The Irish

well lads

well

Not great is it

not great

been simmering a while

my mates wife followed home by a prominent far right activist in recent months and gardai action v limited

look i know its not in site character to request a baton charge but

lol. Mutual of mine on Twitter doxxed by fascists the other day. It’s quite a thing to see stuff like this and think, hmm maybe I don’t really know how safe things will be moving home 🤙🏻 feels great

it is tbh a v limited set pf action ito of proximity and occurrence

i think we'll wait to see how justice apparatus reacts to this first

i think covid was a marked lapse in how the state reacted to this shittier gurrier et al element

I don’t know that it is, they’ve been banging on the door an awful long time now

well there's the rise of yer anti-immigrant loopers but there's also the general bleak, hopeless vibes that have permeated the city since covid

im not _that_ sure tbf

I'm in temple bar was thinking to go out shortly and have a look

I suspect it will have none of the carnivalesque atmosphere of London 2011

Can't even begin to imagine how annoying liveline will be tomorrow

I'm in temple bar was thinking to go out shortly and have a look

I suspect it will have none of the carnivalesque atmosphere of London 2011

xp and not to fuckin as much as drop a line mind u

this better not be because of hitchcock

Plax will you finally be home at the same time as me is the important q

along with “Why voluntarily go to Temple Bar”

I'm temporarily living in temple bar

They just chased a lot of 'gurriers' past Dublin castle

sorry

sorry now

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— plax (@plax_ico) November 23, 2023

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— plax (@plax_ico) November 23, 2023

why would the coincidental colocation of a half tan be the important q' here?

sorry now

why would the coincidental colocation of a half tan be the important q' here?

I literally don't know what either of you mean

They just chased a lot of 'gurriers' past Dublin castle

The soundproofing in this flat is excellent.

Still hear sirens and helicopters everywhere. It took about five minutes after they got chased down Dame st for herds of tourists to reappear.

God.

https://www.thejournal.ie/motorcyclist-hero-stops-school-stabbing-6231383-Nov2023/

I lived in Temple Bar myself - it wasn't a fun few weeks and that was without all of this shite - hope you're doing okay, Plax

My little cousin has just moved to Dublin (from Pune/India), got a job and living in a shared house. Must be awful seeing this shit.

Not directly in touch, sure she is fine but I will check in anyway.

34 arrests and 32 in court this morning

I've been wrong before in saying "surely the gardai have a plan and are closing the loop on these guys"- I've been saying that since gemma/john during lockdown and at every fringe event since

But one can hope this leads to a necessary escalation

I’m sure Hermann and his gang of cunts will be left untouched while they round up the people doing the actual wrecking

Liam Hogan always a best Irish Twitter follow but especially today

I wrote this about Conor McGregor seven years ago. https://t.co/Y3hYOgaiOJ pic.twitter.com/YEwvPkt6zY

— Liam Hogan (@Limerick1914) November 24, 2023

We’re not bullying people enough for trying to be American anymore, how are you talking about “illegal aliens” and “antifa” without shame go on say sidewalk hahaha

— $1000 crab (join CATU) (@punchedmonet_) November 24, 2023

second captains dropped haven't checked if open to all

The soundproofing in my building is very good.

I went to look at the charred wreckage this morning with all the other rubberneckers. While the columnists and junior ministers will be bleating today, as with the anti-trans stuff there is a layer of civil society people that will have to put up with and manage this stuff and I felt bad for the council workers, service staff, teachers in the area that have to put up with this and get little help or sympathy. I'm skeptical that this event will prompt any genuine rethink among the great and good.

I mean yeah I was on RTE all morning & all it was about was the value of the property damage

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2023/1124/1418256-rioting-dublin-city/

I mean, Drew, every fucking leftist in the country was telling you that the fash were a problem and now you’re deciding it’s true because you were embarrassed internationally? Never overestimate how Irish politicians and office holders will act faster in response to shocked tweets from people they follow on Twitter than the concerns of their own constituents, I guess!

I mean just as a start it might a good shout if the papers thought to revisit how they continue to cover a story about a creepy guy that kept showing up a school and bothering the staff there while roaring extremist slogans for the cameras with his deranged family. Just to pick one example that seems quite relevant among many.

i'm going to Dublin tonight, right where the rioting was. Reckon it will kick off again this evening?

i think theres a chance and tomorrow i think theres a bigger chance again that protests kick off

xps the library staff were left hanging in the wind, as were healthcare staff over covid, as were dail staff last month. the response has been very lax and if this makes things happen at last then great but the kid glove handling of active threats is a long time going on at this stage

Was prompted by today's Second Captains to check out Conor McGregor's social media presence. Not going to lie, doesn't seem like a great guy.

Thanks for the update.

The brother-in-law is a prison officer, one of the ones ferrying some of them to court today - someone must've found a few pence down the back of the sofa, because they all made bail.

I mean how is that surprising, soaked in foreign money just like the eighth amendment supporters were and are

Very good and thorough breakdown of Friday’s events.

How much of a role has covid/lockdown played in any of this, as a multiplier or accelerant? It seems to have had differing effects in different countries, but I can't tell how much a factor

a high level as far as dublin streets goes