Chaos continues in Coolock | Newstalk

There was another night of violence in Coolock as the area of unrest sees its fourth fire in four days. The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has called for improved protection for its members.
Pat Kenny is joined by Aisling Moloney (Irish Daily Mail) and Mark O’Meara (President of the GRA) to discuss the ongoing situation.
Gardaí in Coolock have been treated like “lambs to the slaughter” amid violent clashes in the Dublin suburb.
That’s according to Christy Galligan, a former Garda Sergeant, who believes more needs to be done to help frontline Gardaí.
The Department of Integration had earmarked the former Crown Paints building to house asylum seekers but the site caught fire four times over the past week.
Several Gardaí have been injured in recent days and, speaking on Newstalk Breakfast, Mr Galligan described Gardaí as “not well equipped” to deal with such high levels of violence.
“Young Gardaí, some of them are just fresh out of Templemore [and are now] on the frontline [and are] ill equipped to deal with violent situations like this here,” he said.
“I think the Garda senior management have a lot of questions to answer in relation to public order incidents - they have a public order incident command policy which doesn’t seem to be working at all.
“It’s more concerned that Gardaí abide by statutory and common law than they are in relation to looking after themselves and those they’re there to protect - which is the public.
“Unfortunately, we’ve seen in the media as well, one frontline member talked about being left like lambs to the slaughter in relation to the Coolock incident.”
Mr Galligan said Gardaí can call for support from other stations but it can take hours before their colleagues arrive to help them.
“Gardaí are pulled from different stations, who are trained in public order instances,” he said.
“But Gardaí should not just be trained in public order instances after joining the force, they should be trained at Templemore.
“Gardaí were saying they have no helmets when they go into incidents like this here… and then they have to wait for guys to be collected at various stations.”
Mr Galligan said An Garda Síochána should consider establishing a ‘Rapid Reaction Unit’ that can be quickly deployed to an area when trouble breaks out.
“It’s important we have a graduated response when you know this and you have on the ground intelligence that something serious is going to happen and with a flick of a switch, these peaceful protests then turn into violent protests - and very quickly,” he said.
“Then you need to have a quicker response from both senior management and those on the ground.
“For Gardaí to go out there in uniform… and be pelted with stones, bricks and bottles for hours on end before the Public Order Unit arrives is not good enough.”
Justice Minister Helen McEntee said the scenes of violence witnessed in Coolock “cannot be tolerated” and said those responsible would be brought to justice.
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[@fordeycent1]

She said migration doesn't relate to crime yet the figures coming out of sweden completely argue with that. Its not like we're getting different migrants.

[@sectarianvegan7279]

Can't argue with facts but publishing facts will have you in trouble with the law so it seems .

[@edscannell1019]

She’s a millennial…they were raised on rainbows and unicorns

[@MartinaDowney-ql9rz]

Aha ha ha😂 u right ​@@edscannell1019

[@seekingjoynow1722]

She knows that's not true.

[@jeanninelee8821]

Now interview somone who was actually there and get their side of the story or are you going to stick to your one sided reporting that you always do

[@JohnJKelly-of4dc]

Pat Kenny objected to a nursing home close to his Palace....if I remember correctly...but the people of Coolock have no rights apparently.

[@michellegraves5098]

He did yes wonder eere they all going to be old migrants i despise him

[@dhalsim-1]

Pat's very special you see, he deserves his privileges and not to endure the same policies we have to.

[@johnobrien2207]

Do as I say.Not as I do.

[@eireisrising]

@@JohnJKelly-of4dc he also had a row with his neighbour over a little island that birds sit on.. he kicked off wanting to claim it..

[@JohnJKelly-of4dc]

@@eireisrising ah...a little bit of land he was trying to claim squatters title on..was it?...there's a video up about a guy attacking him on TV. And thats mentioned....he was attacked by some other guy too..doing the late late show.

[@seandelap8587]

No documents no entry

[@markoshea6833]

these civil servants are away with the fairies.

[@TheNightShunter]

All migration must be stopped now including legal mitigation. At the current, working age Irish will be a minority in Ireland within 6 years. We’re looking at Sharia law in Ireland in 20 years.

[@seandelap8587]

Newstalk is just as out of touch with the Irish public as RTE is from the sounds of things

[@johnmc1941]

Pat has always been out of touch with the people

[@abcschoolofenglish6982]

It so sad

[@dhalsim-1]

@@johnmc1941 He has severe plankitis

[@user-rs4rw6oo3v]

No planning permission was allowed for residential units. It was allowed for an Enterprise Centre and enemities for local residents. Why has this now been changed. This should be addressed.

