tax takes based on record profits and wealth hoarding for the few Record"
X Link 2026-01-06T19:04Z 60.2K followers, 15.8K engagements
"I sometimes think about how the American Bison was deliberately hunted to the brink of extinction by the US army in order to starve Native American tribes and how the General responsible Philip Sheridan was a Cavanman. His troops slaughtered [--] million Bison in [--] years. A sad day for the great Montana Bison. Interior Secretary Doug Bergum at the request of Little Greg Gianforte and the corporate zombie Montana Senators/Reps has ended conservation grazing permits for Bison on the great American Prairie a huge section of restored Bison land https://t.co/w3o4w7Q31t A sad day for the great Montana"
X Link 2026-01-25T21:28Z 60.2K followers, 34.8K engagements
"The interview with the Taoiseach in today's Sunday Independent could hardly be more fawning and deferential if the Government was doling out massive wads of cash to the media to keep them in business. It's client service not journalism. Oh. Wait"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:23Z 60.2K followers, 19.3K engagements
"I assume the whole world is rooting for the correct result in this match so we never have to hear about the lad and his hair ever again #WHUMUN"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:20Z 60.2K followers, 15.4K engagements
"@Ireland2020 @Niall_Boylan @BBGRichie @IrishInquiry @Mickbraz1 @griptmedia @fatima_gunning @Ben_Scallan @sarahcatryan @DavQuinn @BowesChay @JimFergusonUK @Healyhack There is no excess death uproar because you guys are using an old baseline to calculate it. If you used the [----] baseline you'd find even more excess deaths"
X Link 2026-02-11T10:55Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"This stuff is indefensible and yet I fear there are plenty who will defend it. 🚨 WATCH THIS. Newly released body cam shows Border Patrol agents deliberately steering into Marimar Martinez an American teacher before shooting her [--] times. DHS falsely claimed she ambushed them. Kash Patel amplified the lie. Prosecutors later dropped the case. Texts https://t.co/ExxGHJ1X5E 🚨 WATCH THIS. Newly released body cam shows Border Patrol agents deliberately steering into Marimar Martinez an American teacher before shooting her [--] times. DHS falsely claimed she ambushed them. Kash Patel amplified the"
X Link 2026-02-12T12:48Z 60.2K followers, 16.8K engagements
"BREAK: Gary Gannon apologises to Alan Shatter confirms payment of "an agreed sum" by way of damages over false Epstein claim:"
X Link 2026-02-13T19:39Z 60.2K followers, 27.2K engagements
"As it's budget week here's a question to start us off: Who was the last Fianna Fil or Fine Gael Minister or TD to resign their job or party whip on the grounds that they had a principled difference of opinion with the Government on economic or budgetary policy"
X Link 2024-09-30T09:26Z 60.2K followers, 12.1K engagements
"It's the same people all the time. Anti globalisation riots. Pro Palestinian ones. Anti-enforcing-the-immigration laws riots. Black lives matter riots. It's the same west-hating flag-burning rock-throwing looting mob all the time. That's what "intersectionality" means. JUST IN: Protesters hurl rocks at LAPD during ICE demonstrations in downtown LA. https://t.co/Xct8hXfo7v JUST IN: Protesters hurl rocks at LAPD during ICE demonstrations in downtown LA. https://t.co/Xct8hXfo7v"
X Link 2025-06-09T10:47Z 60.2K followers, 35.9K engagements
"RTE is an entirely left-wing organisation that only hires those with left-wing views and skews every news story to the left in so far as humanly possible. It is also now running its own independent foreign policy. Ireland will not take part in [----] Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead RT Director-General says https://t.co/AbJb8KH0Ju Ireland will not take part in [----] Eurovision Song Contest if participation of Israel goes ahead RT Director-General says https://t.co/AbJb8KH0Ju"
X Link 2025-09-11T12:02Z 60.2K followers, 68K engagements
"I am genuinely mystified by this. You would think Tubridy was some kind of great lost talent like Roy Keane in exile from the soccer team instead of a bland and mediocre presenter who oversaw the massive decline of the Late Late Show"
X Link 2026-02-08T13:39Z 60.2K followers, 76.8K engagements
"At some stage between now and [----] Ireland will have the single most expensive hospital in the entire history of humanity. What does your country have 🤔 https://t.co/XFAgAn0mRY What does your country have 🤔 https://t.co/XFAgAn0mRY"
X Link 2026-02-11T13:19Z 60.2K followers, 19.9K engagements
"This would be less painful and miserable for all news consumers if it was just resolved fast. Ireland has already given Israel [--] points in the Eurovision over the last two years. just make a present of [--] points in the football and move on. Social Democrats must back boycott of Israel fixture @chrisandrews64 If you oppose Israels actions then you must be prepared to say this fixture should not proceed and to call for a boycott. Anything less is hesitation. https://t.co/XpQdj4mvnu Social Democrats must back boycott of Israel fixture @chrisandrews64 If you oppose Israels actions then you must"
X Link 2026-02-13T12:52Z 60.2K followers, 10.4K engagements
"This stuff is incredible. "UEFA should read the room" says Sinead Gibney. Well let's look at the room: Only two European members of UEFA even consider this a question - Ireland and Norway. The rest of the room has no issue with Israel playing"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:02Z 60.2K followers, 16.8K engagements
"The "because Ireland cannot guarantee the safety of visiting Israeli fans" is for some reason unspoken here. Ireland's home game against Israel likely to be moved abroad https://t.co/uFIDptu1aI Ireland's home game against Israel likely to be moved abroad https://t.co/uFIDptu1aI"
X Link 2026-02-15T12:09Z 60.2K followers, 27.7K engagements
"One assumes RTE will refuse to show the game. Ireland have been drawn into Group B3 of the UEFA Nations League alongside Israel Austria & Kosovo Fixture details will be announced in due course 🗓 https://t.co/m95uuwN1Aq Ireland have been drawn into Group B3 of the UEFA Nations League alongside Israel Austria & Kosovo Fixture details will be announced in due course 🗓 https://t.co/m95uuwN1Aq"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:57Z 60.2K followers, 25.6K engagements
""UEFA criticised for putting Ireland in a difficult position". God what self indulgent nonsense. Play the match don't play it. Whatever. But UEFA hasn't put Ireland in this position. Our own weird and demented obsession has. Austria and Kosovo aren't whining like this"
X Link 2026-02-13T09:26Z 60.2K followers, 21.3K engagements
"If only the IDF were up against the likes of you there on your keyboard rather than hardened Hamas terror cells the whole war might have ended differently. @john_mcguirk Dead right neither the team or fans of the genocidal Zionist colony are safe here theyll get the kind of welcome theyll never forget @john_mcguirk Dead right neither the team or fans of the genocidal Zionist colony are safe here theyll get the kind of welcome theyll never forget"
X Link 2026-02-15T13:04Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"I'm not a big GAA head but RTE ditching Joe Brolly is an atrocious move. Sky's younger more knowledgeable panel is already ten times better. Clear out O'Rourke and Spillane as well then and bring in Colm Cooper and Bernard Brogan or someone like that"
X Link 2019-09-11T19:17Z 59.8K followers, [--] engagements
"@NigelAWatson I grew up on the border. Every BS line from that crowd I've heard a hundred times since I was about 8"
X Link 2020-06-30T20:02Z 59.6K followers, [--] engagements
"Look at this total nonsense. Twitter thinks an interview with Kevin Myers is "sensitive content""
X Link 2020-07-16T17:09Z 59.9K followers, [--] engagements
"Both sides in the US election seem to be utterly convinced that their guy is going to win a comfortable victory. Which is not you'd venture a recipe for a happy Wednesday"
X Link 2020-11-02T11:13Z 59.9K followers, [--] engagements
