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Government wins its confidence vote 92–78 — as Healy-Rae “deserts the sinking ship”.

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  • The government brings forward its own confidence motion to head off a no-confidence vote after a week of fuel protests over skyrocketing fuel and energy costs — and wins it 92 votes to 78, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael under Harris and Martin backed by what Dooley calls the “so-called independent group” from the parties’ own “gene pool”, Kevin “Boxer” Moran and Seán Canney among them.
  • Michael Healy-Rae, TD for Kerry, resigns his junior ministerial position saying the government didn’t listen to the people over the last week — days after Danny Healy-Rae’s confrontation with local farmers, Danny voting against the motion too — though Dooley notes Michael is one of the biggest landlords going, making “massive, massive windfalls” renting properties across Kerry and profiting from housing Ukrainians: he won’t be short of a few bob.
  • Michael Lowry — the key architect who said he’d support the government in good and bad days, and whose conduct the Moriarty Tribunal found “profoundly corrupt” and “breathtaking”, Dooley reminds viewers — votes confidence while conceding the government “failed to listen to and respond to people”, blaming a “failure of communication”, hailing “a bit of respite at the pumps” (the 10 cent off a litre of petrol and diesel) and claiming the protest, though led by “decent, hard-working people”, was “infiltrated by undesirables” — you couldn’t make it up, Dooley says.
  • So much for democracy, Dooley argues: protest representatives were refused admission to a meeting at Agriculture House as not “democratically appointed” while the Irish Road Haulage Association and Irish Farmers Association got in — the outcome an extra 10 cent at the pumps and a letter to Brussels seeking an excise cut under the energy tax directive — and Jack Chambers voices disgust at protesters fresh, Dooley notes, from Bilderberg, while over 900,000 people sit on hospital waiting lists and 17–18,000 are homeless.
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00:00

Hello everyone, I'm here on Kildare Street in Dublin

Hello everyone, I'm here on Kildare Street in Dublin. And just an hour ago there was a confidence vote in the Irish government. Now, this was supposed to be a no confidence vote in the government, but they had brought forward their own confidence motion. And this was precipitated because of the massive amounts of people who hit the streets of Ireland over the last week in the fuel protest because of skyrocketing fuel and energy costs. Now, of course,.

The Irish government have closed ranks and have won the motion. Is that really surprising? This comes when Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael led by Harris and Martin have got the backing of the so-called independent group. Now, what was really interesting with this vote is that Michael Healy-Rae has resigned his junior ministerial position. He is a TD for Kerry.

And he said that the Irish government didn't listen to the people over the last week. And he has now jumped ship. This was precipitated again by a confrontation Danny Healy-Rae had with a number of local farmers in Kerry over the weekend. Now, Healy-Rae is also Danny Healy-Rae is also not supporting the government and voted against them in this confidence motion. But let me know in the comments what you think of Healy-Rae deserting the sinking ship. Of course, Healy-Rae is one of the.

Biggest landlords in it all and makes massive, massive windfalls from renting properties all over Kerry and further afield. And as well, he is profiting from housing Ukrainians as well. So, making big money, Michael Healy-Rae. I'm sure he won't be short of a few bob in the short term when he's just resigned his position. But they won this vote from 92 votes to 78. And many of these so-called independents from the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael gene.

Pool supported him. Kevin Boxer Moran supported him. Barry Cowen from Dublin Bay North supported him. And Sean Canney supported him. Including a number of others as well. Now, when I get the full list, I will post this later on of those who voted in confidence in the government. And Michael Lowry, the key architect who said he would support the government in good and bad days, he fully supported them as well. And he made some interesting comments in.

02:35

His remarks during the so-called debate on confidence

His remarks during the so-called debate on confidence. Now, wait and see and have a listen to what Lowry was talking about. You couldn't really make any of this nonsense up. He said it's been a difficult week here in Ireland and a lot of people have been under pressure. And he said that the government have failed to listen to and respond to people. Yes, that's quite right. Michael Lowry, well said. The man who was um said to be profoundly corrupt and was.

Breathtaking as one of the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal. And he also went on to say that it's been a failure of communication to people. So, people don't really understand about these massive, massive giveaways that the Irish government has given over the last number of days. Uh yeah. Failure to communicate, isn't it? 10 cent off the liter of petrol and diesel. And he went on to say that there is a bit of respite at the pumps.

For people. That's your 10 cent I'm talking about. Lowry doesn't have to worry about that, does he, in his big mansion and his uh friends in high places. Of course, we'll mention Denis O'Brien. And he said that some actors have exploited this for their own benefit. And he also went on to say that this protest was led by decent, hard-working people, but it was infiltrated by undesirables. Oh. Infiltrated by undesirables. I wonder who he's talking about in undesirables.

