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€60m “gone missing,” contracts continuing amid controversy, and real people in Dundrum caught in the middle. Jeff Leo currently facing hard questions in court about the Wennings investment funds & more. #ireland #transparency #ipas #contracts #community #dundrum #dundrumhouse
November 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
€60m “gone missing,” contracts continuing amid controversy, and real people in Dundrum caught in the middle. Jeff Leo currently facing hard questions in court about the Wennings investment funds & more. #ireland #transparency #ipas #contracts #community #dundrum #dundrumhouse
MOTH News Live – Top Stories
Here is what we are covering:
1. Beyond the Pale festival investor questions
2. FOI requests & State public money
3. Jeff Leo’s High Court testimony on missing $60m
4. Sexual violence in Ireland, why transparency matters
Episode - open.spotify.com/episode/117j...
Here is what we are covering:
1. Beyond the Pale festival investor questions
2. FOI requests & State public money
3. Jeff Leo’s High Court testimony on missing $60m
4. Sexual violence in Ireland, why transparency matters
Episode - open.spotify.com/episode/117j...
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
MOTH News Live – Top Stories
Here is what we are covering:
1. Beyond the Pale festival investor questions
2. FOI requests & State public money
3. Jeff Leo’s High Court testimony on missing $60m
4. Sexual violence in Ireland, why transparency matters
Episode - open.spotify.com/episode/117j...
Here is what we are covering:
1. Beyond the Pale festival investor questions
2. FOI requests & State public money
3. Jeff Leo’s High Court testimony on missing $60m
4. Sexual violence in Ireland, why transparency matters
Episode - open.spotify.com/episode/117j...
November 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
11am Today we're live on X, YouTube & Twitch. Links in Bio.
This week: US businessman Jeff Leo faces High Court grilling over €60 million fraud
Also:
Behind the Beyond the Pale Festival rescue
How FOI requests hold the State to account
And Ireland’s playoff path for the 2026 World Cup
This week: US businessman Jeff Leo faces High Court grilling over €60 million fraud
Also:
Behind the Beyond the Pale Festival rescue
How FOI requests hold the State to account
And Ireland’s playoff path for the 2026 World Cup
November 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
11am Today we're live on X, YouTube & Twitch. Links in Bio.
This week: US businessman Jeff Leo faces High Court grilling over €60 million fraud
Also:
Behind the Beyond the Pale Festival rescue
How FOI requests hold the State to account
And Ireland’s playoff path for the 2026 World Cup
This week: US businessman Jeff Leo faces High Court grilling over €60 million fraud
Also:
Behind the Beyond the Pale Festival rescue
How FOI requests hold the State to account
And Ireland’s playoff path for the 2026 World Cup
IPAS Centers: Profiteering by private operators using public funds, Dundrum House is one such case. Elsewhere, directors of an accommodation centre paid themselves €4.6 million in a single year.
#IPAS | #Profiteering | #DundrumHouse | #PublicMoney | #AccommodationCrisis | #InvestigateIPAS
#IPAS | #Profiteering | #DundrumHouse | #PublicMoney | #AccommodationCrisis | #InvestigateIPAS
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
IPAS Centers: Profiteering by private operators using public funds, Dundrum House is one such case. Elsewhere, directors of an accommodation centre paid themselves €4.6 million in a single year.
#IPAS | #Profiteering | #DundrumHouse | #PublicMoney | #AccommodationCrisis | #InvestigateIPAS
#IPAS | #Profiteering | #DundrumHouse | #PublicMoney | #AccommodationCrisis | #InvestigateIPAS
These are not angel investors. They get inside companies, run them down from within, then take control. All funded by the Irish taxpayer.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
November 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
These are not angel investors. They get inside companies, run them down from within, then take control. All funded by the Irish taxpayer.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
Taxpayer funded investors sabotaging companies from the inside for private gain? Only in Ireland.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Taxpayer funded investors sabotaging companies from the inside for private gain? Only in Ireland.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness #InvestInIreland #HousingCrisis #Accountability
From Friday’s show: the team digs into a group of rogue “angel investors” who buy into companies only to run them down from the inside, all while turning a profit funded by Irish taxpayers.
Show link in bio.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness
Show link in bio.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness
November 16, 2025 at 8:27 PM
From Friday’s show: the team digs into a group of rogue “angel investors” who buy into companies only to run them down from the inside, all while turning a profit funded by Irish taxpayers.
Show link in bio.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness
Show link in bio.
#Ireland #IrishNews #IrishPolitics #EnterpriseIreland #StartupIreland #IrishBusiness
After 51 days on hunger strike and sleeping rough outside the Dáil, a heartfelt congrats to those involved, who went through so much then, and again now, just to be seen and heard.
The Government has agreed to a support package, including financial aid, healthcare access, and formal apologies.
The Government has agreed to a support package, including financial aid, healthcare access, and formal apologies.