[@jaydublin-wf5jr]

@@user-rs4rw6oo3v Cause one rule for the public and another for the government it seems....

[@leonienolan511]

Ignor the people at your peril,, someone please give the Irish people a voice and report the reality of whats happening and not the fairytale of government spin and repression

[@markoshea6833]

Can people protest outside the Dept. of Integration or is there an address?

[@SusanBrennan-32]

Pat have all these unvetted men live in your area 🤬

[@noeleen-58]

Unvetted people shouldn’t be in our country at all their most probably wanted in their own country’s

[@zoethepom357]

Pat or Aisling would be singing a different tune if the IPAS center was popping up next door to them. One sided led interviews typical Newstalk. The gravy train rolls on for some but always at the expense of poorer people. A Garda got hit on the head but ye never mentioned the riot cops beating a young fella doing nothing they did not realise they were being filmed, disgusting behaviour.

[@user-zy4tv5di6e]

Why are you not talking about the reason why???

[@phantasmare7434]

paid off

[@briankean7153]

Money 💰 Money 💰 money .

[@tomgreene1843]

That might be a bit obvious ....

[@klassonder2508]

Cheap Labour…

[@riano2041]

The owner has earned 38 million to date on this building from tax payers money paid into his Jamaican bank account where he pays no tax on it. I applaud Coolock unreservedly and that includes the fires and the riots. Enough is enough.

[@ttedstone]

@@riano2041 It's the Special Constabulary with their pepper spraying protesters who are instigating the rioting..

[@noelpucarua2843]

Do you applaud people burning down your property? Do you do it unreservedly? So, you have no reservations about people destroying your property or throwing rocks at your home and family, is that it?

[@thomascooney6644]

Their like our hero’s from 16 ‘ defending the rights of the citizen

[@Jen-lg4hp]

The fires were started by the owners or cops- clearly an insurance job. The place is supposed to be guarded for heaven's sake and yet we're supposed to believe the locals got in! It's clearly lies!

[@noelpucarua2843]

@@thomascooney6644 What do you mean, "Their"?

[@sb8163]

Ah! Kenny putting it out there to draft the army in, and the Irish govt have conveniently put in place legislation that members of the Defence Forces "shall not question or express an opinion on the merits of any policy of the government or a minister of the government or on the merits of the objectives of such policy." Orwellian

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

The defence forces are supposed to defend the country and it's people and the legislation is obviously to stop any kind of defence being instigated without the government consent. Ergo a dictatorship

[@timyolanda166]

Another biased interview. Parking for now, the motives or reasons why this programme and reporter choose to be the mouth piece of the govt only, it is both sad and dangerous for democracy. It reflects a shockingly poor standard of journalism and reporting. 🤮 Is there no space for the people of Ireland in mainstream mass media? Fyi, people don't just get up out of bed in the morning and whimsically say: "Oh, I'll go protest about something today? 🙄 There is obviously a very serious problem in Ireland. [In fact there are many problems, but this is about mismanaged immigration, consequent to an absurd open borders policy, and to ABUSE of democratic and electoral procedure to impose same. The govt is REFUSING to admit that fact. The govt is FAILING the very people it is supposed to represent and it is NOT LISTENING to us. On other hand the gardai must be a bit dim . 🙄 For God's sake, they know there is serious social unrest and protests. They know frustrations are vented at such gatherings. The gardai have already got the equipment, proof is they have used it against the protesting irish people. (riot gear, helmets, batons, uniforms, pepper spray, helicopters, water cannons bla bla) . It is not acceptable for this Aishling lady to even mention the spurious call for "better equipment for the gardai" Simply put, if players go to a hurlimg match without a hurley, then it is to be expected they would get injured- right? 🤔) . This authoritarian govt is REFUSING to listen, plus it is EXCLUDING the irsh people from the decision-making process. It is ABUSING the democratic procedure, it uses WHIPS , plus nudge, nod wink, in electoral procedures to impose its absurd open borders policy, with its devastating consequences for our irish communities. The govt is clearly provoking REBELLION. It is in hands of this govt to change all that. Biased reporting like this, or sending jackboot like gardai, or making threats to bring in army are all provocations to a very abused people, who have genuine concerns. That kind of provocation by the state, lies🤥🤥🤥, money grabbers🤑🤑🤑, unreliable reporting and so on, can only invite protests and lashback ☘️☘️☘️👊👊💪💪 Unless the govt starts to listen to and include the irish people in managing this problem (immigration), the issues will escalate to include for instance: National STRIKES; National GO SLOWS, FILIBUSTER.Tactics, BOYCOT of souptakers on the make That is "name and shame" and isolate those who enable and facilitate execution of govt unilateral impositions at these govt designated sites. ☘️☘️💪💪👊👊

