Minister for Health Simon Harris and family trapped in home by protesters.

Mutant z

That is out of order protest on the street all you like or outside dail eireann but a politicians own home and family is out of bounds this will achieve nothing at all.

gandalf

Bloody idiots! All they're doing is giving the politicians free sympathy by targeting them at home. I'd be very interested in what these 12 people do for a living. I'd hazard a guess but I'd prefer to see the facts first.

aloneforever99

I posted a polite comment on their facebook page after the protest at Harris's place saying I thought it wasn't an appropriate way to protest.

It was deleted in minutes.

An interesting take on freedom of speech they have.

aloneforever99

Ringogo wrote: »

Great stuff, shine a light on them, hold their feet to the fire.
How many families with young children have been made homeless by this government?
Let the TD'S feel uncomfortable, god knows many families have suffered greatly under their rule.

So, because children have suffered due to government policy, it's okay to target the kids of government officials? How very Hunger Games of you.

gandalf

gandalf wrote: »

Bloody idiots! All they're doing is giving the politicians free sympathy by targeting them at home. I'd be very interested in what these 12 people do for a living. I'd hazard a guess but I'd prefer to see the facts first.

I'd hazard a guess that the demographics they're targeting aren't likely to be very upset by this, quite the opposite.

It's all very well wringing our hands, but we're not the audience this is intended for. These seem to be radical left agitators, maybe Marxists - likely to see Labour and the Soc Dems every bit as harmful to society as Fine Gael or FF. And well, there is something to be said for the broad similarities.

tikkahunter

aloneforever99 wrote: »

I posted a polite comment on their facebook page after the protest at Harris's place saying I thought it wasn't an appropriate way to protest.

It was deleted in minutes.

An interesting take on freedom of speech they have.

I find liberals are liberal until you have a different point of view or opinion than them .:D

aloneforever99

tikkahunter wrote: »

I find liberals are liberal until you have a different point of view or opinion than them .:D

I wouldn't describe this group as liberals.

suicide_circus

Ringogo wrote: »

How many families with young children have been made homeless by this government?

eh..none

TallGlass

'Fingal Brigade Direct Action Group and Anti Eviction Flying Column'

That's a mouthful.

hawkelady

Ringogo wrote: »

Great stuff, shine a light on them, hold their feet to the fire.
How many families with young children have been made homeless by this government?
Let the TD'S feel uncomfortable, god knows many families have suffered greatly under their rule.

Bull. Maybe if these families paid their mortgage or rent they wouldn’t be “ homeless” , I put it in inverted commas cause they ain’t actually homeless , are they ?? They’re in a hotel or a council house. This crowd are morons and probably life dolers.

Gatling

TallGlass wrote: »

'Fingal Brigade Direct Action Group and Anti Eviction Flying Column'

That's a mouthful.

Better know as free Ben Gilroy supporters club

Amirani

Apparently they're protesting outside of Bruton's house because of plans he has to introduce extra taxation on carbon emissions.

Are these clowns happy to continue with Ireland's abysmal performance on climate action? I'd rather the planet not be destroyed because people are too lazy to change their behaviours.

Wheeliebin30

Ringogo wrote: »

Great stuff, shine a light on them, hold their feet to the fire.
How many families with young children have been made homeless by this government?
Let the TD'S feel uncomfortable, god knows many families have suffered greatly under their rule.

Not one I’m sure.

greasepalm

Where is the money coming from if things are so hard for so many,everything is getting dearer tax on this and that and luxuries have to be avoided.1 room for a family is not right and no room for the homeless sleeping on the streets and they do nothing.
Maybe a good loud wake up call to say the public dont like what the government are doing and outside their house hits home!

Wheeliebin30

greasepalm wrote: »

Where is the money coming from if things are so hard for so many,everything is getting dearer tax on this and that and luxuries have to be avoided.1 room for a family is not right and no room for the homeless sleeping on the streets and they do nothing.
Maybe a good loud wake up call to say the public dont like what the government are doing and outside their house hits home!

There is a room for every homeless person in the streets, stop talking nonsense.

Gimme A Pound

Bunch of scumbags.

suicide_circus wrote: »

eh..none

Took the words out of my mouth.

Amirani

greasepalm wrote: »

no room for the homeless sleeping on the streets and they do nothing.

If you think this is the case then you're just showing your ignorance of the causes of rough sleepers and the infrastructure in place to deal with them. I assume you've never volunteered or done anything to help out homeless people? I know many people who have; to claim that nothing is being done does a great disservice to them and to others who help people in bad situations.

Edgware

Amirani wrote: »

If you think this is the case then you're just showing your ignorance of the causes of rough sleepers and the infrastructure in place to deal with them. I assume you've never volunteered or done anything to help out homeless people? I know many people who have; to claim that nothing is being done does a great disservice to them and to others who help people in bad situations.

"I know many peoplle who have "
Some of your best friends help the homeless

Gimme A Pound

Edgware wrote: »

"I know many peoplle who have "
Some of your best friends help the homeless

Doesn't make it any less true.