November 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
After 51 days on hunger strike and sleeping rough outside the Dáil, a heartfelt congrats to those involved, who went through so much then, and again now, just to be seen and heard.
The Government has agreed to a support package, including financial aid, healthcare access, and formal apologies.
The Government has agreed to a support package, including financial aid, healthcare access, and formal apologies.
Survivors of Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools. On hunger strike, sleeping rough behind Dáil Éireann for the last 45 days, pushing for justice, truth and recognition. Episode in bio.
#HungerStrikeIreland #BoardedOutSurvivors #JusticeForSurvivors #RedressNow #InstitutionalAbuse #IrishNews
#HungerStrikeIreland #BoardedOutSurvivors #JusticeForSurvivors #RedressNow #InstitutionalAbuse #IrishNews
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Survivors of Ireland’s Industrial and Reformatory Schools. On hunger strike, sleeping rough behind Dáil Éireann for the last 45 days, pushing for justice, truth and recognition. Episode in bio.
#HungerStrikeIreland #BoardedOutSurvivors #JusticeForSurvivors #RedressNow #InstitutionalAbuse #IrishNews
#HungerStrikeIreland #BoardedOutSurvivors #JusticeForSurvivors #RedressNow #InstitutionalAbuse #IrishNews
Miriam Moriarty Owens, one of four Boarded‑Out survivors sleeping rough outside Leinster House, discusses the 40‑day hunger strike, meeting with Taoiseach, the role of the upcoming mediator, and the demand for a written HAA medical, state pension and official apology. #MothNews #Ireland #BoardedOut
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Miriam Moriarty Owens, one of four Boarded‑Out survivors sleeping rough outside Leinster House, discusses the 40‑day hunger strike, meeting with Taoiseach, the role of the upcoming mediator, and the demand for a written HAA medical, state pension and official apology. #MothNews #Ireland #BoardedOut
MOTH News Live Today;
1. Dáil Hunger strike
2. D.J. Carey sentencing
3. Calls to back Irish business
4. “Mr Big” arrested in Dublin
5. Sudan apology comes too late
6. Fire at Drogheda asylum centre
7. New York election
8. Missing Tusla child found in brothel
Watch: youtu.be/SGZLuBxcYbc
1. Dáil Hunger strike
2. D.J. Carey sentencing
3. Calls to back Irish business
4. “Mr Big” arrested in Dublin
5. Sudan apology comes too late
6. Fire at Drogheda asylum centre
7. New York election
8. Missing Tusla child found in brothel
Watch: youtu.be/SGZLuBxcYbc
November 7, 2025 at 7:48 PM
MOTH News Live Today;
1. Dáil Hunger strike
2. D.J. Carey sentencing
3. Calls to back Irish business
4. “Mr Big” arrested in Dublin
5. Sudan apology comes too late
6. Fire at Drogheda asylum centre
7. New York election
8. Missing Tusla child found in brothel
Watch: youtu.be/SGZLuBxcYbc
1. Dáil Hunger strike
2. D.J. Carey sentencing
3. Calls to back Irish business
4. “Mr Big” arrested in Dublin
5. Sudan apology comes too late
6. Fire at Drogheda asylum centre
7. New York election
8. Missing Tusla child found in brothel
Watch: youtu.be/SGZLuBxcYbc
Watch back this brave and insightful interview with Noeleen Eustace, who's son Kelvin Brennan died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services.
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social
@keefow.bsky.social
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social
@keefow.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Watch back this brave and insightful interview with Noeleen Eustace, who's son Kelvin Brennan died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services.
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social
@keefow.bsky.social
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social
@keefow.bsky.social
More can be don to stop child trafficking. Al breaks down the tech they produced to spot suspicious activity and what that activity looked like.
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety #HumanTraffickingAwareness #MOTHNews
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety #HumanTraffickingAwareness #MOTHNews
November 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
More can be don to stop child trafficking. Al breaks down the tech they produced to spot suspicious activity and what that activity looked like.
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety #HumanTraffickingAwareness #MOTHNews
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety #HumanTraffickingAwareness #MOTHNews
New Video: MOTH journalist Oscar Virdee interviews Neil Giles of Stop the Traffik, who says the pattern of trafficking has changed. He argues that prevention begins with lived-experience narratives and digital outreach. @MOTH_NEWS on Youtube
@STOPTHETRAFFIK
@STOPTHETRAFFIK
November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
New Video: MOTH journalist Oscar Virdee interviews Neil Giles of Stop the Traffik, who says the pattern of trafficking has changed. He argues that prevention begins with lived-experience narratives and digital outreach. @MOTH_NEWS on Youtube
@STOPTHETRAFFIK
@STOPTHETRAFFIK
Why isn't more collaboration across countries happening to stop child trafficking? Al breaks down the tech they produced to spot suspicious activity and what that activity looked like.
