An Garda Síochána - COVID19

normanoffside

Witcher wrote: »

Why would the Gardai stand with protestors whose beliefs are contrary to public opinion?

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1361997977989054464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1361997977989054464%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D2058066787page%3D103

I see that you posted the poll results from 15th Feb.
A week later the results are very different It's gone from 9% to 31% sying the restrictions are too extreme. Next week it will be more again

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1365045187211390978

Bobeagleburger

They are the Irish equivalent to some elements of Trump/QAnon supporters.

Donald Trump

It would be interesting to see boards.ie posting stats during the protests.

I reckon there were a few of the usual anti-lockdown suspects taking part in the oul' "peaceful protest" rather than posting on here.

ShineOn7

I didn't know the Guard was taken to hospital

But then again, he was attacked by a scumbag wielding a home-made rocket launcher



https://twitter.com/LeoVaradkar/status/1365707119836729349

fullstop

C__MC wrote: »

Gardai getting the public sympathy vote again I here

Did you make those tops the protestors outside the GPO were wearing?

Akesh

Witcher wrote: »

Why would the Gardai stand with protestors whose beliefs are contrary to public opinion?

https://twitter.com/NextIrishGE/status/1361997977989054464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1361997977989054464%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Ft%3D2058066787page%3D103

Using a poll of 2,200 is about as useless a metric as you can get. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/covid-19-irish-times-poll-finds-government-losing-the-dressing-room-as-support-slumps-1.4494806?mode=amp

It's pretty clear to me that the government and NPHET have lost majority support. There will always be a few people who will blindly accept what they are being told but people are starting to realise that we are on a road to nowhere, that the vaccine is not a silver bullet and that the Coronavirus will continue to mutate well into the future possibly rendering the current vaccines useless.

The government and NPHET's plan is to wait and see how the vaccine rollout goes but if they keep up the same negative, public-shaming messaging then there will be a lot more protests at the end of Spring and into the Summer.

fryup

runawaybishop wrote: »

That one is an absolute lunatic. She used to be a traffic warden in bundoran but was fired. Lost the plot then. Started stalking and harassing council staff, had a restraining order taken out against her. Absolutely bat **** crazy.

was she one of the Shell to Sea loonies too?

Witcher

Akesh wrote: »

Using a poll of 2,200 is about as useless a metric as you can get. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/covid-19-irish-times-poll-finds-government-losing-the-dressing-room-as-support-slumps-1.4494806?mode=amp

Ah it doesn't tally with your beliefs so it's useless. Cool.

For Forks Sake

Can you imagine the stream of boll0xoligy the judge is going to have to listen to this evening

https://twitter.com/TheBeaconIrl/status/1365755146693664768

Billy Ocean

Just leaving this here for the muppets who are claiming the firework moment was an isolated incident of a overall peaceful protest.

https://twitter.com/SteBreen/status/1365747013850189826?s=19

Billy Ocean

Hope Ewan McKenna, Colm Parkinson and Niall Boylan are proud of the nonsense they endorsed helping create today's scenes.

drunkmonkey

McHardcore wrote: »

The issues is that these anti-vaxxers, anti maskers and anti-lockdown fools are putting the rest of society in danger by spreading the virus.

The issue is sick people spread the virus, if you feel perfectly healthy your little or no threat to anyone.
No restrictions on healthy people the WHO are blue in face from telling the Irish.
The only fools are the ones not staying at home when they have any symptoms and the ones identifying as potentially sick when they're healthy.

eeepaulo

Last weekend the garda who spoke to the Irish times said big potentially dangerous gatherings in phoenix park although majority within their 5km limit, expect policing of civil amenities around the country next week.

Can I expect riot police when I want to walk my dog in co cork next weekend?

Absolute nonsense, be interesting to see the breakdown of fines from this weekend.

For Forks Sake

Our best and brightest on display :rolleyes:

runawaybishop

fryup wrote: »

was she one of the Shell to Sea loonies too?

Yup. She's anti-everything, anti-vax, covid is a hoax, elites are paedos, loves Gemma and Waters, courts are unconstitutional etc. Nasty piece of work.

Eric Cartman

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Our best and brightest on display :rolleyes:

Hah, reminds me of the jobstown yob mob,

francogarbanzo

Thinking about this some more - why we’re the guards standing off against the protesters with dogs and batons anyway? Were they guarding the park? If so, why?

Jinglejangle69

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Our best and brightest on display :rolleyes:

The future is bright.

ShineOn7

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Our best and brightest on display :rolleyes:

Looks like a day out for "heads" from Oliver Bond, Dolphins Barn, Finglas and similar kips

It's all down to "social issues" in these areas of course

Today wasn't a protest. It was scumbags being scumbags

GazzaL

All the SME business owners, all the self employed, they're all scumbags for wanting to work and earn a living to provide for themselves and their families. :rolleyes:

francogarbanzo

francogarbanzo wrote: »

Thinking about this some more - why we’re the guards standing off against the protesters with dogs and batons anyway? Were they guarding the park? If so, why?

Why do you think?
Gardai tend to know more than you think they do!

For Forks Sake

ShineOn7 wrote: »

Looks like a day out for "heads" from Oliver Bond, Dolphins Barn, Finglas and similar kips

It's all down to "social issues" in these areas of course

Today wasn't a protest. It was scumbags being scumbags

The 'protestors" think they're speaking for Ireland...


Currently trending on Twitter in Ireland......:D

alchemist33

GazzaL wrote: »

All the SME business owners, all the self employed, they're all scumbags for wanting to work and earn a living to provide for themselves and their families. :rolleyes:

Hadn't realised that. What SMEs do the guys in the photo own?

Witcher

GazzaL wrote: »

All the SME business owners, all the self employed, they're all scumbags for wanting to work and earn a living to provide for themselves and their families. :rolleyes:

Yeah the rabble pictured above were all SME owners, would you get real:pac:

GazzaL

GazzaL wrote: »

All the SME business owners, all the self employed, they're all scumbags for wanting to work and earn a living to provide for themselves and their families. :rolleyes:

I'm guessing they weren't in throwing bottles at gardai and aiming fireworks at them?

ShineOn7

GazzaL wrote: »

All the SME business owners, all the self employed, they're all scumbags for wanting to work and earn a living to provide for themselves and their families. :rolleyes:

WTF has that got to do with today?

Today's protestors had none/very,very little of the kind of people you just described

It was a day out for scumbags who were scumbags before Covid and they'll still be scumbags next year when things are miles better

FionnK86

alchemist33 wrote: »

Hadn't realised that. What SMEs do the guys in the photo own?

The 'I'll sort you out pal' SME.

tigger123

GazzaL wrote: »

All the SME business owners, all the self employed, they're all scumbags for wanting to work and earn a living to provide for themselves and their families. :rolleyes:

Do you think it was SME business owners protesting today? Or aiming fireworks at the Gardai?

For Forks Sake

FionnK86 wrote: »

The 'I'll sort you out pal' SME.

...distribution of imported goods mostly

agoodpunt

or maybe objecting to living in a police state