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42 deported to South Africa at €17,500 a head — “don't fall for the spin”.

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TL;DR
  • On Friday June 19th, Jim O'Callaghan — Minister for Justice and Home Affairs and, Dooley notes, Fianna Fáil leader-in-waiting — announced 42 South Africans deported at a cost of €735,000 excluding VAT, about €17,500 per person; "more public relations stunts", Dooley argues, from a minister talking up a "rules-based system" just as the government has, in the last week, signed up to the EU Migration and Asylum Pact — "another further nail in our sovereignty", with fines via the solidarity fund if Brussels' numbers aren't taken.
  • Dooley runs the arithmetic: 4,139 people claimed international protection in the first 16 weeks of the year — nearly 70 a day — while this fourth deportation flight of the year follows earlier flights to parts of Europe covering essentially 172 people; set against roughly two days' worth of arrivals by his reckoning, 4,700 deportation orders signed in 2025 and some 2,108 already in the first half of this year, he calls the flight a "drop in the ocean".
  • Enforcement falls to the Garda National Immigration Bureau — whose chief, Dooley recalls, said a couple of years ago there was no such thing as an illegal migrant, and that many arrivals were economic migrants using the protection system to benefit big employers and keep wages down — while junior minister Colm Brophy insists legal pathways exist and people shouldn't be using the international protection system.
  • Follow the money, Dooley urges: the flights are commissioned through Air Partner Limited, a UK company bought by Wheels Up Experience in 2022 and tied, in his telling, to Delta Airlines — whose big institutional shareholders include Vanguard and BlackRock — while Citywest is lined up as a permanent hub and hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses are commissioned for accommodation: "a massive racket" from start to finish, he argues, where ordinary working people pick up the tab.
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00:00

Hello, everyone

Hello, everyone. Jim O'Callaghan, the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, latest PR stunt involved a deportation flight to South Africa. He was on social media today, Friday, June the the 19th, to state that 42 South Africans have been deported at the cost of, wait for 735,000 euro, excluding VAT, which works out about 17 and a half thousand euro per person who was deported.

More public relations stunts by the Irish government. Now, Jim O'Callaghan said Ireland wants a rules-based system, and in the last week, they've signed up to the EU migration and asylum pact, which is another further nail in our sovereignty. And Colm Brophy, the junior minister, is feeling quite grand, said that there is legal pathways to people to come here from various countries, and they shouldn't be using the international protection system.

Now, coincidentally, in the first 16 weeks of this year, there were 4,139 people claimed international protection. That works out about 60, nearly 70 people per day. So, this latest deportation flight with somebody with a deportation order is a drop in the ocean to what's taking place. And if you work out the amount of flights this year, this is the fourth such flight, and the previous flights went to parts of Europe, and they encompassed essentially 172 people. So, if you think about.

Essentially 2 days of people coming into Ireland have been deported. And if you take this in context with the amount of deportation orders that have been signed in the last year. Back in 2025, there was 4,700 deportation orders. Already in the first 6 months of this year, it runs to about 2,108. Now, the organization that is tasked with enforcing deportation is the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Remember, the chief of that organization a couple of years ago said there was no such.

“Now, the organization that is tasked with enforcing deportation is the Garda National Immigration Bureau”

Thing as an illegal migrant. They said that the lot of people coming here were economic migrants using the international protection system to come in to benefit those big employers in Ireland and the financial capital to make big profits and to keep wages down. So, more nonsense coming from the Irish political establishment. And this coming from the Fianna Fáil leader in waiting, Jim O'Callaghan. Now, but the cost of these flights is something that is important as well.

02:53

Because people are talking about Some people are talking

Because people are talking about Some people are talking about saying that, "Well, it's value for money in terms of what's taking place." Well, maybe perhaps had a strong, robust immigration system in Ireland where you would have proper border controls and you'd have security over your borders, which is a basic sovereign right of any country, isn't it? But that has been gone since last here in Ireland. And they're more willing and more capable of not being interested in that.

