Dublin woman confronts the foreigners who tried to steal from her handbag on Parnell Square. She said they subsequently scurried down the Rutland Place lane.

When asked why she didn't request assistance from anyone, she replied that there are not many Irish people around in general on the north side of the city and that plenty of people passed by but nobody asked if she needed help even though she was shouting. She added that thankfully she could handle herself but it was other women and the elderly she worried about.

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"On reflection [on the Spire],I recognised that it was at least an honest statement of the Republics state of mind after its prudent self-effacement during the Northern War & during the past-effacing enrichment of the Celtic Tiger boom. It stood for, represented, & said Nothing."

Desmond Fennell in his 2007 article on the Spire, found in "Ireland After the End of Western Civilization"

Talked a bit about Spire design before here

"My personal opinion is they want to get rid of the indigenous Irish people and they're going to breed us out. We're going to be like the American Indians. We're going to be like the Aborigines and we're going to be a rare species. And in my mind, the Irish people are the most important people in the world...but this country is being destroyed by the government bringing in all these migrant men."

-Joan, a local community activist speaking at the East Wall Says No rally on Wednesday.

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Investigations underway after 3 people wearing balaclavas started a number of fires at the former Gaelscoil Uí Ríordáin building in Ballincollig last night.

The school which has lain vacant for over a decade on the outskirts of Cork city was being redeveloped to house up to 94 Ukrainian refugees.

The property owners had previously been refused planning permission to develop apartments on the site but is now availing of a change in the planning legislation which allows for the conversion of schools to residential accommodation to house Ukrainian people only.

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Dublin woman tells a couple of foreign men who had been stalking her and her friend down the quays after a night out in the city to fuck off.

The woman told her followers on tiktok that the men had been following them for 15 minutes after hassling them at a bus stop.

At one point the women told the men to walk ahead of them but a few minutes later she said they came back around a corner after them, at which point one of the women started recording them while her friend warned them off.

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She came all the way here from Brazil to try to realise her dream of not being around Irish people but acts like it's us imposing on her.

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Jungle Albert integrating well since we last saw him promoting the #IrelandForAll campaign for the NGOs.

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If gardaí thought arresting two protesters in Ballybrack yesterday would help calm things down, I think they misjudged the situation. If they meant to do the opposite, it worked.

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Human rights are under attack in Ballybrack.

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Footage of how tensions were escalated in Ballybrack this evening — three arrests of protesters with one elderly man being turfed into a van head-first.

They had at least four Garda vans on standby and locals were saying there was triple the number of gardaí that are usually there. They even had an armed support unit.

Looks like they were geared up to break up the peaceful protest by force one way or another.

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Is it any wonder resignations in the Garda are at an all time high when women and children are being stalked in Dublin city but Drew Harris' priority is pitting gardaí against peaceful protesters opposed to Ballybrack being turned into the same dangerous kip he's allowed Dublin to become?

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Dubliner gives some of our well-fed Roma gypsy guests a lesson in basic manners.

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Angry reactions in Sligo as 24 Ukrainian families are moved into their new rapid build modular homes in Doorly Park while locals question why the Government can't provide the same level of support for Irish people in need.

Noel 'Mousey' Jinks from Mullaghmore, who joined Niall Delaney in the Ocean FM studio, told him that last year he had a stroke and almost died because it took six weeks to get him into a surgery because the health care system is under so much pressure.

"We're being treated like were nobodies."

Facebook comments can be read here.

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Says something when even our hibernophobic Brazilian guest finds the underrepresentation of Irish people in Irish adverts peculiar.

Check out @IrishAdverts for more information about this phenomenon (or @BillTroy7 on twitter).

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The 'obscene' banner she demanded gardaí remove reads 'There are only two genders: male & female' 😂

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Men armed with with tools attempt to break into a property on the North Circular Road in Dublin 1 a few doors up from the Hogan's Stand pub in the shadow of Croke Park. One man can be seen holding a slash hook. Fitzgibbon Street Garda Station is just around the corner. The area has one of the largest migrant populations in Ireland.

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