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ARE WE WATCHING BRITAIN’S PAEDOPHILE GROOMING-GANG SCANDAL UNFOLD IN IRELAND — WITH THE VICTIMS BEING CHILDREN IN TUSLA CARE?
In an opinion piece in today’s Irish Mail, Brenda Power warns of a shocking child-safety scandal involving vulnerable children in State care being ators while the authorities responsible for protecting them struggle to keep them safe.
Under the headline “Grooming gangs are the real threat, not grannies”, Power focuses on three cases involving teenagers in State care which recently came before High Court judge Mr Justice John Jordan. So concerned was the judge that he directed details to Children Minister Norma Foley, Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan and Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers.
One case concerns a 14-year-old girl who, Power writes, was being preyed upon by organised paedophile gangs. The teenager, from a deeply troubled background, reportedly believed the men exploiting her genuinely cared about her.
Despite suffering physical symptoms associated with sexual activity with numerous men, the child was unable to recognise herself as a victim. Power argues that this illustrates the sinister nature of grooming: vulnerable children can be manipulated into interpreting exploitation as love and affection.
A second teenage girl in Tusla care was also reported as being sexually exploited by a large number of men.
The third case concerned a 16-year-old boy involved with an older criminal gang whom he regarded as friends and supporters. Gardaí had seized thousands of euro worth of drugs from him.
Power links the cases to the shortage of special-care accommodation. Despite 26 designated beds, only 15 were available. But she argues that the debate must go much further than beds.
The fundamental question is: who is sexually exploiting these children and what is being done to identify, investigate and prosecute them?
Power draws a disturbing comparison with Britain’s grooming-gang scandals, where vulnerable girls, particularly children in care, were systematically targeted by groups of men. She argues Ireland should learn from what happened there rather than wait for a comparable scandal to become fully exposed here.
She cites Irish Mail on Sunday reporting that organised criminal groups are exploiting the State’s inability to keep vulnerable children safe. Perpetrators allegedly contact children online, obtain information about residential care facilities and arrange meetings away from their placements.
Power describes children initially being offered attention, affection, money, drugs or alcohol before being passed between perpetrators and subjected to increasingly serious sexual exploitation. What may appear to be children voluntarily meeting adults can instead involve grooming, manipulation and coercion.
She strongly rejects any suggestion that children can meaningfully consent to their own exploitation. They must be recognised as victims rather than having their behaviour treated as the problem.
Power also questions whether Ireland’s in-camera rule, while essential for protecting children’s privacy, can prevent proper public scrutiny of organised exploitation.
Her broader argument is that the State risks concentrating on containing vulnerable children through secure beds and residential placements while insufficient attention is directed towards the adults allegedly exploiting them.
Ireland, Power argues, must confront the possibility that organised grooming and sexual exploitation of children in State care is already occurring here.
Her central message is stark: the vulnerable children are not the threat from which society needs protection; the adults grooming and exploiting them are.
In an opinion piece in today’s Irish Mail, Brenda Power warns of a shocking child-safety scandal involving vulnerable children in State care being ators while the authorities responsible for protecting them struggle to keep them safe.
Under the headline “Grooming gangs are the real threat, not grannies”, Power focuses on three cases involving teenagers in State care which recently came before High Court judge Mr Justice John Jordan. So concerned was the judge that he directed details to Children Minister Norma Foley, Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan and Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers.
One case concerns a 14-year-old girl who, Power writes, was being preyed upon by organised paedophile gangs. The teenager, from a deeply troubled background, reportedly believed the men exploiting her genuinely cared about her.
Despite suffering physical symptoms associated with sexual activity with numerous men, the child was unable to recognise herself as a victim. Power argues that this illustrates the sinister nature of grooming: vulnerable children can be manipulated into interpreting exploitation as love and affection.
A second teenage girl in Tusla care was also reported as being sexually exploited by a large number of men.
The third case concerned a 16-year-old boy involved with an older criminal gang whom he regarded as friends and supporters. Gardaí had seized thousands of euro worth of drugs from him.
Power links the cases to the shortage of special-care accommodation. Despite 26 designated beds, only 15 were available. But she argues that the debate must go much further than beds.
The fundamental question is: who is sexually exploiting these children and what is being done to identify, investigate and prosecute them?
