The Department of Housing has disabled comments on a series of recent Twitter posts.
The posts in question refer to the opening of 118 ‘cost rental homes’ in south county Dublin last week.
"We are very happy here. We are secure. We have a long-term rent…” says Bernardo, who has moved into one of 74 #CostRental homes, officially opened by Minister @DarraghOBrienTD today. https://t.co/ThnRIyGGJJ #HousingForAll @merrionstreet @tuathhousing pic.twitter.com/LKtkI3tdOb
— Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage (@DeptHousingIRL) August 23, 2022
Bernardo Mba Mabaha who is from Equatorial Guinea was chosen to receive the stable cost home which, according to housing Minister Darragh O’Brien, is rented at -35% of market value.
Bernardo and his partner with Minister Darragh O’Brien
Ndey Boye was awarded one of 74 new homes in Kilcarbery, Grange Dublin.
"It's life changing," says Ndey of her new home. This week 118 #CostRental homes opened, applications opened for 50 in Newbridge. All @tuathhousing provided. #CostRental are State-backed, secure, long-term tenures. Rents aimed at min. 25% below open market https://t.co/cWthar9z6X pic.twitter.com/pFeMr39WQZ
— Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage (@DeptHousingIRL) August 26, 2022
Elsewhere 250 modular homes are being built at City West specifically to house non-Irish people.
https://twitter.com/SoheSaidSheSaid/status/1562896768454774784
Irish people retweeted the posts to express their frustration in spite of not being able to comment on the Government body’s social media.
Well now no houses for the Irish but everyone else gets a nice cushy apartment!! Nice isn't it. Incase you want to comment you can't cowards turned off the comments. #IrelandisFull #HotelDP https://t.co/tGTLOjHih2
— Éire O Callaghan (Éire_Speaks) (@PCRepair5) August 28, 2022
The government, NGOs and other neo capitalist groups are behind this. Irish people are a resource to be exploited, cost rentals and social housing are scarcely available to any irish people anymore. https://t.co/Qum4HkjFzZ
— Gripper McKee (@Holdmypint) August 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/gamblor37/status/1563573653542866944
what war is there in equatorial guinea ? https://t.co/Vx1rfVrKEf
— irishnationalist7 (@irishnational10) August 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/st_woolmer/status/1563841762891792390
Rubbing it in your face.
Always remember, they're weaklings, so much better is possible. Ditch the charlatans and posers, it's that time. Clear out the Dáil. https://t.co/E88rIVJftJ
— DiarmaidOCon (@DiarmaidOCon) August 27, 2022
Did ANY of these apartments go to Irish people?
Or is Ireland just housing Africans now?
(He says his previous digs “did not suit us”). https://t.co/9dIrWfgtwJ— Jim Reaper 🇮🇪🇹🇭 (@JimReaper11) August 28, 2022
Irish on housing list for 10-15yrs
yet world can come in, give a fake sob story & are given a house, medical, education before our own ppl
what the living fk?
Irish politicians, media & business class replacing the Irish – they're kicking you in the teeth & laughing at you https://t.co/myUfH6kcND
— Na Fianna (@NaFianna1) August 28, 2022
While the Irish homeless sleep in doorways 🤬 https://t.co/KwH3CgU33l
— Alex 🇮🇪 (@brookereilly_x) August 28, 2022