Raggs wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:04 pm
Seeing burnt out police cars, buses, trains etc.
Stabbings in Dublin this afternoon - 3 kids and 2 women - haven’t seen the rest bit presumably linked
Or maybe the QF defeat has just been show on the Pathe newsreel in the cinemas?
Guessing the stabbings earlier are being linked, rightly or wrongly, to an immigrant.
3 kids stabbed and the mongs burn out cars and shops in protest. Very public spirited.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:43 pm
by PornDog
As far as I can gather, teh ultra right wing fascists have used the school stabbings as a "coup excuse" to go into full on riot mode - and of course all the just young scummers have joined in for the shits and giggles!
A thoroughly depressing day!
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:13 pm
by David in Gwent
Ultra Right Wing Fascist:
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:19 pm
by Tichtheid
From the Independent
At a press conference, police confirmed that a man in his 50s, who is receiving treatment at hospital, has been identified as a “person of interest”. They are currently not searching for anyone else and confirmed they are satisfied that the attack is not terror-related.
On Thursday evening, riots broke out in the city centre with a number of Garda vehicles destroyed, while a tram and bus were set alight. Public transport was suspended while shop windows were smashed, with protesters blocking a bridge with construction signs.
Describing the clashes as “disgraceful scenes”, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris said a “complete lunatic faction driven by far-right ideology” was behind the disorder.
Appealing for calm, Irish justice minister Helen McEntee said: “The scenes we are witnessing this evening in our city centre cannot and will not be tolerated.
“A thuggish and manipulative element must not be allowed use an appalling tragedy to wreak havoc.”
The clashes broke out a few hours after the knife attack, which happened outside to an Irish-medium primary school, Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire. Labour Party senator Marie Sherlock saying that children had been queuing for after-school care at the time of the attack.
A witness called Siobhan Kearney told Irish national broadcaster RTE that she saw a man attacking children with a “stabbing motion” before members of the public intervened and took a knife from him.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:38 pm
by David in Gwent
It will all be fine and will all blow over, the Irish will all be out with their Palestinian flegs again at the weekend. No doubt.
It's a rent-a-mob. They were the same over water and bin charges.
The same thing, aye?
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Thu Nov 23, 2023 11:58 pm
by David in Gwent
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Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 12:19 am
by David in Gwent
PornDog wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 9:43 pm
As far as I can gather, teh ultra right wing fascists have used the school stabbings as a "coup excuse" to go into full on riot mode - and of course all the just young scummers have joined in for the shits and giggles!
A thoroughly depressing day!
For the record, I'm not on PR.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:00 am
by assfly
Wow. I never thought I'd see scenes like this in Dublin.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 7:33 am
by Uncle fester
Fücking immigrants coming over here and saving lives
The Algerian-born man who committed the horrible act last night was actually a fully legal, naturalised Irish citizen, while the man who stopped him (and whom Conor praised) was an immigrant.
At a press conference earlier Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Micheál Martin was asked about comments on Wednesday by Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who posted on X - "Ireland, we are at war".
The comments came the day before the rioting, but Martin was asked if posts like McGregor's concerned him.
He responded by saying those type of comments were "disgraceful".
"Isolated voices like that and voices that essentially are inciting hate and a degree of, to some extent, incitement is unacceptable," he added.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Fri Nov 24, 2023 2:18 pm
by Hal Jordan
David in Gwent wrote: Thu Nov 23, 2023 10:13 pm
Ultra Right Wing Fascist:
He's always been a complete piece of shit, though, so this sort of thing is in keeping with his general cuntitude.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 9:25 am
by Uncle fester
tabascoboy wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 1:49 pm
Is this true? (Conor being the MMA guy)
The Algerian-born man who committed the horrible act last night was actually a fully legal, naturalised Irish citizen, while the man who stopped him (and whom Conor praised) was an immigrant.
At a press conference earlier Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) Micheál Martin was asked about comments on Wednesday by Irish UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who posted on X - "Ireland, we are at war".
The comments came the day before the rioting, but Martin was asked if posts like McGregor's concerned him.
He responded by saying those type of comments were "disgraceful".
"Isolated voices like that and voices that essentially are inciting hate and a degree of, to some extent, incitement is unacceptable," he added.
He's a dickhead. That much is true.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 2:43 pm
by Zig
assfly wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:00 am
Wow. I never thought I'd see scenes like this in Dublin.
The Sinn Fein mob burning down the British embassy was before my time by I do remember the riot at Lansdowne Road which turned into street battles on O'Connell St. in 1995 and then there was the Love Ulster Parade in 2006.
It's shocking when it happens but the town has form for public disorder events in the wrong circumstances.
There wasn't that many involved compared to other riots.
assfly wrote: Fri Nov 24, 2023 6:00 am
Wow. I never thought I'd see scenes like this in Dublin.
The Sinn Fein mob burning down the British embassy was before my time by I do remember the riot at Lansdowne Road which turned into street battles on O'Connell St. in 1995 and then there was the Love Ulster Parade in 2006.
It's shocking when it happens but the town has form for public disorder events in the wrong circumstances.
There wasn't that many involved compared to other riots.
So many journos looking for stories and information travels so quickly means stuff like this get picked up outside of the local area.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:01 pm
by David in Gwent
Rushing through the hate speech laws is something else.
Even Musk commented on it today.
Ireland, like everywhere else, is so fucked.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2023 3:52 pm
by David in Gwent
Ireland's Green Party Sen. Pauline O'Reilly: “We are restricting freedom but we're doing it for the common good…
Sound's like something Stalin would say.
Still, Ireland has suckled on the teat of the EU and now it's time to pay the piper.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2023 3:12 pm
by Zig
David in Gwent wrote: Mon Nov 27, 2023 8:01 pm
Rushing through the hate speech laws is something else.
Even Musk commented on it today.
Ireland, like everywhere else, is so fucked.
Ireland is grand. I had a great day on Saturday before and after the match at Lansdowne.
The internet is more fucked than usual these days though.
If Irish people really had an appetite for this culture war bollocks, we'd have voted for the likes of Renua, Aontu, National Party, Irish Freedom Party and Anti-Corruption Ireland.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 7:41 pm
by derriz
Well at least we've learned of an impregnable defence against anti-immigrant revolts in future. Just surround anything you want to protect like government buildings with sportswear shops and places selling cigarettes and booze. These are the equivalent of minefield traps for DAC and his fellow-travellers. Once their hands are full of looted runners and cigarettes they're finished a threat.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:17 pm
by David in Gwent
There's some top quality shennanigans going on in Ireland, don't worry, I'll put it all in this thread.
Re: What the hell is going on in Ireland?
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2023 9:06 pm
by Hugo
Just read this on the BBC and thought it relevant to the thread:
"The Inn is Full" is a bizarre statement to come out with at any time of year, but in December? In reference to people travelling and looking for shelter?
"The Inn is Full" is a bizarre statement to come out with at any time of year, but in December? In reference to people travelling and looking for shelter?
That is a weird sense of humour, if it is that.
Lowest population density in Europe but yeah we're busting at the seams.