"Security at Leinster House to be urgently reviewed in light of Washington riots"

eyeforaneye

Notice in Irish Independent this morning: "Security at Leinster House to be urgently reviewed in light of Washington riots"

Nonsense. A lot of us in Ireland have issues with our politicians but to be honest none of them(not many anyway) descend to the imbecilic level of Donald Trump who single handedly caused insurrection to break-out on Capital Hill. Fears that groups could target Leinster House in a similar fashion to what played out in Washington overnight are baseless. Keep the focus on Covid and concentrate Government resources on expediting more vaccines into the country. We are lagging way behind Britain and the rest of the world and this will inevitably delay our recovery and increase short term unemployment.

TheValeyard

Give them all iodine tablets. Be grand.

tayto lover

Shur they’ll hardly come over here !!

Rothko

tayto lover wrote: »

Shur they’ll hardly come over here !!

There's a certain amount of Irish people who think they're American and seem to mindlessly copy everything they do. Just look at the anti-mask and anti-vax crowd.

hynesie08

Give the security stab vests for when dee wall is poking them with her crutch....

dzsfah2xoynme9

Rothko wrote: »

There's a certain amount of Irish people who think they're American and seem to mindlessly copy everything they do. Just look at the anti-mask and anti-vax crowd.

And the BLM crowd...

Irishphotodesk

is this a case of civil servants/politicians thinking they are important ?

bigroad

Rothko wrote: »

There's a certain amount of Irish people who think they're American and seem to mindlessly copy everything they do. Just look at the anti-mask and anti-vax crowd.

Yea and most of those wanna be air head Americans thought Trump was our leader.

golfball37

I hope that’s a p1ss take?

CFlat

They're going to ramp up security by 50% I heard. They're going to have three Gards standing outside the gates instead of two:)

punisher5112

Trump supporters are on the way as we speak.....

They are going to use oversized mega trucks, they plan on turning it into a McDonald's

Beasty

They just need to keep an eye on this forum. Any insurrection in Ireland is likely to be co-ordinated by one or two of our regulars....


:pac:

Anyone on for storming it for the craic?..

Orange Tiny Terror

Deleted User wrote: »

Anyone on for storming it for the craic?..

I’m in as long as I’m first into the dail bar

Strumms

Rothko wrote: »

There's a certain amount of Irish people who think they're American and seem to mindlessly copy everything they do. Just look at the anti-mask and anti-vax crowd.

Only thing they aren’t anti is free money...

hotmail.com

I'm not sure I see the connection between our Dail and American politics.

Dank Janniels

Didn't a guy ram a cement mixer thru the gates afew years ago? Think a security guard got injured. I imagine the caretakers of all parliament buildings around the world are at the same thing today

Dank Janniels

Dank Janniels wrote: »

Didn't a guy ram a cement mixer thru the gates afew years ago? Think a security guard got injured. I imagine the caretakers of all parliament buildings around the world are at the same thing today

McNamara's folly. A once successful property developer who had enough shortly after the economic crash. You can be sure those gates will receive a rattle by March if lockdowns persist.

I've seen Gemmas mob (another one that has lost reality) outside the GPO on many occasions heckling and stoking and protesting against all sorts. They are not a small crowd relatively speaking to inflict some damage on Leinster house. There are other hatefilled groups that join them aswell.

They have used the pandemic to gather more disenfranchised mentally fragile people into their ranks.

Leinster house are right to bulk up security. I think it's a prudent assessment.

Dank Janniels

Report said no injuries, my bad!

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/dail-gates-blocked-by-truck-26684839.html

MrMusician18

Northernlily wrote: »

I've seen Gemmas mob (another one that has lost reality) outside the GPO on many occasions heckling and stoking and protesting against all sorts. They are not a small crowd relatively speaking to inflict some damage on Leinster house. There are other hatefilled groups that join them aswell.

They have used the pandemic to gather more disenfranchised mentally fragile people into their ranks.

Leinster house are right to bulk up security. I think it's a prudent assessment.

They usually have reinforcements down there pretty sharpish if a crowd starts to form tbf.

Securing any building is fairly difficult without the use of heavy weaponry or a lot of manpower

emmalynn19

twitter.com/Philip_Ryan/status/1347158821588840449?s=20

/whistles

Ray Donovan

Rothko wrote: »

There's a certain amount of Irish people who think they're American and seem to mindlessly copy everything they do. Just look at the anti-mask and anti-vax crowd.

And the BLM movement

emmalynn19

thejournal.ie/sinn-fein-activists-breach-dail-gates-ff-td-demands-election-48937-Nov2010/#comments

/continues whistling

landofthetree

[Deleted User] wrote: »

McNamara's folly. A once successful property developer who had enough shortly after the economic crash. You can be sure those gates will receive a rattle by March if lockdowns persist.

They will if other countries are lifting restrictions and we are way behind in vaccination.

Strumms

Deleted User wrote: »

McNamara's folly. A once successful property developer who had enough shortly after the economic crash. You can be sure those gates will receive a rattle by March if lockdowns persist.

If anybody drives an articulated lorry/truck at or into Leinster House it simply needs to be considered an attack on democracy. A violent attack on the state, and its citizens as well as the people working there....

The state, democracy, it’s citizens, staff and elected representatives simply can and should repel any such act with force, ie. fûckin shoot them.. it would be prudent if a threat escalated against the state as well as barriers to have a trench dug either end to ensure no unauthorized vehicles could access Kildare st period...

saabsaab

If that mob were ISIS how many would be dead now? They have to up security everywhere. An armoured car at the Dail 24/7?

Signore Fancy Pants

Just FYI. There are armed DF personnel in Leinster House. Just don't interupt during dinner time. They wont be happy.

Or at least bribe them with a few Snickers, might just open the gates.

Annasopra

Dee Wall (Gemmas sidekick) was saying before if they had the numbers they could storm the dail.

Annasopra

tayto lover wrote: »

Shur they’ll hardly come over here !!

We have them already. Gemma ODoherty and her followers

Signore Fancy Pants

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

Dee Wall (Gemmas sidekick) was saying before if they had the numbers they could storm the dail.

Jesus :pac:

That one would get a serious crack over the head with a baton anyway. Might awaken a few of her brain cells.