Cllr Linda de Courcy MSc. 🇮🇪
@LindadeCourcy
Independent Ireland councillor for Clondalkin LEA, SDCC
“The elitism on display by Minister Donohoe should open everyone’s eyes to the fact that this Government simply does not get it when it comes to immigration.” Ministers patronising response to immigration concerns “the epitome of tone-deaf arrogance” Ken O’Flynn Independent…
Local councillors attended a meeting about a month ago with the Dept of Justice community engagement team. One of the questions I asked was had an Environmental Impact Assessment been done on Saggart (not the hotel itself)? This is the extremely weak and frankly appalling answer…
25 land owners have signed a direct letter to the Chief Executive of @BnMIreland Bord na móna asking for rewetting work on Mountdillon and Erenagh bogs NOT to proceed until such a time as proper consultation has been carried out on the cleaning of the main drain around the bog .…
Collins Calls on Government to reverse deferral on VAT rate. "another betrayal, another broken promise” – Collins Michael Collins TD, Leader of Independent Ireland, has strongly criticised the Government’s decision to delay the long-promised VAT reduction for the hospitality…
The hens are definitely relieved the heatwave is over 😎🐔😎
We've all had bad days, months or even years, life can be very tough some times. However, this is never an excuse to take a weapon and leave your home with the intent of seriously injuring random people. It's simply not good enough that the Parnell St stabber and the Stoneybatter…
Riad Bouchaker, the accused in the Parnell Sq. school stabbing incident, “isn’t fit to plead” to the charges he is facing, the Central Criminal Court has heard. gript.ie/parnell-school…
For anyone who is confused about who @independent_ire are, I recommend you follow this account; watch the videos and read the press releases. You will never agree 100% with any one person on this planet, however, I would hope most people who genuinely want change will see that as…
Independent Ireland is not the party you think it is.
I understand people were understandably concerned with some of the headlines relating to @independent_ire potentially supporting the former NEPHET king - never gonna happen . "Deputy Collins also confirmed that Independent Ireland has absolutely no intention of supporting Dr Tony…
Addressing media reports over the weekend, which he said were “reported with a healthy dose of journalistic licence with respect to the headlines used,” Deputy Collins also confirmed that Independent Ireland has absolutely no intention of supporting Dr Tony Holohan for the…
So you're waiting to be deported and still working for the HSE? This is Ireland 2025. One of the things that really irks me about the state of our staffing crisis is the government has been aware of this for decades yet has done nothing to stem the flow of qualified Irish health…
“Concerns that the HSE is breaching deportation order employment restrictions.” Ken O’Flynn “These are state agencies, not Sanctuary Cities.” Independent Ireland TD Ken O’Flynn has said he will be investigating claims brought to his attention that persons subject to deportation…
Honestly, even though I think I'm beyond being surprised at the total abdication of responsibility of this government, I find I'm gob-smacked once again at what they are allowing happen, not only to our qualified professionals who have to emigrate but also to any patient…
Independent Ireland TD, Ken O'Flynn, said that the "latest scandal" which involved HSE staff who "may have been recruited using false international references", was a case of "one travesty of incompetence after another". gript.ie/td-travesty-if…
In 2004, 79% of people who turned out to vote in the Anchor Baby Referendum, voted yes to limit Irish citizenship. Fast forward 20 years and the current Irish Government are not only ignoring the instruction of the Irish people, but they are knowingly going against their…
Mícheál Martin needs 8 people around him, at significant cost to the taxpayer, to tell him what to think.. and he is still steering the country down the toilet.
€1 million will be spent on the Taoiseach's 8 political and media advisers this year. "This is 3 times the cost of the bicycle shed and it's ongoing, it's happening every single year". Peadar Tóibín TD breakingnews.ie/ireland/spend-…
Foreign-trained doctors are vastly over-represented in disciplinary proceedings in Ireland, reports JASON OSBORNE, with medics coming from overseas being sanctioned in 82% of resolved cases. gript.ie/82-of-doctors-…
We have experienced this lack of transparency, duty of care to Saggart Residents for the last 5 years. Now we also see the lack of News,Media or political communications. #SaggartWontStop #SaggartProtest #unitedagainstirishgovernment #stopcitywesthotelsale #CommunityPower
MATT TREACY: This refusal to state exactly what planning exemption, if any, there is for these asylum centres places - and local authorities not issuing enforcement orders - stands in sharp contrast to how ordinary citizens have been treated. gript.ie/a-new-foi-city…
“A respected and conscientious medical professional who was hounded, ostracised and penalised for daring to speak up in a situation where proof of significant harm was later found in relation to 46 children. He was effectively used as an institutional punching bag by a management…
"Have these politicians lost their f**kin minds when it comes to what their job is?" John compares the stories affecting Irish people this week to the diaries of our political leaders. PODCAST: youtu.be/RRV6HRjrURI?si…
"Government were more than happy to sign off on a giveaway budget last year, prior to the election and now they have got their feet under the table again they have pulled the plug - it is a bait and switch tactic of the worst kind ” Read the full article: independentireland.ie/news/collins-e……
One word: deportation
Coming across quite a few stories like this: A largely non-contributing migrant is essentially allowed to galavant around causing trouble and the tax payer/ Gardaí pick up the tab.
Unfortunately, for all homeowners in South Dublin the FFG crew and some independents voted to reduce the Local Property Tax discount from 15% to 7.5%. I, along with a cohort of other councillors wanted to retain the full 15% discount, especially as LPT on homes is being…