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Recently its been revealed that the large complex consisting of the former St. Joseph's female orphanage and Industrial School and St. Malachy's Convent, at Seatown Place in Dundalk town centre, Co. Louth, is going to be occupied by a large numbers of migrants, particularly Ukrainians.
This has spawned considerable opposition in the town, including two protests of today, last Sunday, and also projected for next Sunday. These are quite well attended but at the same time there is much more of a presence of opposition, pro open borders and mass immigration, forces here than at any other demonstrations around Ireland at this time. Some of these seem to be local, but swelled by a big effort by some left wing groups to gather there nationally, and even assisted by some well known musical figures, particularly the Mary Wallopers last Sunday and Jinx Lennon this Sunday. Also this is a key area for Sinn Fein, who are rapidly losing the fight in the working class areas of Dublin because of this issue, and seem to making something of a last stand here, in what is of course a border town.
Because of this the atmosphere was somewhat fraught at the beginning of this demonstration with both parties facing off against each other on either side of Seatown Place, with the pro immigration group on the side of the orphanage, and the Public Order Unit somewhat menacingly lying in wait on Castle Street, just around the corner. At a certain point a disturbance hit the anti-mass migration side and the Unit emerged from around the corner and it looked odds on that some trouble would commence. But this side then marched down to the town square, and while doing so demonstrated the fact that they were actually much larger than the open borders side, and proceeded to make a number of speeches in front of the court house steps. This culminated in a rousing rendition of Amhrán na bhFiann.
What follows is a picture of the scene early on in Seatown Place and an interview with Finbar Markey of Dundalk Says No.
by Brian Nugent, www.orwellianireland.com
