That's a good point however now they will go to jail. Can't protect those you love there. Don't become a useful idiot and never take part of something you are not willing to finish.
Some thoughts on the day's events, if I may:When thousands of people protested peacefully in East Wall, and in other communities across Dublin and the country, their reward was not to be recognised or engaged with for their peaceful political participation.Their reward was rather to be called far right, deplorable, and the dregs of Irish society. The thing against which they protested happened anyway.When peaceful mothers and women said, on camera, that they feared for their safety as a result of an influx of immigrant men, often into communities with no amenities for those men, their reward was to be accused of fearmongering.There are those, clutching for a gotcha, who will say something like "aha, but today's suspect/person of interest is a naturalised Irish citizen". But does it speak well of an immigration system that naturalises people capable (allegedly) of such acts? Does that inspire confidence, or does it sound like patronising nonsense?There are those who sincerely believe, apparently, that the duty of media organisations is to suppress facts, like nationality, in order to maintain public order. But if the suppression of facts is required to maintain public order, then we have many bigger problems. And we do.A huge section of people in this country feel as if they are unheard and their concerns ignored. 1,000 people marched in Rosslare at the weekend. Did you hear about it? When Danny Healy Rae raised the case of Killarney this week in the Dáil, a colleague responded with a sweary tirade of abuse. Is this democracy?When a young man, last week, linked the murder of his beloved girlfriend to Ireland's immigration policies, the media dutifully left that bit out of their coverage. Every single effort has been made to silence people. Today, they made themselves heard. I wish they had chosen another way.And then I remember: They did. And you all refused to listen.