""The banks were not bailed out" is one of those things where the point the Taoiseach was trying to make - about shareholders - will be lost in the fact that he sounds absolutely insane to anybody who lived through the period when the banks were in fact bailed out"
X Link 2020-12-16T21:13Z 59.6K followers, [---] engagements
"What is the use of a study with a half billion euro range in its costings There's a vast difference between 381m and 881m. Mind you this being Ireland no need to worry. The real cost after the HSE get their hands on the programme will likely be 1.81billion. The ESRI study estimates the cost of extending free GP care to the whole population in [----] would cost the State between 381m and 881m https://t.co/AenHO3LXmM The ESRI study estimates the cost of extending free GP care to the whole population in [----] would cost the State between 381m and 881m https://t.co/AenHO3LXmM"
X Link 2023-01-17T12:03Z 59.4K followers, [----] engagements
"@bonchieredstate Someone probably said something mildly unworshipful on one of the morning shows. Trump's raison d'etre is to hear people say he's great. If they don't say it they are the baddie"
X Link 2023-06-02T20:39Z 60.1K followers, [---] engagements
"According to the UK anti-Monarchy group "Republic" the Monarchy costs 345m per year. That ignores any return in tourism etc. The NHS by contrast costs 187bn. Were the Monarchy abolished and all it's funding given to the NHS that would cover the NHS for. [--] hours. Abolish the monarchy and fund the NHS. https://t.co/NAahYiGHyg Abolish the monarchy and fund the NHS. https://t.co/NAahYiGHyg"
X Link 2023-11-11T17:13Z 60.1K followers, 20.7K engagements
"I think this is really important journalism by Ben: It's a deconstruction of a political party's spin - what they want you to believe about their record as against what that record actually is. "You could theoretically be found guilty of a criminal offence and jailed if you criticise an illegal immigrant - that was Sinn Fins contribution to this legislation." @Ben_Scallan comments on Sinn Fin's proposed amendments to Helen McEntee's hate speech bill. https://t.co/RD06QzT9G1 "You could theoretically be found guilty of a criminal offence and jailed if you criticise an illegal immigrant - that"
X Link 2024-04-04T08:36Z 59.6K followers, 19.9K engagements
"I can't be the only one who's just entirely opted out of this dumb scheme so far and written it off as the stealth tax increase that it always was and is intended to be"
X Link 2024-04-08T10:30Z 59.6K followers, 56.6K engagements
"This is the point that the Irish Government seems unwilling to accept: If it continues to label events in Gaza as a genocide (and it is going to the international courts to make that claim) then our OWN laws legally obligate us to accept every Gazan who seeks refuge. Israel has rightly trolled Ireland and Spain that if they are going to falsely label the events in Gaza as a genocide then their own laws obligate them to accept asylum claims from Palestinians in Gaza and that they are willing to assist the transfer. Israel has rightly trolled Ireland and Spain that if they are going to falsely"
X Link 2025-02-07T13:54Z 60.2K followers, 149.2K engagements
"The American Government is borrowing almost 2trillion dollars a year to keep the lights on. Why on earth people in Kansas should be expected to pay to keep Trocaire and Goal executives in salaries god only knows. 🚨 Here we go. "Irish NGOS have benefitted substantially from USAID over the years. Aid agency GOAL was awarded more than [---] million in [----] which made up over half its funding. USAID's contributions made up about 7% of Trcaire's budget according to its latest annual https://t.co/QpHEQ3UpP7 🚨 Here we go. "Irish NGOS have benefitted substantially from USAID over the years. Aid"
X Link 2025-02-09T09:58Z 60.1K followers, 30.1K engagements
"If the Minister knows at this very early stage that this incident was truly "random" and not say a planned attack by somebody for a set of reasons he should give us more details. Otherwise the inclusion of that word seems premature. I am receiving updates from an Garda Siochana about the situation in Stoneybatter. The suspect is now in custody and the victims of this awful random attack are receiving medical attention. I am receiving updates from an Garda Siochana about the situation in Stoneybatter. The suspect is now in custody and the victims of this awful random attack are receiving"
X Link 2025-02-09T17:20Z 53.7K followers, 25.5K engagements
"Bold strategy cotton etc etc. I suspect this White House will demand much less restraint from the other side should the war re-start. Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced it would indefinitely postpone the next hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile truce agreement with Israel accusing it of failing to comply with its terms https://t.co/JzexN5BPDA Palestinian militant group Hamas has announced it would indefinitely postpone the next hostage-prisoner exchange under a fragile truce agreement with Israel accusing it of failing to comply with its terms https://t.co/JzexN5BPDA"
X Link 2025-02-10T16:54Z 53.7K followers, [----] engagements
"The new media line on Musk is that he is "unelected" as if Presidents cannot empower and appoint people. Not a concern I ever recall the Irish Times expressing about say Tony Holohan when aul' Tony was patrolling the streets of Dublin ordering the Gardai to arrest people"
X Link 2025-02-12T08:22Z 53.7K followers, [----] engagements
"How do you blame any German for casting a vote for the AfD at this point It is readily and obviously apparent that Frau Merkel fundamentally altered German and European society without regard for public safety or any other consequence. BREAKING: The man who drove a car into a crowd in Munich Germany is an Afghan asylum seeker who has previously been arrested numerous times for theft and drug dealing. At least [--] people were wounded and a toddler is fighting for his life. https://t.co/UrvP06dkmC BREAKING: The man who drove a car into a crowd in Munich Germany is an Afghan asylum seeker who has"
X Link 2025-02-13T12:05Z 55.3K followers, 52.7K engagements
"@feloniousG72575 So you're looking for a strong nationalist right wing party that has the foreign policy of Sinn Fein and the hard left. I see"
X Link 2025-02-13T12:24Z 53.7K followers, [---] engagements
""It turns out you can't mandate innovation or creativity" might be my favourite line from that speech by the American Vice President today. A dagger right to the heart of the dominant view of the world in Brussels"
X Link 2025-02-14T20:47Z 53.7K followers, 17.2K engagements
"If a person were to believe that assassinating the President was an act of saving their country (as all Presidential assassins generally do) then by this logic they would have been absolved of any crime in advance by their victim. He who saves his Country does not violate any Law. He who saves his Country does not violate any Law"
X Link 2025-02-16T12:09Z 53.8K followers, 10.7K engagements
"@PaulMul16170336 Are you arguing that laws only apply to people with a different vision of "saving the country" than yours"
X Link 2025-02-16T12:13Z 53.7K followers, [---] engagements
"My fav genre of tweet about Jim O'Callaghan's RTE interview are moderate types saying things like it was "refreshing" and "frank". Translated: He said what I think but have been afraid to say lest people think I have far right sympathies. But now I can praise it cautiously"
X Link 2025-02-16T13:31Z 53.8K followers, 24.5K engagements
"JD Vance asked a good question at Munich. He said "it's not enough to ask who you are fighting. You also have to ask what are we defending". Right wingers cheering on a billionaire impregnating a fifth woman and then implying she might have duped him should ask that question"
X Link 2025-02-16T14:54Z 55.6K followers, 36.2K engagements
"@real_parkinson It is a joke if that helps"
X Link 2025-02-16T21:22Z 53.8K followers, [---] engagements
"People often tweet things like "there is no profit in peace" while ignoring the fact that the most peaceful era in human history has been the last [--] years and that it has overlapped with unprecedented human prosperity. @john_mcguirk There's no profit in peace John. There's nothing complicated about it. Why is NATO so desperate to head east @john_mcguirk There's no profit in peace John. There's nothing complicated about it. Why is NATO so desperate to head east"
