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Dispatch · 11 May 2026

O’Callaghan’s plan to pay Ukrainians €2,500 to go home.

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TL;DR
  • O’Callaghan wants to bring a memo to government on a voluntary-returns scheme paying €2,500 per individual or €10,000 per family for Ukrainians to leave Ireland.
  • Dooley notes nearly 126,000 Ukrainians have come since the 2022 temporary-protection directive, about 85,000 remain, and the government is also moving to clear 16,000 from state-supported accommodation.
  • He frames it as hypocrisy from the same minister who tried to turn the Irish army on fuel protesters and wants to be Fianna Fáil’s “leader in waiting” — while over half of last year’s 4,700 deportation orders went unenforced.
  • Dooley argues “many will just take the money, go back, and then come back again”, tying it to the EU migration pact, von der Leyen’s €800 billion deal and a “globalist agenda” that serves big landlords and employers over ordinary workers.
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00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Jim O'Callaghan has come up with his latest brainwave. This is to pay Ukrainians to go back to Ukraine. Yes, you could not make any of this up. This is because O'Callaghan said he wants to bring a memo to the government about providing once-off payments to Ukrainians to leave Ireland. Since the inception of the temporary protection directive back in 2022, nearly 126,000 Ukrainians have come to Ireland.

They're currently it's estimated there are about 85,000 Ukrainians still in Ireland. And now he says that Ireland should step up and move towards a voluntary returns program scheme where he will offer €2,500 per individual or €10,000 per family to leave Ireland. Really, really, really. Let me know in the comments what you think about this absolutely outrageous.

Now, billions of euro already has been spent on Ukrainians in terms of providing accommodation, necessary medical support, and further, further schemes which are a big transfer of public money into private hands. I've spoken in many videos about the accommodation recognition payment, about the extra pressure this is putting on under-resourced public services such as housing, keeping rent high, which benefits those big landlords that the Irish government represents, while ordinary working people in Ireland suffer. Now, he said.

That some Ukrainians will need assistance now to go back and he is anxious for Ukrainians to go home. This comes at the same time when the Irish government is looking to get rid of the 16,000 Ukrainians from state-supported accommodation. Yeah, there you have it. O'Callaghan has spoken. O'Callaghan the minister who was trying to turn the Irish army on fuel protesters.

In the last few weeks here in Ireland, many have stood up against the extortion increases in fuel costs. O'Callaghan went on a run to try and get the army to take and force people protesting off the streets. Citizens, of course, not anybody else. But this is a complete racket. O'Callaghan who has already signed Ireland up and is pushing ahead with the European Union migration and asylum pact and wants to be leader in waiting for Fianna Fáil.

03:02

But I think he did his chances a little

But I think he did his chances a little bit of harm during the fuel protests. But now he said he's anxious for Ukrainians to go home and seems to do something. This is at the same time where about 4,700 deportation orders were issued last year and over half of them haven't been enforced. But he is more interested in public relations stunts in terms of flights going back to various countries. This is at the same time making money.

“But I think he did his chances a little bit of harm during the fuel protests”

For these big airline companies. And now his agenda is to use public money to entice Ukrainians to go back to Ukraine. So much for being refugees, isn't it? Makes a mockery of the whole thing. But many will just take the money, go back, and then come back again. And many more Ukrainians now will come to Ireland when they hear about the inducements to go home.

And stay here for a short period of time, pick up the check from ordinary working people and travel back to Ukraine. Really, really and truly people are waking up to what's going on in Ukraine. Complete and utter money laundering scam. We've seen that since the inception. Notwithstanding the agenda from the US pushing their proxy war in Ukraine to push their neoliberal agenda. And at the same time the US telling Europe to step up and bolster our military.

Capacity. Spend more money on the weapons of arms as the European Union. And von der Leyen wants to do with 800 billion euro deal. And destroy Irish neutrality as well. So there you have it. Absolutely nonsensical, farcical. And really takes the utter and complete piss out of the people of Ireland. Can't really sugarcoat any of this nonsense that they're trying to ram through on the people of Ireland and trying to say now they're standing up for.

What's going on with the immigration chaos. They themselves who have helped create and are fully signed up to this bigger globalist agenda around mass immigration that benefits the big employers and the super rich, very wealthy at the expense of ordinary working people. There you have it. Ireland 2026 absolute lunacy coming out from the political It's But of course there will be a number of people who might say, "Well, they're doing something.".

05:51

And isn't this the same old adage we've come

And isn't this the same old adage we've come to expect with the propagandists in the media who'll push this as a good thing to say that they're acting, they're finally acting to what's taking place rather than addressing the underlying crisis that we should have nothing to do with it. Remember, Ukraine are not part even of the European Union. But yours pretty good establishment are nothing but lap dogs for those in Brussels that serve big corporations against the interests of ordinary.

Working people. So, from Dublin today, it's Long Kofolla. Talk to you soon. Thanks so much for all the support.

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11 May 2026 · Immigration · 6:31

O’Callaghan’s plan to pay Ukrainians €2,500 to go home.

