An Irish ice hockey player, who is a member of the National Team, says he has resigned in protest at the rollout of so-called vaccine passports saying he “can no longer represent a country that has approved of the discrimination and segregation between vaccinated people and unvaccinated people.”
Niall McEvoy has represented Ireland for the past thirteen years, and was a member of the ice-hockey team that won the silver medal at the 2017 Development Cup in Andorra.
Mr McEvoy emailed his team mates and the coaches of the Irish National Ice Hockey team this week to tender his resignation. A copy of the email was printed on the Richie Allen Show, a UK-based show which is deeply sceptical of covid vaccines.
The ice-hockey player said that he was ” immediately resigning from the Senior Men’s, Irish National Ice Hockey Team ” but that his decision was “in no way an attack on the Irish Ice Hockey Association, our managers or coaches for the countless hours they put into this squad and organising trips abroad, along with the tireless work of attempting to open an ice rink in the Republic of Ireland.”
“Instead this is directly attributed to the recent bill passed in the Irish government on Wednesday night/Thursday morning,” he said, claiming that Ireland was now a “medical apartheid” state and that the rights of Irish citizens under the Constitution and international declarations had been “eroded” by the move to vaccine passports.
“Our inalienable rights have also been eroded over the past 16 months, which are given to us by God, not government. (which is still recognised as the highest authority whether you believe in God or not),” he wrote.
“I can no longer represent a country that has approved of the discrimination and segregation between vaccinated people and unvaccinated people,” Mr McEvoy wrote, adding that he believed the vaccine to be an “experimental injection” and that he would not “not risk my athletic abilities”.
“I will not accept or consent to a “Vaccine passport”/digital passport, nor will I use a Qr code/track and trace system that allows this system to be implemented. This allows for total government control over the citizens of Ireland and akins us to cattle,” he claimed.
“We now live in a two tier society.”
“At this time, I feel obliged to take a stand on the matter even if you believe its not a big deal. I must, morally position myself in line with what is right and just, and I hope you can understand where I am coming from,” he told the team.
Mr McEvoy said he hoped that the laws would be reversed but that “until then, I once again state I will not represent a country who criminalises people who choose to live differently than the majority.”