Local residents of Roscrea, Co. Tipperary continue to protest today at the Racket Hall Hotel, as 160 migrants seeking asylum are due to take up residence there.
The protest began on the evening of Thursday, 11 January and locals say a large gathering is planned for tomorrow, Saturday the 13th of January, at 3:30pm on Main Street.
#WATCH Protestors have been demonstrating outside a hotel in #Roscrea in County Tipperary.
Racket Hall is earmarked to house 160 international protection applicants. #VMNews pic.twitter.com/3E2x9y1LkB
— Virgin Media News (@VirginMediaNews) January 12, 2024
Racket Hall Hotel, a 40 bedroom hotel, is due to host Ukrainian refugees for a period of one year. Roscrea hosts an additional 600 asylum seekers at other sites in the town – the 2022 census notes the town’s population as 5,542 residents.
Anyone from Tipperary or surrounding areas if you can get to the racket hall,Roscrea,join the protest against the scandalous attempt to close a towns only function building & hotel to house unknown migrants all because of greedy landlords cashing in on the migration scam pic.twitter.com/z6uuJIfbi4
— Speedy (@speedy_1916) January 12, 2024
Michael Lowry TD has reportedly described the decision as “overwhelming for the people of Roscrea” and criticised the government on local radio for the lack of public consultation, adding that the town was at “tipping point”.
This sentiment has not been isolated to Roscrea. The protests in the town join a series of recent demonstrations in places including Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo, Coole, Co. Westmeath and Carlow town to name a few. These incidents underscore the growing dissatisfaction among segments of the population with the current immigration policies in Ireland.
Councillor Shane Lee speaking to locals at the protest:
Councillor Shane Lee speaking to locals last night in Roscrea, Tipperary.
Dozens of politicians & councillors are now speaking against our immigration system. #IrelandIsFull pic.twitter.com/frOnQL8cOZ
— RM.tv🇮🇪 (@RealMessageEire) January 12, 2024
In Roscrea, the protests have been primarily centred around concerns relating to job availability, strains on public resources, and cultural integration.
Local residents argue the influx of immigrants threatens their economic prospects and puts additional strain on already stretched community resources.
A group of activists, named Roscrea Stands Up, speaking to The Irish Independent, highlighted that Racket Hall is the only functioning hotel “with no active hotel in Roscrea for weddings, parties, dinner dances.”
https://twitter.com/cilcomlfc/status/1745585595701665819
The protests in Roscrea have drawn widespread attention from various progressive activists, who argue that anti-immigration sentiment undermines the country’s long-standing commitment to diversity and inclusivity.
Their critical stance highlights the challenges faced by policymakers in striking a delicate balance between national interest and obligations to international human rights laws.
The recent protests have sparked a national conversation on the topic of immigration, with citizens from across the country engaging in public debates and discussions.
Concerns over immigrants’ impact on job opportunities, cultural identity, security, and social services have become pivotal issues shaping the public discourse, noted in the recent Sunday Independent/ Ireland Thinks poll where 25% of respondents stated immigration as one of the two most important priorities Ireland needs to deal with.
Notice from the Department of Integration regarding the asylum centre
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The irony of it all was that Ireland was founded as an ethno state for the Irish. It was not founded on equality and diversity for the world.
They are trying to kill our culture.
And tourism
Diversity is code work for anti white unfortunately
I remember when “exclusive” was a good word
Appeal to the EU, they were very supportive of your leaders when they attacked Brexit over the Irish Border the EU demanded had to be in place if no Brexit deal. I’m sure your country is equally favoured now that Brexit is done.
It was the EU who ordered the Irish govt. to try to sabotage brexit.
The idea that UK goods were going to use aNI-RoI route to the continent was always total bollocks. The Irish govt. were willing to f. up trade with the UK – Ireland’s largest individual national export market (something like 1/3 of exports) to please Leur Dominatrice Bruxelloise. Economic fisting.
We don’t want diversity and inclusion at the expense, hardship and endangerment of Irish citizens.
At long last more and more irish people are standing up and saying enough is enough when comes to the ludicrus policies of our government and the european parliament towards mass emigration into ireland and most other countries in the european union. Our government and the mainstream media’s tactic of branding any irish person that shows any kind of concern about there families there communities, our heritage and our culture as far right fanatics and racists is been seen for what it is, a disgusting tactic to try to shame people into not speaking out.
Wholeheartedly agree. Any opposition to political class is easy to brand as right wing. Are these politicians so shortsighted that they can’t see the permanent impact of such an influx on a small nation and the change both culturally and economically it will leave in its wake.
Where is Sinn Fein? I thought they fought for the Irish people?
I presume you’re from outside Ireland – They’re totally embedded in the whole mass-immigration movement, and have been at the forefront of those attacking the protesters
Well if their td cant do anything other than being a mouth piece on the radio then he has failed at his job which is to represent the peoples interests and ensure they are met, then he needs to go. The excuses are not gonna work anymore, the i just heard last night and they did not tell me rubbish. We are fully aware of their genocide and no amount of chat on the radio to protect their votes is going to work.
