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I just thought a little update on the state of play of some of the Irish opposition groups opposed to mass immigration, might be in order.
National Party
As I am sure everybody here knows, for about a year or two this party, probably the oldest on the scene as regards opposition to mass immigration, was split between its founder Justin Barrett, an accountant originally from Co. Tipperary but living in Co. Longford, and other members including the deputy leader, James Reynolds a farmer in Longford. After much debate, and tooing and frooing with the Irish Electoral Commission, it has settled down under the leadership of its sole Councillor, Patrick Quinlan in Blanchardstown, with Reynolds dropping out and Barrett founding Clann na Éireann and more recently Sciath Naisiunta.
Irish Freedom Party
There has been a lot of turmoil here too, with a wing associated with a former chairman of this party, Michael Leahy, an architect in Co. Clare, and Anthony Casey, ousting the founder, Hermann Kelly, from Derry and based in the EU headquarters in Brussels. For a while it was to be run by some four or so members, unassociated with either faction, but they didn't seem to do much so Hermann Kelly organised an AGM not long ago and Luke O'Connor, a Kilkenny activist active on twitter, was installed as the new leader.
Ireland First
Again this was founded by Margaret Alacoque Maguire, from Mullingar now and originally, but frequently based earlier in the UK, and Sarah Herraty, from Roscommon originally, and they installed Derek Blighe, a builder from Co. Cork who spent many years in Canada, as its public face and leader. Then about a year ago it was taken over, in a sense, by Anthony Casey, with the assistance of Sarah Herraty and, to a disputed degree, Blighe. So he became the leader and a number of allies of his, frequently featured on his videos and podcasts, also became associated with this party, like Martin Murphy and Paul Fitzsimons.
However Margaret Maguire and others disputed this, threatened to go (or possibly did go) to the Electoral Commission disputing this new leadership and so rather than get involved in some protracted legal, or semi legal, row, Casey etc withdrew.
And as regards some smaller groups:
Irish Environmental Defenders
Including Brendan Kelly and his daughter Melissa, from near Kilconnell in Co. Galway, they seek to involve all the Irish anti-mass migration opposition groups into legal cases.
The Risen People of Ireland
Founded by John Molloy, formerly a publican, based in Bundoran Co. Donegal, he has called a number of protests in Dublin city and elsewhere.
Sinne na Daoine
Headed by Anthony Casey, formerly an Irish Civil Servant in Co. Kildare he has founded this organisation as a kind of neighbourhood watch/militia to protect women and children in particular.
Dia le hEireann
A new organisation, also founded by Anthony Casey, this time after he left Ireland First. He is very active on social media, podcasting and youtube, particularly with his Irish Column channel.
Wild Geese/Hibernia (its not clear what the relationship of these closely related groups is, possibly the Wild Geese is the name for those supporting this party outside Ireland and Hibernia for those in it.)
Recently quite a bit of publicity has been given to this new organisation, founded, we are told, by Captain Kieran Kelly. He is a captain of a fishing vessel, originally based in Co. Waterford but latterly in New England in the US and more recently is the founder of a multi national ocean environmental organisation, with interests in places like Indonesia. He was associated with groups opposed to the Good Friday Agreement and as such fell out with the security authorities here and even states that his son died in mysterious circumstances in Garda custody in Dungarvan in Co. Waterford.
His idea is to gather some funds from the Irish diaspora in places like the US, and put it to good use in supporting a right wing organisation in Ireland. One of his main supporters here, (or maybe Kelly is one of her main supporters!) is Alacoque Maguire in Mullingar, and she it was then who organised last Saturday's meeting there in support of this organisation, with a video welcoming message from Captain Kelly. It attracted quite a lot of interest, Derek Blighe was due to attend but turned back when he thought it wouldn't go ahead (based on a leak blamed on Michelle Keane from Co. Kerry, who is now opposed to Kelly), Luke O'Connor of the IFP was there and various other heavyweights in this space. Meanwhile James Conway, a farmer in Co. Sligo who is facing charges for going to the home of an IPAS centre owner, was flown out to Indonesia to meet Kelly but has now gone against him.
In any case there is high hopes for this new organisation in some quarters, as maybe the beginnings of a large well funded Irish right wing party, maybe on the lines of Farage in the UK. As such they hope to distance themselves from 'crazies', like 'conspiracy theorists', opposed to vaccines for example or highlighting Kelly's acknowledged membership of the Masons, and 'racists', i.e. those who say it should be 'Ireland for the Irish', a concept which Kelly has utterly condemned already.
