The reaction to this has been enormous My inbox has never been more full I do this in my spare time, like all of you. We are volunteers The National Women's Council has an annual budget of €1.6million, most of which is spent on an army of staff. They control a network of 200 other NGOs which have combined funding of €20million++ They are the largest NGO lobbying group in the State by number of returns. How can we seriously expect to compete with this? We can't unless we get organised. We need funding We need structure We need people on payroll Its time to level up. Stay tuned...

This is great news. Vertiv is a major player in the AI infrastructure buildout. They provide cooling systems for data centres. In 2021 Vertiv bought Donegal company, E&I Engineering, for $1.8billion Ireland needs to keep attracting more companies like this & growing our own. And since, Tánaiste, Simon Harris, wants us to talk more about investing... buying some Vertiv stock, ticker $VRT on Revolut, might not be the worst idea in the world either!

Govt funding for the National Women's Council rose by 30% since the Family Care Referendum State Funding: 2024: €1.1million 2025: €1.43m (+30%!) Lets Recap: The NWC wanted to remove Women & Mothers from the Constitution on Mother's Day 2024. They backed the Yes/Yes proposal that suffered the largest referendum defeat in history. 73.93% rejection In the aftermath of referendum, then CEO Orla O'Connor refused all media. (à la Dee Forbes) Regardless of all this, in 2025 the State awards the NWC a "unique role role in co-designing" the next National Women's Strategy. The State gives them 30% boost in funding. They published a 36 page strategy document. Not one mention of the word "mother". The accompanying Action Plan runs to 52 pages. It does not use “mother” or “wife” once. It does however, include new policies around "tradwives" & the "manosphere". Yet, the NWC provides no citation establishing the prevalence of either phenomenon in Ireland. The most prominent Irish research into the "manosphere" and "tradwife" influencers is a DCU study, "Recommending Toxicity" This study used just ten fake accounts on ten blank smartphones as the basis for its entire research. It labelled as "toxic" content around “alpha masculinity" such as discipline, wealth and emotional stoicism. Read that last part again. *** *** *** Every part of this is absolutely ludicrous. Giving this amount of money, power & authority to a group of unelected, unintelligent activists cannot continue. Its time to de-fund the NGOs.

the best thing about being sued in the High Court by a sitting TD is that all of the top (..& bottom) media hacks are now forced to read every single one of my tweets... (..along with his legal team) Enjoy boys

I asked a SF TD why SF supported the gov in the recent referendums. He said, they did not want to go aganist the NGOs. Roderic O'Gorman had earlier theatened the NGOs, who he funded, that they better support the gov. This is how the bubble works. No one thinking for themselves

“NoFappers, Tradwives, and Fitfluencers: the new ideological entrepreneurs of the manosphere.” (^this was a real UCC event promoted by the National Women’s Council) I spent the weekend tracing how "Tradwives" became a Govt policy target. The paper trail is extraordinary....

Finally, here is a chart listing top 50 payouts for Q1 & Q2 2026. IPAS is the biggest financial scandal in the history of he State. Please comment with any more info or insights.

Excellent episode of the David McWilliams Podcast. Matthew Fenlon is one of the most important minds on public spending, He knows how the system actually works. One point I would add: @davidmcw explains that Ireland’s strict procurement rules were introduced to prevent the corruption and cronyism of the 1990s. Yet IPAS has used a loophole under emergency procedures to award billions in accommodation contracts without open tendering. We built an entire bureaucracy to stop cronyism, but then created a side door. IPAS is the greatest public-spending scandal in the history of the State. They are making fortunes while hiding behind the plight of asylum seekers. It needs to be exposed.

IPAS centres also use 5million litres of water per day. Workings: 300+ IPAS centres 32,500 people. Average Irish water use: 133 litres per person/day. 32,500 × 133 = 4,322,500 litres/day. Allowing for communal cooking, laundry and cleaning: ≈5 million litres/day LOL

Ireland’s Childcare Crisis A few facts: Between 2020 and 2025, more than €8 billion was allocated to the Department of Children. Most of this money went towards migrant hotels that operate at 50%+ profit margin. Companies linked to Séamus “Banty” McEnaney and his family have reportedly received more than €300million. Since 2016, Ireland’s last three Ministers for Children have not had children themselves. The Govt promised to reduce full-time childcare fees to approximately €200 per month. Delivering that commitment is estimated to require an additional €300 to €500 million per year. Ireland currently allocates approximately: €1.5 billion a year to childcare Which is half the amount, €3 billion, they allocate to asylum, refugee and Ukrainian-related accommodation and supports Normal people have no idea how badly our finances are being run.

Great interview: Elon Musk gets properly challenged by The Economist. “Do you support the far right?” “Are you anti-Muslim?” “People say that you’re a racist.” Musk: “Secure borders. Safe cities. Sensible spending. Which of those three are far-right or fringe?” fascinating and heated exchange. Credit to Zanny Minton Beddoes: she lets Musk make his argument & then challenges him directly. More of these are needed, especially in Ireland. Who would you like to see debate?

Summer Economic Statement 2026: Just 10 Companies pay 20% of Ireland's total tax take. The top 5% of income-tax payers pay 16% the total tax take. So that means ~36% of our entire spend comes from one small group. The next crash will be catastrophic...