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Dispatch · 26 Jun 2026

Dublin city on lockdown for the EU presidency.

26 Jun 20266:024.4K views
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TL;DR
  • Dublin Castle is barricaded for six months of presidency hosting; the Crow Café beside it needed a court injunction to stay open.
  • 270+ events nationwide; the official cost estimate is €185m with security pushing toward €400m — against €50m for the 2013 presidency.
  • Cork will host von der Leyen — Dooley recalls the undisclosed Pfizer texts, and Emily O’Reilly describing a Commission run like a powerful consigliere.
  • Roads left broken for years are suddenly repaved for dignitaries while record homelessness sits streets away — the fancy room for visitors, the reality hidden.
Transcript
00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Micheál Martin, Can't Wait. In a number of days time, on July the 1st, Ireland will take over European Council Presidency for 6 months until the 31st of December this year. And much of Dublin is going to be on lockdown and many rolling road closures to allow the dignitaries in inverted commas, elites, to travel around without the hassle that most commuters feel in Dublin. As you can see, now we're just leading it on to Dublin Castle,.

Barricaded off. There was talks a number of months ago of closing a cafe that operated for 25 years here, but it had an injunction to stay open. So, the Crow Cafe. And Dublin Castle here, part of it behind me, it's going to be closed for the next 6 months and only open to those dignitaries. As you can see some of the flags of the EU 27 behind me through the gap there. And Martin is talking about the core values.

Of European Union, speaking about the whole ideals he holds there in terms of Ireland being at the center of the European Union, and pushing forward the whole approach around competitiveness, which he spoke about in a number of videos before. It's about pushing money upwards, which is typical of the neoliberal agenda of the European Union, and values and security, which is interesting, isn't it? So much for values, trying to clamp down on free speech, clamp down on our basic rights, drive.

Towards digital ID, and I spoke in recent video about digital euro. And also in terms of the attack on Irish neutrality. To drag us towards a militarist union, the European Union. Always intended to push towards always been a long project for the European Union to look for confrontation with Russia. This is what's taking place on our doorstep in Dublin. Now, there is over 270 events due to take place around the country. And Cork is going to.

02:34

Host a Von der Leyen, the unelected technocratic head

Host a Von der Leyen, the unelected technocratic head of the European Union, European Commission president. Member Emily O'Reilly said that this was run European Commission like a powerful conciliari, former ombudsman uh in the European Union. That doesn't give you a great deal of confidence. So, we all know about the contracts and the contacts she had with Pfizer's CEO, Albert Bourla. And those text messages, not to mention recently the text messages being exposed around Zelensky, Macron, Merritt having this.

Group chat as well. So, um let's see if they uh disclose that. Of course, full full disclosure won't be anything that these guys would be interested in. And the cost to the taxpayer is estimated to be around 185 million, they're saying, plus security charges. Currently it's estimated could be up to 400 million, at least. The previous time Ireland were European Union uh president of European Council back in 2013, the cost was 50 million euro. So, they'll be well wined and dined in.

“Of course, full full disclosure won't be anything that these guys would be interested in”

Dublin Castle behind me. Well looked after, have no issues with traffic like so many people do, gridlock, road closures, and road maintenance. Many roads have been dug up in the last number of days around Dublin where basic working class communities around Dublin city have been left behind for years. Money is no object when it comes to be the best boys and girls in the class. It's like having the fancy room ready when visitors come. This is what.

Ireland is all about, projecting this image onto the world stage rather than hiding the real harsh reality behind it. In the context of the homeless chaos here in Ireland where we have records amount of people in emergency accommodation, record amount of people who are sleeping on the streets, on doorways not far from here. And also you see many who are dying on the streets and not to mention the house prices out of control, rents out of.

Control. The health chaos. The inequalities are deep in our society. We have two billionaires with the same wealth as the bottom 50% of the population. And the richest 10% in Ireland have 50% of the wealth and they're quite happy to see the status quo continue. But unfortunately, it's going to come to their doors in terms of the approach of the European Union and the direction they're going in. Digital agenda over the next period of time and the agenda towards war as well and.

Canceling free speech in terms of trusted new sources that they're going to try and rely on. Trusted new sources which are completely captured by the political establishment. So, uh this is what's going to take place. And we're going to come to expect more of this over the next number of months. Rolling road closures, lockdowns, barriers and that keep ordinary working people away from the European elites, the masters, from Martin and Harris so they can look like.

05:32

The best boys in the class and brush away

The best boys in the class and brush away the real problems and the real harsh realities of Dublin. They could take a walk to many streets around here and not feel safe. But wait for it, this will be projected onto the world stage with Ireland at the heart of Europe and pushing the European Union dystopian agenda. So, thanks for supporting me with the videos. And I just give you a snapshot of what's taking place in Dublin just a couple of.

Days out from the European Union presidency. So, uh take care and we'll see you all soon. Slán go fóill.

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26 Jun 2026 · Sovereignty · 6:02

Dublin city on lockdown for the EU presidency.

