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A Prime Time guest, the think tank behind her, and who pays for it.

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  • He opens on who is paying for the broadcast. Control in the information space is vital for the militarisation agenda of the European Union, he says, and in Ireland the establishment have enabled RTE, which was gifted over 725 million euro of Irish public money to pursue and push the establishment's agenda. The piece he is answering went out in the last day on Prime Time, RTE's so-called flagship current affairs and political programme, presented by Sarah McInerney. Her two guests were Neale Richmond, the Fine Gael TD he describes as a minister tasked with giving Irish money away in so-called international aid, now in record amounts, and Dr Ulrike Franke, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
  • Then he turns to that organisation. It is a think tank pursuing security and defence policies, he says, engaged with public officials, former European Commissioners, former prime ministers of European Union states and a long list of big corporate donors. It was founded in 2007 by the Open Society Foundation, the organisation set up by George Soros, who has recently handed the reins to his younger son Alexander Soros. So much, he says, for the claims about human rights, transparency, freedom of speech and democracy, because billionaires controlling public policy is anti-democratic. What he finds most revealing is the invitation only gathering the organisation held in June, its annual meeting, where Europe's most influential policy figures, heads of state, European Commissioners and public policy officials hold confidential conversations on geopolitics, security and defence under Chatham House rules. One of the sessions up for discussion was titled engaging or disengaging from Russia, Europe's dilemma. Afterwards, he notes, they broke to watch the England and Croatia match from the World Cup. He sets it beside the Bilderberg Group and similar meetings where billionaires and politicians hatch plans.
  • The Irish involvement is what he wants viewers to see. He names Lucinda Creighton, the CEO of Vulcan Consulting, a former Fine Gael minister and Minister for European Affairs, a former vice president of the European People's Party and a columnist with the Sunday Business Post. He names Bridget Laffan, chairperson of the University of Limerick, who he says is very much into pushing the war in Ukraine and the militarisation agenda across Europe. And he names Dame Louise Richardson, who he says chaired a forum on Irish neutrality held a number of years ago, and calls that a front for getting rid of what is left of Irish neutrality, which he sees confirmed in the fast tracked bill eroding the triple lock. On the money, he says the organisation is bankrolled by Soros along with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a Carnegie foundation and other groups and corporations, with 73% of its funding coming through those organisations, and it gets worse in his view because 22% comes from the European Union and national governments, which means the Irish government contributes too.
  • He closes on the line from the programme that bothered him most, and on what he wants people to do with it. In the discussion, Dr Ulrike Franke said Europe would be better if it was just one country, with one national media across a supranational state, and that people would then perhaps wake up earlier to the hybrid attacks taking place on European soil. That, on his reading, is what the whole thing is about, and it shows the danger of billionaires being involved in policy while claiming philanthropy, justice and free speech. He reaches for James Connolly, who he says described governments in hyper-capitalist societies as nothing but committees of the rich, and reads the same pattern in agendas pursued by people like Soros to boost profits rather than look after ordinary working people. Sovereignty and independence are key, he says, and more critical than ever is having those debates and thinking for yourself on all the available information rather than the spin. His ask is that anyone who knows people still watching these programmes shares his videos with them.
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00:00

Hi everyone

Hi everyone. Control in the information space is vital for the militarization agenda of the European Union. And here in Ireland, the establishment have enabled alloy in radio tele-sharing, RTÉ, which was gifted over 725 million euro of Irish public money to pursue and push the establishment's agenda. Now, in the last day, there was one of these propaganda piece on RTÉ. This was on RTÉ's so-called flagship current affairs and political program.

This was Primetime and involved the presenter, Sarah McInerney, and her two guests, Neale Richmond of Fine Gael TD, who is a minister tasked with giving Irish money away in so-called international aid, now in record amounts. And also, there was Dr. Ulrike Franke. She is a member of the European Council of Foreign Relations. Now, this is a think tank. A think tank that pursues the security and defense policies.

And they're engaged with so many public officials, ex-European Commissioners, ex-Prime Ministers of European Union, and also so many big corporation donors. They were founded back in 2007 by the Open Society Foundation. This was the organization set up by George Soros. George Soros is a multi-billionaire. He's recently handed over the reins of this organization to his younger son, Alexander Soros.

And they have set up this organization to pursue their own ideological beliefs, their own liberal, neoliberal beliefs as well. And so much for his claims for human rights, transparency, freedom of speech, democracy. When absolutely this is anti-democratic because what this involves is these billionaires controlling public policy. And what was really fascinating with this organization is the fact that back in June they had an invitation only gathering. And this is at their annual meeting where they bring together.

