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

I find that hard to believe Clo-Clo. Just last Saturday, my barber randomly mentioned O’Gorman in the middle of a haircut. I wasn’t in the mood to discuss politics so changed the subject. He’s certainly a known quantity in this area.

I have no plans to walk around hanging flags off someone house in a face mask so why would I be afraid of the Gardai?

Build a jail, dump them all in it, no loss IMO.

Funny how they could all show up on a Friday, did they get the day off work?

No fan of O'Gorman, a man who has dumped thousands on to the Streets and walks past his work everyday and sees them in tents.

He is one cold, heartless bas6a56 who will swan off in to a cushy job after his disaster in office.

That aside, no ones home should be targeted for protest, even people as Roderick.

anyone thinking o gorman will get re-elected is off their trolley. he is the most incompetent member of that government and that is saying something, he got in on the back of a sf transfer the last day and that aint going to happen again. it will be some crack pot independent elected on the i love ireland vote or an aontu runner.

ah would you stop the scaremongering you sound as bad as the nutjobs outside o gormans last night just on the other side of the fence. Democracy is not under any threat you would think it was the night of the long knives the way you are blowing it up.

This behaviour is horrible, and the Gardai should have forcibly removed the people within minutes.

I say this as a person who thinks ROG actions to invite bogus AS here is near-treasonous.

A few things on what has happened and the rise of this type of behaviour. As with others above, my position is protesting at someone's home is abhorrent and in fact should be outlawed. By all means protest outside the Dail and the constituency offices but laying siege to peoples homes (where other family members who have nothing to do with the individuals profession may reside) is the lowest of the low. Wearing masks too is another sig of sheer cowardice. At least if you're going to be a scumbag, own it and don't be a coward. The fact that you cover your face means you know what you are doing is wrong.

Many here are theorising as to what has lead us here. Misinformation etc is blamed, but whilst this is true to an extent it is not the root cause in my opinion. It is a symptom of the failure of the government to:

1. Listen to the concerns of genuine individuals.
2. Govern for the good of the electorate.
3. Communicate their position better. If they truly believe what they are doing is for the better of the country explain why. Our political elite, now just brand any concerns regarding immigration control as "far right rhetoric". They are incapable of debate and selling an idea to the people. Instead they attempt to use coercive language and soundbites that alienate people with opposing views. It's either vote for this, agree with that, or you're a <insert branding with negative connotations here>.

In my opinion the are failing large sections of the population in the above regard. With regards to the governments deflections that all the wrongs of society are down to the mythical "far right", they have ironically given fuel to that fire. If ordinary people are branded something they are not for voicing an opinion that the government don't agree with and goes against policy, then you leave the door open for these people to seek refuge amounts others, who claim to represent their fears. It seems our current crop of politicians are the same fragile types I used to see in Student Unions down through the years who are only used to echo chambers and are aghast at the great unwashed questioning their intellectual superiority. ROG, is a classic case of someone like this.

This is my thoughts as someone who is generally a centre left voter. I'm against religion in schools, believe in a woman's right to choose, voted in favour of both repeal the 8th and SSM. I believe immigration enriches society but there has to be a common sense approach to it. I believe in the welfare state and that we should always look after those of us who cannot look after ourselves. With all that said this lot has lost me and in some ways it's not even their political ideology, it's their sheer arrogance and lack of empathy for the people that they are elected to represent that angers me the most.

Peaceful protest? That's not peaceful protests. It's intimidation.

Yes. Not "targeting" - abusing/threatening/intimidating

It's not just ROG himself, that must be very intimidating for all his neighbours too. I certainly wouldn't like scumbags in balaclavas outside my home.

SF transfers elected McDowell in the early 2000s

I'm no fan of O'Gorman, but this type of activity is not on, his constituency clinic, the Dail etc are acceptable places of protest, but this isn't. The contrast with the policing of these protests and say eviction protests or more the Debenhams pickets has been widely commented upon, the approach of AGS is very standoffish and that seems to have emboldened the far-right elements behind the protests.

Good thread on Rodders here

There's been a growing trend since the crash to target politicians personally. A "play the man, not the ball" trend. It's not confined to the emerging far-right either - it's been an agenda happily driven by the hard-left here since 2009 onwards and the entirely-predictable consequences of that type of politics is the loons targetting politicans' homes that has been happening over the past 3-4 years.

We have public order laws to deal with sort of bullshít.

They (if they weren't) should have been ordered to move on and if they didn't every one of them should have been arrested.

It's not difficult, we don't need new legislation or laws.

Sorry but you need to be a little clear, on the way to the Dail could be any location. "Public events" could be him going to a friends event and nothing to do with work

TD is a job, plenty of ways to contact a TD, to protest against the government etc, go to their office.

Anyone who thinks that involves wearing a face mask is nothing but a total scumbag.

I had a few occasions I had to contact a TD, not very many, every time I received a response, usual from the TD staff but 1-2 times from the TD. They will junk the abusive emails and these days more email systems will remove the abusive ones automatically. Which is 100% right.

We all know the far right hate O'Gorman. The National Party displayed pictures of Nooses 4 years ago during their Dail intimidation against O'Gorman. This latest initimidation is part of ongoing far right intimidation of O'Gorman for 4 years.