So, uh maybe his constituency in Tipperary North and a small piece of Kilkenny will comment on being called undesirables by their local TD. And he said that many of those have no credibility. Really, you couldn't make it up with this Lowry chancer. But what do you expect in Irish politics when you have this charade taking place in Leinster House today where you have a so-called opposition which in the main are fully signed up to the globalist agenda.

And uh play this Punch and Judy theater out while ordinary people are struggling. But real change comes from below. That's proved that time and time again. It comes from the streets. And this is only the start of what's going to take place in Ireland over the next period of time in terms of people hitting the streets because of the extortionate cost of living. Especially those who are on lower incomes who are particularly price sensitive and use more of their income on fuel and.

05:17

Energy

Energy. But this government doesn't represent those. They don't actually represent anybody but themselves. And also, who they represent is the very top end of Irish society, those richest and those better off. And the I'm okay, Jack brigade also. Because democracy has been completely and utterly hijacked in Ireland because you have next to no next to no democracy because it has been completely hijacked, subverted, and ceded off to Brussels. And what we have in Dáil Éireann is a.

Theater comprised by political parties. Political parties that are self-sustaining, but also funded massively from the public purse. These private members club have set up their own to themselves in Dáil Éireann. Their own standing orders where they debate the issues or claim they debate the issues. So much for democracy. In the last week there was a meeting just down behind me on Agriculture House which was a case in point to the lack of democracy when you had representatives from the.

Protest groups who were refused admission because they weren't democratically appointed by the people of Ireland or by their representative organizations. But they had the Irish Road Haulage Association in. They also had the Irish Farmers Association in as well. And few pats on the back and they came out with extra 10 cent off your liter of petrol and diesel. And a nice letter written to Brussels looking for further cut under the energy tax directive for reducing excise duty.

And that is in the top-down dictate stroke directive that comes from the European Union that was transposed into Irish legislation through the Finance Act as well. And this demonstrates the utter lack of democracy here in Ireland. And the fact that all policy of the state should be derived from the people. It states that in the Irish Constitution as well. When was the last time any of us were asked about the policy of the state?

“And the fact that all policy of the state should be derived from the people”

07:49

The majority of the Irish people supported the fuel

The majority of the Irish people supported the fuel protest. But yet, their voices weren't represented really. They were ignored. And now the Irish government thinks it's time to move on. Nothing to see here. Martin and Harris will pat themselves on the back. And I'm sure get a few jars in the the Horseshoe Bar perhaps in Shelbourne Hotel or some nice, fancy place tonight to celebrate their Pyrrhic victory in Leinster House. Because uh change will happen in.

Ireland. And it is happening because people have had enough of what's taking place. As you can see, so much for democracy when you have to uh pull up barriers. Very democratic, isn't it? Functioning, healthy democracy at play in Ireland. But we'll see what transpires over the next number of weeks and months as um they're getting ready for the European Union presidency where they'll have Ireland gleaming on the front stage as Patrick O'Donovan tries to drive through the digital ID.

And on a side point, Jack Chambers also spoke in the chamber today. And he's spoken of his disgust at the protesters. Same minister who was in the Bilderberg meeting meeting all his rich friends over the last weekend. He wasn't questioned about what he was doing at Bilderberg or what was discussed. No, we can't discuss that, can we? Because this is about the big corporations calling the shots, pushing forward their bigger and wider globalist agenda. So, this is what takes place in Ireland.

But as Patrick Pearse wrote, beware of the risen people. And thanks so much again for all the support. I really appreciate all the support with my videos. And I met so many people there this evening at the protest outside of the Dáil. And I was very uh pleased conversations with so many people that I met tonight as well. And so I'm grateful for all your support with my videos. So please keep sharing them.

And this is the reality to what's taking place in Ireland, but also in the context of the lack of concern around what's taking place on our city streets with the homelessness. With so many people struggling on hospital waiting lists and and Micheal Martin gaslighting again the Irish people around this issue of people missing cancer treatments because of people protest peacefully protesting. But his government and successive governments that he's been part of has left a chaos in Ireland where over 900,000.

10:34

People are on hospital waiting lists, 17, 18,000 people

People are on hospital waiting lists, 17, 18,000 people are currently homeless. We have a mass immigration chaos taking place in Ireland and skyrocketing cost of living for ordinary people struggling. But is this the Ireland that uh Wolfe Tone behind me, the statue just in the distance there, envisaged? Yet to be realized. So thanks so much for the support again and from Dublin this evening, slán go fóill. See you all soon. Take care.

And thanks so much for the support again. Bye-bye.

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14 Apr 2026 · Government · 11:07

Government wins its confidence vote 92–78 — as Healy-Rae “deserts the sinking ship”.

