Paddy Cosgrave
@paddycosgrave
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Joined August 2007
Press conference in Dublin on Monday to discuss:. RTE board member Daire Hickey’s attempted pimping for “sex” of his staff, his defrauding of companies, his business partner’s alarm over his cocaine use. Plus the man who helped cover “it” up: David Kelly. Oh & did I mention Leo
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To repeat: War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies & should be called out for what they are. I will not relent.
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For too long African startups have been overlooked. That’s changing. 5 years ago we’d 5 African startups at @WebSummit & @CollisionHQ. 2019 it was >100 plus @Korapay in startup final. Today another alum @theflutterwave raised a big round. #AfricaRising .
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Nearly half a decade on this is still one of the best moments in Irish television. Can never be reshared enough.
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I grew up in Wicklow. I hope every voter in Wicklow sees this clip. Simon Harris should not be re-elected. He is not a leader.
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Congratulations to the new EU commissioner for justice
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Military aged male in actual military beats Irish woman unconscious. Irish far right silent as attacker is Irish and Irish far right are just racist.
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I’m shocked at the rhetoric and actions of so many Western leaders & governments, with the exception in particular of Ireland’s government, who for once are doing the right thing. War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies, and should be called out for what they are.
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This video can never be shared enough. Oliver Callan take a bow. It’s aged like fine wine. One the best few minutes of TV ever aired on RTE.
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Almost 10 months ago New Zealand’s Prime Minister said this about Ireland. Unreal how accurate she was.
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Why didn’t you hire them already?! You were the ones in government for the last 14 years. #rtept #leadersdebate
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Ireland's Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe confirms he won't take a #Coivd_19 pay cut. His basic salary is €96,189 plus €79,510 in allowances. It's just how the 1% roll. Nurses get claps, he gets cash. The end.
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Simon Harris patronising & lecturing a passer-by about inequality, social exclusion and housing. Which is funny because the passer-by is actually a UCD professor who has dedicated his life to the study of inequality & social exclusion: Prof. Kieran Allen.
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To the 4 nurses in Ireland who fought so hard for so many patients, but who themselves fell ill, and have now passed. RIP.
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Amidst all the hot takes on Leo Varadkar in the last 24 hours, no one has ever captured who Leo Varadkar was and is better than Emmet Kirwan on the Late Late Show some 6 years ago. A true masterpiece in just 2 minutes.
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As a tiny kid I used to think being a near lone wolf at tournaments with my single handed backhand was cool. That was until aged 11 I got absolutely smoked at an U14s tournament in Spartak Moscow by some Youzhny kid. I was so upset his backhand was that good. I cried for a day!
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Starts slow, but this 2 minutes by a new TD is powerful stuff.
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At 10pm in Madrid tonight the entire city, despite being on lockdown in their homes, joined together to applaud Madrid’s health workers who are busy fighting on the front lines to save lives. Humans are awesome.
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.@amitkarp is a respected tech investor. But because he claims I “support the beheading of babies” he will never attend Web Summit. An utter lie & extreme over reaction to my perfectly reasonable & humane statement:. “War crimes are war crimes even when committed by allies”. My
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Michael D Higgins is a profoundly decent and compassionate human being. The world would be a better place with more like him.
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We're donating €1 million to Ireland's fight against #Covid_19 . Over to @denisobrien_, Larry Goodman, Dermot Desmond, JP McManus, Michael O'Leary and others to step up. We’re in this fight together. And we will only prevail by standing together.
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Who owns this single handed backhand? Player in disguise. Best guess gets 2 free tix to @WebSummit . Choices:.@rogerfederer.@stanwawrinka.@StefTsitsipas.@ThiemDomi.@GrigorDimitrov.@richardgasquet1.@denis_shapo.@feliciano_lopez.@pmouratoglou.@TommyHaas13.@gugakuerten.@JRBlake.ANO?
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Yikes. This is surreal.
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Here’s a wonderful example of a foreign journalist doing what almost no Irish journalist, bar @vincentbrowne, ever does: Hold FFG politicians properly to account .