X Link 2025-02-17T11:13Z 55.6K followers, 11.7K engagements
"I understand some people don't like the messenger. I get it. But if the US is pulling back its commitment to Europe what is the alternative We sit around knitting friendship bracelets Is it no army [--] distinct armies Is it just giving Russia everything it seeks every time"
X Link 2025-02-17T12:49Z 55.7K followers, 87.9K engagements
"@nemeanexegete Fine but this is just another way of saying "I prefer Russia to my own country". That's in essence what you are saying in theory if perhaps not in practice"
X Link 2025-02-17T12:54Z 53.8K followers, [----] engagements
"The Gardai tried to get access to Gript Media's data and private messages via court order. They failed. Read more: https://gript.ie/a-statement-by-the-gript-media-management-team https://gript.ie/a-statement-by-the-gript-media-management-team"
X Link 2025-02-18T09:31Z 60.2K followers, 185.4K engagements
"@KitMurray @elonmusk @X Not that I recall"
X Link 2025-02-18T15:11Z 55K followers, [---] engagements
"Aside from the moral view anyone might take of this post it is just a simple fact that every single numerical value cited in it is absolute nonsense with no relationship to fact. That either matters to you or it does not. https://t.co/PMcrOwXejI https://t.co/PMcrOwXejI"
X Link 2025-02-19T17:24Z 59.6K followers, 82.1K engagements
"RTE has just sent out it's weekly press release about this week's exciting Late Late Show lineup. You'll all be shocked to know that [--] of the [--] headline guests are current or former RTE employees"
X Link 2025-02-20T15:27Z 55.7K followers, 102.2K engagements
"This is just full-on "are we the baddies" stuff from the White House. There is zero reason for the US or anyone else to be intervening to prevent Tate from facing the very serious charges levied against him. Zero reason"
X Link 2025-02-20T19:50Z 55.7K followers, 31K engagements
"The refusal to attend the event would be more convincing if there was any evidence at all that Sinn Fein had been formally invited to the event. Not saying they haven't been but where's the invitation As Leader of Sinn Fin I have made the decision not to attend the event in the White House this year as a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the Palestinian people from Gaza. https://t.co/1FtXDDTocb As Leader of Sinn Fin I have made the decision not to attend the event in the White House this year as a principled stance against the threat of mass expulsion of the"
X Link 2025-02-21T10:27Z 55.7K followers, 38.6K engagements
"Some thoughts on Sinn Fein's big announcement this morning that it will insult the United States on behalf of the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip: https://gript.ie/sinn-feins-trump-snub-gaza-derangement-syndrome/ https://gript.ie/sinn-feins-trump-snub-gaza-derangement-syndrome/"
X Link 2025-02-21T12:29Z 55.7K followers, 31.6K engagements
"Gript - especially my colleague @fatima_gunning - has been following the story of Brendan McDonagh and people like him who built their own small homes and have been ordered to demolish them for two years now. Glad to see others finally catching up. https://www.thejournal.ie/cabin-homes-gardens-6629593-Feb2025/ https://www.thejournal.ie/cabin-homes-gardens-6629593-Feb2025/"
X Link 2025-02-23T13:15Z 55.7K followers, 13.9K engagements
"Nice looking machine. Introducing the Mercedes-AMG F1 W16 🤍🖤 https://t.co/Gs244BRH8R Introducing the Mercedes-AMG F1 W16 🤍🖤 https://t.co/Gs244BRH8R"
X Link 2025-02-24T14:12Z 55.7K followers, [----] engagements
"@CapTweed You don't achieve anything without working with other people and being willing to be nice to them. That is true in every walk of life. There is a reason the right is so popular unfortunately with young blokes who find it hard to achieve anything"
X Link 2025-02-24T14:13Z 55.7K followers, [---] engagements
"There are too many writers on the right pretending that this shit "doesn't matter" when what they really mean is "if we call it out our readers will rebel". But a movement that tolerates roman salutes will live to regret it. By me: https://gript.ie/a-movement-that-tolerates-roman-salutes-will-live-to-regret-it/ https://gript.ie/a-movement-that-tolerates-roman-salutes-will-live-to-regret-it/"
X Link 2025-02-25T13:59Z 55.7K followers, 20.6K engagements
"It is indeed true that those who forget history are doomed to re-live it. And that those who do not forget history are doomed to watch every other idiot re-live it. @john_mcguirk People don't care. All the generations that gave a shit about this are dead or dying. You're fighting a losing battle trying to keep alive a dying taboo. @john_mcguirk People don't care. All the generations that gave a shit about this are dead or dying. You're fighting a losing battle trying to keep alive a dying taboo"
X Link 2025-02-25T14:52Z 55.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Over [---] European soldiers (not including [--] from Ukraine) died helping the United States of America fight its abortive war in Iraq. Over [---] Europeans died fighting America's war in Afghanistan. No Americans have died in Ukraine. To the hand-wringing Europeans who felt offended by President Trump rejecting being lectured by President Zelensky: Be my guest to defend Ukraine from Putin. It is long past time for the Europeans to show they are capable of defending their own continent. Theyve allowed To the hand-wringing Europeans who felt offended by President Trump rejecting being lectured by"
X Link 2025-03-02T17:08Z 60.1K followers, 34.5K engagements
"Obviously you'd understand this not getting quite as much attention as McGregor in Washington or even Garron Noone deleting his tiktok (MASSIVE NEWS). But Daly's open alignment of Ireland with Iran and Yemen really should get more attention at home than it will"
X Link 2025-03-25T18:55Z 59.9K followers, 37.5K engagements
"First Papal Conclave of my lifetime in which there won't be a voting Irish-based Cardinal. Cardinal Brady is too old to vote. Cardinal Kevin Farrell was born in Ireland but who has served his entire Ministry in the USA or Rome"
X Link 2025-04-22T09:28Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"This amounts to 0.2% of the annual Israeli defence budget of $23billion. In other words the Israelis have close to zero reliance on EU arms. By contrast Israel EXPORTS well over $7billion a year in arms. The Ditch can exclusively report that EU member states have exported [--] million in arms and ammunition to Israel since October [----] under their controversial Israel trade agreement. Including [----] million in the first four months of this year. https://t.co/sqpfZRtmTk The Ditch can exclusively report that EU member states have exported [--] million in arms and ammunition to Israel since October"
X Link 2025-05-21T19:23Z 60.2K followers, [----] engagements
"Basically everywhere in Europe: "we are baking in this hellish heatwave" Meanwhile in Tipperary Ireland the Irish summer proceeds as normal"
X Link 2025-07-02T11:33Z 60.1K followers, 63.4K engagements
"As I wrote this morning Sheridan has had a very bad start to his campaign. But some of this coverage is absurd. There is nothing abnormal here. It's the pathologising of being in business as opposed to living a cosy public sector existence. https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/08/15/very-small-number-of-investors-own-vast-bulk-of-shares-in-gareth-sheridans-us-firm/ https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/08/15/very-small-number-of-investors-own-vast-bulk-of-shares-in-gareth-sheridans-us-firm/"
X Link 2025-08-15T08:34Z 59.5K followers, 13.8K engagements
"In [----] the USA imported a TOTAL of $3.35trillion. Trump is claiming $8trillion in Tariff revenue in [--] months. If that were true the US would run a surplus this year. It is not true. It is a lie. A fib. A fabrication. It's ACTUAL misinformation and disinformation. Fake news. LABOR DAY 🤝 GOLDEN AGE President Trumps protectionist trade policies have helped drive more than $8 trillion in new U.S. investment creating hundreds of thousands of jobs. https://t.co/kYPb2vS6hp LABOR DAY 🤝 GOLDEN AGE President Trumps protectionist trade policies have helped drive more than $8 trillion in new U.S."
