The FF/FG mafia are down to an all time low in popularity. In 1982, FF/FG had a combined total of 84.4% of support in the country. In 2026 they are down to 30% support. As they continue to become more like the social democrats they will lose more and more of their traditional voter bases. #HowIrelandWorks

A group of residents from the Manor House in Bagenalstown, County Carlow contacted me yesterday about the conditions that they are living in. They are constantly living in the midst of anti social behaviour, drug overdoses, stabbings and even fires. The issues that some of these people are facing accessing this social housing provided by Carlow County Council is nothing short of extraordinary. In 2015, it was sold for 640,000 by private developers. Carlow County Council leased some apartments for social housing on a long-term basis, but ownership and control of communal spaces remained with the private owners. This division created a structural flaw that still defines the building’s problems. The council’s duties extend to its tenants but not to shared areas, leaving no single body with overall responsibility. Essentially the housing crisis allowed the private developers the leverage to take advantage of the situation leading to an untenable living standard for many of the people who live their. Because no single group has control of the entire area, the standard of living has collapsed as drugs have taken hold in the town. Some Councillors in the area have criticised the landlords for not spending the money to repair a clearly dilapidated and degenerating situation in the Manor House Complex but this has largely fallen on deaf ears. Maintenance issues are plaguing the lives of people living here. The living conditions have been reported as hazardous, with black mould, cold and damp areas leading to exorbitant heating bills without the comfort of warmth. In April 2025, the problems escalated when residents endured what they described as a “night of hell”. The main front door was smashed and its lock broken with a fire extinguisher. With no fire escape available, residents were trapped until the fire service arrived. Post boxes were smashed soon after residents made public complaints, and windows in another block were broken, including in the home of a family with a newborn. A major flooding incident in 2025 further displaced tenants. Work in one apartment caused water to spread into neighbouring units, reaching two inches deep and destroying belongings. Ceilings were reported to be unstable. Three households were affected; two accepted temporary accommodation while one remained in the damaged unit. The cause of the flood is under investigation. Things have become so bad that exclusion orders have been brought against troublemakers in the area. But unfortunately that is like trying to plug a hole with sticky tape. Carlow County council have not taken responsibility for the dangerous situation that they have put some of the people of Carlow in. Residents have done everything they can to highlight the trouble they have become embroiled in. They have gone to the local media, Gardaí, local representatives and nothing has changed. Yesterday, a few of them in desperation, contacted me to see what I could do. All I can do is highlight the issue on social media and perhaps that might shame the powers that be into some action on behalf of these people who deserve better. It is a disgrace that they have to live in these conditions and it is time for someone to stand up and fight their corner. #HowIrelandWorks #Bagenalstown

I contacted local councillor Eugene Mc Guinness yesterday evening about an interview he gave to KCLR. I asked him to account for some of the inaccuracies and offensive remarks he made. He did not do so, so I decided to highlight some of the things he has said. In the interview he told a number of mistruths as well as lying by omission. I wanted to clear them up for you today. For an elected representative to speak about his own people in the way Cllr. Mc Guinness did was nothing short of abhorrent. He complained about one of his constituents taking up a half an hour of his time highlighting about a bias towards foreign nationals in receipt of social housing. Mc Guinness touted a figure of 18 per cent of social housing in Kilkenny is taking up by foreign nationals. Not mentioning the fact that only 14 per cent of the population of Kilkenny is foreign born. So in actual fact, the constituents complaining of this bias against them are actually correct. The foreign nationals have been taken into social housing to a much greater extent than they should have been. But apparently Mr. Mc Guinness sees this as a success and the native Irish people in Kilkenny should shut up and stop taking up his time with this issue. He also went onto lie about the Ukrainians not being able to receive houses as international protection applicants. This is not true. Gript have reported on numerous occasions that Ukrainians were given modular homes over the last 3 years. He then went onto sneer at people who protested against the immigration scam that has plagued this country. Calling them "people who stand on soapboxes". Mc Guinness was notably absent on every single occasion that a new IPAS centre sprung up in Kilkenny. It is our democratic right to protest what we see as the unfair practice of people being housed at the expense of the Irish people. He said he wants the people who stand up and say "Irish first" should look to the diaspora who are received very well abroad. I would say to him that he should look at the fact that 31% of people in receipt of social welfare in this country are foreign born. Again this is vastly over representing them. About 24% of the population are foreign born so again the Irish people are being made to pay for people who are not working and many of whom have no intention to work. That is not the same as the Irish Diaspora going abroad to work and he should be ashamed of himself for making that comparison. The arrogance and conceit of so called public representatives like Councillor Mc Guinness know no bounds. #HouseTheIrish #HowIrelandWorks

The EU is extorting Ireland through the guise of the green agenda. We should scrap the carbon tax and haul the EU through years of legal arbitration rather than pay fines for scrapping it. #HowIrelandWorks #ScrapTheCarbonTax

The triple lock should not be abolished. It is the only thing that prevents our armed forces being engaged in foreign wars for the benefit of the EU. #SaveTheTripleLock