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The differences between how younger voters, the future of Ireland, voted as compared to those who are mostly retired & asset rich is INSANE. This election once again is a story of two Irelands. The future of Ireland versus yesterday’s Ireland. Both have very different visions.
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I’m delighted to have collaborated with artist Spicebag to make this happen in Dublin (homeowner gave permission for mural). More to come.
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I’m sorry but this is insane. This is a news presenter of a public service broadcaster in a democratic society, Ireland, diminishing & defending cronyism and law breaking by Government ministers. This is what propaganda looks like.
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Stick this in your pipe, ye pearl clutching melts. Literally everyone sings up the Ra.
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My word. This is wild. The Fianna Fáil leader pushing 1980’s British propaganda talking points. Martin entirely ignoring documented British collusion in the unlawful killing of hundreds & years of clandestine British terror. Blames Sinn Fein. Shameful.
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Cost of some of the world’s largest or tallest buildings:.Petronas Towers - $1.2 billion.Tesla Giga Factory 1 - $1.3 billion.Burj Khalifa - $1.5 billion. And then there’s:.🇮🇪 Children’s Hospital - $2.4 billion.& counting
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How Ireland's 21st century likely now plays out. Next election @sinnfeinireland will run 60+ candidates. They'll become the largest party in 🇮🇪. There will be a border poll. The island will be united over time. SF will be the largest party for decades. FFG will merge . #GE2020.
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Had the #LeoTheLeak story been about @MaryLouMcDonald leaking a contract to a pal & had I talked about it on stage at #WebSummit, Irish mainstream media would have hailed me as some sort of daring hero protecting democracy. Instead they’re in a meltdown👇.
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Can someone get this video removed for An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar? It shows repeat criminal offender Leo Varadkar committing yet another criminal offence this morning by canvassing within 50m of a polling station. Please don’t share 👍.
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I'm in beautiful, remote Donegal. I'm 200 metres from an incredible beach. I've lightening fast wifi. There are thousands of spots like this all across rural Ireland. Why would anyone want to go back to working in cramped offices in overpriced, gridlocked Dublin . Remote = Future.
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This guy (@Trickstersworld) was so good on RTE, they’ve not invited him back in three years.
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Going to the Portugal V Uruguay match in Doha tonight. Can’t wait. Maybe President Marcelo will be there. My shoulder has just recovered from his legendary hand shake. Come on Portugal!
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It’s impressive how a handful of foreign billionaires have co-opted the so-called Irish far right. Irish marching in Dublin believing foreign billionaires & the ideas they support will make their lives better. Conned by the very people wrecking their lives, communities & country
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Does anyone know how to get this video of Michael Martin from back in the day deleted? It makes Martin look almost as insincere as Simon Harris, and it’s not good for Fianna Fáil.
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Arguably no Irish political leader has been bullied more by the media than Mary Lou McDonald. She is relentlessly attacked, smeared and undermined without evidence by many in the media. Why? Because she represents change from the century old crony cartel. Bring on that change!.
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CCTV footage of Fine Gael’s John McGahon violently battering a man. FG stand by McGahon despite the High Court ordering he pay out €39,000 for violent assault. FG claim to be the party of law & order. In reality it’s law & order for you, but not for them
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“I was queuing for hours in Dublin airport. And then 💡 ” - meet the UCD student who used his dad’s private jet to beat the queues in Dublin airport
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It’s remarkable that government ministers were so accessible to the man charged today in connection with the seizure of €33m worth of crystal meth in Cork. Chilling. FFG are not a normal party.
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.@MaryLouMcDonald is by far the most impressive big party leader on #RTEUpfront . She is a far more capable leader and communicator than either Harris or Martin.
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Can someone get this post from 2017 deleted for Simon Harris. And please don’t share it.
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First, what Hamas did is outrageous and disgusting. It is by every measure an act of monstrous evil. Israel has a right to defend itself, but it does not, as I have already stated, have a right to break international law. Second, here’s the host of the most watched chat show in
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Yet another Irish Government minister has been forced to resign following reporting by @wereontheditch revealing yet more criminality at the heart of @FineGael & @fiannafailparty . Ditch is 2 journalists with a €5/month website. WTF are the combined Irish mainstream media up to?.
