The little girl (then 5, now 8) cannot sleep. She cannot talk. She blinks to communicate. She got to use her voice for all of 3 or 4 years of her life before it was stolen. She cannot articulate a single word of her trauma and therefore heal, at least psychologically. Perhaps he stalks her in her dreams. She is trapped in her own mind. No way to share her worries, memories, dreams or thoughts of any kind. Her tears must be silent too. Her laughter as well. If indeed she laughs any more. She has to be sedated at times. If all this isn't enough for you to say "enough" then I am afraid you are both inhuman and inhumane. She is just a little child. This was done to her because of the government and because of a grown man's minor grievance. A man who never should have been here. A man who still requires an interpreter after 26 years. A man who was reported to have seemed "cheerful" and "jocular" when it was put to him that what he did was gravely serious. He has shown no remorse. The victims and family are subjected to a trial. Not that the child can ever give testimony. 40 mins deprived of oxygen to the brain will produce that effect. Will silence your voice. Potentially forever.

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Social Protection, Louise O’Reilly TD, opens the motion calling for an emergency cost of disability payment to be implemented immediately. @GillSherratt23 wrote that at Government's "disability summit", journalists got to ask questions of the Ministers but the people with disabilities, the carers and the advocats did not get the same opportunity. #CostofDisability sinnfein.ie/news/sinn-fein-c…

“That is real homes, real apartments, and real 3-bed houses being handed over to people who arrive here, often with no valid ID, no legitimate claim to asylum. Meanwhile our own citizens, Irish families, are left begging for accommodation," she said. gript.ie/watch-purchase-of-p…

And No houses for Irish People @rodericogorman @OCallaghanJim @fiannafailparty @FineGael how the hell was this guy let loose with the purse strings to flatter his own ego, stand Up for God's sake & represent the Irish People & Ireland. This guy doesn't care about Ireland.

Any sensible Government would just turf all these 3rd word dregs and chancers out of the country without delay and without any apology as we don't owe these wasters anything. What the absolute fuck is wrong with this anti Irish politicians that they won't do that?

Sure you don't, what about the 14000 state own beds the government wants to purchase to house everyone but the Irish? What ever happened to being a burden on the state? Guess we're not bothering with that anymore eh?

Greens complain about Housing Crisis while their leader was secretly outbidding young Irish homeseekers on the open market to give free homes to men with no past.

The State purchased a total of 37 properties for the accommodation of asylum seekers under the community accommodation model driven by former Minister Roderic O'Gorman. Many lay unoccupied for years.

Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan confirms that his Department owns dozens of residential houses for accommodating asylum seekers, but says these were previously bought under Roderic O'Gorman's Department of Integration, and that "I don't have any intention of procuring more".

The EU Migration Pact is bad for Ireland. It outsources decisions on cost and the numbers of people coming to Ireland and It does nothing about the 80% of people who are coming from Britain through the north. businessplus.ie/news/new-eu-…

When an institution constantly fails to release records… Is that an admission of guilt or them trying to hide something? #25yearswaiting #socialhousing #disabilityawareness #disabilityabuse #pray4clodagh #coverup

Bin liners full of my pre-prepared frozen food that defrosted when the electricity went 5 weeks ago. Despite begging MCC for urgent help, I am still not housed. 25 years and counting.

Oh on the mini budget @RTERadio1 why have people with disabilities and carers been ignored? Again and again and again!!!! #DisabilityPoverty

Charity of the Day! Independent Living Movement Ireland, 100% state-funded, €500k a year costbase, 70% on salaries, 10 staff, top paid (presumably CEO Damien Walshe) on €60-70,000 a year. Helps the disabled and that. Inclusion etc. If this charity is truly providing a service of utility to society, then why not absorb it into HSE, and dispense with wasteful admin etc.