Anti-mass migration protest at Riverview House, Dublin Rd., Kilkenny City

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This building, under the name St John's Hall, was particularly created as a community centre and run by a committee which, inter alios, included the Catholic and the Church of Ireland Bishops of Ossory. It was sold off though in 1989/90 and shortly after that, until the 2010s at least, it housed the regional headquarters of Coillte. In November 2022 a change of use planning permission was sought for that building by "International Systems and Equipment Ltd." and then in November 2023 it emerged that it was to house an IPAS centre of international migrants.

From about that time to now there have been sporadic protests about this which has culminated in a protest held there last Friday, 20th July 2024, and now a short march from the County Hall to the site today, Friday 27th July 2024. Also there is an ongoing protest held there each evening, by a small group for about the last 10 days, as more and more communities around Ireland gear up for opposition to the government's mass migration policies.

What follows is a short video of the protest held this evening.

by Brian Nugent, www.orwellianireland.com

 

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Interview with Luke O'Connor of the IFP at the protest:

 

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It is a mystery why Blyghe did not take control
of IFP

 

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Well yes, we don't really know Derek Blighe's or Malachy Steenson's reaction to said offers. On the otherhand it might be seen by some as a little disrespectful to the other parties, because its saying effectively 'now we give you all an opportunity to join the Irish Freedom Party', rather than some alliance?

But anyway the take away from what Luke said was that the IFP consider themselves to have ideological/philosophical differences with the other parties, not some short term personality clash or something. But what those differences are remain not entirely clear, to me anyway. At a guess maybe:

– Race, because what many in this movement are saying is that we should have 'Ireland for the Irish'. Nobody is saying we are the master race but possibly that we, the Irish race, have some rights here that should be respected? That a country with a complete polyglot of races with no long term ties to this island, is not so good. So in that limited sense, it is a little about race, and maybe the IFP want to stand above that, and consider themselves anti-racist as it were?
On that he basically dodged the question.

– They want to stay more 'respectable' and hence electable than some in the other parties. Maybe less 'conspiracy theorist' type for example?
He seemed to hint at this with his example from the meeting.

I don't really know, and its hard to read too much into what Luke said, but he is one of the more articulate of the IFP members so its the best we know as of yet as to why they don't want to be part of any alliance.

 

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Interview with Luke O'Connor of the IFP at the protest:

Great to see Luke very much still active after his recent strong show in the local election , Luke has actual voters behind him now so he's more than legit ......he is official and on the record