X Link 2025-09-01T12:36Z 59.6K followers, 18.1K engagements
"Does anyone think a racist runs for the Soc Dems Anyone I mean this is all hilariously stupid precisely because it's so performative. Nobody with a brain would think he meant any offence. But that's not what matters over in Wokelandia"
X Link 2025-09-15T20:01Z 59.5K followers, 41.8K engagements
"Before I wrote an article about Joe I sought comment from his employer as is standard practice. That email in full is below. The claim that I or we "lobbied to have him sacked" is I'm afraid to say another complete falsehood. The free speech people. Gript and their editor lobbied the Sunday independent to have me sacked. In this MAGA world hate speech is fine. But not free speech. The free speech people. Gript and their editor lobbied the Sunday independent to have me sacked. In this MAGA world hate speech is fine. But not free speech"
X Link 2025-09-16T15:17Z 59.5K followers, 86.4K engagements
"I understand from people with knowledge of the process that Senator Michael McDowell has persistently refused to return calls or requests for a meeting from Maria Steen and that this has been the position for two weeks. That position has not changed today"
X Link 2025-09-23T18:19Z 59.5K followers, 60K engagements
"With nominations closed this story can now be told. How Senators Michael McDowell and Aubrey McCarthy emerged as the nemeses of the Steen campaign: https://gript.ie/why-did-michael-mcdowell-block-maria-steen/ https://gript.ie/why-did-michael-mcdowell-block-maria-steen/"
X Link 2025-09-24T11:47Z 59.5K followers, 85.3K engagements
"Michael McDowell was right: Steen would have walked this. #TonightVMTV"
X Link 2025-09-29T21:38Z 59.6K followers, 36.2K engagements
"The Dear Leader in Pyongyang could only dream of this kind of fawning. Over his two presidential terms Michael D. Higgins has become something of a folk hero with his fluffy dogs fluent Irish and poetry-writing all contributing to his distinctive charm. https://t.co/LEJwehVYmf Over his two presidential terms Michael D. Higgins has become something of a folk hero with his fluffy dogs fluent Irish and poetry-writing all contributing to his distinctive charm. https://t.co/LEJwehVYmf"
X Link 2025-10-11T14:12Z 59.4K followers, 49.4K engagements
"Candace Owens is nuttier than squirrel shit. Nothing she believes is sane. Oh FFS https://t.co/nQySBMGc6I Oh FFS https://t.co/nQySBMGc6I"
X Link 2025-10-12T17:27Z 59.5K followers, 27.7K engagements
"Simon Harris's two pronouncements about the hostage release and pledging Ireland's further fealty to Gaza have a combined [---] likes and just 30k impressions on this platform. Few Governments in the world look smaller or less relevant today than Ireland's"
X Link 2025-10-13T09:07Z 59.4K followers, 34.6K engagements
"The Occupied Territories Bill is dead. It might be dead like Bruce Willis in The Sixth Sense. But it is nevertheless dead"
X Link 2025-10-13T09:42Z 59.5K followers, 31.9K engagements
"Poor ol' RTE. Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition following Middle East "developments" the European Broadcasting Union said https://t.co/cKMEZ0tjn2 Eurovision Song Contest organisers will no longer meet online in November to vote on Israel's participation in the competition following Middle East "developments" the European Broadcasting Union said https://t.co/cKMEZ0tjn2"
X Link 2025-10-13T20:44Z 59.3K followers, 49K engagements
"Say one thing for Hamas they hold their trials very quickly. This is Gaza. This is what it is and has always been. Security services in Gaza publicly execute Israels collaborators who were recruited and used by the Israeli military to: steal aid attack starving aid seekers destabilise internal front monopolise goods damage medical aid blackmail people kidnap resistance https://t.co/tTdZ6ABizF Security services in Gaza publicly execute Israels collaborators who were recruited and used by the Israeli military to: steal aid attack starving aid seekers destabilise internal front monopolise goods"
X Link 2025-10-14T12:22Z 59.2K followers, 54.8K engagements
"Some of the commentary around the election on social media is reaching levels of absolute batshit never before seen. No the High Court will not cancel the election over the party whip. No there will not be spoiled votes neck and neck with Heather Humphreys or anywhere close"
X Link 2025-10-16T12:22Z 59.2K followers, 20.2K engagements
"Amy Huberman's dog died. Literally hundreds of people reacted like this because her husband is an after dinner speaker who spoke at an event with a tangential link to Israel. These people think they are kind and good. They are in fact deeply unkind and unwell to boot"
X Link 2025-10-18T07:06Z 59.5K followers, 242.7K engagements
"Ireland is a vastly more religious country today than it ever was in [----]. Presidential election candidate Catherine Connolly TD and her team join a busker on Williamsgate Street Galway on Sunday in a verse from John Lennon's Imagine. Video Mike Shaughnessy/ galwaypix https://t.co/jCkmsq7P9j Presidential election candidate Catherine Connolly TD and her team join a busker on Williamsgate Street Galway on Sunday in a verse from John Lennon's Imagine. Video Mike Shaughnessy/ galwaypix https://t.co/jCkmsq7P9j"
X Link 2025-10-20T13:59Z 59.5K followers, 50.7K engagements
"Something like this was inevitable. An inevitable result of state policy. BREAKING: Details of sexual assault at Citywest earlier today. It is understood a [--] year old Irish girl is alleged to have been raped by an African Asylum seeker on the grounds of the hotel which is housing asylum seekers. The girl is in Tusla care. https://t.co/k18StIduHx BREAKING: Details of sexual assault at Citywest earlier today. It is understood a [--] year old Irish girl is alleged to have been raped by an African Asylum seeker on the grounds of the hotel which is housing asylum seekers. The girl is in Tusla care."
X Link 2025-10-20T18:30Z 60.2K followers, 103.1K engagements
"RTE's coverage of the Citywest incident obfuscates so many details ("Saggart" v "Citywest"; "Man" v "Asylum Seeker") as to be the perfect demonstration of that organisation's purpose: To cover the news. With a pillow. Until it stops moving"
X Link 2025-10-21T09:45Z 60.2K followers, 93K engagements
"This is the central problem with Fine Gael. They know the eviction ban is immoral and economically indefensible. But I'm not sure there is a single front line member of the party who has the ability to make that case. So instead we get "we have to make difficult decisions". 🗣 You voted not to extend the eviction ban. That wouldve kept people in their homes wouldnt it 🗣 I had to make difficult decisions when I was in government. @HeatherH discusses housing policy and her record in government. #TheBigInterview https://t.co/3ewdLFWgfC 🗣 You voted not to extend the eviction ban. That wouldve"
X Link 2025-10-21T11:37Z 59.5K followers, 12.1K engagements
"@wexfordobrien I am comparing RTE's coverage to that of the Irish Times and the Mirror. Are you accusing those two august publications of recklessness"
X Link 2025-10-21T12:24Z 59.4K followers, [----] engagements
"The toilets in UCD. What I love about this is the entirely redundant braile as if a blind person will to the trouble of finding the loo they want to use and then change their mind having literally felt the wokeness"
X Link 2025-10-21T17:27Z 59.5K followers, 30.1K engagements
"There are a very large number of people in the country who are sick of it. Sick of the platitudes. Sick of the gaslighting. Sick of being told you are racist for years and then told today their concerns are legitimate. And on Friday they have nobody to vote for"
X Link 2025-10-21T21:58Z 60.2K followers, 135.8K engagements
"In relation to the violence at Citywest tonight: What are people to do when the democratic system excludes them When there is no candidate on the ballot who will say "I hear you I am on your side" to the hundreds of thousands of people who feel immigration is a major issue There are a very large number of people in the country who are sick of it. Sick of the platitudes. Sick of the gaslighting. Sick of being told you are racist for years and then told today their concerns are legitimate. And on Friday they have nobody to vote for. There are a very large number of people in the country who are"
X Link 2025-10-21T22:06Z 60.2K followers, 87.7K engagements