[@kennethmolloy128]

I like listening to pat Kenny but am very disappointed with this interview when he knows the truth about what happened and he didn't put that to that Liberal woman

[@sb8163]

Anyone still scratching their head about why there's been a mass exodus from Fine Gael since the last election?

[@jacobking3211]

Whats the difference between rte and newstalk ?

[@nojabhere]

Nothing

[@iusedtobehuman3608]

With rte we pay directly for our propaganda brainwashing, whereas with newstalk we pay for it indirectly.😂

[@JohnMurphy-mx7pd]

Two sides of the one cube .

[@rjobrien7805]

Kenny is out of touch with reality and too much of a lapdog for the establishment.

[@user-og2bm6hl4l]

He wants his wage packet.😅😂😅

[@rjobrien7805]

@@user-og2bm6hl4l Don't we all!! Just keep following orders and keep the head down and it will be over when we wake up and smell the coffee. lol

[@irishmade8136]

FACT

[@barryahern6645]

a bleeding heart thats the trouble to many bleeding hearts you show them red all they see is yellow

[@michealhand1001]

The minister Roderic O Gorman is to Blame he sent out tweets ..It,s not migrants it,s illegal immigrants

[@brianpatrickjames]

Who is this woman ? Seriously, take away all the ‘bad behaviour’ by a fringe element of people and put the focus on the other 990 locals who are unhappy and ask why.

[@greghoey6400]

Can't be doing that, that's not news.

[@ttedstone]

Looking at videos puts a lie to what that woman is saying.

[@user-zy4tv5di6e]

Hey pat any room out where you live how many sites are in your community, ha ha yeah right, you lot with the money don't live with the policies that these sell outs in government make... You won't see any hotels BBS sites in foxrock, or the sobby area's,13 thousand lirsh homeless,I was in that predicament for 8 year's and the government done nothing people waiting 20 year's for the Dublin corporation to house them yet strangers just walk in and get everything... People who are struggling are getting sick and tired of the wealthy making decisions that effect their life there kids lives and the life of there family's...Media is bought, and paid for fact..

[@nojabhere]

And he has the gall to point his finger and call us names when they successfully got them moved from their area. So the Kenny one is far right also on that logic

[@JohnStrong-gc3rn]

@@user-zy4tv5di6e Kenny objected to neighbour building a house next door how would he react to 500 single males moving in to his nice little suburban area

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

​@@JohnStrong-gc3rnHe has an unspoiled view and it would be a travesty to block it. Anyway, that would never happen would it?

[@markoshea6833]

democracy is flimsy. We've a 'Dublin Castle' effectively. The British were probably nicer running us than civil servants are.

[@ccwriter8642]

send them to his neighourhood. see what he says then.

[@damienbryan2832]

Kenny spent a fortune on a court case involving his neighbour over a right of way or a fence...imagine if he had 500 illegal men on his patch up on dalkey hill

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

Now I'd get the popcorn for that one.

[@nojabhere]

Shilltalk at it again 😂

[@Lala-kc2fw]

Only going to get worse.

[@trevorknox9753]

She a mouth piece for goverment.everything toned down.if its private property why did the gardai come in such force in the middle of the night to wreck and run peaceful protest out of there, why pepper spray everybody from the age of 6 to 80.beatin the head of people for no reason sprayin councils, reporters ,by standers kids pensioner's.just listen to what there sayin coollock says NO,leave them alone and listen to them

[@castlebilliards8712]

When is it ever families getting housed in these places ? It's single men every single time without fail

[@sectarianvegan7279]

Their families will follow upon rubber stamping their citizenship

[@baruchhashem49]

Well done Mary Lou McDonald who spoke to numerous groups in Coolock. But NEVER mentioned the group because she NEVER spoke to the groups. Far right my Swiss!