Power draws a disturbing comparison with Britain’s grooming-gang scandals, where vulnerable girls, particularly children in care, were systematically targeted by groups of men. She argues Ireland should learn from what happened there rather than wait for a comparable scandal to become fully exposed here.
She cites Irish Mail on Sunday reporting that organised criminal groups are exploiting the State’s inability to keep vulnerable children safe. Perpetrators allegedly contact children online, obtain information about residential care facilities and arrange meetings away from their placements.
Power describes children initially being offered attention, affection, money, drugs or alcohol before being passed between perpetrators and subjected to increasingly serious sexual exploitation. What may appear to be children voluntarily meeting adults can instead involve grooming, manipulation and coercion.
She strongly rejects any suggestion that children can meaningfully consent to their own exploitation. They must be recognised as victims rather than having their behaviour treated as the problem.
Power also questions whether Ireland’s in-camera rule, while essential for protecting children’s privacy, can prevent proper public scrutiny of organised exploitation.
Her broader argument is that the State risks concentrating on containing vulnerable children through secure beds and residential placements while insufficient attention is directed towards the adults allegedly exploiting them.
Ireland, Power argues, must confront the possibility that organised grooming and sexual exploitation of children in State care is already occurring here.
Her central message is stark: the vulnerable children are not the threat from which society needs protection; the adults grooming and exploiting them are.
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When you ask yourself why any Govt funded NGO would air the video about grandparents hugging their grandkids, you must realise that it is done to create the illusion that the Govt are actually doing something - they are NOT!
The in-camera rule exists to protect children’s privacy and dignity, principles we strongly support. But when it produces near-total opacity around child-protection cases, it also keeps the public, parents, professionals & other potential victims in the dark about patterns of organised exploitation.
High Court details of teenagers in Tusla care being targeted by groups of men, unable even to recognise themselves as victims, should not rely on a judge lifting the rule & an opinion column for them to surface.
Without routine anonymised reporting & greater visibility of how the system is failing these children, systemic risks remain hidden, accountability is weakened, and predators face less scrutiny.
Privacy for the child is non-negotiable. Secrecy that conceals the scale of adult predation & State incapacity is not.
Women and children deserve both privacy and safety. Are our politicians delivering on that? You be the judge.
The in-camera rule exists to protect children’s privacy and dignity, principles we strongly support. But when it produces near-total opacity around child-protection cases, it also keeps the public, parents, professionals & other potential victims in the dark about patterns of organised exploitation.
High Court details of teenagers in Tusla care being targeted by groups of men, unable even to recognise themselves as victims, should not rely on a judge lifting the rule & an opinion column for them to surface.
Without routine anonymised reporting & greater visibility of how the system is failing these children, systemic risks remain hidden, accountability is weakened, and predators face less scrutiny.
Privacy for the child is non-negotiable. Secrecy that conceals the scale of adult predation & State incapacity is not.
Women and children deserve both privacy and safety. Are our politicians delivering on that? You be the judge.
ARE WE WATCHING BRITAIN’S PAEDOPHILE GROOMING-GANG SCANDAL UNFOLD IN IRELAND — WITH THE VICTIMS BEING CHILDREN IN TUSLA CARE?
In an opinion piece in today’s Irish Mail, Brenda Power warns of a shocking child-safety scandal involving vulnerable children in State care being ators while the authorities responsible for protecting them struggle to keep them safe.
Under the headline “Grooming gangs are the real threat, not grannies”, Power focuses on three cases involving teenagers in State care which recently came before High Court judge Mr Justice John Jordan. So concerned was the judge that he directed details to Children Minister Norma Foley, Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan and Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers.
One case concerns a 14-year-old girl who, Power writes, was being preyed upon by organised paedophile gangs. The teenager, from a deeply troubled background, reportedly believed the men exploiting her genuinely cared about her.
Despite suffering physical symptoms associated with sexual activity with numerous men, the child was unable to recognise herself as a victim. Power argues that this illustrates the sinister nature of grooming: vulnerable children can be manipulated into interpreting exploitation as love and affection.
A second teenage girl in Tusla care was also reported as being sexually exploited by a large number of men.
