Anita Byrne ๐ฎ๐ชIโve been out of the country on holidays for a few days. Back tomorrow.
Can someone tell me who organised the protests in Dublin and what are they actually protesting about?
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แแแแแแแ@Anitambyrne They're frantic because as farmers and hauliers the price of fuel means that their livelihood is threatened - hauliers simply because fuel is too expensive; eg the price of a coach tour from Dublin to the Burren - the farmers because the cost of their fertiliser, etc is soaring, as well as the cost of using farm machinery
Colman Reilly@sinabhfuil @Anitambyrne except for the anti-immigrant talk and the climate change deniers and the far right hangers on.
@Colman @Anitambyrne Oh among the connecting truckies and farmboys? Thought you were saying me and I was a tad puzzled
Ciarรกn Ferrie@sinabhfuil @Colman @Anitambyrne Yes, the protests have been orchestrated by anti-immigrant far right elements who are exploiting the dissatisfaction felt by those who are hit hardest by the fuel price increases. AFAIK the IRHA, IFA and other groups have distanced themselves from the protests.
Davey@ccferrie @sinabhfuil @Colman @Anitambyrne
IFA don't back anything that risks getting arrested. They didn't support the beef blockades a few years ago either, and chickened out partway through the ones in the 90s.
Their absence doesn't really mean much.
@ccferrie @sinabhfuil @Colman @Anitambyrne doesn't mean the protest can't get hijacked by whoever but it's not unusual for farmers, at least, to have an apparently "headless" protest. There's also some benefit to it if you don't want to be arrested for organizing it.
NickThese days, though the far right seem to insert themselves into any popular protest hoping to advance their own agenda and gain new recruits.
Our local fash councillor is a torch-bearer. As soon as his name is mentioned in connection with an issue or protest, you know the far right is well ensconced.