Amirani

Amirani wrote: »

Apparently they're protesting outside of Bruton's house because of plans he has to introduce extra taxation on carbon emissions.

Are these clowns happy to continue with Ireland's abysmal performance on climate action? I'd rather the planet not be destroyed because people are too lazy to change their behaviours.

This is a fair point, and I say this slightly against myself because I come from a farm, but it isn't quite a tax on carbon emissions. The Government plans largely to ignore our biggest single source of Carbon emissions - agriculture. Taxing the poorest and subsidising agriculture amounts to a cash transfer from the poorest households to the biggest single offending industry.

I am in favour of a carbon tax, but would prefer to see it just as one arm of a wider, meaningful policy which might include a move towards free public transport and incentivising alternatives to beef and dairy production, such as producing crops, which we are performing woefully at.

Amirani

Edgware wrote: »

"I know many peoplle who have "
Some of your best friends help the homeless

No, none of my best friends. But being involved in fundraising for St Vincent de Paul for a number of years does lead to you getting to know quite a few people who help the homeless.

greasepalm

Having a few friends running the no bucks cafe and doing a fantastic job.

hawkelady

Amirani wrote: »

No, none of my best friends. But being involved in fundraising for St Vincent de Paul for a number of years does lead to you getting to know quite a few people who help the homeless.

Ah the Vincent de Paul .. some shower they are .... is it true they hand out cigerettes to inmates at Christmas time ? Is it also true that they help out convicted thieves with goodies ? Ask your “ friends” Vdp are the ultimate dogooders .. a rapist can do no wrong in their eyes , I’m sure

bobbyss

I haven't read all the posts in this thread but what are they doing exactly outside these properties? And what law specifically are they breaking?

Wheeliebin30

bobbyss wrote: »

I haven't read all the posts in this thread but what are they doing exactly outside these properties? And what law specifically are they breaking?

You shouldn’t need the law to stop you behaving like a disrespectful buffoon.

bobbyss

bobbyss wrote: »

I haven't read all the posts in this thread but what are they doing exactly outside these properties? And what law specifically are they breaking?

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1994/act/2/section/6/enacted/en/html

noodler

Anti austerity protests?

Are these people stuck in 2012?

We are spending like crazy now.

political analyst

https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/fianna-fail-taken-aback-at-simon-harris-comments-on-cervicalcheck-team-905951.html

The Taoiseach has been forced to defend the Minister for Health after he was accused of trying to "destroy the reputation" of the CervicalCheck team.

As 78,000 women continue to wait 27 weeks for smear test results, Leo Varadkar defended a decision made last year to provide free out-of-cycle checks to all women.

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin said he had been "taken aback" by an attack on staff in the screening service which Simon Harris launched in a radio interview over the weekend.

What exactly did Simon say about the CervicalCheck team?

freshpopcorn

They were outside his house again this afternoon!

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/one-of-irelands-biggest-embarrassments-protesters-again-gather-outside-home-of-simon-harris-38057483.html

McMurphy

freshpopcorn wrote: »

They were outside his house again this afternoon!

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/one-of-irelands-biggest-embarrassments-protesters-again-gather-outside-home-of-simon-harris-38057483.html

Now don't get me wrong, I don't agree with them going near Simon Harris, or any other politicians private residence, however.....

The indo has a very misleading article there, implying that that targeted Harris because of him being outspoken on the dissidents parading through Dublin.

Had a quick look at the Facebook page of this so called 'Fingal Battalion' and from what I can see, the indo is being rather careless with the truth.



Followed by this.....



Don't forget about your abysmal record and performance in health Simon.:)

Plumbthedepths

Johnny Dogs wrote:

Had a quick look at the Facebook page of this so called 'Fingal Battalion' and from what I can see, the indo is being rather careless with the truth.

The Indo being careless with the truth? I'm shocked.

McMurphy

Plumbthedepths wrote: »

The Indo being careless with the truth? I'm shocked.

They really are a fcuking rag.

They don't seem to realise that in this day and age people can check things out for themselves.

enricoh

Because lack of facilities - not the most grammatically correct phrase going. If it was a bit catchier i could forgive them!

Sardonicat

They really need to reconsider their targets. The shocking grammar of that post suggests the Minister for Education should be on the list.

Also, she's very orange for a Nationalist .

enricoh

I dont like harris, he just comes across as having no bottle. However its scummy form protesting outside someones house on a sunday, n iirc they had a nipper recently.

gandalf

What those assholes need is a good bit of police brutality.

martingriff

enricoh wrote: »

I dont like harris, he just comes across as having no bottle. However its scummy form protesting outside someones house on a sunday, n iirc they had a nipper recently.

They are I say peaceful but I would not be comfortable to let anyone in my house out just incase there may be 1 idiot in the protest who maybe high on patriotism and does something idiotic

freshpopcorn

They'd never protest outside Mary Mitchell O'connor's house because they know she could flatten them with the car!

gandalf

freshpopcorn wrote: »

They'd never protest outside Mary Mitchell O'connor's house because they know she could flatten them with the car!

..Just trying to park it