The third case concerned a 16-year-old boy involved with an older criminal gang whom he regarded as friends and supporters. Gardaí had seized thousands of euro worth of drugs from him.
Power links the cases to the shortage of special-care accommodation. Despite 26 designated beds, only 15 were available. But she argues that the debate must go much further than beds.
The fundamental question is: who is sexually exploiting these children and what is being done to identify, investigate and prosecute them?
Power draws a disturbing comparison with Britain’s grooming-gang scandals, where vulnerable girls, particularly children in care, were systematically targeted by groups of men. She argues Ireland should learn from what happened there rather than wait for a comparable scandal to become fully exposed here.
She cites Irish Mail on Sunday reporting that organised criminal groups are exploiting the State’s inability to keep vulnerable children safe. Perpetrators allegedly contact children online, obtain information about residential care facilities and arrange meetings away from their placements.
Power describes children initially being offered attention, affection, money, drugs or alcohol before being passed between perpetrators and subjected to increasingly serious sexual exploitation. What may appear to be children voluntarily meeting adults can instead involve grooming, manipulation and coercion.
She strongly rejects any suggestion that children can meaningfully consent to their own exploitation. They must be recognised as victims rather than having their behaviour treated as the problem.
Power also questions whether Ireland’s in-camera rule, while essential for protecting children’s privacy, can prevent proper public scrutiny of organised exploitation.
Her broader argument is that the State risks concentrating on containing vulnerable children through secure beds and residential placements while insufficient attention is directed towards the adults allegedly exploiting them.
Ireland, Power argues, must confront the possibility that organised grooming and sexual exploitation of children in State care is already occurring here.
Her central message is stark: the vulnerable children are not the threat from which society needs protection; the adults grooming and exploiting them are.
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Next week, on November 2, historically-minded people around the world will mark the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, issued in 1917, in which British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour pledged support for "the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people" (see tinyurl.com/y4l2emnf).
Palestinians, on the other hand, observe November 2 as a national day of mourning, marked by protests, general strikes, and business closures. They view Balfour's letter as "a promise from those who did not own, to those who did not deserve," thus deeming the Jewish people undeserving of a national home in the birthplace of their history.
To raise awareness of Balfour Day, I have decided to add the following greeting to my signature: "Happy Balfour Day, Nov 2nd." I invite you to join me in this gesture -- if thousands do, we can create a new national holiday. Happy Balfour Day.
Judea
Palestinians, on the other hand, observe November 2 as a national day of mourning, marked by protests, general strikes, and business closures. They view Balfour's letter as "a promise from those who did not own, to those who did not deserve," thus deeming the Jewish people undeserving of a national home in the birthplace of their history.
To raise awareness of Balfour Day, I have decided to add the following greeting to my signature: "Happy Balfour Day, Nov 2nd." I invite you to join me in this gesture -- if thousands do, we can create a new national holiday. Happy Balfour Day.
Judea
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This is Josiah Presley.
He’s a son, father, and adoptee.
He has a mangled and deformed arm from being torn apart alive.
Everyone thought he was dead.
Josiah survived.
Most babies don't.
The abortion failed.
This is what "reproductive rights" look like.
He’s a son, father, and adoptee.
He has a mangled and deformed arm from being torn apart alive.
Everyone thought he was dead.
Josiah survived.
Most babies don't.
The abortion failed.
This is what "reproductive rights" look like.
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The funny thing about this is that I posted it at the urging and direction of an Israeli friend, who posited that the mere sight of an Irish woman mentioning Israeli democracy and eating Israeli food (the necessity of a laffa in future is noted) would drive Irish Twitter apoplectic.
And so it has! Irish anti-Israel folks: please do keep exposing yourselves and do so with the knowledge that I simply don’t care about your ignorance and hatred anymore. It’s so transparent to everyone outside Ireland and I receive infinitely more support than abuse at this point. Indeed, thank you very much for helping to gain attention to and grow my page, it is much appreciated.
And so it has! Irish anti-Israel folks: please do keep exposing yourselves and do so with the knowledge that I simply don’t care about your ignorance and hatred anymore. It’s so transparent to everyone outside Ireland and I receive infinitely more support than abuse at this point. Indeed, thank you very much for helping to gain attention to and grow my page, it is much appreciated.
