Hello, my name is Gaibhin and I am a whistleblower. I was an Assistant Chief Officer in the Irish Prison Service until I was forced to retire in 2024. My disclosures, including management collusion of drug trafficking into prisons, gross mismanagement, embezzlement, wilful waste of taxpayers money, targeting of whistleblowers, collusion in the rape of a prisoner, collision in fabricating evidence, cover up of torture, fraud and serious food safety breaches have all been covered up to protect the guilty. As a result of being honest, conscientious and disclosing wrongdoing my employer The Irish Prison Service/Department of Justice have used vast amounts of taxpayers cash to destroy my family and me. I was targeted within weeks of disclosing to the Minister of Justice in December 2018 and I battled a 5 year sinister coordinated campaign of penalisations, humiliations, deprivations, harassments, endangerment and other penalisations. The Irish Government has delayed and watered down EU legislation and in doing so offers no protection for those who make “protected” disclosures. Whistleblowers are on our own, out on a limb. There is no free legal aid for whistleblowers, just for criminals and the civil servants who target whistleblowers. The last 7 years have taken an enormous toll on my wellbeing and my loved ones, as it does with all whistleblowers. Any monies raised will be solely used for legal services. I will repay all monies raised to charity when I prove my case and justice has been done. you have my word that it will be used to help others who find themselves penalised for disclosing wrongdoing. The cost of a cup of coffee would be greatly appreciated or even the time to share this appeal on social media ❤️