[@thatsthejobbb8587]

Apparently she talked to a local football club😅😂

[@sparky769]

No mention bout why its happening,,kenny u are a elite like the rest,shame on u

[@spyspyifyoulike196]

Who is this woman, she is just a spokesperson for the government

[@nicolasbrennan5129]

Like RTE, the irish times, the independent, the journal....they all sign from the same hymn sheet

[@sectarianvegan7279]

They're singing from a sheet of toilet paper

[@user-db1xc7lk6l]

She talks total tripe 😂

[@margaretmorrissey4540]

Yeah alright why don't she take some in and provide there amenities at her expense the fact is there entering the country without identification or documents and are allowed to claim international protection it wouldn't be tolerated in any country they'd be arrested straight away and jailed they certainly wouldn't be given international protection or asylum either it's illegal to enter any country without identification it's criminal activity

[@user-rs4rw6oo3v]

The planning permission needs to be addressed regarding that site. It was never passed for housing units. We were told by County Council we required planning permission for a mural on a wall and told take it down. Something sinister is going on.

[@cathyk6979]

Posh pat kenny doesnt want a nursing home nearby also went to court over protecting animals nest that one i agree with but he lives in his ivory tower like the rest of dalkey immergrants near him no way

[@oisinmcdonagh8721]

The gardaí dont care about drug dealing. Every chipper near where i live has an army of little drug dealers. Guards, want to arrest someone, arrest them

[@GR-su3xc]

Have you got any evidence? Have you reported them?

[@oisinmcdonagh8721]

@@GR-su3xc no i havent reported them because as aforementioned they are known for stabbing people with machetes in the middle of th estreets so im not too keen on that

[@Jen-lg4hp]

And miss out on their brown envelopes?

[@UnknownUnrecognized]

@@GR-su3xc I had some video footages of it, reported, nothing ever happened, just was laughed at. So I got addresses and reg plates, they told me not enough evidence even when on video dealing drugs...

[@DavidGalligan]

@@GR-su3xc HAVE EVER BEEN IN COOLOCK

[@user-hu9er7nf8r]

Why is pat kenny always writing during interview is he braindead or writing a novel.

[@nojabhere]

Drawing phallus on newspaper articles (probably)

[@dazza4345]

Very disappointing to hear Newstalk's Kieran Cudihy call Irish people racist yet again on air this afternoon. So if thousands of white Irish started turning up illegally in Pakistan or Africa.And those Africans and Pakistanis did not want that .Would he be calling those people racist?.I think not.

[@abcschoolofenglish6982]

The Irish government has committed a serious transgression against the state by breaching the Irish Constitution and disregarding the sovereign will of its people. The principle established by Crotty v. An Taoiseach, asserting that significant transfers of sovereignty require public consent via a referendum, was foundational in shaping Irish constitutional law. The opt-in clause of the Lisbon Treaty was specifically designed to protect this precedent and was crucial in securing the Treaty's ratification in the second referendum. This clause, effectively owned by the Irish people, necessitates a referendum for any substantial amendments. Despite the government's discretionary powers from previous referendums, the democratic principle mandates that significant policy shifts impacting sovereignty, such as the EU Migration Pact, must be subject to direct public approval to maintain constitutional integrity and democratic legitimacy.

[@powerdisney]

What is WRONG with newstalk hosts? He seems utterly disinterested as the guest talks and he doodles??? Asbestos btw in the factory

[@stumble_leiner]

It's amazing (but unsurprising) that you can have these talking heads waffle on for over 20mins about how to protect the area, why we don't have even more of a police state, and yet they completely skip past why this is happening in the first place, and whether or not this should be acceptable to have unvetted strangers just swarm a community. Pat "99% of people in hospitals are unjabbed" Kenny and everyone like him have no clue until it hits their own community, they don't care about us.

[@leonienolan511]

All planning regs out the window ,, why??

[@Dragonpaddler]

The European Union make provision in its policy for ‘Curbing irregular migration’ that means containment of any migrates unprocessed and without documentation. The Irish Government are not implementing EU policy when they attempt to place migrates in local communities. The Government have an obligation to place undocumented in safe containment (not near schools or communities) until they are processed which should only take between seven days and four weeks and returned home immediately if the application is not approved. The Irish Governments migrate policy allowing migrates freedom to walk, travel around Ireland and launch appeals against decisions is placing Ireland and the European Union at risk by allowing undocumented immigrants the freedom to walk our streets. I am all for helping people in need, but totally against placing citizens of Ireland at risk from our Governments handling of undocumented and unprocessed people entering the Country. All politicians and law makers please wake-up, wake-up, wake-up and stop putting the people of Ireland at risk and having our Garda police our citizens rather than curbing irregular migrants, shame on you.