Celebrating Israeli democracy by eating schwarma in Tel Aviv, the first city rebuilt in the Jewish national homeland.
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Trump wants Israel’s next government to exclude Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, unnamed American sources told Walla.
According to Idan Kweller’s report, the sources say Trump believes settler violence is undermining his regional vision. Ben-Gvir leads Otzma Yehudit; Smotrich heads the Religious Zionist Party.
The account of Trump’s coalition preferences is based on unnamed sources.
Idan Kweller reports for Walla, via The Jerusalem Post:
jpost.com/israel-electio…
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SHIR PERETS, Jerusalem Post,OCTOBER 28, 2026 17:29
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party accused Arab parties of allegedly stealing Israel's Knesset election through widespread electoral fraud, bribery, intimidation, and ballot manipulation, demanding an immediate forcement authorities in a statement following Tuesday's vote.
"The elections in the State of Israel were stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the destruction of the Jewish state through serious criminal offenses involving bribery, threats, violence, forgery, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters," the party said.
Likud announced that it would submit hundreds of testimonies and pieces of evidence to the Israel Police, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and the Central Elections Committee, alleging extensive irregularities at polling stations in Arab communities.
The party cited allegations involving thousands of envelopes containing cash alongside ballot slips for Ra'am, threats and violence against polling station committee members, multiple voters entering voting booths together, voting under duplicate identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and registered voters, and the use of prohibited voter mobilization software.
The allegations have not been independently verified, and no evidence establishing that Arab parties systematically manipulated the election results has been made public.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party accused Arab parties of allegedly stealing Israel's Knesset election through widespread electoral fraud, bribery, intimidation, and ballot manipulation, demanding an immediate forcement authorities in a statement following Tuesday's vote.
"The elections in the State of Israel were stolen by Arab parties that support terrorism and the destruction of the Jewish state through serious criminal offenses involving bribery, threats, violence, forgery, and the use of prohibited software to mobilize voters," the party said.
Likud announced that it would submit hundreds of testimonies and pieces of evidence to the Israel Police, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and the Central Elections Committee, alleging extensive irregularities at polling stations in Arab communities.
The party cited allegations involving thousands of envelopes containing cash alongside ballot slips for Ra'am, threats and violence against polling station committee members, multiple voters entering voting booths together, voting under duplicate identities, discrepancies between the number of envelopes and registered voters, and the use of prohibited voter mobilization software.
The allegations have not been independently verified, and no evidence establishing that Arab parties systematically manipulated the election results has been made public.
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On the morning of October 26, 2024, a 39-year-old Orthodox Jewish man was walking to synagogue in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood when he was shot in the shoulder. The shooter was 22-year-old Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, a Mauritanian national who had crossed the US southern an Ysidro, California, in late March 2023 and was released into the country after screening.
Abdallahi followed the man and opened fire without warning. When police and paramedics arrived, he returned to the area and fired on them from multiple locations, striking an ambulance. Officers returned fire and wounded him. No officers or paramedics were injured. The victim was hospitalized and later released.
Surveillance footage captured Abdallahi shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the second phase of the attack. Police later recovered his phone, which contained more than 100 antisemitic and pro-Hamas images and videos. In the days before the shooting he had mapped multiple Chicago synagogues and Jewish schools, including one a block from the scene, and had searched for “Jewish Community Center” and a gun store.
Abdallahi was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, a hate crime, and terrorism under Illinois law. He was held at Cook County Jail.
On November 30, 2024, he was found unresponsive in his cell after an apparent suicide by hanging and later died.
The case was the first publicly charged terrorism offense on US soil involving a foreign national who had entered illegally across the southern border.
Abdallahi followed the man and opened fire without warning. When police and paramedics arrived, he returned to the area and fired on them from multiple locations, striking an ambulance. Officers returned fire and wounded him. No officers or paramedics were injured. The victim was hospitalized and later released.
Surveillance footage captured Abdallahi shouting “Allahu Akbar” during the second phase of the attack. Police later recovered his phone, which contained more than 100 antisemitic and pro-Hamas images and videos. In the days before the shooting he had mapped multiple Chicago synagogues and Jewish schools, including one a block from the scene, and had searched for “Jewish Community Center” and a gun store.
