Posted on 11/11/2026 3:32:24 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
Three men have been arrested after protesters pelted objects at former President Joe Biden outside a university in Dublin, police in Ireland said Wednesday.
Videos showed protesters, some waving Palestinian flags, chanting “Blood on your hands” and scuffling with police officers outside Trinity College Dublin on Tuesday, as he attended a ceremony honoring his son Hunter Biden, alongside former first lady Jill Biden. White liquid, believed to be milk, could also be seen flying through the air toward the group.
Hunter Biden was being honored by its traditional Hist debating society, which dates back to 1770. Previous recipients of the gold medal for outstanding contribution to public discourse include Irish musician Bob Geldof, South African Bishop Desmond Tutu, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy.
During his acceptance speech, Hunter Biden discussed his addictions, family life and being in the public eye. “We are living in an age of bullies,” he said, adding that he had learned this from “my own scars.”
Shortly after the ceremony, a “protest took place in Trinity’s Front Square,” Catherine O’Mahony, a spokesperson for the college, said in a statement to NBC News on Wednesday.
She said “the protest escalated while the Bidens were leaving,” and Irish police, known as the Gardaí, arrived at the scene. “The Biden family left without incident. The protest dispersed soon after,” she added.
Police said in a statement Wednesday that three adult males were arrested “in relation to a public order incident” at Trinity College Dublin. One man in his 50s “has since been charged and is due to appear before Court. The two other males have been released without charge.” The statement did not say what the man had been charged with.
Representatives for the elder Biden did not immediately reply to a request for comment about the incident.
Ireland has long had a historical solidarity with the Palestinian cause, with pro-Palestinian flags, murals and graffiti a common sight around the country.
Many in the country compare the current situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank with Ireland’s experience of British colonial rule and struggle for self-determination. Ireland was also the recent venue for American rapper Macklemore’s sold-out “Free Palestine Tour,” which opened in Dublin last month.
The Bidens, who have Irish heritage, also met with Ireland’s Taoiseach, or prime minister, Micheál Martin.
“We reflected on his strong Irish roots and previous visits, appreciating his lifelong support for Ireland,” Martin said in a post on X, of his meeting with the former president.
During a 2023 visit to the country while he was president, Biden told the Irish parliament in an emotional address that he was “home.”
Biden’s great-great-grandfather Owen Finnegan left the Irish county of Louth for the United States in 1849, and he also has relatives from another side of his family in County Mayo, on Ireland’s west coast.
Earlier this week, Biden, 83, signaled he was scaling back public tours to promote his upcoming memoir “Promise Me, America,” as he continues his treatment for cancer.
“Some days are better than others,” Biden wrote Sunday in a lengthy post on X. “It hasn’t stopped me. But sometimes it slows me down.”
Biden announced that he had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer months after he left office in January 2025 and has since undertaken courses of radiation therapy and hormone treatment.
He said his doctors were “encouraged by how I’ve responded to treatment” and thanked the public for their prayers and well-wishes.
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Um, WHAT?
Biden should be met with tbe same chants in Dublin, Ohio, for the deaths and general havoc caused by his border jumpers.
‘Doc’ Jill: “Let’s go Brandon.”
It couldn’t happen to a nicer pony soldier.
Hunter Biden has done what no one else could:
“”Ireland is experiencing a severe and escalating cocaine crisis, ranking among the highest countries in the world and Europe for per capita consumption.
Key Statistics & Scope of the Crisis:
• Treatment Demand:
According to data from the Health Research Board (HRB), cocaine has become the main problem drug for 40% of all cases entering drug treatment in Ireland, and nearly half of all new treatment cases. Powder cocaine and crack cocaine treatments have surged by over 200% to nearly 700% since 2017.
• Global Ranking:
The Republic of Ireland has ranked as high as fourth globally for past-year cocaine use and second in Europe for lifetime use among young adults aged 15–24.
• Demographics:
Use spans across broad demographics—from recreational powder cocaine use common among affluent middle- and upper-class social scenes to a fast-growing crack cocaine crisis in more marginalized urban areas (such as Dublin), which has heavily impacted women and younger adults.
Did they pelt objects or did they pelt Biden with objects?
Nice how the ptb open the drug more to help take down the country
That’s so sad. When I think of Ireland, I think of hard working people living in a God-Blessed BEAUTIFUL country. And I adore all of the Irish authors. So many good stories!
But, ya know, we also have one of those in America (a God-Blessed BEAUTIFUL country) and the problems in our own society are without measure. :(
As a survivor of drug abusers within my OWN family, I can relate.
But Hunter Biden has somehow become a Saint worthy of praise in Ireland? All hope IS lost!
Should have shot the person throwing the milk at Biden.
Sure it wasn’t ice cream?
Doesn’t he have secret service protection?
All Muslims just need to be deported back to Muslim countries.
They are incompatible with judeoChristian values and laws.
They don’t wish to assimilate.
They come to dominate and kill.
Or, New Berlin (pronounced New Ber-Lin) in Wisconsin.
History repeating - and yet ‘our betters’ don’t give a d@mn. Grrrr!
Agreed.
Should have chosen vanilla ice cream cones
I don't care who you are, that's funny!
Hahaha...Hunter Biden, Ted Kennedy, Desmond Tutu, Bob Geldof...what a Murderer's Row of Losers!
I’m sorry, I have zero respect for Joe Biden, but he’s an old, frail man. To throw things at him is despicable.
All my life I’ve been proud to be of Irish descent, but recently I’ve lost that pride. The Irish have become a useless group entirely.
That started w/the Provos. They were getting their guns and explosives from Libya.
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