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

They're not going to wake up until it's way too late and maybe not even then. Delusional traitors the lot of them.

[@patrickshiels9382]

Look at Sweden😮😮😮

[@noelpucarua2843]

I just looked at it. It looks fine.

[@pauliboi9976]

​@@noelpucarua2843No go areas in Stockholm & malmo, Somali gangwars being fought with grenades & a 6 o clock curfew for women countrywide because rapes hav gone up over 500% since they decided to be so welcoming to the religion of peace, yea fine u say😒

[@greghoey6400]

These people get on a plane with a passport....how come they dont have one when they get off ????

[@georgearmani5867]

Because they shove them down the toilet, Unfortunately I know for a fact, because (with out giving too much away) I have been 'professionally' involved on these flights.

[@prestigeworldwide5047]

​@@georgearmani5867That and containers

[@mickeencrua]

@@georgearmani5867 How clever you are NOT. Next time you are on a flight, explore the feasability of putting a passport down the toilet. It's not going to happen. Imagine now that twenty people on a flight are trying to perform this operation. Not happening. I doubt very much that you have ever been "professionally" involved in anything. If you had any "professional" involvement you would know that these people are accompanied to the airport of departure by an "agent". When they have successfully boarded the flight, the"agent" collects their passports. They then arrive at their destination without passports or means of identification.

[@killerkev999]

Look at Leeds. Thats the future.

[@patrickshiels9382]

WEF woman😂😂💵💵💵💵

[@UnknownUnrecognized]

yeah, garda violence is horrible

[@davedaly3863]

I FULLY SUPPORT COOLOCK THE GREAT DECENT PEOPLE AND FAMILYS

[@Gotskins]

Fact all videos all over the world now showing truth...Fiction this video .

[@anthonydenn4345]

"Recreational rioting" 😂 That's a new one for me.

[@christallon184]

What about the protection of irish citizens what is goin on with the media how are they so out of touch?

[@MartinaDowney-ql9rz]

They don't want strange men goin in there. Kids come first they won't be endangered😮

[@noelpucarua2843]

The strange men are the ones burning things and throwing rocks.

[@DavidGalligan]

@@noelpucarua2843 NO THEY ARE UN DOCKUMENTED MEN FROM WHERE NO ONE CAN SAY FOR A FACT ILLEGALY IN THIS COUNTRY.

[@jaydublin-wf5jr]

@@noelpucarua2843 Actually its the strange men lined up to go in crown paints men who have not even been granted citizenship in Ireland if I not mistaken correct me if I am wrong ? Men who also could have done anything prior to coming to this country..

[@noelpucarua2843]

@@jaydublin-wf5jr There a lots of Irish people who "could have done anything prior to" going to Coolock. The strange men of fighting age that burn people's property all over Ireland are Irish. They are causing crime, are a danger to children, have no respect for Irish law or culture and do not share our values.

[@Trainsandautomobiles]

People’ like her and Kenny talking this these 2 should be in with Harris and mc entee

[@timothyoreilly6675]

Pat Kenny's hopelessly discredited!

[@TyroneMooselips]

Remember the Republic didn’t do anything during the troubles? The British army used to sing “The North put up a terrific fight while the south ran like they took a flight!” X

[@kieranshannon9733]

Pat Kenny hates the northsiders

[@hughboyle7251]

The situations are being escalated by the new black and tans. Heavy handed on innocent protesters.

[@markoshea6833]

civil servants told the gardai to run around the countryside chasing priests during covid.

[@briankean7153]

Every time i say the word war they delete my comment 😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-og2bm6hl4l]

😅😂😅

[@Ronny.81]

Not enough transparency in the government documents on the migrant centre to coolock residents

[@tekken278]

Niall boylans show is what we listen to now not Kenny.

[@francishughes7856]

The only violence came from the gardai

[@user-sz1qf4ft3z]

It was RUC brought down from the North, they were given Garda uniforms.

[@CrystalGlow-mu4bf]

Give Irish people access to a home, there's 30 year olds still living with their parents for Christ sake.

[@grahamluna6935]

In truth, the irish people have been too kind to their government. They know if they retaliate their lives will never be the same again, no one's lives will.

[@patrickshiels9382]

By By news talk 😂😂🍀🇮🇪🍀💪

[@raffles7556]

Parallel universe

[@margaretcadogan5199]

Why not speak TO the people instead of just about them?

