Imagine the leaders of our country couldn't give a damn that are children are trapped in toxic homes and breathing this air. @BBCNewsNI @SkyNews @utv

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'You want a president who will sign what's put in front of them'. If ever a sentence summed up why the nation shouldn't elect a gov candidate, it's this. Thinking people prefer their laws to be constitutional and a stay on giving the gov carte blanche to do as they wish.

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Today is the day Humphreys lost the race for the Áras. Half an hour in and not one reason as to why anyone should vote for her. But plenty of mudslinging. Absolutely pathetic stuff #Áras25

Imagine an elderly person trying to get to an appointment in letterkenny travelling from malin to luh….. would need to stay in a hotel the night before…. Rural Ireland is neglected. Donegal is neglected by FFG

The Ditch live with the TD Charles Ward Tuesday, 6.30pm – the evening before the Dáil hears a motion to ‘declare the defective concrete crisis a national emergency, mobilising the full powers of the state’ x.com/i/spaces/1kvJpMZzomwxE

New anti-Connolly talking point: we need a president who won't 'insult our allies', ie someone who won't even mildy criticise Washington, which controls Irish politics, and tells Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael what they can and cannot do.

Sharing again. When @FRANCE24's @HerveAmoric highlighted the #DefectiveConcreteCrisis. All homes in this clip have further deteriorated because of ISA due to Pyrrhotite. 1 year later. Still in limbo.Failed.@PadraigMacL @ProfPaulDunlop @charleswardtd @JamesBrowneTD @EU_Commission

10 homes rotting away for over 15 years on outskirts of Cork City but the real problem is developers need tax breaks Welcome to #DerelictIreland State enabled vandalism

Glenveagh home builders operating profits soar 86% but yeah developers can't break even What disgusting gaslighting by the government This continued culture of money for the boys is f*cking scandalous #DerelictIreland #HowIrelandWorks

Like moths to a flame; the trolls happily expose their ignorance- in every sense of the word- in the comments. See below for a handy block list.

facebook.com/share/v/19xNS1Z… The truth is simple: the powers exist, the political will does not. And while the Government delays, families continue to suffer and despair grows deeper. That is the reality we are living with, not the version voiced by Government today.

Love this photo @catherinegalway @charleswardtd

This is what we need. I have the utmost respect for this lady.

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