Sharon Keogan: Asylum seekers should have the right to vote.

"In fact, I believe it should be compulsory to vote."

"For me, every voice is important."

Conservatism is making a comeback, baby!

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A Nigerian asylum seeker sleeping in a tent Finglas is investigated by a citizen journalist from D11SaysNO (Part 1).

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Back before social media had really taken off, people use to visit 419eater.com to lol at the parade of online Nigerian scammers who'd been trolled into taking photos with fish on their heads to prove they really were Prince Mungu and desperately needed to deposit $5 Million in your bank account if only you'd do them a small favour first.

Given how silly these chancers were, it was hard to believe there was actually people out there who were stupid enough to fall for their scams.

Unfortunately, we then found out our own government was when they continued to allow them to scam the asylum system and bullshit their way into Treasure Island.

Then the scams got more sophisticated, and now the one of the most powerful organised criminals in Ireland with over 70 lieutenants and 1,100 underlings is a conman from Nigeria who's made a fortune from investment & romance scams, and business email fraud.

Some people have lost all of their life savings, but still they keep letting them in.

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Last week, Justice Minister Helen McEntee refused to nominate Nigeria as a safe country of origin despite it being one of the top countries of origin for bogus asylum claims for the past 25 years with a 95% rejection rate.

Even the Nigerian ambassador warned us about her compatriots' abuse of the system all the way back in 2004.

In 2017, every single asylum application from a Nigerian were rejected. However, 57% were then granted subsidiary protection because the government believes that's easier than going through the pretence of deportation before letting them stay anyway.

In 2009, Switzerland approved just one asylum application out of the 1,800 requests by Nigerians.

The head of the Swiss Refugee Council said the main reason was that during their interviews most Nigerians tell the same “stereotypical and unbelievable” story and not the truth.

"People from aid agencies who are present at the interviews come to the same conclusions."

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Michael Frain has chaired the Roscommon Leader Partnership, a county NGO, for 14 years, managing a yearly budget of €4.2 million. A significant part of this budget goes toward supporting integration / immigration through SICAP programs. Additionally, one of his companies supplies office equipment to both the Leader Partnership and potentially the county council. Frain also serves as the secretary for the Bealach project, led by ReThink Ireland's former chairman—a project in Ballaghaderreen marred by suspicions of financial mismanagement. He is a board member of the Ballaghaderreen Local Development Company. The list goes on and on. Frain has led Roscommon's largest state and EU-funded NGO for 14 years, and is now being wheeled out as an independent candidate and harsh critic of the "lack of services" in the county. These are the so-called "independents" in Ireland. It's time to wise up.

UKRAINIAN WITH DRIVING EXEMPTIONS ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY CAUSING DEATH OF IRISH MAN AFTER CATASTROPHIC COLLISION

When Ukrainians entered the country, the government decided that they could swap (without a test) their Ukrainian licence for a valid Irish one while in Ireland if granted temporary protection under section 60 of the International Protection Act. They could also drive on their Ukrainian licence. No one had to sit a driving test or take lessons or have tax, Insurance or an NCT certificate. All this was (and still is) utter madness. Being given refugee status does not mean you should be exempt from test, laws and rules that ensure the safety of all road users.

One such refugee, who resides in Rigsdale House, Co. Cork, has pleaded not guilty to causing the death of an Irish man by dangerous driving. Bohdan Bezverkhyi (33) also left the scene of the accident after he crashed into 65-year-old sports journalist Paulie Palmer. Bezverkhyi failed to assist the man he collided with, who was half in and half out of his vehicle, and the sports journalist died days later of catastrophic spinal cord and brain injuries.

The accused had been questioned by Gardai that day as to whether he was drinking, after he blocked a petrol forecourt for several hours with his grey BMW which had a flat tyre. Gardaí failed to breathalyse him and left the forecourt after the accused moved his car. The man had a foreign driving licence and likely had no tax, insurance or NCT given temporarily exemptions were given to Ukrainians when they entered the country with their vehicles.

In the case of Bezverkhyi, he changed his tyre for one that was a speed restricted space saver tyre, and then allegedly drove towards Dunkereen crossroads in Innishannon at about 9.50am on 29 December 2022 in Innishannon. Co. Cork. Despite have a clear 150 metre all round view of a crossroads, he is charged with driving through it at high speed, breaching a stop sign as he did so and then he ploughed into Mr. Palmer.

He denies dangerous driving, but “effectively admitted” in his messages to others that day that “it [the incident] was his fault.” The Ukrainian national also indicated to that he “panicked” and “left the scene”.

Witnesses say the man had no English bar a couple of broken words. It would seem useful for road users to be able to read road signs and usually some English would be helpful in order to do that in an English-speaking country. But perhaps someday the government may have Ukrainian road signs too. Who would be surprised?

A jury of 7 women and 5 men will decide Bezverkhyi's fate, just as the Irish state decided Paulie Palmer's when they failed to see it as fitting to ensure that Ukrainian refugees were competent, qualified road users who could be trusted to understand the rules of road safety in Ireland. They also failed to ensure of whether or not the cars of Ukrainians were roadworthy. Given they did not need a national car test.

To this day, 2 years and 4 months after Ukrainians entered the country, their vehicles are still not required to have a valid tax disc (according to citizens information website) and many are seen without any discs at all on their windscreens.

Meanwhile, the government harp on about road safety and road deaths, which rings very hollow indeed when we consider all of the above.

By Susanne Delaney
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Some passionate Irish mammies at the public meeting in Ballina this evening to oppose the Twin Trees Hotel being used to accommodate 120 asylum seekers in 33 of its 68 bedrooms.

"Tell them once and for all — we are not accepting this, now or ever!"

In attendance were Minister for State Dara Calleary (FF), Cllr Annie May Reape (FF) and Cllr Mark Duffy (Ind).

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Everyone loved the clips of Maria Greham from Concerned citizens of Ballina yesterday so here's some more of her challenging Minister of State Dara Calleary (FF) on the destruction of Ireland.

"Everything that is Irish is being stripped from us."

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Local Irish woman reduced to tears when she speaks to local elitist politician.
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Urgent appeal for locals in Ballina to make their way to the Twin Trees Hotel as beds have been spotted arriving at the hotel.

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Anyone who can get to Newtownmountkennedy to help, please do. The locals have blocked the road and there is word that the Public Order Unit is on the way.

Security staff allowed finish their shift and leave the Newtownmountkennedy plantation site at Trudder Lodge under Garda supervision after locals insisted no other site workers could gain access.

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