And just being nice little boys and girls for their masters in Brussels and the bureaucrats who will decide on the amount of immigrants to come into Ireland through the system with the new EU migration and asylum pact. And if we don't, we pay fines in the solidarity fund. So, what's not to love when you're in the European Union calling the shots and the big employers. And also these flights are commissioned by an organization called Air Partner.

Limited. This is a UK UK based company which were bought by another company called Wheels Up Experience Incorporated back in 2022. And it's owned by coincidentally Delta Airlines. So this latest flight was operated by Air Partners Limited, Delta Airlines essentially is a subsidiary of them. And the institutional shareholders, big institutional shareholders of Delta Airlines are Vanguard, BlackRock, and other private equity companies along with a few private billionaire investors.

And now at the same time, this is what's taking place. It's a money-making racket from start to finish. The whole international protection system is complete and utter money-making racket. We can see that with the real plans being made by the Irish government in terms of moving towards Citywest, for instance, being a permanent hub. And many more locations around Ireland as well being cited for places. And we've seen hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses being commissioned by the Irish government to.

Provide accommodation to make money for the big commercial property owner friends. While at the same time, ordinary working people suffer and pay for this whole mass immigration industry, which is nothing but a globalist agenda and suits the interests of those private equity companies, billionaires, and the financial capital. Where you have the free movement of labor, you have the free movement of capital. And vice versa. That's how it works. So uh more public relations stunts. Don't fall for the spin by O'Callaghan.

05:28

And I suppose it's time we take control of

And I suppose it's time we take control of our own sovereignty. That includes our own borders and not being reliant on bureaucrats in the European Union. Or these public relations stunts being issued by Jim O'Callaghan. Always look at who benefits, who's making the money from this. As I said, from start to finish, it's just a massive racket where ordinary working people pick up the tab. So, thanks for the support. Really appreciate it. And Dublin today, Slaughtneil for all.

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19 Jun 2026 · Immigration · 5:56

42 deported to South Africa at €17,500 a head — “don't fall for the spin”.

Justice Minister Jim O'Callaghan takes to social media to announce that 42 South Africans have been deported on a flight costing €735,000 excluding VAT — roughly €17,500 per person. Dooley argues the flight is the latest public-relations stunt from a government that has just signed away more sovereignty under the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, dressing up a “drop in the ocean” while the international protection system runs as a money-making racket from start to finish.

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TL;DR
01
On Friday June 19th, Jim O'Callaghan — Minister for Justice and Home Affairs and, Dooley notes, Fianna Fáil leader-in-waiting — announced 42 South Africans deported at a cost of €735,000 excluding VAT, about €17,500 per person; "more public relations stunts", Dooley argues, from a minister talking up a "rules-based system" just as the government has, in the last week, signed up to the EU Migration and Asylum Pact — "another further nail in our sovereignty", with fines via the solidarity fund if Brussels' numbers aren't taken.
02
Dooley runs the arithmetic: 4,139 people claimed international protection in the first 16 weeks of the year — nearly 70 a day — while this fourth deportation flight of the year follows earlier flights to parts of Europe covering essentially 172 people; set against roughly two days' worth of arrivals by his reckoning, 4,700 deportation orders signed in 2025 and some 2,108 already in the first half of this year, he calls the flight a "drop in the ocean".
03
Enforcement falls to the Garda National Immigration Bureau — whose chief, Dooley recalls, said a couple of years ago there was no such thing as an illegal migrant, and that many arrivals were economic migrants using the protection system to benefit big employers and keep wages down — while junior minister Colm Brophy insists legal pathways exist and people shouldn't be using the international protection system.
04
Follow the money, Dooley urges: the flights are commissioned through Air Partner Limited, a UK company bought by Wheels Up Experience in 2022 and tied, in his telling, to Delta Airlines — whose big institutional shareholders include Vanguard and BlackRock — while Citywest is lined up as a permanent hub and hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses are commissioned for accommodation: "a massive racket" from start to finish, he argues, where ordinary working people pick up the tab.
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5:56
Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hello, everyone

Hello, everyone. Jim O'Callaghan, the Minister for Justice and Home Affairs, latest PR stunt involved a deportation flight to South Africa. He was on social media today, Friday, June the the 19th, to state that 42 South Africans have been deported at the cost of, wait for 735,000 euro, excluding VAT, which works out about 17 and a half thousand euro per person who was deported.