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Why isn't more collaboration across countries happening to stop child trafficking? Al breaks down the tech they produced to spot suspicious activity and what that activity looked like.
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety
#ChildTrafficking #EndChildTrafficking #HumanRights #ChildProtection #TechForGood #DataForJustice #OnlineSafety
You can watch back our episode with Noeleen Eustace, who's son Kelvin Brennan died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services.
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews
November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
You can watch back our episode with Noeleen Eustace, who's son Kelvin Brennan died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services.
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews
#IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews
After the unsettling attack on drag performers Krystal Queer and Lucina Schynning in Cork City — during the early hours on Oliver Plunkett Street, we’re asking: Is Cork night-life really safe for LGBTQ+ people?
#Cork #LGBTQ #Ireland #NightlifeSafety #HateCrime #CommunityMatters #Ireland
#Cork #LGBTQ #Ireland #NightlifeSafety #HateCrime #CommunityMatters #Ireland
November 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
After the unsettling attack on drag performers Krystal Queer and Lucina Schynning in Cork City — during the early hours on Oliver Plunkett Street, we’re asking: Is Cork night-life really safe for LGBTQ+ people?
#Cork #LGBTQ #Ireland #NightlifeSafety #HateCrime #CommunityMatters #Ireland
#Cork #LGBTQ #Ireland #NightlifeSafety #HateCrime #CommunityMatters #Ireland
Noeleen Eustace’s son Kelvin Brennan, aged 26, died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services. #MentalHealthMatters #IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Noeleen Eustace’s son Kelvin Brennan, aged 26, died by suicide in May after repeated failures by Ireland’s mental-health services. #MentalHealthMatters #IrishNews #PodcastInterview #Ireland #MOTHNews @carechampions.bsky.social
We’re seeing a pattern. Companies gutted from within, IP siphoned off, and silence where there should be scrutiny. It's beginning to look like something bigger as the MOTH team speak to more founders.
Watch back Fridays show where Al breaks down the issue.
#Ireland #IrishTech #Investigation
Watch back Fridays show where Al breaks down the issue.
#Ireland #IrishTech #Investigation
October 30, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We’re seeing a pattern. Companies gutted from within, IP siphoned off, and silence where there should be scrutiny. It's beginning to look like something bigger as the MOTH team speak to more founders.
Watch back Fridays show where Al breaks down the issue.
#Ireland #IrishTech #Investigation
Watch back Fridays show where Al breaks down the issue.
#Ireland #IrishTech #Investigation
The Irish people keep receipts 🧾
#HeatherHumphreys #MotherAndBabyHomes #IrishPolitics #Accountability
#HeatherHumphreys #MotherAndBabyHomes #IrishPolitics #Accountability
October 29, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The Irish people keep receipts 🧾
#HeatherHumphreys #MotherAndBabyHomes #IrishPolitics #Accountability
#HeatherHumphreys #MotherAndBabyHomes #IrishPolitics #Accountability
@goodwillcxunting offers thoughtful analysis of the Soldier F acquittal, exploring its implications for accountability and reconciliation.
#SoldierF #NorthernIreland #Politics #Justice #Reconciliation
#SoldierF #NorthernIreland #Politics #Justice #Reconciliation
October 28, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@goodwillcxunting offers thoughtful analysis of the Soldier F acquittal, exploring its implications for accountability and reconciliation.
#SoldierF #NorthernIreland #Politics #Justice #Reconciliation
#SoldierF #NorthernIreland #Politics #Justice #Reconciliation
So what can the head of state of Ireland and the supreme commander of the Irish Defence Forces do?
#Ireland #IrishPresident #IrelandPolitics #PresidentOfIreland #UachtaránNaHEireann #IrishLeadership #IrishNews #Éire #Ireland2025 #CatherineConnolly
#Ireland #IrishPresident #IrelandPolitics #PresidentOfIreland #UachtaránNaHEireann #IrishLeadership #IrishNews #Éire #Ireland2025 #CatherineConnolly
October 28, 2025 at 3:59 PM
So what can the head of state of Ireland and the supreme commander of the Irish Defence Forces do?
#Ireland #IrishPresident #IrelandPolitics #PresidentOfIreland #UachtaránNaHEireann #IrishLeadership #IrishNews #Éire #Ireland2025 #CatherineConnolly
#Ireland #IrishPresident #IrelandPolitics #PresidentOfIreland #UachtaránNaHEireann #IrishLeadership #IrishNews #Éire #Ireland2025 #CatherineConnolly
Election Day Ireland: Keith Walsh is live today from 11am
youtube.com/live/SDDQfAl...
#spéirghorm #ireland #áras25
youtube.com/live/SDDQfAl...
#spéirghorm #ireland #áras25
October 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Election Day Ireland: Keith Walsh is live today from 11am
youtube.com/live/SDDQfAl...
#spéirghorm #ireland #áras25
youtube.com/live/SDDQfAl...
#spéirghorm #ireland #áras25