Posted on 05/23/2024 7:38:10 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
A Garda was injured and 13 people were arrested following a night of unrest on Wednesday outside a site in Dublin earmarked to house asylum seekers, just one day after anti-refugee protesters "impeded" efforts to bring International Protection Applicants there.
The centre on Ballyogan Road, around 12 kilometres south of the capital, was the scene of a shocking display on Tuesday evening, when people gathered outside the site stopped a bus carrying asylum seekers from entering the facility where they would be safely housed.
Following the horrific unrest on Tuesday, a further standoff ensued between Gardaí and people in attendance outside the centre as taxis entered the property on Wednesday afternoon, with Gardaí stopping people from breaking the line as protesters shouted at officers.
Throughout the day, videos circulated online showing people, many of whom appear to be children gathered outside the gate of the property, with some sitting on chairs blocking the entrance, and some had Irish flags draped over them.
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Following what the Department of Integration called “sustained pressure” to meet Ireland’s legal obligation to accommodate asylum seekers, the site was repurposed for use by International Protection Applicants.
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Its nice to see average people taking a stand.
The Irish are being overrun and some of them are getting a little angry.
What’s a Garda?
What’s an Irish 7 course meal?
The Irish police.
“What’s a Garda?”
The cops.
It's unfortunate that you don't have access to the internet.
What I find amusingly ironic is the whole article is written in standard English, yet they feel the need, for pride reason I’m sure, to sprinkle some terms in Irish.
They could have used “policeman” just as easily, but I guess they’re still trying to free themselves of the English. They come across a bit insecure.
They also use the God-awful, unpronounceble name “Taoiseach” for prime minister!
It's not unpronounceable for Irish Gaelic speakers. Most of the country speaks a dialect of Gaelic that is unique to their locale. I'm still working on both Irish and Scots Gaelic. I'm making better progress on the Scots version. The rules for pronouncing Gaelic are more complex than Welsh. Trying to listen to Gaelic and write down the words is still a challenge for me. By comparison Welsh and German come across purely phonetic and easily converted from spoken to written form.
If you want phonetic, try Italian.
The language is so phonetic that the concept of spelling doesn’t even exist.
The entitlement of reading an Irish newspaper article and they didn’t use the word you would have preferred them to use!
Six pints and a potato.
It just comes across as a silly affectation.
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