Dublin Castle barricaded, rolling road closures, six months of dignitary traffic — the EU Council presidency arrives and the city is sealed off from its own residents.

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TL;DR
01
Dublin Castle is barricaded for six months of presidency hosting; the Crow Café beside it needed a court injunction to stay open.
02
270+ events nationwide; the official cost estimate is €185m with security pushing toward €400m — against €50m for the 2013 presidency.
03
Cork will host von der Leyen — Dooley recalls the undisclosed Pfizer texts, and Emily O’Reilly describing a Commission run like a powerful consigliere.
04
Roads left broken for years are suddenly repaved for dignitaries while record homelessness sits streets away — the fancy room for visitors, the reality hidden.
Prefer to watch? The full video is on YouTube →
6:02
Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Micheál Martin, Can't Wait. In a number of days time, on July the 1st, Ireland will take over European Council Presidency for 6 months until the 31st of December this year. And much of Dublin is going to be on lockdown and many rolling road closures to allow the dignitaries in inverted commas, elites, to travel around without the hassle that most commuters feel in Dublin. As you can see, now we're just leading it on to Dublin Castle,.

Barricaded off. There was talks a number of months ago of closing a cafe that operated for 25 years here, but it had an injunction to stay open. So, the Crow Cafe. And Dublin Castle here, part of it behind me, it's going to be closed for the next 6 months and only open to those dignitaries. As you can see some of the flags of the EU 27 behind me through the gap there. And Martin is talking about the core values.

Of European Union, speaking about the whole ideals he holds there in terms of Ireland being at the center of the European Union, and pushing forward the whole approach around competitiveness, which he spoke about in a number of videos before. It's about pushing money upwards, which is typical of the neoliberal agenda of the European Union, and values and security, which is interesting, isn't it? So much for values, trying to clamp down on free speech, clamp down on our basic rights, drive.

Towards digital ID, and I spoke in recent video about digital euro. And also in terms of the attack on Irish neutrality. To drag us towards a militarist union, the European Union. Always intended to push towards always been a long project for the European Union to look for confrontation with Russia. This is what's taking place on our doorstep in Dublin. Now, there is over 270 events due to take place around the country. And Cork is going to.

Host a Von der Leyen, the unelected technocratic head

Host a Von der Leyen, the unelected technocratic head of the European Union, European Commission president. Member Emily O'Reilly said that this was run European Commission like a powerful conciliari, former ombudsman uh in the European Union. That doesn't give you a great deal of confidence. So, we all know about the contracts and the contacts she had with Pfizer's CEO, Albert Bourla. And those text messages, not to mention recently the text messages being exposed around Zelensky, Macron, Merritt having this.

Group chat as well. So, um let's see if they uh disclose that. Of course, full full disclosure won't be anything that these guys would be interested in. And the cost to the taxpayer is estimated to be around 185 million, they're saying, plus security charges. Currently it's estimated could be up to 400 million, at least. The previous time Ireland were European Union uh president of European Council back in 2013, the cost was 50 million euro. So, they'll be well wined and dined in.

“Of course, full full disclosure won't be anything that these guys would be interested in”

Dublin Castle behind me. Well looked after, have no issues with traffic like so many people do, gridlock, road closures, and road maintenance. Many roads have been dug up in the last number of days around Dublin where basic working class communities around Dublin city have been left behind for years. Money is no object when it comes to be the best boys and girls in the class. It's like having the fancy room ready when visitors come. This is what.

Ireland is all about, projecting this image onto the world stage rather than hiding the real harsh reality behind it. In the context of the homeless chaos here in Ireland where we have records amount of people in emergency accommodation, record amount of people who are sleeping on the streets, on doorways not far from here. And also you see many who are dying on the streets and not to mention the house prices out of control, rents out of.

Control. The health chaos. The inequalities are deep in our society. We have two billionaires with the same wealth as the bottom 50% of the population. And the richest 10% in Ireland have 50% of the wealth and they're quite happy to see the status quo continue. But unfortunately, it's going to come to their doors in terms of the approach of the European Union and the direction they're going in. Digital agenda over the next period of time and the agenda towards war as well and.

Canceling free speech in terms of trusted new sources that they're going to try and rely on. Trusted new sources which are completely captured by the political establishment. So, uh this is what's going to take place. And we're going to come to expect more of this over the next number of months. Rolling road closures, lockdowns, barriers and that keep ordinary working people away from the European elites, the masters, from Martin and Harris so they can look like.

The best boys in the class and brush away

The best boys in the class and brush away the real problems and the real harsh realities of Dublin. They could take a walk to many streets around here and not feel safe. But wait for it, this will be projected onto the world stage with Ireland at the heart of Europe and pushing the European Union dystopian agenda. So, thanks for supporting me with the videos. And I just give you a snapshot of what's taking place in Dublin just a couple of.

Days out from the European Union presidency. So, uh take care and we'll see you all soon. Slán go fóill.

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