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If Niall Collins was working as a full time taxi driver, he’d still not have driven the miles he’s claimed he was driving as a minister. This crook claims to have driven around the world more than three times in a year. In reality he’s just screwing tax payers for expenses💰
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Yikes. Simon Harris denying he was responsible for the National Children's Hospital contract. He was the Minister for Health at the time it was signed, at which point he took the credit. #RTEupfront
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Soon the public will be made fully aware of the deliberate actions of Gas Networks Ireland, ESB and the Govt (Eamon Ryan in particular) that have led to obscene and unprecedented energy price hikes. All done to enrich a select group of insiders. Watch this space 💣 👮🏽♀️ 💰.
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Someone sent me this. It’s so good. Mary Lou bossed that debate like no other. #rtept #leadersdebate
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Fine Gael’s manifesto is just a long list of things they’ve promised for 14 years, but still haven’t done… standard for Fine Gael. 👇 A 2007 promise below.
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After 100 years of the same two political parties governing Ireland, I’m open to a change. Anyone else?.
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7 politicians/grifters who if not elected, Ireland will be better off:. 1. Simon Harris.2. Paschal Donohoe .3. Stephen Donnelly.4. Darragh O’Brien.5. Niall “Neil” Collins.6. Robert Troy.7. John “Twix” McGahon.
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The contempt of a “profoundly corrupt” FFG TD for Irish democracy captured in a single picture today. It would make you sick.
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Good luck to our Chief Impact Officer Peter Gilmer who’s attending the #UNGA & #ClimateSummit in NY . Peter is the reason @websummit has a long standing track called Planet:Tech. He’s done so much work quietly behind the scenes with @CFigueres @algore & tech folk over many years
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If you think RTÉ is bad, wait till you learn about the HSE.
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Today Varadkar ally & Fine Gael ex-councillor Sean McKiernan was sent forward for trial for 58 counts of theft of €172,000 from a charity. RTE of course fail to mention Fine Gael whatsoever, or provide a picture of McKiernan. So I have.
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Wow. Watch this video to the end. It sums up the contempt some of those in FFG have for voters, in particular in Donegal.
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Here’s how Ireland works: Warehouse worker fired for drinking a €2 soft drink. WRC says firing was correct. Minister found to have falsely claimed €1,140 in a single month for fake travel expenses, simply repays it with no consequences.
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Mary Lou McDonald is hands down the best leader we have to be Taoiseach.
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If remote working in Ireland is here to stay, in some form, it might be transformative. Imagine if your company said choose anywhere to live in Ireland & work from there. We might be on the cusp of a revival of rural Ireland. I 💚 you Dublin, but you’re overpriced & gridlocked.
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This never gets old. I wonder what Ryan Tubridy was thinking as Emmet Kirwan was dropping truth about Ireland and how the real crooks wear suits.
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🚨Breaking🚨.Another Chinese company readying . hundreds of thousands of masks. tens of thousands of testing kits. to donate and fly to Ireland. More soon.
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A source inside Fine Gael tells me they’re pivoting to pre-scheduled meet & greets only for Simon Harris. It turns out the Taoiseach has a very limited ability to interact with the public. The videos now circulating of him patronising voters are of serious concern inside FG.
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.@RBoydBarrett of @pb4p is one of the most impressive and substantive politicians we have in Ireland. #RTEUpfront #leadersdebate
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I’m willing to call the IRA ‘terrorists’ – as soon as someone can give me a definition of a terrorist group that doesn’t also apply to the British army.
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I’m back. Thank you to everyone for their kind messages of love & support ❤️✌🏼 . @lhfang & Jack Poulson’s reporting is quite something. The last 24 hours have been wild.
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Ireland (RoI) & Singapore have almost identical populations, 5.1 million versus 5.5 million. But in terms of land mass, Ireland is 100 times larger than Singapore. Singapore affordably houses 5.5 million people in a space smaller than Louth. Louth!!. Ireland is not full. It’s
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It’s been a decade since I hit a ball. Rusty!. I hope the single handed backhand continues to make a comeback under the likes of @denis_shapo @StefTsitsipas etc. I hope it never dies out fully, as frustrating as it is for juniors at the start.
