My original account was hacked and deleted on April 8th. Now rebuilding it. Political communication expert, speechwriter and occasional pundit and podcaster
Dublin and Brussels
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My appearance on @rtenews from late 2025โฆ speaking about fallout for @fiannafailparty from #Aras2025 debacle
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
A good summation by Kevin of the work weโve been doing on public spending and transparency.
Getting to this point has taken hundreds of Parliamentary Questions, hundreds of emails/letters and countless meetings and engagements.
While the video paints a stark picture, I do want to give credit where itโs due. When weโve approached State bodies, highlighted gaps in reporting and asked for the information, many have been engaging, responsive and forthcoming with the data.
I believe part of the problem is that nobody was asking for this information or demonstrating its value.
For too long, we've focused on money going in and money going out, without asking enough questions about what we're actually getting in return.
That needs to change. Public spending shouldn't just be about accounting for the money. It should be about measuring what was delivered, whether it represented value for money and holding both public bodies and suppliers accountable.
The State needs to spend better.
youtu.be/yGcEs26DRfE (1/2)
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Got my hands on an internal Fine Gael report that is quietly damning in its assessment of the party.
dailymail.com/news/article-1โฆ
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Get a sneak preview of my next #MooneyOnPolitics #podcast where I chat with @duponline Cllr Aaron callan @acallan87 about the #SharedIslandUnit, #unionism, DUP leadership and the future of Northern Ireland.
youtu.be/aZAxmPmksFE
Get a sneak preview of my next #MooneyOnPolitics #podcast where I chat with @duponline Cllr Aaron callan @acallan87 about the #SharedIslandUnit, #unionism, DUP leadership and the future of Northern Ireland.
youtu.be/aZAxmPmksFE
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
If you havenโt already, step backstage with Frank Sinatra for his legendary โ66 Vegas run, with Sinatra At The Sands (60th Anniversary Edition) available now. ๐ฐ
sinatra.lnk.to/SinatraAtTheSโฆ
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Youโre a national embarrassment. But please, carry on. The craicโs mighty.
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Tool McAcadoo, Wicklow's finest pundit, blocked me after I made a joke regarding his silly accusation that presidential candidate Gareth Sheridan was some sort of Russian asset
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Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
You should do your homework before making a fool of yourself. My father was a staunch Democrat his entire life breaking away only twice: he voted for Nixon because of his stand on China ("I don't think we can sweep the millions of Chinese under a rug" and for Reagan because he was a loyal friend.
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Well done to all involved in developing this demanding programme, built on lessons from previous peacekeeping & peace enforcement missions. The MRE ensures that 69 Inf Gp is well prepared for @UNIFIL mission prior to its deployment in the coming weeks.
#รglaighnahรireann #army
Using the extensive experience the Army has gained from previous Peace Enforcement and Peace Keeping deployments, over the course of รglaigh na hรireann's history, Mission Readiness Exercises (MRE) are developed to ensure that Units preparing for overseas are exercised on the many eventualities that they may face in theatre. An MRE is conducted prior to any deployment on Peace Support Operations (PSO).
The lessons learnt from previous PSO deployments with the UN, NATO and the EU create the framework for the MREs for our Army personnel to be tested on. Previous Peace Enforcement missions such as EUFOR Chad/CAR, ISAF Afghanistan and MONUSCO (DRC) or Peace Keeping missions such as UNDOF (Syria) and the ongoing UNIFIL (Lebanon) form part of the basis of the MRE along with all other previous PSO deployments.
Last week, the 69th Infantry Group completed their Mission Readiness Exercise prior to their upcoming deployment to UNIFIL. 69th Inf Gp personnel were put through rigorous scenarios, live firing and drills culminating in a Final Training Exercise (FTX) to ensure they are prepared for the deployment ahead of them.
Peacekeeping is not a job for soldiers, but only soldiers can do it - Dag Hammarskjรถld
#รglaighnahรireann #DefendOurState #IrishDefenceForces
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Delighted to get my hands on this. Well done @IainDale on another excellent publication.
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
76 public bodies have already published what they spent on procurement in Q3 2026, just one month after the quarter ended. That's the fastest publication of quarterly procurement data we've ever seen.
Together with everyone before them, that's โฌ113bn of public spending now sitting on statespend.ie, line by line: 640,507 payments, 230+ bodies, 44,627 suppliers.
Here's who's doing it right, and what comes next. ๐งต(1/8)
Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - for Nov 1st 2026
[Updated]
derekmooney.ie/2026/10/31/irโฆ
Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - for Nov 1st 2026
[Updated]
derekmooney.ie/2026/10/31/irโฆ
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
Our @policy_mag review of 'The Irish Unity Dividend' by Contributing Writer @bjacollins:
"The Pragmatic Case for a United Ireland"
bit.ly/3KSBfWA
Ben's author page: bit.ly/3KkgfI1
#Canada #Ireland
We Happy Lundys canโt take all the credit for @MichealMartinTD announcement about Irish Govt planning for Irish Unity. But Iโm sure giving him copies of these books at QUB helped a bit ๐ #happylundys #irishunity @IrelandsFuture @irishborderpoll @ClaireMitchell2 @LuathPress
Irish Sunday newspaper #frontpages - for Nov 1st 2026
[updating]
derekmooney.ie/2026/10/31/irโฆ
Highly recommend this 2006 Dutch documentary on the great #RodMcKuen, entitled โA Man Aloneโ (also the title of the @franksinatra album of McKuen songs) @rodmckuen @NancySinatra
youtu.be/b3iRJxxcgGo?is=IYOFโฆ @YouTube
This is a very interesting, even intriguing, announcement from @MichealMartinTD via @IrishTimesโฆ and in the week before @FineGael launches its #Unity blueprint! (1/3)
Post scriptโฆ
the timing of this initiative does seem to be guided more by the upcoming @FineGael รrd Fheis than by events in Northern Irelandโฆ as the situation within the @niexecutive becomes jittery idir an FM and dFM
A reminder that I published a #podcast on a previous big #Unity policy announcement by the @fiannafailparty leaderโฆ open.spotify.com/episode/68sโฆ
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
I was on the @NTBreakfast newspaper review earlierโฆ talking about FG being a centre-right-on party (sure didnโt @MichealMartinTD tell them they were right wing in #GE2016 and #GE2020โฆ plus prison overcrowding and #Borat
open.spotify.com/episode/6kmโฆ
I was on the @NTBreakfast newspaper review earlierโฆ talking about FG being a centre-right-on party (sure didnโt @MichealMartinTD tell them they were right wing in #GE2016 and #GE2020โฆ plus prison overcrowding and #Borat
open.spotify.com/episode/6kmโฆ
Derek Mooney ๐ฎ๐ช ๐ช๐บ ๐บ๐ฆ retweeted
More than 300 military and police officers from Ireland are #ServingForPeace in four @UNPeacekeeping missions around the world โ leaving their families behind to protect the most vulnerable.
We thank these brave women and men for their service and sacrifice.
un.org/en/peaceandsecurity/sโฆ