An hour after the Dáil votes confidence in the government by 92 votes to 78 — a motion the coalition brought forward itself to head off a no-confidence vote sparked by a week of fuel protests over skyrocketing energy costs — Dooley reports from Kildare Street, where Michael Healy-Rae has just resigned his junior ministry saying the government didn’t listen. Dooley argues the “Pyrrhic victory” exposes a democracy hijacked and ceded to Brussels — and that real change comes from the streets.

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TL;DR
01
The government brings forward its own confidence motion to head off a no-confidence vote after a week of fuel protests over skyrocketing fuel and energy costs — and wins it 92 votes to 78, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael under Harris and Martin backed by what Dooley calls the “so-called independent group” from the parties’ own “gene pool”, Kevin “Boxer” Moran and Seán Canney among them.
02
Michael Healy-Rae, TD for Kerry, resigns his junior ministerial position saying the government didn’t listen to the people over the last week — days after Danny Healy-Rae’s confrontation with local farmers, Danny voting against the motion too — though Dooley notes Michael is one of the biggest landlords going, making “massive, massive windfalls” renting properties across Kerry and profiting from housing Ukrainians: he won’t be short of a few bob.
03
Michael Lowry — the key architect who said he’d support the government in good and bad days, and whose conduct the Moriarty Tribunal found “profoundly corrupt” and “breathtaking”, Dooley reminds viewers — votes confidence while conceding the government “failed to listen to and respond to people”, blaming a “failure of communication”, hailing “a bit of respite at the pumps” (the 10 cent off a litre of petrol and diesel) and claiming the protest, though led by “decent, hard-working people”, was “infiltrated by undesirables” — you couldn’t make it up, Dooley says.
04
So much for democracy, Dooley argues: protest representatives were refused admission to a meeting at Agriculture House as not “democratically appointed” while the Irish Road Haulage Association and Irish Farmers Association got in — the outcome an extra 10 cent at the pumps and a letter to Brussels seeking an excise cut under the energy tax directive — and Jack Chambers voices disgust at protesters fresh, Dooley notes, from Bilderberg, while over 900,000 people sit on hospital waiting lists and 17–18,000 are homeless.
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11:07
Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hello everyone, I'm here on Kildare Street in Dublin

Hello everyone, I'm here on Kildare Street in Dublin. And just an hour ago there was a confidence vote in the Irish government. Now, this was supposed to be a no confidence vote in the government, but they had brought forward their own confidence motion. And this was precipitated because of the massive amounts of people who hit the streets of Ireland over the last week in the fuel protest because of skyrocketing fuel and energy costs. Now, of course,.

The Irish government have closed ranks and have won the motion. Is that really surprising? This comes when Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael led by Harris and Martin have got the backing of the so-called independent group. Now, what was really interesting with this vote is that Michael Healy-Rae has resigned his junior ministerial position. He is a TD for Kerry.

And he said that the Irish government didn't listen to the people over the last week. And he has now jumped ship. This was precipitated again by a confrontation Danny Healy-Rae had with a number of local farmers in Kerry over the weekend. Now, Healy-Rae is also Danny Healy-Rae is also not supporting the government and voted against them in this confidence motion. But let me know in the comments what you think of Healy-Rae deserting the sinking ship. Of course, Healy-Rae is one of the.

Biggest landlords in it all and makes massive, massive windfalls from renting properties all over Kerry and further afield. And as well, he is profiting from housing Ukrainians as well. So, making big money, Michael Healy-Rae. I'm sure he won't be short of a few bob in the short term when he's just resigned his position. But they won this vote from 92 votes to 78. And many of these so-called independents from the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael gene.

Pool supported him. Kevin Boxer Moran supported him. Barry Cowen from Dublin Bay North supported him. And Sean Canney supported him. Including a number of others as well. Now, when I get the full list, I will post this later on of those who voted in confidence in the government. And Michael Lowry, the key architect who said he would support the government in good and bad days, he fully supported them as well. And he made some interesting comments in.

His remarks during the so-called debate on confidence

His remarks during the so-called debate on confidence. Now, wait and see and have a listen to what Lowry was talking about. You couldn't really make any of this nonsense up. He said it's been a difficult week here in Ireland and a lot of people have been under pressure. And he said that the government have failed to listen to and respond to people. Yes, that's quite right. Michael Lowry, well said. The man who was um said to be profoundly corrupt and was.

Breathtaking as one of the findings of the Moriarty Tribunal. And he also went on to say that it's been a failure of communication to people. So, people don't really understand about these massive, massive giveaways that the Irish government has given over the last number of days. Uh yeah. Failure to communicate, isn't it? 10 cent off the liter of petrol and diesel. And he went on to say that there is a bit of respite at the pumps.