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As an LP in multiple venture funds here’s my advice to VCs:. Stop writing advice threads for startups and start writing explanatory emails to your LPs as to why you deployed their capital at suddenly indefensible valuations.
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I ❤️ Michael D. That he keeps referring to John Bruton as a former "PRIME MINISTER" and not Taoiseach is such an epic troll of Bruton by Michael D. Bravo, sir.
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Today is one of those days Emmet Kirwan’s incredible monologue on the Late Late Show needs to be shared once more. He hit the bullseye in a way few others ever have on Irish TV.
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Here’s why Eamon Ryan gets a free pass for snoozing when Mary Lou McDonald would get attacked .——.Disclaimer: I send a lot of audio or video messages on WhatsApp. They’re a quicker and sometimes more engaging way to explain something
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I’ve been ripping apart the top layer of Ireland’s corrupt & criminal cartel. It’s been fun & satisfying work - aside from the threats & smears - anyway maybe it’s time to body bag a few minions in media, civil service, charities, judiciary, private sector etc. Who’s up for it?.
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A truly mind blowing stat:. In 2023 in Dublin “first time buyers bought just 75 new houses”. In Cork that number was just 17! FFG has destroyed a generation, and a country. Unless that is you’re a wealthy landlord or huge vulture fund.
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Noel Kelly confirms to Oireachtas Committee that 0% vat was charged on 2 of the Renault invoices. Yet services were provided in Ireland. This is textbook VAT FRAUD.
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I'm currently being attacked in the Irish Parliament (Dail) by the Deputy PM (tanaiste) for Web Summit's funding of two journalists who have exposed endless corruption & criminality of the current government which has led to multiple resignations of ministers. Wild.
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I’ll pay a street artist €2,023 to paint a giant version of this brilliant piece, with the original artists permission of course, in Minister @SimonHarrisTD home town of Greystones. Ideally on a giant wall in the middle of Greystones. My DMs are open.
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Correct, humane decision by Irish government. Much respect. ❤️ ☮️
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Fine Gael & Fianna Fáil gave RTE €725,000,000 - yes €725 MILLION - & it produces almost nothing outside of reports about what chocolate Michael Martin eats & other rubbish. For less than one thousandth the cost, Web Summit has helped support the best Irish journalism in decades.
Web Summit gave €450,000 to The Ditch last year
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Oh boy, it gets better. Fionnan Sheehan wasn’t even remotely “outraged” when the Wolfe Tones played at Fine Gael’s Christmas bash in 2002.
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Today a Fine Gael senator accused of beating someone up resulted in an award against said FGer of €39,000 in the High Court. RTE has never once reported on the trial. Yet RTE wrote 40+ articles about a tweet a Shinner once sent. Insane.
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This morning my lawyers wrote to @BessemerVP partner Amit Karp. If he fails to take action he will be pursued in the High Court of Ireland. Last Friday’s revelations by two US investigative journalists, @lhfang & Jack Poulson, make clear that there was a coordinated attempt to
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Micheál Martin’s father was a well paid CIE Inspector - not a “busman” - who owned two properties. Micheál Martin himself owns four properties and has only known privilege his whole life. The idea that he’s some sort of working class hero is absurd.
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Three days after the publication by @wereontheditch of a story detailing a government ministers criminality, a story that’s dominated social media for 3 days & been read by over one million people, not a single mainstream journalist/publication has commented on the story. Wild.
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Turns out I've a full copy of RTE's interview which was curiously edited, with lots of criticism of RTE removed. First clip below. I first explain the background to the recording & then share a deleted segment discussing RTE's primary method of propaganda, plus @BowesChay
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Very excited about the potential for a @WebSummit in Brazil from 2022 🇧🇷 . @ArturAPereira will be in Rio, São Paulo and Florianopolis next week
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In Ireland there’s 995km of motorways, 4,314km of national roads & 13,120km of secondary/regional roads. In one year Niall Collins claimed to drive the equivalent of every kilometre of every one of those roads FOUR times. Or more than twice what a full time taxi driver covers💰
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