The people of Roscrea are to be commended for not allowing this bullying government to brow beat them into submission.
The people of Ireland are sick of being dumped on and while I could say alot about it, the one thing that stands out is how utterly useless td’s are. Like seriously, what is going on radio talking about it going to do, the answer is nothing. If the td’s cant stop it and moan about lack of consultation then what is the point of them being there when the community needs legitimate support to protect them from the plantation of ireland by genocidal politicians who are clearly racist anti white and anti human globalists. The whole thing is just sick and is reflected up and down the whole country and then leo coming out bragging about how many seats he is going to get in the next election. Something has got to give very soon because people cant be stopping their lives every time rodders and his buddies decide to dump a bunch of low iq illegal immigrants on peoples door steps. Ireland was a place of peace and now its not thanks to the politicians of this country and that lowrey seriously needs to be kicked out along with the rest of them because other than a mouth piece on the radio, he is bloody useless like the rest of them. I only heard yesterday wont cut it any more, its his job to know and find out what and if he cant, then he is not doing his job. Ridiculous this insanity is. All those Councillors and tds are interested in is covering their back sides for the next election.
Its very important for people to speak up on the radio so that others are not afraid to speak also.
The RTE media and government has actively tried to prevent discussion on the negative impact of mass inward migration, by calling hard working concerned Irish people far right and racist.
So its important for TDs to speak on the radio.
I’d rather be called a racist than extinct
Sticks & stones can hurt my bones but names can never hurt me
Hmm, don’t give Sinn Fein/IRA ideas.
Oh look a FFG shill
Lowry is quite late to the party but the penny is dropping. Ireland is full.
This government and the Sinn Fascists are actively facilitating this invasion of Ireland. Make no mistake that is what this is an invasion. Their actions are treasonable and they must be made to answer for this. They are traitors and should be treated as such.
Not just an invasion but the great replacement
Be careful, when the English got upset at Sinn Fein/IRA the Yanks piled in. Yemen now, Ireland tomorrow?
If there really was a climate emergency, the govt would be trying to stabilise the population, not artificially boosting it. Makes one wonder.
It would be more constructive to talk about the tangible effects of migration on Ireland rather than go off on a tangent about climate change.
If you go off on a tangent you will get into a discussion about the existence of climate change instead of actually talking about inward migration issues that everyday Irish citizens are experiencing.
Not necessarily I’ve read reports that the mass movement of people from Africa to Europe is because of ‘climate change’
Why would they move over climate changing? CO2 is greening the arid regions. More likely the economy tempts them. No worries however, Net Zero is going to trash Western economies and send us all back to the stone age. Then we’ll be hoping to migrate to the industrialised 3rd world countries.
They all seem to be sarcasm-deaf here lately, Ar.
..”You have read”..ahahahaha!
You can’t trust alot of what you read these days.
People live in Arabia, in North Africa. Tgey have done so for milkenus. There is irrigation, desalination. Lots of room in tge Steppes of Central Asia
>IMMIGRATION PROTESTS INTENSIFYI hope so — the future of Ireland is at stake — also the future of the Irish people as a coherent, self-governing ethnic group — effective elimination of these groups of Whites via replacement level migration of racial aliens is the meaning of the term ‘white genocide’, a term I am no longer uncomfortable using.
But people should keep in mind that asylum and immigration are separate legal areas.
Those granted refugee status come as asylum seekers, but there is nothing necessarily permanent about formal refugee status — in fact it was originally envisioned as temporary, and has only recently become a large source of permanent migrants equivalent in effect to immigration.
Immigration is different, but also has the potential to demographically destroy Ireland in the long term — especially with Ireland being a member of the EU, meaning any citizen of any other EU member can legally come to Ireland — this has drastically affected e.g. a number of German cities, as mass migration of gypsies from Romania and Bulgaria, as well as Turks and Lebanese, who then mostly live off benefits, has overwhelmed whole areas of these cities — Marxloh in Duisburg is probably the most notorious example.
roscrea, Rosslare, urlingford, Ballinrobe, Clonmel, Donegal, Ballyvaughan Lisdoonvarna….to mention only a few
As indicated would be my intention, I listened, this morning, to the Israeli legal team’s submissions to the ICJ (having heard the SA’s team yesterday). Apart from an argument centring around whether a “dispute” – between SA and Israel – existed on the date of SA’s launching its case (an argument that seems to be of a procedural nature and – in my non-expert opinion – to be a excessively technical one), Israel appears to have put forward a robust enough case. At this stage, it’s a question of whether “provisional measures” should be granted by the ICJ against Israel – a hearing on the “merits” is a long way off. All in all, I don’t see that Gript’s coverage is excessively one-sided – yes I think that, whatever about genocide, Israel has violated international law with regard to some of its actions in Gaza and perhaps violations of a most grave nature have occurred. On the other hand, it is now even more patently obvious the Iranian government (to be distinguished from many ordinary Iranians) – among some other Muslim countries – is hell bent on “wiping Israel off the face of the planet” – a long standing – and openly expressed – desire of the Ayatollahs and Hamas can “plausibly” – I refer to some of the terminology employed before the ICJ – to be acting as Iran’s agent in that regard !