In any case hopefully this update is helpful.
by Brian Nugent, http://www.orwellianireland.com
National Party
As I am sure everybody here knows, for about a year or two this party, probably the oldest on the scene as regards opposition to mass immigration, was split between its founder Justin Barrett, an accountant originally from Co. Tipperary but living in Co. Longford, and other members including the deputy leader, James Reynolds a farmer in Longford. After much debate, and tooing and frooing with the Irish Electoral Commission, it has settled down under the leadership of its sole Councillor, Patrick Quinlan in Blanchardstown, with Reynolds dropping out and Barrett founding Clann na Éireann and more recently Sciath Naisiunta.
Irish Freedom Party
There has been a lot of turmoil here too, with a wing associated with a former chairman of this party, Michael Leahy, an architect in Co. Clare, and Anthony Casey, ousting the founder, Hermann Kelly, from Derry and based in the EU headquarters in Brussels. For a while it was to be run by some four or so members, unassociated with either faction, but they didn't seem to do much so Hermann Kelly organised an AGM not long ago and Luke O'Connor, a Kilkenny activist active on twitter, was installed as the new leader.
Ireland First
Again this was founded by Margaret Alacoque Maguire, from Mullingar now and originally, but frequently based earlier in the UK, and Sarah Herraty, from Roscommon originally, and they installed Derek Blighe, a builder from Co. Cork who spent many years in Canada, as its public face and leader. Then about a year ago it was taken over, in a sense, by Anthony Casey, with the assistance of Sarah Herraty and, to a disputed degree, Blighe. So he became the leader and a number of allies of his, frequently featured on his videos and podcasts, also became associated with this party, like Martin Murphy and Paul Fitzsimons.
However Margaret Maguire and others disputed this, threatened to go (or possibly did go) to the Electoral Commission disputing this new leadership and so rather than get involved in some protracted legal, or semi legal, row, Casey etc withdrew.
And as regards some smaller groups:
Irish Environmental Defenders
Including Brendan Kelly and his daughter Melissa, from near Kilconnell in Co. Galway, they seek to involve all the Irish anti-mass migration opposition groups into legal cases.
The Risen People of Ireland
Founded by John Molloy, formerly a publican, based in Bundoran Co. Donegal, he has called a number of protests in Dublin city and elsewhere.
Sinne na Daoine
Headed by Anthony Casey, formerly an Irish Civil Servant in Co. Kildare he has founded this organisation as a kind of neighbourhood watch/militia to protect women and children in particular.
Dia le hEireann
A new organisation, also founded by Anthony Casey, this time after he left Ireland First. He is very active on social media, podcasting and youtube, particularly with his Irish Column channel.
Wild Geese/Hibernia (its not clear what the relationship of these closely related groups is, possibly the Wild Geese is the name for those supporting this party outside Ireland and Hibernia for those in it.)
Recently quite a bit of publicity has been given to this new organisation, founded, we are told, by Captain Kieran Kelly. He is a captain of a fishing vessel, originally based in Co. Waterford but latterly in New England in the US and more recently is the founder of a multi national ocean environmental organisation, with interests in places like Indonesia. He was associated with groups opposed to the Good Friday Agreement and as such fell out with the security authorities here and even states that his son died in mysterious circumstances in Garda custody in Dungarvan in Co. Waterford.
His idea is to gather some funds from the Irish diaspora in places like the US, and put it to good use in supporting a right wing organisation in Ireland. One of his main supporters here, (or maybe Kelly is one of her main supporters!) is Alacoque Maguire in Mullingar, and she it was then who organised last Saturday's meeting there in support of this organisation, with a video welcoming message from Captain Kelly. It attracted quite a lot of interest, Derek Blighe was due to attend but turned back when he thought it wouldn't go ahead (based on a leak blamed on Michelle Keane from Co. Kerry, who is now opposed to Kelly), Luke O'Connor of the IFP was there and various other heavyweights in this space. Meanwhile James Conway, a farmer in Co. Sligo who is facing charges for going to the home of an IPAS centre owner, was flown out to Indonesia to meet Kelly but has now gone against him.
In any case there is high hopes for this new organisation in some quarters, as maybe the beginnings of a large well funded Irish right wing party, maybe on the lines of Farage in the UK. As such they hope to distance themselves from 'crazies', like 'conspiracy theorists', opposed to vaccines for example or highlighting Kelly's acknowledged membership of the Masons, and 'racists', i.e. those who say it should be 'Ireland for the Irish', a concept which Kelly has utterly condemned already.
In any case hopefully this update is helpful.
by Brian Nugent, http://www.orwellianireland.com