[@chriskinhart491]

Who is this mupput talking about

[@rjobrien7805]

4 comments and only 1 visible. Hooray for sensor-chip!!

[@NikCan66]

As we have the uniparty political establishment parties we have equally a uniparty MSM from RTE,Newstalk and newspapers all with the same headlines.

[@scribble3478]

Boring usual dribble from cardboard Pat. He'll never go against his rte pals and I'm sure he's making treacherous money in this whole clown circus we're in.

[@marcsassenach7993]

whatever happened to zoning laws?

[@tomgreen2737]

Let's find out who the owner of that site is and don't give him a minute's peace

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

He lives in tax free Swiss 🇨🇭

[@mickeencrua]

Why????

[@mickeencrua]

@@grlfcgombeenhunter2897 Lots of people live in "tax free Swiss". That's not a crime.

[@grlfcgombeenhunter2897]

@@mickeencrua it is if ur ripping of my country

[@Eleanor-ec8qp]

Pats attitude is downright rood he looks like he has no interest in what the person is talking about to not give your full attention to the person is downright rude I’d like to know why he has to keep writing while the person is trying her best to give a report does he not know how to use social media he doesn’t show his face to the camera he shows a complete lack of interest in what he is doing

[@Twiceonasunday]

Out of touch South Dublin luvvies.

[@paulcolin9071]

Sick of regime

[@iusedtobehuman3608]

How many WEF training sessions do you think Pat has attended?

[@nojabhere]

All of them

[@seekingjoynow1722]

Anyone who says mass illegal immigration does not increase crime, just needs to look at New York City.

[@spyspyifyoulike196]

Yara police guy from the north of Ireland and you wonder why riots are happening in Ireland as he did in Belfast it’s pretty clear the police force are heavy-handed. I want to start that in any community you start to Recruit protesters and rioters if you want to call them that.

[@eireisrising]

How come you didnt mention, the old lady who was pepper sprayed sitting at a bus stop, or the old man who was pepper sprayed for just doing a constitutional protected peaceful protest.. you people are the problem.. do your job, what the people pay you to do..

[@nateryan7041]

And again what about the Irish people that need housing !!

[@deebee22130]

Right Pat...invite them to your neighbourhood...!!! 😡😡😡

[@TuttuManyPushUps]

They live in coolock and they don't want that many refugees placed in the area, and the government is supposed to represent them, why is this complicated? How can people say they hate fine gael/fail but then side with them over residents of an area who are just trying to mind their own business

[@maracestinan2914]

Lies

[@fintonmainz7845]

Violence is instigated by the Gardaí

[@PsychedelicPigeon]

Ireland for the Irish 🇮🇪

[@liamodroma3385]

A chairde our chance to repay our debt for our diaspora being welcome abroad including many from Coolock what would James Conolly say about this indefensible behaviour

[@robertomeara3469]

Could all been avoided but government chose a different direction.

[@tonyquinn7570]

Dreadfully reported

[@joannbyrne182]

And for more than a decade people that already here cannot get housing

[@newhollad]

Irish patriots 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@audreyh9052]

Why pat kenny are you such a crawler.

[@moneybags-s4i]

There dressed like robocop, how much more gear do they need to fight against unarmed people.

[@user-vz5vl9cd7w]

Racist Bla Bla Bla no one cares anymore wat use think Ireland is for Irish ☘️

[@michaeltravers6109]

Those protesters who show disrespect for our laws, and Gardai, should be expelled from Ireland, and replaced with vetted asylum seekers. Violent behavior is not justified, period!.

[@paulkinsella6536]

Does the person who suggested bringing in the army, live in an area that's earmarked to house migrants, or does he or she reside far away from the plantations. Easy to talk when it's not in your area.

[@EireFirst2024]

Ireland says NO

[@alanb1498]

The whole situation should never be happening full stop...disgraceful behaviour from all sides

[@sergcern5408]

Government need to buy 5 Robocops

[@tombyrne6559]

That's what us ordinary citizens are putting up with unfortunately. Our state backed broadcaster. Unfortunately the elites will always show utter contempt towards people in there view who would be of a lower standing. Utter class destinction. And yet again another very poor policing operation .

[@user-yb6ju7fq2o]

A horrible standard of single narrative journalism. Shame on you!

[@franoloughlin3495]

Improve protection for the elderly peaceful protesters.

[@anndavis1668]

Will she stop to draw breath and think