Jim O’Callaghan wants to bring a memo to government offering once-off payments for Ukrainians to leave Ireland — Dooley argues it’s a public-money stunt that makes a mockery of the whole refugee scheme.

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TL;DR
01
O’Callaghan wants to bring a memo to government on a voluntary-returns scheme paying €2,500 per individual or €10,000 per family for Ukrainians to leave Ireland.
02
Dooley notes nearly 126,000 Ukrainians have come since the 2022 temporary-protection directive, about 85,000 remain, and the government is also moving to clear 16,000 from state-supported accommodation.
03
He frames it as hypocrisy from the same minister who tried to turn the Irish army on fuel protesters and wants to be Fianna Fáil’s “leader in waiting” — while over half of last year’s 4,700 deportation orders went unenforced.
04
Dooley argues “many will just take the money, go back, and then come back again”, tying it to the EU migration pact, von der Leyen’s €800 billion deal and a “globalist agenda” that serves big landlords and employers over ordinary workers.
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6:31
Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. Jim O'Callaghan has come up with his latest brainwave. This is to pay Ukrainians to go back to Ukraine. Yes, you could not make any of this up. This is because O'Callaghan said he wants to bring a memo to the government about providing once-off payments to Ukrainians to leave Ireland. Since the inception of the temporary protection directive back in 2022, nearly 126,000 Ukrainians have come to Ireland.

They're currently it's estimated there are about 85,000 Ukrainians still in Ireland. And now he says that Ireland should step up and move towards a voluntary returns program scheme where he will offer €2,500 per individual or €10,000 per family to leave Ireland. Really, really, really. Let me know in the comments what you think about this absolutely outrageous.

Now, billions of euro already has been spent on Ukrainians in terms of providing accommodation, necessary medical support, and further, further schemes which are a big transfer of public money into private hands. I've spoken in many videos about the accommodation recognition payment, about the extra pressure this is putting on under-resourced public services such as housing, keeping rent high, which benefits those big landlords that the Irish government represents, while ordinary working people in Ireland suffer. Now, he said.

That some Ukrainians will need assistance now to go back and he is anxious for Ukrainians to go home. This comes at the same time when the Irish government is looking to get rid of the 16,000 Ukrainians from state-supported accommodation. Yeah, there you have it. O'Callaghan has spoken. O'Callaghan the minister who was trying to turn the Irish army on fuel protesters.

In the last few weeks here in Ireland, many have stood up against the extortion increases in fuel costs. O'Callaghan went on a run to try and get the army to take and force people protesting off the streets. Citizens, of course, not anybody else. But this is a complete racket. O'Callaghan who has already signed Ireland up and is pushing ahead with the European Union migration and asylum pact and wants to be leader in waiting for Fianna Fáil.

But I think he did his chances a little

But I think he did his chances a little bit of harm during the fuel protests. But now he said he's anxious for Ukrainians to go home and seems to do something. This is at the same time where about 4,700 deportation orders were issued last year and over half of them haven't been enforced. But he is more interested in public relations stunts in terms of flights going back to various countries. This is at the same time making money.

“But I think he did his chances a little bit of harm during the fuel protests”

For these big airline companies. And now his agenda is to use public money to entice Ukrainians to go back to Ukraine. So much for being refugees, isn't it? Makes a mockery of the whole thing. But many will just take the money, go back, and then come back again. And many more Ukrainians now will come to Ireland when they hear about the inducements to go home.

And stay here for a short period of time, pick up the check from ordinary working people and travel back to Ukraine. Really, really and truly people are waking up to what's going on in Ukraine. Complete and utter money laundering scam. We've seen that since the inception. Notwithstanding the agenda from the US pushing their proxy war in Ukraine to push their neoliberal agenda. And at the same time the US telling Europe to step up and bolster our military.

Capacity. Spend more money on the weapons of arms as the European Union. And von der Leyen wants to do with 800 billion euro deal. And destroy Irish neutrality as well. So there you have it. Absolutely nonsensical, farcical. And really takes the utter and complete piss out of the people of Ireland. Can't really sugarcoat any of this nonsense that they're trying to ram through on the people of Ireland and trying to say now they're standing up for.

What's going on with the immigration chaos. They themselves who have helped create and are fully signed up to this bigger globalist agenda around mass immigration that benefits the big employers and the super rich, very wealthy at the expense of ordinary working people. There you have it. Ireland 2026 absolute lunacy coming out from the political It's But of course there will be a number of people who might say, "Well, they're doing something.".

And isn't this the same old adage we've come

And isn't this the same old adage we've come to expect with the propagandists in the media who'll push this as a good thing to say that they're acting, they're finally acting to what's taking place rather than addressing the underlying crisis that we should have nothing to do with it. Remember, Ukraine are not part even of the European Union. But yours pretty good establishment are nothing but lap dogs for those in Brussels that serve big corporations against the interests of ordinary.

Working people. So, from Dublin today, it's Long Kofolla. Talk to you soon. Thanks so much for all the support.

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