"By me and free to read: Absolutely everything that has happened at Citywest this week from the awful assault of a child to the burning of a Garda van is the fault of the Government and the insane political gaslighting around migration. All of it: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-spare-us-the-crocodile-tears-about-citywest/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-spare-us-the-crocodile-tears-about-citywest/"
X Link 2025-10-22T09:05Z 60.2K followers, 105K engagements
"I got to listen to this yesterday. It's a genuinely great hour if you've never heard Maria Steen in a non-hostile interview. Very revealing conversation. The President who never was With two days to go until polling Gript's LAURA PERRINS is joined on the podcast by Maria Steen to discuss her career family activism beliefs and the Presidential Campaign that very nearly was. PODCAST: https://t.co/GvsvjMoZPI The President who never was With two days to go until polling Gript's LAURA PERRINS is joined on the podcast by Maria Steen to discuss her career family activism beliefs and the Presidential"
X Link 2025-10-22T10:29Z 59.5K followers, 13.2K engagements
"@ChiuauaTeardrop @fintish1601 There's no point debating straw men. If I endorsed last night's violence you'll be able to point me to the line in the article where I did that. I said the Government is to blame. I stand over that. You don't blame people for things you are happy about do you"
X Link 2025-10-22T11:30Z 59.4K followers, [---] engagements
"Needless to say if an Israeli soldier was filmed doing this to a Palestinian man it would lead every news bulletin in Ireland and other western countries. When their own Government do it to them silence. Hamas-affiliated groups continue to crackdown against accused law breakers in Gaza. Hamas has no intention of laying down its arms. https://t.co/nynQtAaZ1K Hamas-affiliated groups continue to crackdown against accused law breakers in Gaza. Hamas has no intention of laying down its arms. https://t.co/nynQtAaZ1K"
X Link 2025-10-22T11:57Z 59.5K followers, 23.9K engagements
"Ryan Casey covers a lot of ground in his statement today. It is lengthy but worth reading in full. The pain and anger - but perhaps more tellingly the sheer frustration with the state of the country - seeps from every word. RYAN CASEY has issued a lengthy statement following the sentencing of the Puska family yesterday. Gript Media with his consent is publishing it in full. "I was utterly disgusted by the verdicts" he writes: https://t.co/LxacWNkBz9 RYAN CASEY has issued a lengthy statement following the sentencing of the Puska family yesterday. Gript Media with his consent is publishing it"
X Link 2025-10-23T12:52Z 59.5K followers, 37.2K engagements
"Vast sums of money being expended by the state electoral commission to try and drive turnout up tomorrow. Every last cent of it wasted. Its something Ive wanted to do for so long and Im very excited Louisa a student at @uniofgalway will be voting for the very first time in tomorrows Presidential Election 🙌 Polling stations open tomorrow 7am - 10pm🗳 @UniOfGalwaySU @nycinews @issu4u https://t.co/vB4sq1fYSY Its something Ive wanted to do for so long and Im very excited Louisa a student at @uniofgalway will be voting for the very first time in tomorrows Presidential Election 🙌 Polling stations"
X Link 2025-10-23T18:48Z 59.5K followers, 14.1K engagements
"If you are an ulster person of the Protestant tradition you should be aware that a big chunk of southern political opinion regards you as untouchable. The new Ireland stuff is a facade. Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member and former UDR soldier who caused controversy when he said he wouldnt attend GAA matches or pride events. https://t.co/6AEfgAj7HQ Heather Humphreys was the guest speaker at a unionist meeting during a general election campaign for an Orange Order member and former UDR soldier who caused"
X Link 2025-10-24T10:53Z 59.6K followers, 63.3K engagements
"Spotted on facebook. Marks for effort"
X Link 2025-10-24T13:00Z 59.5K followers, 20.8K engagements
"This isn't as bad as it looks. Often the rule is take 5pm and just about double it. Which would put it not far off [----]. Of course those rules do not always hold. Ireland Votes is estimating that that the national turnout at 17:00 is 23.3% - just ahead of the rush period. Follow our LIVE blog for turnout updates: https://t.co/lhCzC2vgin #Aras25 https://t.co/GceKwwkyVF Ireland Votes is estimating that that the national turnout at 17:00 is 23.3% - just ahead of the rush period. Follow our LIVE blog for turnout updates: https://t.co/lhCzC2vgin #Aras25 https://t.co/GceKwwkyVF"
X Link 2025-10-24T17:24Z 59.5K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Unbelievable. @sarahcatryan is never going to let this one go. @john_mcguirk Thoughts John Transfers needed https://t.co/mbhHmC5BKg @john_mcguirk Thoughts John Transfers needed https://t.co/mbhHmC5BKg"
X Link 2025-10-24T19:52Z 59.6K followers, 14.3K engagements
"She's gonna win big. It was a tiny turnout and only the left had any reason to vote. The disillusionment of everyone else is clear by their absence and what will be a very high spoiled vote proportion. RT Radio reporting that initial inner city boxes in Dublin are "overwhelmingly" backing Catherine Connolly. RT Radio reporting that initial inner city boxes in Dublin are "overwhelmingly" backing Catherine Connolly"
X Link 2025-10-25T08:09Z 59.5K followers, 28.1K engagements
"Spoiled votes beating Humpreys in this inner city box Piles are currently in second place https://t.co/AWqSucn99V Piles are currently in second place https://t.co/AWqSucn99V"
X Link 2025-10-25T08:12Z 59.5K followers, 25.8K engagements
"There will be big Humphreys wins in some places like Monaghan but the spoiled vote looks huge in the early going"
X Link 2025-10-25T08:19Z 59.5K followers, 11.7K engagements
"Remember: a huge proportion of these spoiled votes would have transferred back to Fine Gael had the party not decided to block everyone else from the ballot. This is a deserved humiliation. Your base has abandoned you. Here is one box from Dublin South Central: CC [---] votes/HH 20/JG 11/Spoiled [---] https://t.co/66TswJEv6m Here is one box from Dublin South Central: CC [---] votes/HH 20/JG 11/Spoiled [---] https://t.co/66TswJEv6m"
X Link 2025-10-25T08:33Z 59.6K followers, 76.8K engagements
"This isn't mad if you actually listened to what people were saying during the campaign. Bit of a mad one here from Ballymun - as many votes for Maria Steen as Heather Humphreys - and [--] votes spoiled. Connolly still ahead of spoiled votes but not by as much as youd think https://t.co/aIUZG3Afn7 Bit of a mad one here from Ballymun - as many votes for Maria Steen as Heather Humphreys - and [--] votes spoiled. Connolly still ahead of spoiled votes but not by as much as youd think https://t.co/aIUZG3Afn7"
X Link 2025-10-25T08:40Z 59.5K followers, 33.7K engagements
"The spoil the vote wave naturally has not hit leafy south dublin where smug satisfaction still reigns. Tally for one of the poshest polling stations in the country - Scoil Mhuire in Sandymount- C Connolly & H Humphreys are even. Proving - as one politico says - this is a free vote. Theyre not going to be voting for People Before Profit on Park Avenue come the election https://t.co/EIHI4bP21v Tally for one of the poshest polling stations in the country - Scoil Mhuire in Sandymount- C Connolly & H Humphreys are even. Proving - as one politico says - this is a free vote. Theyre not going to be"
X Link 2025-10-25T08:47Z 59.6K followers, 50.8K engagements
"In this Dublin North West box spoiled votes outpolled even Sister Catherine. Ouch https://t.co/zEmV7KuZEL Ouch https://t.co/zEmV7KuZEL"
X Link 2025-10-25T09:07Z 60.2K followers, 125K engagements
"@OwenCallan Of returned votes. In one of the least participated elections in our history"
X Link 2025-10-25T09:16Z 59.5K followers, [---] engagements
"Everyone talking - correctly - about the people who registered their disgust with this election via a spoiled ballot. Less chat than there should be about the hundreds of thousands who did the same by staying at home. Turnout looks abysmal"
X Link 2025-10-25T10:29Z 59.5K followers, 18.8K engagements
"Unless I am very much mistaken today will be the worst result in history for FF/FG combined in elections where both parties have contested a national election"
X Link 2025-10-25T10:47Z 59.5K followers, 22.3K engagements