More public relations stunts by the Irish government. Now, Jim O'Callaghan said Ireland wants a rules-based system, and in the last week, they've signed up to the EU migration and asylum pact, which is another further nail in our sovereignty. And Colm Brophy, the junior minister, is feeling quite grand, said that there is legal pathways to people to come here from various countries, and they shouldn't be using the international protection system.

Now, coincidentally, in the first 16 weeks of this year, there were 4,139 people claimed international protection. That works out about 60, nearly 70 people per day. So, this latest deportation flight with somebody with a deportation order is a drop in the ocean to what's taking place. And if you work out the amount of flights this year, this is the fourth such flight, and the previous flights went to parts of Europe, and they encompassed essentially 172 people. So, if you think about.

Essentially 2 days of people coming into Ireland have been deported. And if you take this in context with the amount of deportation orders that have been signed in the last year. Back in 2025, there was 4,700 deportation orders. Already in the first 6 months of this year, it runs to about 2,108. Now, the organization that is tasked with enforcing deportation is the Garda National Immigration Bureau. Remember, the chief of that organization a couple of years ago said there was no such.

“Now, the organization that is tasked with enforcing deportation is the Garda National Immigration Bureau”

Thing as an illegal migrant. They said that the lot of people coming here were economic migrants using the international protection system to come in to benefit those big employers in Ireland and the financial capital to make big profits and to keep wages down. So, more nonsense coming from the Irish political establishment. And this coming from the Fianna Fáil leader in waiting, Jim O'Callaghan. Now, but the cost of these flights is something that is important as well.

Because people are talking about Some people are talking

Because people are talking about Some people are talking about saying that, "Well, it's value for money in terms of what's taking place." Well, maybe perhaps had a strong, robust immigration system in Ireland where you would have proper border controls and you'd have security over your borders, which is a basic sovereign right of any country, isn't it? But that has been gone since last here in Ireland. And they're more willing and more capable of not being interested in that.

And just being nice little boys and girls for their masters in Brussels and the bureaucrats who will decide on the amount of immigrants to come into Ireland through the system with the new EU migration and asylum pact. And if we don't, we pay fines in the solidarity fund. So, what's not to love when you're in the European Union calling the shots and the big employers. And also these flights are commissioned by an organization called Air Partner.

Limited. This is a UK UK based company which were bought by another company called Wheels Up Experience Incorporated back in 2022. And it's owned by coincidentally Delta Airlines. So this latest flight was operated by Air Partners Limited, Delta Airlines essentially is a subsidiary of them. And the institutional shareholders, big institutional shareholders of Delta Airlines are Vanguard, BlackRock, and other private equity companies along with a few private billionaire investors.

And now at the same time, this is what's taking place. It's a money-making racket from start to finish. The whole international protection system is complete and utter money-making racket. We can see that with the real plans being made by the Irish government in terms of moving towards Citywest, for instance, being a permanent hub. And many more locations around Ireland as well being cited for places. And we've seen hotels, B&Bs, guesthouses being commissioned by the Irish government to.

Provide accommodation to make money for the big commercial property owner friends. While at the same time, ordinary working people suffer and pay for this whole mass immigration industry, which is nothing but a globalist agenda and suits the interests of those private equity companies, billionaires, and the financial capital. Where you have the free movement of labor, you have the free movement of capital. And vice versa. That's how it works. So uh more public relations stunts. Don't fall for the spin by O'Callaghan.

And I suppose it's time we take control of

And I suppose it's time we take control of our own sovereignty. That includes our own borders and not being reliant on bureaucrats in the European Union. Or these public relations stunts being issued by Jim O'Callaghan. Always look at who benefits, who's making the money from this. As I said, from start to finish, it's just a massive racket where ordinary working people pick up the tab. So, thanks for the support. Really appreciate it. And Dublin today, Slaughtneil for all.

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