Europe's most influential policy heads of state and European Commissioners and many public policy officials. And then where they have confidential conversations and discussions on geopolitics and security and defense and other issues. And this is under of course the Chatham House rules where it's not disclosed. We all know about those secret meetings like the Bilderberg Group and many of those others where the billionaires come together with the politicians and they hatch plans in terms of controlling their profits and at the same time.

02:54

Controlling the population

Controlling the population. One of the meetings that were for discussion at this was called engaging or disengaging from Russia, Europe's dilemma. Interesting, isn't it? And also they broke afterwards for a bit of relaxation to watch the England and Croatia soccer match from the World Cup. But this has a big Irish involvement and what is really really revealing with this is who's on this list from Ireland. Who are the members of the European Council of Foreign Relations from.

Ireland? We have Lucinda Creighton. Lucinda Creighton is the CEO of Vulcan Consulting. Now of course she was previous Fine Gael Minister and Minister for European Affairs. I was also Vice President of the European People's Party. There we go, Lucinda Creighton. She's also columnist with the Sunday Business Post. Also there's Bridget Laffan who is the chairperson of University of Limerick and very much into pushing the war in Ukraine and pushing the agenda essentially of the warm militarization and the warmongering.

Across Europe. And also Dame Louise Richardson of the British Empire. Now, she is the ex uh chair of the Security Council station that was held a number of years ago on Irish neutrality. And we all know what that led to. That was just a front for getting rid of what's left of Irish neutrality. We can see that with a fast-tracked bill to erode the Irish triple lock. So, this organization was bankrolled by George Soros. It's also bankrolled by.

Other foundations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What could go wrong? Also a Carnegie Foundation along with another number of groups and corporations. So, 73% of its funding comes across through these organizations. And it even gets worse because the Irish government contributes towards this as well because 22% comes from the EU and national governments. Shows you how it works, doesn't it? In terms of pushing the policies of the states coming behind these big organizations and entities pushing the.

Agenda, pushing the narrative and part of these carefully crafted debate on so-called mainstream media. But in this discussion, Dr. Ulrike Franke spoke about that Europe would be better if it was just one country. Interesting, isn't it? If the European Union was one single country and one national media across a supernational state according to Dr. Ulrike Franke, then perhaps people would wake up earlier to these hybrid attacks that are taking place on European soil.

Agenda, pushing the narrative and part of these carefully crafted debate on so-called mainstream media

05:35

Here we go

Here we go. This is what it's all about, isn't it? Pushing this agenda. So much for Soros's claim of transparency, human rights, and openness. This really shows you the danger of having these billionaires involved in policies. But this is the way corporations control the narrative in terms of involving themselves with these organizations and so-called on their scale of philanthropy to try and claim and they're helping people in terms of human rights, in terms of justice, and.

Free speech, and all these sort of noble requirements that have been pushed by these organizations. But they're not at all because they're complete opposite and this is proven the fact in terms of what European Union is driving towards and what people, for instance, being platformed on our so-called public service broadcaster are extolling the virtues of. So it's important to cut behind the nonsense and the spin that we see through RT and who's controlling the narrative. I suppose in the words of.

James Connolly, he spoke about governments in hyper-capitalist societies are nothing but committees of the rich, which is the same as these agendas being pursued by people like Soros and others on other sides pursuing an agenda to boost their profits rather than look after the needs of ordinary working people. That's why our sovereignty is key. That's why our independence is key. But what's even more important, critically now than ever, is to have those critical debates and discussions and think for yourself.

Based on all the information that's available, not the nonsense that's being spilled out on these propagandas. So if you know anybody who continues to watch these programs, please share your videos with my videos to them and let them know exactly what's going on and what sort of stuff they're being fed because the more people are waking up to this nonsense and the more people will be aware of what's taking place across our society. So thanks so much for all the support of.

My videos, really appreciate them. And thanks again for all the shares and hypes as well. So from Dublin saying even so long for now, see you all soon.

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4 Sep 2026 · Media · 7:38

A Prime Time guest, the think tank behind her, and who pays for it.