"Turns out that Fine Gael obsessing about Gaza for months and months has proven an electoral winner. for the left. How many votes has it won for Fine Gael"
X Link 2025-10-25T11:25Z 59.5K followers, 38K engagements
"Pay attention to turnout figures here. In green at top. Tally for North and South Tipp at present. @catherinegalway #connollyforpresident https://t.co/neMjl410aT Tally for North and South Tipp at present. @catherinegalway #connollyforpresident https://t.co/neMjl410aT"
X Link 2025-10-25T11:32Z 59.5K followers, 16.3K engagements
"At this rate there will be close to [------] spoiled votes nationally. The Irish Times fretted the other day that there might be [-----]. Spoilt Ballots 10/43 constituencies declared. LIVE results 🔗 https://t.co/S1ZAlbF3QM #Aras25 https://t.co/Y4Jj42svnK Spoilt Ballots 10/43 constituencies declared. LIVE results 🔗 https://t.co/S1ZAlbF3QM #Aras25 https://t.co/Y4Jj42svnK"
X Link 2025-10-25T14:43Z 59.5K followers, 62K engagements
"With over a third of constituencies counted Spoiled votes make up 13.2% of the votes a record for any Irish election in the history of the state"
X Link 2025-10-25T15:00Z 59.5K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Local pundit wants to compare spoiled ballots to votes for an actual candidate with a campaign and debate performances and media outings. Perhaps if a spoil the vote representative had been allowed to participate in the Presidential debates spoiled votes might have been 50% Context. In an election that had a greater turnout than that in the previous election in [----] deliberately spoiled votes are about half the level of votes received by a nakedly xenophobic candidate Peter Casey in [----]. #UnquestionedPresidentofIreland Context. In an election that had a greater turnout than that in the"
X Link 2025-10-25T20:10Z 59.5K followers, 20.7K engagements
"Absolute crisis mode now at Liverpool. You hate to see it"
X Link 2025-10-25T20:29Z 59.5K followers, 15.6K engagements
""This same person was critical of John McGuirk editor of the conservative Gript website because of his support for Israel. Jew McGuirk is an apt name he posted. Nothing here that isn't posted by anonymous accounts online every day. Ireland's anti semitism issue is real. Aont fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group https://t.co/Tu2NypFCtU Aont fires youth leader and five others over secret racist WhatsApp chat group https://t.co/Tu2NypFCtU"
X Link 2025-10-26T09:17Z 59.5K followers, 44.1K engagements
"Every political party would improve themselves by at least 30% overnight if they just abolished the youth wing"
X Link 2025-10-26T11:26Z 59.5K followers, 30.9K engagements
"Bank Holiday weekend so decided to try out Football Manager [--]. boy oh boy is it shit. How have they messed up one of the greatest gaming franchises on earth It's barely playable"
X Link 2025-10-26T23:04Z 59.6K followers, 13.8K engagements
"RTE says 68% turnout reflects "disillusionment with the entire political class". in another country. 45% turnout here with 13% of all votes cast however. represents a historic mandate for Catherine Connolly. RTE. On Argentina. https://t.co/gQHo0PW32L RTE. On Argentina. https://t.co/gQHo0PW32L"
X Link 2025-10-27T11:41Z 60.2K followers, 84.2K engagements
"Spoiled votes in such huge numbers were very heartening on Saturday but they won't change a thing absent focused and realistic political organisation on behalf of disillusioned voters. By me: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-enjoy-spoiled-votes-but-remember-their-limits/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-enjoy-spoiled-votes-but-remember-their-limits/"
X Link 2025-10-27T12:36Z 59.5K followers, 21.1K engagements
"In her lifetime Virginia Giuffre told a series of provable lies about a whole series of men worldwide most prominently the lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Yet her book - making more allegations - is being treated as gospel. JOHN MCGUIRK: Despite the fact that she made false accusations against Alan Dershowitz and others for years the media is suddenly treating Virginia Giuffre's latest and posthumous book as if it were the gospel of St Mark: https://t.co/PXWDZKl6yz JOHN MCGUIRK: Despite the fact that she made false accusations against Alan Dershowitz and others for years the media is suddenly"
X Link 2025-10-31T09:53Z 59.6K followers, 52.2K engagements
"@zencloud6990 That he may have been. But no evidence that anything Virginia Giuffre has ever said about him or anyone else is actually true has ever been presented one distinctly non sexual photo aside. And her verified lies are many"
X Link 2025-10-31T09:57Z 59.5K followers, [----] engagements
"Ireland "must" contribute absolutely nothing to Europe's defence needs. The EU's taxpayers "must" pay for the theoretical unification of this island. If you stand back and look closely you might see the reason why Ireland's EU standing has taken a big hit in recent years. The debate on Irish Unity is well underway and the EU must play a bigger role. Brussels must set out now what financial and political supports will be in place to help our island move from partition to unity. #unitedireland https://t.co/mcNy53mB57 The debate on Irish Unity is well underway and the EU must play a bigger role."
X Link 2025-10-31T10:13Z 59.6K followers, 21.9K engagements
"@JohnDriscoll197 I am not a politician. I write about things that interest me. I persistently write about the way female accusers are given undue credence against male accused. See recent piece about an Irish incidence: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-olaf-tyraransen-and-the-meetoo-witch-trials/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-olaf-tyraransen-and-the-meetoo-witch-trials/"
X Link 2025-10-31T10:48Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Somebody in Ireland is a signage millionaire. The entrance to the historic [--] foot bathing area has become a signage hellscape https://t.co/zn5sbo41MR The entrance to the historic [--] foot bathing area has become a signage hellscape https://t.co/zn5sbo41MR"
X Link 2025-10-31T10:54Z 60.1K followers, 24.8K engagements
"Matt Cooper getting rid of Ivan Yates would be a bit like me ditching @sarahcatryan: A failure to recognise that nobody is listening to the podcast for YOU"
X Link 2025-11-02T10:43Z 59.6K followers, 33.8K engagements
"This old dude who has been retired for the last [--] years is the same age as the present incumbent of the Oval Office and younger than the guy who left office in January. Pleasure seeing ya again W. https://t.co/EEfBBOTGqe Pleasure seeing ya again W. https://t.co/EEfBBOTGqe"
X Link 2025-11-02T13:53Z 59.6K followers, 11.1K engagements
"Elite opinion v public opinion in Ireland"
X Link 2025-11-03T07:27Z 59.6K followers, 45.8K engagements
"You know I think the story that is being overlooked here is how badly Jim Gavin's debate performances stand as an advertisement for Ivan Yeats media training industries inc. Fianna Fil confirms Ivan Yates supplied communications training to Jim Gavin on September [--] and again on September [--] in advance of two specific programmes. (September [--] was the date of the Tonight Show debate.) Yates filled in for Pat Kenny on Newstalk on Sept 23-24-25. Fianna Fil confirms Ivan Yates supplied communications training to Jim Gavin on September [--] and again on September [--] in advance of two specific"
X Link 2025-11-03T17:08Z 59.6K followers, 25.3K engagements
"FWIW one thought that keeps occurring to me about DJ Carey (an undoubted villain) is that most people with exceptional skills that people really value are able to monetise them and turn them into financial security. GAA players of both codes are an exception"
X Link 2025-11-03T17:20Z 59.6K followers, 23.6K engagements
"Of course he felt entitled to money. If he'd been as good at soccer or baseball or race car driving as he was at hurling he'd never have had to worry about a cent"
X Link 2025-11-03T17:21Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"I favour the death penalty or something close to it for people who maliciously and cruelly hurt animals. A man has been jailed for his role in a scheme which saw pigs injured in hopes of keeping Muslims out of a proposed IPAS site at Thornton Hall. https://t.co/gla7vHNkc3 A man has been jailed for his role in a scheme which saw pigs injured in hopes of keeping Muslims out of a proposed IPAS site at Thornton Hall. https://t.co/gla7vHNkc3"
