Tag: Protest
Solidarity Sabotaged? Infighting Cripples Left Response to Posie Parker in Dublin
It would have been hard to avoid the sense that some degree of change is on the cards Sunday, as Dublin's fair city played host to two well-attended Right-leaning events against a glaringly lacklustre response from the Left. On Merrion...
Why was Richard Boyd Barrett Next to Killer Steo Wall at the ‘Ireland For All’ Rally?
‘Ireland For All’, surely the event of the year for sweaty neckbeards and fupa afflicted mingers, occurred yesterday. Organsied by ‘Le Cheile’, a pro-migration organisation established in late 2020, the rally’s raison d'etre was to demonstrate a show of force...
Swedish MEP Reprimands Irish Government’s Mishandling of Asylum Policies
Speaking in the European Parliament, Sweden Democrats MEP Charlie Wiemers has chastised the Irish government’s response to Ireland’s asylum crisis. Vice-Chair of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group, Weimers has previously criticised the government’s decision to grant general amnesty to...
Shelbourne Hotel Protests: How ‘Dublin Says No’ Outwitted the Left
“Considerable fear about losing working class support to the nativist right was also expressed” – ‘Le Chéile: Ireland's Newest Censorship Org Off to an Uninspiring Start’, Ciaran Brennan Introduction When ‘Dublin Says No’ announced Saturday’s protest adjacent to the Shelbourne...
Dublin Trucker Protest: Has Haulier Resistance Flatlined Already?
Populism came to town on wheels Monday with the commencement and subsequent cessation of what was supposed to be an indefinite blockade by truckers against rising fuel prices. Loosely organised around the haulier group ‘The People Of Ireland Against Fuel...
“They lied. They misled you.” — Rethink Abortion Rally Held Outside Leinster House
The Life Institute's "Rethink Abortion" rally took place outside Leinster House last night. The protest came in light of the ongoing review of the 2018 abortion legislation. Attracting a crowd of around 300, the protest sought to draw attention to the...
Thousands of Irish People Protest New “Discriminatory and Unfair” Lockdown Restrictions
Protesters amassed outside Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix park this evening in response to the recent ramming through of Covid legislation last night by the government. The legislation, which has stirred up significant controversy nationwide, would forbid many of those...
Coppinger’s Covid Hypocrisy on Free Assembly
The outrage both online and in the media following the Metropolitan Police’s heavy-handed attempt to break up the Sarah Everard vigil highlights the double standards of the modern day liberal, but perhaps there is hope yet. Following the disappearance, death...
The Left Should Support Anti-Lockdownism
Calling Anti-Lockdown Protests 'Far-Right' Is Like Your Da Calling All Crisps 'Tayto' On February 27th, 2021, a protest in favour of 'reopening' Irish society and against the lockdown restrictions currently in place was attended by several hundred people in Dublin...
Garda Policing must return to First Principles
“An Garda Síochána will succeed, not by force of arms or numbers, but by their moral authority as servants of the people” — Michael Joseph Staines, First Garda Commissioner The above statement is, in my opinion, a good founding principle...