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Scandinavian Airlines released a despicable advert in which they claimed NOTHING was Scandinavian, they should be ashamed of their culture and they need mass immigration. This is treasonous level propaganda

UN Slams Garda Tactics as Kelly & O’Callaghan Push Crackdown on Fuel Protesters: Is Big Jim Making a Big Mistake? Éamon Ó Murchú In a blatant display of state intimidation, Garda Commissioner Justin Kelly has unleashed dedicated "incident rooms" across all four Garda regions to hunt down participants in the recent fuel demonstrations that exposed the depth of public frustration across Ireland. While Kelly and Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan loudly condemn "appalling behaviour" and label online critics as "anonymous cowards," they completely ignore the real story: the heavy-handed, aggressive tactics that turned peaceful demonstrations into ugly clashes. Hard-working farmers, truckers, and ordinary families, driven to the brink by crippling fuel prices, took to the streets in a legitimate stand against government policies that are making life unaffordable for millions. These weren’t violent riots, they were determined but largely peaceful demonstrations. Yet they were met with Public Order Units, pepper spray, physical drag-aways, towed vehicles, and even the deployment of the Defence Forces to smash through protest lines at places like the Whitegate oil refinery. The government's declaration of an "exceptional event" and its rush to militarise the response revealed their contempt for citizens exercising their basic right to protest economic pain. Furthermore, the establishment’s refusal to meet with the protest organisers, using the excuse that they would only engage with "registered groups", only deepened that contempt. Even the president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Association (ICSA), Mr Sean McNamara, who was himself one of the organisers, was denied entry to any meetings. "The authorities response was to treat these protesters like dangerous agitators". UN human rights experts have recently strongly criticised Ireland’s Gardaí for expanding the use of “double-strength” pepper spray and other less-lethal weapons, warning that such equipment poses grave risks of human rights violations during peaceful assemblies. They highlighted cases of these aggressive tools being used against peaceful protesters, causing injuries and undermining de-escalation, further proof that the state’s heavy-handed approach is both disproportionate and dangerous. Is it really surprising that raw anger boiled over when people watched their livelihoods being crushed while gardai and the military cleared their demonstrations? Clearly targeting individual officers crosses a line and deserves proportionate response, but the real scandal is how the state’s own disproportionate force and refusal to address soaring costs provoked the very tension they now decry. Kelly calls it “really serious” and promises aggressive prosecutions, while pushing for even tougher laws to shield “critical infrastructure.” O’Callaghan piles on, hoping convictions will scare people into silence. This punitive crackdown, complete with special investigation teams and calls for new legislation, isn’t about justice. It’s about sending a chilling message: 'Dare to demonstrate against government failure, and we’ll come after you'. The fuel protesters weren’t the problem, they were the symptom of deep discontent over energy policy, excise duties, and a cost-of-living crisis that politicians have ignored for too long. By choosing overwhelming force over dialogue, the authorities have only proven the protesters’ point: ordinary people’s voices are being silenced while their pockets are emptied. True leadership would tackle the root causes instead of criminalising citizens who had the courage to highlight them. Ireland’s fuel protesters deserve respect for standing up, not a witch-hunt designed to deter future demonstrations. The public and indeed the world is watching, and many are rightly siding with those who dared to say enough is enough. One question still remains: Is Big Jim Making a Big mistake?

Limerick City and County Council flyer for Riverfest. Do you notice anything? 🤷🏿‍♂️

@JakeFitzsimons Unusually polite. 😅

Q: "Do you think children can consent to sterilization?" A: "Yes."

Congrats fine Gael

C WORD VS N WORD Screwy liberal scoffs at anti-White racism

"Arrogant female cop gets arrested". Why did I automatically know she would look and sound exactly like she do.😅

Masked student yells at Tommy Robinson for spreading “hatred.” “Your opinion fuels hatred… I get that you have your opinion, and I have mine.” “And your opinion is wrong.”

@SuzieD755164 Did you mean 'con'?😅

Misspelling there, sorry! Could have been worser though.

Cone On Eileen for a new diverse generation. Nice take from Jabber @CullisWilliam. Please give them a follow.

@EireGalloglaigh @AhernHerbe8277 @rtetwip @MichaelC_IND_TD @RTEOne @independent_ire Ffs it doesn't literally mean full as in nobody can move. It means our housing is full, our schools are full, our GPS ar full, our our dentists are full, our prisons are full etc etc etc. We could easily fit another 100 million people by your mental logic and 50 in your house🤦‍♂️

@AhernHerbe8277 @rtetwip @MichaelC_IND_TD @RTEOne @independent_ire Loads of room for more state housing though. The Irish is Full crowd are suspiciously quiet about that.