X Link 2025-11-04T13:18Z 59.6K followers, 37K engagements
"In whatever context she means the word jihad it is explicitly clear that a big chunk of voters in Mamdami's coalition back him for religious not ideological reasons. The US left's lack of discomfort with that is revealing. Zohran Mamdanis intern Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik explains that electing him is part of a Holy War and jihad: This is all jihad this is all ibadah this is all counted by Allah. How committed am I to this What am I willing to sacrifice for this noble cause https://t.co/8oWzjUfW6v Zohran Mamdanis intern Hadeeqa Arzoo Malik explains that electing him is part of a Holy War and jihad:"
X Link 2025-11-05T08:50Z 59.6K followers, 25.1K engagements
"Donald Trump asking the US Supreme Court to greenlight a future liberal administration declaring a climate emergency just so he can have tariffs is classic bad Trump. Gorsuch asks whether a different president could declare a national emergency on climate change. Sauer says he thinks they probably could. So a GOP administration is arguing to the Supreme Court that a climate change emergency is probably allowed for the sake of tariffs. Gorsuch asks whether a different president could declare a national emergency on climate change. Sauer says he thinks they probably could. So a GOP"
X Link 2025-11-06T13:02Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"FF and FG TDs sneering at the intellectual poverty and ideological extremism of Deputy Gibney should really be asking themselves how it is that their Government confected to appoint her head of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission. 🗣 "Where will all the labour come from" - @naoiseomuiri 🗣 "We bring them in." - @sineadgibney 🗣 "So you will bring them in but you will have nowhere to put them" - @naoiseomuiri #TonightVMTV https://t.co/os6o1gcxRU 🗣 "Where will all the labour come from" - @naoiseomuiri 🗣 "We bring them in." - @sineadgibney 🗣 "So you will bring them in but you will"
X Link 2025-11-06T13:04Z 59.6K followers, 25.8K engagements
"When I look at a stage and see [--] years of Irish history represented by Robinson McAleese Higgins and now Connolly. I just see a generation that resolutely and absolutely refuses to cede power"
X Link 2025-11-11T12:17Z 59.6K followers, 63.8K engagements
"The state says you can pay for this nonsense or go to jail. I maintain my view that jail is infinitely preferable. So I will continue to refuse to pay. Were not crying you are 🥹🥹 Michael D Higgins at the inauguration of President-elect Catherine Connolly. https://t.co/QvhEi4eEJL Were not crying you are 🥹🥹 Michael D Higgins at the inauguration of President-elect Catherine Connolly. https://t.co/QvhEi4eEJL"
X Link 2025-11-11T23:59Z 59.6K followers, 32.7K engagements
"Football Manager is more fun though. If you redirected all the time young men spend playing video games back into trades and the labour market we would already be a Type [--] civilisation building dyson spheres in space. https://t.co/zZCMH8Pnh7 If you redirected all the time young men spend playing video games back into trades and the labour market we would already be a Type [--] civilisation building dyson spheres in space. https://t.co/zZCMH8Pnh7"
X Link 2025-11-12T09:01Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"There's far more evidence from Epstein's mouth directly implicating the current President of the United States in his world than there ever was implicating the former Duke of York whose guilt nobody appears to doubt. Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president https://t.co/lTNd2kT8cQ https://t.co/65EIUrYemZ Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a"
X Link 2025-11-12T17:04Z 59.6K followers, 27.6K engagements
"You don't look around that Fine Gael cabinet table and see a whole lot of people with obvious qualifications to replace Paschal Donohoe in Finance. Peter Burke maybe but the list sort of stops there. He'll be a big loss to the Government"
X Link 2025-11-18T10:07Z 59.6K followers, 25.7K engagements
"Galway West by-election is legitimately hard to call. Dublin Central less so: Anything other than a convincing Sinn Fein victory would be a brutal blow to that party"
X Link 2025-11-18T11:39Z 59.6K followers, 16.1K engagements
"Why does she have to speak to her officials She could just ask her friend and party leader who was in the job and responsible for this legislation up until yesterday. Im committed to passing it: Newly-appointed Defence Minister Helen McEntee has said that one of her first priorities this morning will be speaking to her officials about progressing the Occupied Territories Bill: https://t.co/Pb2xQppUOC Im committed to passing it: Newly-appointed Defence Minister Helen McEntee has said that one of her first priorities this morning will be speaking to her officials about progressing the Occupied"
X Link 2025-11-19T10:27Z 59.6K followers, 22K engagements
"@KarlMartinIrl @Independent_ie @EnochBurke Given that the purpose of the Court Order is to stop him showing up at the school it would appear to me that Enoch in exile is a cheaper way of fulfilling that objective than Enoch in jail"
X Link 2025-11-21T10:27Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"All [---] tickets sold out for today's Battle of Ideas event in Dublin with @acadofideas and @griptmedia. Looking forward to meeting lots of readers"
X Link 2025-11-22T12:21Z 59.7K followers, 15.4K engagements
"Not perhaps history's biggest scandal but Grinne Seoige tells the Sunday Indo that FF took her election photo in Government buildings. which is a use of public resources for partisan politics"
X Link 2025-11-23T09:32Z 59.7K followers, 12.6K engagements
"There's something a little dark about a person's now fairly obvious slide into being unwell being cheered on and liked by [------] people and viewed 25million times. 🚨 URGENT Two days ago I was contacted by a high-ranking employee of the French Government. After determining this persons position and proximity to the French couple I have deemed the information they gave me to be credible enough to share publicly in the event that something 🚨 URGENT Two days ago I was contacted by a high-ranking employee of the French Government. After determining this persons position and proximity to the"
X Link 2025-11-23T11:07Z 59.9K followers, 91.6K engagements
"Today's interview with Twink (Adele King) in the Sunday Independent is box office stuff. Jaw dropping lines every few minutes in the quotes attributed to her by Barry Egan"
X Link 2025-11-23T12:46Z 59.7K followers, 40.2K engagements
"Good to see the taxes hard at work as usual reminding us all that we are the problem. This time: Having leftovers. Shameful"
X Link 2025-11-23T14:46Z 59.6K followers, 29.8K engagements
"The objective of DOGE was to cut $1trillion annually from the US budget. The actual verified savings it made were just $8billion or about 0.001% of the US budget for [----]. It has now been disbanded. Cutting Government spending is hard. https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/doge-doesnt-exist-with-eight-months-left-its-charter-2025-11-23/"
X Link 2025-11-24T10:10Z 59.9K followers, [----] engagements
"If you want to seriously cut Government spending you have to be willing to say "I don't care about the next election". Which goes against everything politicians - even Trump - believe in"
X Link 2025-11-24T10:11Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This media regulation stuff on foot of the Ivan Yates thing is the kind of story you'd laugh at in August but we've now got deadly serious political silly season in November. JOHN MCGUIRK: It is hard to appreciate the sheer scale of the lunacy behind the government's latest power grab over media - which could see radio guests having to register conflicts of interest with a state regulator: https://t.co/A1VmRHek9I JOHN MCGUIRK: It is hard to appreciate the sheer scale of the lunacy behind the government's latest power grab over media - which could see radio guests having to register conflicts"
X Link 2025-11-24T10:54Z 59.7K followers, 12.3K engagements
"There's something about this image that I absolutely love in the way it's so naked in its appeal to a certain kind of young lad. "Join Fianna Fil and one day you too could sit in this lavishly apportioned chair and lord it over your minions.""