Dooley takes apart a Prime Time segment on RTE, which he says was gifted over 725 million euro of Irish public money to push the establishment's agenda. The panel was Sarah McInerney with Neale Richmond of Fine Gael, the minister he says is tasked with giving Irish money away in international aid in record amounts, and Dr Ulrike Franke of the European Council on Foreign Relations. His point is the think tank rather than the broadcast: it was founded in 2007 by the Open Society Foundation, George Soros's organisation, now run by his younger son Alexander Soros, and it also takes money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and a Carnegie foundation, with 73% of its funding coming through such organisations and another 22% from the European Union and national governments. He reads out its Irish members, points at an invitation only annual gathering held in June under Chatham House rules, and quotes Franke saying Europe would be better as a single country with one national media. He ties it back to the fast tracked bill eroding the triple lock and to James Connolly on governments as committees of the rich.

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01
He opens on who is paying for the broadcast. Control in the information space is vital for the militarisation agenda of the European Union, he says, and in Ireland the establishment have enabled RTE, which was gifted over 725 million euro of Irish public money to pursue and push the establishment's agenda. The piece he is answering went out in the last day on Prime Time, RTE's so-called flagship current affairs and political programme, presented by Sarah McInerney. Her two guests were Neale Richmond, the Fine Gael TD he describes as a minister tasked with giving Irish money away in so-called international aid, now in record amounts, and Dr Ulrike Franke, a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations.
02
Then he turns to that organisation. It is a think tank pursuing security and defence policies, he says, engaged with public officials, former European Commissioners, former prime ministers of European Union states and a long list of big corporate donors. It was founded in 2007 by the Open Society Foundation, the organisation set up by George Soros, who has recently handed the reins to his younger son Alexander Soros. So much, he says, for the claims about human rights, transparency, freedom of speech and democracy, because billionaires controlling public policy is anti-democratic. What he finds most revealing is the invitation only gathering the organisation held in June, its annual meeting, where Europe's most influential policy figures, heads of state, European Commissioners and public policy officials hold confidential conversations on geopolitics, security and defence under Chatham House rules. One of the sessions up for discussion was titled engaging or disengaging from Russia, Europe's dilemma. Afterwards, he notes, they broke to watch the England and Croatia match from the World Cup. He sets it beside the Bilderberg Group and similar meetings where billionaires and politicians hatch plans.
03
The Irish involvement is what he wants viewers to see. He names Lucinda Creighton, the CEO of Vulcan Consulting, a former Fine Gael minister and Minister for European Affairs, a former vice president of the European People's Party and a columnist with the Sunday Business Post. He names Bridget Laffan, chairperson of the University of Limerick, who he says is very much into pushing the war in Ukraine and the militarisation agenda across Europe. And he names Dame Louise Richardson, who he says chaired a forum on Irish neutrality held a number of years ago, and calls that a front for getting rid of what is left of Irish neutrality, which he sees confirmed in the fast tracked bill eroding the triple lock. On the money, he says the organisation is bankrolled by Soros along with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a Carnegie foundation and other groups and corporations, with 73% of its funding coming through those organisations, and it gets worse in his view because 22% comes from the European Union and national governments, which means the Irish government contributes too.
04
He closes on the line from the programme that bothered him most, and on what he wants people to do with it. In the discussion, Dr Ulrike Franke said Europe would be better if it was just one country, with one national media across a supranational state, and that people would then perhaps wake up earlier to the hybrid attacks taking place on European soil. That, on his reading, is what the whole thing is about, and it shows the danger of billionaires being involved in policy while claiming philanthropy, justice and free speech. He reaches for James Connolly, who he says described governments in hyper-capitalist societies as nothing but committees of the rich, and reads the same pattern in agendas pursued by people like Soros to boost profits rather than look after ordinary working people. Sovereignty and independence are key, he says, and more critical than ever is having those debates and thinking for yourself on all the available information rather than the spin. His ask is that anyone who knows people still watching these programmes shares his videos with them.
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Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hi everyone

Hi everyone. Control in the information space is vital for the militarization agenda of the European Union. And here in Ireland, the establishment have enabled alloy in radio tele-sharing, RTÉ, which was gifted over 725 million euro of Irish public money to pursue and push the establishment's agenda. Now, in the last day, there was one of these propaganda piece on RTÉ. This was on RTÉ's so-called flagship current affairs and political program.

This was Primetime and involved the presenter, Sarah McInerney, and her two guests, Neale Richmond of Fine Gael TD, who is a minister tasked with giving Irish money away in so-called international aid, now in record amounts. And also, there was Dr. Ulrike Franke. She is a member of the European Council of Foreign Relations. Now, this is a think tank. A think tank that pursues the security and defense policies.