For people. That's your 10 cent I'm talking about. Lowry doesn't have to worry about that, does he, in his big mansion and his uh friends in high places. Of course, we'll mention Denis O'Brien. And he said that some actors have exploited this for their own benefit. And he also went on to say that this protest was led by decent, hard-working people, but it was infiltrated by undesirables. Oh. Infiltrated by undesirables. I wonder who he's talking about in undesirables.

So, uh maybe his constituency in Tipperary North and a small piece of Kilkenny will comment on being called undesirables by their local TD. And he said that many of those have no credibility. Really, you couldn't make it up with this Lowry chancer. But what do you expect in Irish politics when you have this charade taking place in Leinster House today where you have a so-called opposition which in the main are fully signed up to the globalist agenda.

And uh play this Punch and Judy theater out while ordinary people are struggling. But real change comes from below. That's proved that time and time again. It comes from the streets. And this is only the start of what's going to take place in Ireland over the next period of time in terms of people hitting the streets because of the extortionate cost of living. Especially those who are on lower incomes who are particularly price sensitive and use more of their income on fuel and.

Energy

Energy. But this government doesn't represent those. They don't actually represent anybody but themselves. And also, who they represent is the very top end of Irish society, those richest and those better off. And the I'm okay, Jack brigade also. Because democracy has been completely and utterly hijacked in Ireland because you have next to no next to no democracy because it has been completely hijacked, subverted, and ceded off to Brussels. And what we have in Dáil Éireann is a.

Theater comprised by political parties. Political parties that are self-sustaining, but also funded massively from the public purse. These private members club have set up their own to themselves in Dáil Éireann. Their own standing orders where they debate the issues or claim they debate the issues. So much for democracy. In the last week there was a meeting just down behind me on Agriculture House which was a case in point to the lack of democracy when you had representatives from the.

Protest groups who were refused admission because they weren't democratically appointed by the people of Ireland or by their representative organizations. But they had the Irish Road Haulage Association in. They also had the Irish Farmers Association in as well. And few pats on the back and they came out with extra 10 cent off your liter of petrol and diesel. And a nice letter written to Brussels looking for further cut under the energy tax directive for reducing excise duty.

And that is in the top-down dictate stroke directive that comes from the European Union that was transposed into Irish legislation through the Finance Act as well. And this demonstrates the utter lack of democracy here in Ireland. And the fact that all policy of the state should be derived from the people. It states that in the Irish Constitution as well. When was the last time any of us were asked about the policy of the state?

“And the fact that all policy of the state should be derived from the people”

The majority of the Irish people supported the fuel

The majority of the Irish people supported the fuel protest. But yet, their voices weren't represented really. They were ignored. And now the Irish government thinks it's time to move on. Nothing to see here. Martin and Harris will pat themselves on the back. And I'm sure get a few jars in the the Horseshoe Bar perhaps in Shelbourne Hotel or some nice, fancy place tonight to celebrate their Pyrrhic victory in Leinster House. Because uh change will happen in.

Ireland. And it is happening because people have had enough of what's taking place. As you can see, so much for democracy when you have to uh pull up barriers. Very democratic, isn't it? Functioning, healthy democracy at play in Ireland. But we'll see what transpires over the next number of weeks and months as um they're getting ready for the European Union presidency where they'll have Ireland gleaming on the front stage as Patrick O'Donovan tries to drive through the digital ID.

And on a side point, Jack Chambers also spoke in the chamber today. And he's spoken of his disgust at the protesters. Same minister who was in the Bilderberg meeting meeting all his rich friends over the last weekend. He wasn't questioned about what he was doing at Bilderberg or what was discussed. No, we can't discuss that, can we? Because this is about the big corporations calling the shots, pushing forward their bigger and wider globalist agenda. So, this is what takes place in Ireland.

But as Patrick Pearse wrote, beware of the risen people. And thanks so much again for all the support. I really appreciate all the support with my videos. And I met so many people there this evening at the protest outside of the Dáil. And I was very uh pleased conversations with so many people that I met tonight as well. And so I'm grateful for all your support with my videos. So please keep sharing them.

And this is the reality to what's taking place in Ireland, but also in the context of the lack of concern around what's taking place on our city streets with the homelessness. With so many people struggling on hospital waiting lists and and Micheal Martin gaslighting again the Irish people around this issue of people missing cancer treatments because of people protest peacefully protesting. But his government and successive governments that he's been part of has left a chaos in Ireland where over 900,000.

People are on hospital waiting lists, 17, 18,000 people

People are on hospital waiting lists, 17, 18,000 people are currently homeless. We have a mass immigration chaos taking place in Ireland and skyrocketing cost of living for ordinary people struggling. But is this the Ireland that uh Wolfe Tone behind me, the statue just in the distance there, envisaged? Yet to be realized. So thanks so much for the support again and from Dublin this evening, slán go fóill. See you all soon. Take care.

And thanks so much for the support again. Bye-bye.

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