Abdallahi was charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated discharge of a firearm, a hate crime, and terrorism under Illinois law. He was held at Cook County Jail.
On November 30, 2024, he was found unresponsive in his cell after an apparent suicide by hanging and later died.
The case was the first publicly charged terrorism offense on US soil involving a foreign national who had entered illegally across the southern border.
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A huge congratulations is in order for @DataRepublican and @JoshuaLisec.
Their new book Unelected has debuted in the top 10 on the New York Times Bestseller List!
Their new book Unelected has debuted in the top 10 on the New York Times Bestseller List!
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Yair Lapid is being considered for speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, KAN reported Wednesday evening, with the proposal conditional on the anti-Netanyahu bloc forming a coalition.
Lapid, a former prime minister and Yesh Atid leader, ran second on the B’Yachad list headed by Naftali Bennett.
N12 separately reported efforts to agree on a candidate to replace current Speaker Amir Ohana, potentially at the new parliament’s swearing-in. The reporting does not establish an agreed candidate, an appointment or a coalition deal.
The Jerusalem Post staff report, citing KAN and N12, with Keshet Neev contributing:
jpost.com/israel-electio…
Lapid, a former prime minister and Yesh Atid leader, ran second on the B’Yachad list headed by Naftali Bennett.
N12 separately reported efforts to agree on a candidate to replace current Speaker Amir Ohana, potentially at the new parliament’s swearing-in. The reporting does not establish an agreed candidate, an appointment or a coalition deal.
The Jerusalem Post staff report, citing KAN and N12, with Keshet Neev contributing:
jpost.com/israel-electio…
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“Would you like some therapy?”
That was the alleged response from a BBC manager to a Jewish employee after a colleague called Israeli forces “baby-killers” during a conversation about Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of Jewish refugee children from Czechoslovakia.
Another ex-employee said their concerns about the BBC’s coverage of Israel were met with “aggression” from a manager.
This comes in the aftermath of a reported £400,000 payout from the Corporation to Jewish documentary-maker Lucie Kon, who spoke about inflammatory comments made by colleagues, including “if you want to call Hamas terrorists then you have to call Israel terrorists, too”.
There is a deep rot at the BBC. It’s clear the Corporation is in need of fundamental reform.
We’re calling for a suspension of the BBC licence fee pending an investigation. Add your name to our petition below.
suspendthelicencefee.com
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
That was the alleged response from a BBC manager to a Jewish employee after a colleague called Israeli forces “baby-killers” during a conversation about Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of Jewish refugee children from Czechoslovakia.
Another ex-employee said their concerns about the BBC’s coverage of Israel were met with “aggression” from a manager.
This comes in the aftermath of a reported £400,000 payout from the Corporation to Jewish documentary-maker Lucie Kon, who spoke about inflammatory comments made by colleagues, including “if you want to call Hamas terrorists then you have to call Israel terrorists, too”.
There is a deep rot at the BBC. It’s clear the Corporation is in need of fundamental reform.
We’re calling for a suspension of the BBC licence fee pending an investigation. Add your name to our petition below.
suspendthelicencefee.com
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/10/2…
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I’ve just been for a lovely lunch with friends in London and then saw this statue of Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti on my way home. He is serving life sentences for the murder of five civilians. This is really upsetting to see a killer of Jews glorified. @CamdenCouncil
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This is a baby in their amniotic sac. You can visibly see the baby moving, kicking their little legs.
Some babies could be aborted at this age. Not because they aren't human. Not because their lives lack value. But simply because they are still inside their mother's womb.
Every womb, is worthy of life.
Some babies could be aborted at this age. Not because they aren't human. Not because their lives lack value. But simply because they are still inside their mother's womb.
Every womb, is worthy of life.
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(5/5) Mark my words: if Eizenkot forms a minority government relying on anti-Israel Arab parties for support, it will not last more than a year or so, and the next elections will return the most right wing government ever. If you don't want Smotrich and Ben Gvir as Defense & Foreign Minister, a unity gov't is needed now.
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(4/5) In Israel, a minority government has never been formed ab initio; it results when a govt that had a Knesset majority loses it. Going into one willingly when faced with an unresolved conflict with Iran and int'l pressure on all sides is crazy, but I doubt Eizenkot could resist the temptation.
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