And they're engaged with so many public officials, ex-European Commissioners, ex-Prime Ministers of European Union, and also so many big corporation donors. They were founded back in 2007 by the Open Society Foundation. This was the organization set up by George Soros. George Soros is a multi-billionaire. He's recently handed over the reins of this organization to his younger son, Alexander Soros.

And they have set up this organization to pursue their own ideological beliefs, their own liberal, neoliberal beliefs as well. And so much for his claims for human rights, transparency, freedom of speech, democracy. When absolutely this is anti-democratic because what this involves is these billionaires controlling public policy. And what was really fascinating with this organization is the fact that back in June they had an invitation only gathering. And this is at their annual meeting where they bring together.

Europe's most influential policy heads of state and European Commissioners and many public policy officials. And then where they have confidential conversations and discussions on geopolitics and security and defense and other issues. And this is under of course the Chatham House rules where it's not disclosed. We all know about those secret meetings like the Bilderberg Group and many of those others where the billionaires come together with the politicians and they hatch plans in terms of controlling their profits and at the same time.

Controlling the population

Controlling the population. One of the meetings that were for discussion at this was called engaging or disengaging from Russia, Europe's dilemma. Interesting, isn't it? And also they broke afterwards for a bit of relaxation to watch the England and Croatia soccer match from the World Cup. But this has a big Irish involvement and what is really really revealing with this is who's on this list from Ireland. Who are the members of the European Council of Foreign Relations from.

Ireland? We have Lucinda Creighton. Lucinda Creighton is the CEO of Vulcan Consulting. Now of course she was previous Fine Gael Minister and Minister for European Affairs. I was also Vice President of the European People's Party. There we go, Lucinda Creighton. She's also columnist with the Sunday Business Post. Also there's Bridget Laffan who is the chairperson of University of Limerick and very much into pushing the war in Ukraine and pushing the agenda essentially of the warm militarization and the warmongering.

Across Europe. And also Dame Louise Richardson of the British Empire. Now, she is the ex uh chair of the Security Council station that was held a number of years ago on Irish neutrality. And we all know what that led to. That was just a front for getting rid of what's left of Irish neutrality. We can see that with a fast-tracked bill to erode the Irish triple lock. So, this organization was bankrolled by George Soros. It's also bankrolled by.

Other foundations including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What could go wrong? Also a Carnegie Foundation along with another number of groups and corporations. So, 73% of its funding comes across through these organizations. And it even gets worse because the Irish government contributes towards this as well because 22% comes from the EU and national governments. Shows you how it works, doesn't it? In terms of pushing the policies of the states coming behind these big organizations and entities pushing the.

Agenda, pushing the narrative and part of these carefully crafted debate on so-called mainstream media. But in this discussion, Dr. Ulrike Franke spoke about that Europe would be better if it was just one country. Interesting, isn't it? If the European Union was one single country and one national media across a supernational state according to Dr. Ulrike Franke, then perhaps people would wake up earlier to these hybrid attacks that are taking place on European soil.

Agenda, pushing the narrative and part of these carefully crafted debate on so-called mainstream media

Here we go

Here we go. This is what it's all about, isn't it? Pushing this agenda. So much for Soros's claim of transparency, human rights, and openness. This really shows you the danger of having these billionaires involved in policies. But this is the way corporations control the narrative in terms of involving themselves with these organizations and so-called on their scale of philanthropy to try and claim and they're helping people in terms of human rights, in terms of justice, and.

Free speech, and all these sort of noble requirements that have been pushed by these organizations. But they're not at all because they're complete opposite and this is proven the fact in terms of what European Union is driving towards and what people, for instance, being platformed on our so-called public service broadcaster are extolling the virtues of. So it's important to cut behind the nonsense and the spin that we see through RT and who's controlling the narrative. I suppose in the words of.

James Connolly, he spoke about governments in hyper-capitalist societies are nothing but committees of the rich, which is the same as these agendas being pursued by people like Soros and others on other sides pursuing an agenda to boost their profits rather than look after the needs of ordinary working people. That's why our sovereignty is key. That's why our independence is key. But what's even more important, critically now than ever, is to have those critical debates and discussions and think for yourself.

Based on all the information that's available, not the nonsense that's being spilled out on these propagandas. So if you know anybody who continues to watch these programs, please share your videos with my videos to them and let them know exactly what's going on and what sort of stuff they're being fed because the more people are waking up to this nonsense and the more people will be aware of what's taking place across our society. So thanks so much for all the support of.

My videos, really appreciate them. And thanks again for all the shares and hypes as well. So from Dublin saying even so long for now, see you all soon.

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