Independent Ireland Leader @MichaelC_IND_TD outlines why his party holds the view that Ireland is full. Rebroadcasts at 23:05 tonight on @rteone

@SineadOS1 We're bottom of the pile and this graph demonstrates that perfectly. 👏

The protests in Ireland are not about just fuel! They are about the distance between Ireland on this graph and every other modern and developed economy. Ireland is second wealthiest but gets waaaaay less than any other country for that wealth. By a golden mile. That visual gap in this graph? That’s what people are protesting. It’s a lack of infrastructure and the everyday enshittification of services, the economy, and the additional difficulty of trying to live, relative to peers in any other country. It also highlights why people don’t get uniformly listened to! - because there is no government architecture to engage meaningfully across this huge gap. That gap is a three hour drive to work in traffic, a 14 month wait for an MRI, buses that don’t arrive, trains that don’t exist, schools that have no places for your kids, houses that are unaffordable, pubs that close before midnight, €12 sandwiches, expensive fuel. People feel this gap, even if they can’t explain it precisely. And that builds into resentment, and ultimately protest. Fuel just happened to be the next thing that could be pointed to, today.

@kevk37 No prices.... must be cheap as gourmet chips.😂😂

They're banning comments again. But lovely of the club asking local businesses to back em and talking about the local community to get rid of local people to bring in a chipper from Galway.

@doubledub48 @paddycosgrave Dear.dear.dear Whiney Briney take your pills, its our own fault that we pay high excise duty, carbon tax, vat, Better energy levy, NORA levy. Please stop being so gullible and parroting government excuses again

@paddycosgrave They should protest at the US Embassy & Shannon Our weak government will bend the knee then in fear of Dictator Donalds wrath , after all it is he causing the rise in fuel, instead they would rather endanger people and actually make the crisis worse, fuel stations in west empty

Here’s more detail on how I think the fuel protestors can be even more strategic and effective. During the fuel protest, it’s important to know the rich and powerful in Ireland can mostly work from home. They don’t need to be physically present in their offices. That’s not the case for a great many people. Shutting major roads is more of an inconvenience to workers like nurses and teachers who need to be physically present in classrooms, hospitals etc. The fuel protestors could be even more effective if they shut key roads in and out of places where the richest and most powerful largely live: D4 and D6, Dalkey, Killiney, and Howth; and then where those people mostly work, D2. With four tractors alone you could all but blockade Sandymount or Ranelagh, Shrewsbury Road or Kildare Street. On another front: Major multinational manufacturing plants and parks are dispersed across the country. They are therefore more easily accessible to fuel protestors. Blocking a small number of huge manufacturing sites would disrupt the profits of the most powerful lobby in the ear of the current government: American MNCs. Again, you just need to be strategic and target the very biggest ones. You could also be a bit French about things and spread slurry on key buildings around Dublin containing lobby groups or organisations most connected to the surge in fuel prices. These might include the American Chamber of Commerce (Wilton Place) and the American Embassy (Ballsbridge) - and of course Shannon Airport which is used for the attacks on Iran by the United States. By strategically targeting the richest and most powerful, who almost exclusively control the government, you are more likely to win more hearts and minds of nurses, teachers and everyone else in the country. You also need fewer tractors and trucks to pull it off. And finally by dispersing across the country, as opposed to largely concentrating in one area, it’s even harder for the government to stop it.

“We should look after our own people in our own country” ..Coleman’s front bum immediately got all twitchy and sweaty..😆

@w1ckzy0 @pl_european @real_eire You think you're clever but come across as retarded. 😅 You think you're psychic but come across as retarded. 😅 You must be extremely retarded. 😅

@BColin1643334 @pl_european @real_eire Clearly pal, Gowan what positive benefit are these stupid “protests” giving to everyone ??? If you think this is going to change the price of fuel, which is rising across the ENTIRE WORLD then your clearly a deluded retard Fucking spastic go get a job pal

According to maps most of the motorways into Dublin have heavy traffic or blocked due to the fuel protest. This protest is bigger than anyone expected.

@JP_Mc_C Protests work by causing disruptions, then negotiations usually happen.

@BColin1643334 I am not sure how this protest works.

I am not sure how this fuel protest helps.

@w1ckzy0 @pl_european @real_eire Fucking hell that's the most retarded tweet I've seen for a long time. Congratulations 🎊

@BColin1643334 @pl_european @real_eire No it’s called being contradictory, It’s like me saying food is too expensive and then fucking all the food I have into the bin as retaliation It’s retarted and anyone particiapating needs to get off benefits and get a real job