X Link 2025-11-25T10:39Z 60.1K followers, [----] engagements
"Uncle Klaus has a new podcast. I hope he calls the Christmas episode "Santa Klaus""
X Link 2025-11-25T11:25Z 59.6K followers, [----] engagements
"Great explanation here of how massive subsidies for wind energy drive up household electricity bills. You pay tax to make your own energy more expensive. It's the most ludicrous economic policy on earth and there's almost no debate about it. The spike in wholesale gas prices after Russias invasion of Ukraine certainly increased our energy bills big time. Since then wholesale gas prices have fallen 55%. But energy bills are still rising. I wonder why. Gas prices down offshore wind generation up. Could that explain The spike in wholesale gas prices after Russias invasion of Ukraine certainly"
X Link 2025-11-25T12:54Z 59.7K followers, 44.2K engagements
"It's a random wednesday afternoon in November and yet again there is barely a single bed - if any - available in any Dublin hospital public or private. Just talking to somebody who's been turned away from several of them"
X Link 2025-11-26T15:05Z 59.8K followers, 17K engagements
"A completely needless diplomatic insult to the UK doled out here by the President of the type that would cause ructions were it sent in the other direction. Sir Keir Starmer is Scotland's head of Government. This morning President Catherine Connolly received Mr. John Swinney @ScotGovFM First Minister of Scotland on a courtesy call. Mr. Swinney is the first foreign head of government received by President Connolly at ras an Uachtarin. https://t.co/g07bAPnsCR This morning President Catherine Connolly received Mr. John Swinney @ScotGovFM First Minister of Scotland on a courtesy call. Mr. Swinney"
X Link 2025-11-27T14:10Z 59.9K followers, 276.2K engagements
"An amusing story I'd missed flagged in @edwest's indispensible newsletter this morning: https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/27/adolf-hitlers-namesake-triumphs-in-namibia-local-elections-fifth-time-in-a-rowutm_source=substack&utm_medium=email https://www.euronews.com/2025/11/27/adolf-hitlers-namesake-triumphs-in-namibia-local-elections-fifth-time-in-a-rowutm_source=substack&utm_medium=email"
X Link 2025-11-29T10:23Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements
"Big co-ordinated Government push on this suddenly. Assume diplomats have fed back just how bad Dublin City Council is making the country look"
X Link 2025-11-29T18:55Z 59.9K followers, 33K engagements
"Re: The Herzog thing on maths: Dublin City Council has [--] seats. SF Labour Soc Dems Greens PbP and Right to Change have [--] between them. If it's between "not being anti-semitic" on the one hand and "standing with Hamas" on the other that's only going one way"
X Link 2025-11-29T20:54Z 59.9K followers, 17.6K engagements
"Panic stations now. The proposal to rename Herzog Park should be withdrawn in its entirety and not proceeded with. https://t.co/2DmscslEOn The proposal to rename Herzog Park should be withdrawn in its entirety and not proceeded with. https://t.co/2DmscslEOn"
X Link 2025-11-30T10:17Z 59.9K followers, 136.7K engagements
"Thoughts on the Herzog Park fiasco. Irish people who tell you (and themselves) that this is just about "perception" are living in a fantasy world: https://gript.ie/mcguirk-perception-is-not-the-problem-with-herzog-park/ https://gript.ie/mcguirk-perception-is-not-the-problem-with-herzog-park/"
X Link 2025-11-30T11:38Z 59.8K followers, 54.6K engagements
"This is welcome but it should be noted that every single FG councillor on the original committee voted in favour of it. It was not principle that woke FG up here. It was the international reaction fed back through our embassies overseas. Every @FineGael councillor is opposing the proposal to change the name of Herzog park in Rathgar. It should never have got to this stage and hopefully will not go any further. Every @FineGael councillor is opposing the proposal to change the name of Herzog park in Rathgar. It should never have got to this stage and hopefully will not go any further"
X Link 2025-11-30T18:23Z 59.8K followers, 29.5K engagements
"The only councillor to oppose this from the beginning was @LaceyDermot of the Labour Party to his very great credit. And he did oppose it on principle because he opposes meddling with history"
X Link 2025-11-30T18:25Z 59.7K followers, [----] engagements
"This may be heresy on my part but it's the right result by the wrong mechanism. Withdrawing the report "because there's not enough information" is bullshit. They're pulling it because they'd have lost the vote. The City Council remains radically left wing and determined to pursue ideological ends regardless of the impact on Irish citizens or the country's reputation. Taking the toys off them obscures this point it doesn't change it. Having the motion pulled is not a display of strength but an admission of weakness. If a majority of the council in the Capital City is this radical and extreme"
X Link 2025-11-30T18:32Z 59.8K followers, 56.2K engagements
"@Sarahjdublin @ZzVvbbbbn You wanted global attention on Ireland's anti-Israel views. Congratulations. You got it. Did it work out the way you imagined"
X Link 2025-11-30T18:39Z 59.7K followers, [---] engagements
"A strange display of diplomacy here from the Irish Ambassador to Israel. Ambassadors generally do not get into shouting matches with Ministers in their host country. Irish Ambassador to Israel Sonia McGuinness is finally dealing with antisemitism. No not the fact that her homeland is full of Jew-hate but the real problem: those Jews who keep noticing it. Send her home. Israel doesnt need dealings with Ireland. https://t.co/gDTRtuk5Cy Irish Ambassador to Israel Sonia McGuinness is finally dealing with antisemitism. No not the fact that her homeland is full of Jew-hate but the real problem:"
X Link 2025-12-02T18:13Z 59.8K followers, 53.4K engagements
"Labour on 4% in the polls launches its latest initiative to recapture lost support. Time to deliver trans healthcare reform now 🏳⚧ Across Ireland young trans people are being left without care. It is time to deliver reform and provide the care every person deserves." @marie_sherlock ➡ https://t.co/glq1JtuLmK https://t.co/0AJU7djtwT Time to deliver trans healthcare reform now 🏳⚧ Across Ireland young trans people are being left without care. It is time to deliver reform and provide the care every person deserves." @marie_sherlock ➡ https://t.co/glq1JtuLmK https://t.co/0AJU7djtwT"
X Link 2025-12-03T12:37Z 59.8K followers, 54.4K engagements
"It's not just Ireland and this isn't a snipe at the Dil but at some point over the last [--] decades symbolic crap like this has become the only thing western politicians know how to do. Can't give disabled people the supports they need; but sure can light something up in purple. Leinster House is purple this evening to mark international day of persons with disabilities @rtenews https://t.co/0zgiChrqRS Leinster House is purple this evening to mark international day of persons with disabilities @rtenews https://t.co/0zgiChrqRS"
X Link 2025-12-03T16:44Z 59.8K followers, 32.1K engagements
"Ireland places itself in a minority of [--] countries out of [--]. Tell me again how stunning our diplomacy is. Ireland will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest [----] after it was confirmed that Israel would be allowed to participate in the competition. Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the contest. https://t.co/blVQGFh4Kb Ireland will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest [----] after it was confirmed that Israel would be allowed to participate in the competition. Spain and the Netherlands have also confirmed that they have withdrawn from the"
X Link 2025-12-04T18:21Z 59.9K followers, 100.3K engagements
"Didn't even lose a vote. Opposition to RTE in Europe was so overwhelming that no vote was required"
X Link 2025-12-04T18:22Z 59.9K followers, [----] engagements
"So to recap this story: A taxpayer funded lobby group headed by a far-left ex-TD voted out at the last election is seeking major sanctions on a US company based in Ireland because it does business with a US ally. Do we have an economic death wish https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/04/complaint-filed-against-microsoft-ireland-alleging-it-facilitated-mass-processing-of-illegal-surveillance-data-on-palestinians/ https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025/12/04/complaint-filed-against-microsoft-ireland-alleging-it-facilitated-mass-processing-of-illegal-surveillance-data-on-palestinians/"
X Link 2025-12-05T00:16Z 59.9K followers, 37.4K engagements
"Ireland this week: 1) Tries to de-name a park because it's called after a Jew. 2) State broadcaster refuses to go to Eurovision because Israel is there. 3) Taxpayer funded de facto arm of state launches legal proceedings against Microsoft for doing business with Israel. 4) Ambassador berates Israelis shouts in public at Israeli foreign minister and accuse world's only Jewish state of "weaponising" anti-semitism. 5) Insists that the country is not antisemitic at all and all the mean foreigners are making it up. This is all in less than a week"
X Link 2025-12-05T00:21Z 59.9K followers, 208.5K engagements
"I've always found the movie a little dull. I'd argue that Jeremy Irons' turn as John Tuld in "Margin Call" is a better depiction of masculine leadership: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=G-6Zxqya5uY&t=3s Master and Commander is the best depiction of masculine leadership ever put to film. https://t.co/vuX1YInOxa https://www.youtube.com/watchv=G-6Zxqya5uY&t=3s Master and Commander is the best depiction of masculine leadership ever put to film. https://t.co/vuX1YInOxa"
X Link 2025-12-05T10:39Z 59.9K followers, 11.4K engagements
"@TadhgHickey With witty repartee like "McCircleJerk" one would nearly wonder how your comedy career ended in such spectacular failure"
X Link 2025-12-05T12:44Z 59.9K followers, 11.4K engagements
"@fitzr1122 And cellphones. I've come a long way from my Nokia 3210"
X Link 2025-12-05T20:47Z 59.8K followers, [---] engagements
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