Protest outside Roderick O' Gormans home - read OP before posting

That is sinister and should not be allowed.

Absolute thugs.

If you want to protest at government policy there are any number of ways you can do that. But turning up outside someone's home really shows the character of these 'patriots'.

While i have no issue with peaceful protest regardless of whether I agree with the issue or not, doing so outside singing own house is a pretty $h1tty thing to do and I've no time for it.

All so brave they hide their faces.

Fcuking cowardly gobshiites. Everything O'Gorman does is implicitly approved by cabinet. If you want to protest, go to the Dail or wherever. These are the types of idiots that burn buildings.

Given the amount of trouble that these individuals have caused in the last year, I imagine people will choose to not run for office because they have concerns for their safety, including that of their family. That's a pretty serious issue IMHO.

It really isn't.

I'd be similar in not having much time for ROG. Protesting is fine and anybody in public office should be answerable to decisions they make and the effect it has on our society. Obviously those protesting believe their social media posts are not being entertained, so they are protesting at govt buildings and homes. However there is this agenda by those individuals of intimidation and being overzealous. Door stopping politicians, no matter which party etc should not be allowed within a certain distance of a persons home.
It is only playing into the politicians and Gardai hands that they are trying to reduce the amount of protests and demonstrations. Look at how they mobilise barriers around Leinster House? Democracy, we are led to believe, is representative of the people in office but they are not willing to listen or answer to the people.

This is people hiding behind masks showing up at someone house. What has that got to do with democracy?

Masked individuals showing up is not a raw manifestation. I would put money on the vast majority of them not being from the area...

I don’t care what you do with your money. I’m conveying how ROG is perceived in his constituency.

The fact that he's gay seems to get right up their noses too, as it did with Vradakar.

Yep he's always been subject to pretty vile rhetoric.

They do this because no repercussions for them. Same as the people online. Can sy what they like and nothing happens.

What do you suggest? tell them to go home and wait for the next person they go after?

They must balance maintaining public order and respecting the rights of individuals to peacefully protest. The response should consider the potential public perception and the constitutional rights of the protesters. But a protest outside a minister's home has a higher security risk due to the public status of the individual, requiring a more robust police presence to prevent escalation and protect all parties, including the minister. This is a representative of state and the security of representatives of state should be high priority and robust.
If you're interfering with the private property and home of a government minister, yes the response has to be strong. You should be removed from the property and, if you're masked, and putting up stuff that prevents his entry and means he has to get out of the car, that's a major security risk around masked men. They should be roughed out of there. 100%, you should be forcefully removed. There's a whole city and government offices to protest outside. They've no business outside his home.

It was posted on the government thread before, found this: https://irishelectionprojections.com/dublin-west/

So saying the entire 130k odd people in Dublin West don't like ROG, what is that based on? a few people you have talked to? how did it even come up?

they’re being deliberately intimidating and should be moved on.

We have allowed to develop in Ireland a attitude that you can get away with almost anything in Ireland.

A weak and poorly led, supported and resourced police organization coupled with a incredibly detatched judicial system are the result of successive governments who were and are still to afraid of the media and of offending anyone.

When no one stands up to extremists like this things get out of control , think early Nazi party.

for people who think that the gardai should rock up and arrest them all , I think i saw two patrol cars with perhaps 4 gardai?

Ask your self what the reaction would be politically and in the media were three public order vans to arrive and when the crowd refuse to leave or start throwing things, preform a few baton charges causing injuries and multiple arrests. Ie give them the battle they want . their GPO moment in their own heads.