"There is absolutely no evidence that the girl not being given a medal was due to racism. In fact, she was given a medal shortly thereafter."

https://www.theburkean.ie/articles/2023/09/25/fact-check-was-a-black-girl-denied-a-gymnastics-medal-due-to-racism-in-ireland

The other notable trend at present is the more than 520,000 adults still living with their parents, locked out of home ownership and unable to afford the exorbitantly inflated rents.

It's not just a new dynamic. It's a new plantation.

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So as the dust settles on Wednesday's events, the only people who seem to have suffered any injuries were two protesters, both members of the disabled community.

One man attended the protest with his care dogs to bring awareness to his sister's death after being administered the so-called covid19 vaccine.

He was shoved aside to make way for Michael Healy-Rae and hit his head on some railings. He had previously been assaulted by a gang in Carlow and suffers migraines.

Another man on crutches with a braced leg was slammed to the ground outside the front gates of Leinster House for reasons unclear. He was left to lie there and told the ambulance could take two hours.

It looks like this was the main reason TDs were held up from getting home and not the dozen or so protesters who blocked the gates for a brief time and who have since been let off with a caution.

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Have you considered not stamping their Garda vetting forms and giving them Irish passports?

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'Please write me another essay about how the far-roight are a tiny risible minority of malcontents and simultaneously the biggest threat to my worldview. Also include the litany of lies uttered about their protest.'

-O'Toole's ChatGPT prompt.

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Dublin Bus driver refuses to lower the wheelchair ramp to allow a 64-year-old disabled man bring his wife's wheelchair to the Mater Hospital so she can be discharged.

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RTÉ still declining to talk with those awful people with their wrong opinions outside the Dáil on Wednesday, only about them.

Do they want them to shout louder next time?

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Some numbers: 196 vs 9 in Dublin alone so far this year.

Ciara Kelly made some fair points about the failure of media in facilitating discussion about certain views.

Case in point: Not one person sympathetic to protest was afforded the opportunity to air their views throughout the entire show.

Mick Clifford calling out the conspiracy theorists on the other side.

Former Assistant Garda Commissioner Pat Leahy on the delicate balance of rights gardaí need to be heedful of when policing a protest.

"Is verbally abusing people 'peaceful protest'?...and the actual court of human rights has said yes, actually it is."

I should have known that I had to learn.
I should have known that I had to learn.
I should have known that I had to learn.

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Beautiful hair.

PSA: You're going to be able to find a lot of people on side in old photos with the dirt because the dirt have in the past associated themselves with legitimate campaigns like the water charges one.

It doesn't mean these people are 'infiltrators'.

It means they're smart for turning their back on them.

Well said, Barbara & Phil 👏

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She's right. The shouting and jeering was completely understandable.

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