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Re: Ireland
DIR By: ireland
Date: November 28, 2023, 9:57 pm
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HTML https://english.elpais.com/international/2023-11-27/ireland-grapples-with-xenophobic-violence-of-the-extreme-right.html
Ireland grapples with xenophobic violence of the extreme right
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> In recent days, Ireland has desperately needed a moral boost
to lift itself out of its misery. After the night of street
violence, burning vehicles, broken windows and racist and
xenophobic slogans that hit the center of Dublin this past
Thursday, November 23,
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> “I don’t see myself as a hero, no matter how much people
repeat it. I also have two children. Anyone would have done what
I did. When you see a big man, with a big knife, who’s attacking
a girl… it doesn’t occur to you if you’re an immigrant, or if
he’s an immigrant. You’re simply a human being who decides to
act. It’s an instinct: you don’t consider whether it’s dangerous
or not,”
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> At 1:40 p.m. local time on Thursday, a man armed with a knife
spread terror in Parnell Square, in the center of Dublin. The
students from the Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire primary school were
exiting the building. He stabbed three children and a teacher
who tried to defend them. Of the victims, a five-year-old girl
and the woman remain hospitalized in critical condition.
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> The news spread on social media instantly. The rage of those
present turned into anger and fury, as hundreds of far-right
fanatics took to the streets. There was a rumor — never
confirmed by the police — that the attacker was a foreigner.
Some identified him as Algerian.
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> “Everyone city center tonight 7pm no excuses everyone out
enough is enough,” wrote anti-immigration activist Gavin Pepper
on X (formerly Twitter). He is one of the most active far-right
figures in Ireland. He subsequently deleted his message… but the
fuse was already lit. “They won’t be able to control us all.
Let’s break up into small groups and do what we have to do. At
seven, everyone on the street. Well-equipped. Any fucking
foreigner you see, kill them. Kill them all,” said a voice
message on Telegram, from an account calling itself Kill All
Immigrants. Security journalist Conor Gallagher reported this in
The Irish Times.
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> The center of Dublin was filled with chants against immigrants
on Thursday night. Some groups of protesters attempted to hunt
down refugees sleeping in accommodations across Ireland. There
are about 73,000 currently in the country, with more than 50,000
from Ukraine.
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> Most of the rioters, however, were more concerned about
burning cars, police vehicles, buses and tram cars… and grabbing
a good pair of sneakers, after smashing the windows at Foot
Locker.
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> “The windows of that [convenience store] were also smashed,” a
woman points out. She runs an Oxfam second-hand bookshop, where
proceeds go towards charitable purposes. “They were only
interested in cigarettes and chocolate,”
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> Hundreds of police have been deployed across the city center
to prevent a repetition of riots that, the government admits,
have been the worst-ever recorded in Ireland, at least since
2006. The Garda — as the forces of order are known (“Guardians
of Peace,” in Irish) — wasn’t prepared for such enormous
violence. Several of its officers suffered attacks and injuries.
It took a lot of work to control the 200 or 300 rioters who were
bent on destroying everything in their path.
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> “The threat from the extreme-right and xenophobic movements
has been there for at least two years. It has worsened with the
arrival of refugees from Ukraine… the messages of hate that have
been spread on social media have skyrocketed,” says Peter
Farrelly
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> “But there’s a second factor that has caused everything to
overflow. There’s increasing decay in Dublin One.” This
inner-city northern district — despite being increasingly trendy
— suffers from serious security problems. “There’s massive drug
consumption in [full public view] and a considerable increase in
crime. [Some people from this area] — the ones who have nothing
to lose — have combined their forces with the extreme-right to
raze the city,” he points out.
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> “The police immediately told us to seek protection [on
Thursday] and I hid. Today, I feel comfortable again, but I
admit that I was scared,” explains Promise Enofe. Of Nigerian
descent, he has been in Ireland for 20 years.
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> “I feel very safe in Dublin. Remember, I come from Rio de
Janeiro,” Benicio jokes. “I know many Irish people who have
treated me very well. There’s a small group of people who hate
immigrants… but I don’t think [this sentiment] can be
generalized.”
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> the government has already announced that it will toughen the
laws against hate crimes and strengthen the capacity of the
police. What happened this past week in the center of Dublin,
everyone admits, is a warning sign that must be addressed.
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Re: Ireland
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: November 29, 2023, 4:34 pm
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At least the government is not caving completely to the
rightists:
HTML https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/ministers-call-for-dublin-rioters-to-have-welfare-payments-cut-and-serve-punitive-prison-terms/a745527911.html
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> Dublin city rioters should have their social welfare cut and
be given punitive prison sentences for wreaking havoc across the
capital, a Fine Gael parliamentary party meeting has heard.
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> Ministers also insisted there should no suspended sentences
offered to those who were involved in looting businesses and
setting fire to public transport and garda cars.
> ...
> He was supported by Ministers of State Neale Richmond and
Jennifer O’Carroll McNeill in calls for “proper punitive”
measures to be enforced.
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> Fine Gael TD Joe O’Reilly said the Special Criminal Courts
should be used to bring the rioters to trial for taking part in
the riots
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Actually, everyone who supported Pepper:
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> “Everyone city center tonight 7pm no excuses everyone out
enough is enough,” wrote anti-immigration activist Gavin Pepper
on X (formerly Twitter). He is one of the most active far-right
figures in Ireland. He subsequently deleted his message… but the
fuse was already lit. “They won’t be able to control us all.
Let’s break up into small groups and do what we have to do. At
seven, everyone on the street. Well-equipped. Any **** foreigner
you see, kill them. Kill them all,”
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should be executed, preferably as slowly and as painfully as
possible, and the executions should be broadcasted live on TV.
Pepper also looks like what we would expect:
HTML https://focus.sundayworld.com/thumbor/4eMnMEhHYrSOgKeogPB59VFmsuE=/0x0:960x720/fit-in/1280x960/prod-mh-ireland/53161c4a-de3e-4f04-9791-eb3b6832a476/989e8d37-057c-4021-bbc9-38f4b093accc/53161c4a-de3e-4f04-9791-eb3b6832a476.jpg
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Re: Ireland
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 1, 2023, 4:24 pm
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A good councillor:
HTML https://twitter.com/griptmedia/status/1729972573427880323
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> Limerick City West Councillor Abul Kalam Azad Talukder has
triggered uproar after he said that he would “like to see” those
behind the Dublin riots “shot in the head” – and beaten by the
public “until they die.”
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Re: Ireland
DIR By: 90sRetroFan
Date: December 17, 2023, 9:18 pm
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HTML https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12873699/Gallway-hotel-fire-asylum-seekers.html
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> An inferno ripped through a 19th Century Georgian country
hotel last night in Galway, as police confirm they are
investigating an incident of criminal damage by fire.
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> It comes just hours after protesters gathered outside the Ross
Lake House hotel, Rosscahill, amid concerns about migrants in
the area.
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> The elegant hotel has not been used in a number of years, but
was due to accommodate 70 asylum seekers this week.
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HTML https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/17/15/79056977-12873699-image-a-54_1702826874854.jpg
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> The Irish Refugee Council, which advocates for refugees and
people seeking protection, issued the following statement
regarding the fire.
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> 'This fire fits a clear pattern of arson attacks of locations
where protection applicants were due to be accommodated or
actually living.
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> 'There must be a full investigation.
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> 'Our unswerving solidarity and support is with all people
seeking protection and refugees at this fearful time.
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> 'Leadership, local and national is more important than ever.
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