All these illegal migrants are brought to shores of Europe by human traffickers who are basically mafias and crimianl gangs, who are apparently receiving funds and bessings from geopolitical enemies from the east. If you look at the time line, you will find that 2014 was a significant year in all these. That was when United States, United Kingdom and the EU decided to give a nasty blow to the so called ‘eternal’ enemy Russia, by deciding to overthrow the democratically elected Ukrainian government, for not oblidging to the pressures from Washington, Brussels and London, on matters about how to run their foreign policy. This was followed by propping up of a polity in Ukraine, that was very much anti-Russian and pro-West, and who were eager to utilize the anti-social neo-Nazi elements in their society to act against those citizens who were culturally more Russian. Thus the Ukraininan civil war began, and ended up in the last two year’s war, and sanctions regime and looting of Russian foreign assets held in western countries.
And around the same time, the western politicians started attacking China, by getting involved in Hong Kong and Taiwan, when matters in Hong Kong, Taiwan or South China sea are all local issues which those concerned people in countries like Philippines, Vietnam, Taiwan, etc shoud be dealing with Chinese government diplomatically. The west also tried their best to poke into the border dispute between China and India, inciting for war by supporting India, and trying to make India the next scapegoat like Ukraine, but thankfuly, sense prevailed among Indian authorities, and they showed restraint, and were smart enough to read the west’s playbook. Thus, the west’s geopolitical games in Asia in the last decade has made countries like China and Russia their enemies, when they all wanted to be pro-west until a decade ago.
Today, those geopolitical enemies are trying to wage a cold war on the west, without firing a bullet directly. To do that, they decided to utilize the same weapons which the west have been utilizing against them, since deceades, ie, issues of human rights, equality, labour rights, etc. The west have been champions of these subjects, and even now, they have governmental agencies and NGOs who produce indices and reports, often with false data inputs, to tarnish the image of governments and politicians in Asia, and use it as a carrot and stick approach. Hence, those geopoitical enemies (self created by west) in Asia now want to prick the west with those same tools, and to create such a condition, they are collaborating with those human traffickers to bring container loads of migrants to Europe and North America, to create a himanitarian tragedy, and to give west a taste of their own medicine.
In another decade, the living standards of most western nations are going to deteriorate, due to influx of undocumented migrants, and especially those who belong to one community who claim to be very peace loving. At that time, governments of China and Russia may be publishing reports about human rights violations in America, Canada, UK, Germany etc. Indian media and agencies will write lengthy reports and hour long documentaries on how minority Hindus are being targeted and harassed, and considered third class in western countries. CCP and Global Times will write how Asian origin people are made slaves in the west and even about genocides. So all the goodwill which people have about western society and culture will be gone by that time. That is their ultimate aim.
So what need to be understood is, most of these migrants are not coming voluntarily, leaving their homes and families. They are being lured by advertisements by criminal traffickers who pretend as travel agents, immigration agents, overseas education consultants, visa agents, etc. They conduct education fairs and immigration related seminars and workshops in cities and towns of Africa and Asia, showing people an attractive image of life and conditions and welfare in the west, and by collecting huge sums of money from prospective candidates, who often need to hand over their entire life savings, or their parent’s savings or sell their property with the dream of a better life in an organised western country. So it is unfair to blame the immigrants for arriving in the west by whatever means. Most people are falling to the trap set by the human traffickers. They are informed that due to some technical issues, they may need to take a boat ride or a four day hike to cross the border. Only once they reach the western country they realize that they were taken for a ride.
So the blame should go to the politicians, greedy corporates, military industrial complex investors, banking elites, pseudo liberal woke social elites, etc , who all want to play war games against rival countries in Asia, who progressed economically and industrially in recent decades to pose a challenge to the last three centuries of western hegemony in industry, science and military. The citizens of west are mere pawns in this global cold war, just like those poor immigrants. The reason why only ‘military age’ men arrive is because their families don’t want to take the risks, and wish the men first try getting overseas, find a way to make a living, and find an accommodation, before they find it safe to join them.
Hence it is important to realize the root cause of all this matters. It is the actions by western elites and governments against prospective challengers to their imperialism, from Asia that has lead to they taking aggressive geopolitical stands, which the Asians and Russians now reciprocate, and illegal immigrant arrivals are just some collateral damage to the west. As long as western governments organize and execute wars, civil wars and political instability through NGOs and mainstream media in major countries like Russia, China, Iran, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Syria, Yemen, Libya, Turkey, Indonesia, Philippnes, Bangladesh, Myanmar, etc etc, life gets miserable there, and people from those countries will try to come to the ‘garden called Europe’ and ‘land of freedom called America’. So understand the root cause, and oppose your politicians, NGOs and all war mongers.
Why do you provide a comments section, if you cannot permit all comments that do not use uncivic words? So that means you censor your comments section, and allow only those comments that suit your agenda! So why complain about mainstream media? You are no different from any other mainstream media! Pathetic loser!