Ireland: the delusion of a peaceful and humanitarian nation. Declarations about Ireland's support for Palestine are meaningless.
Ireland's government is corrupt, "dysfunctional" (The Dail - Dáil éireann - Wikipedia Dáil éireann). Over the past two decades, the Irish government has introduced antisocial legislation that benefits (in most cases) the super-rich and billionaires...
"There are two rates of?Corporation Tax (CT):?12.5% for trading income. 25% for income from an excepted trade (as defined in part 2 of the Taxes Consolidation Act) 25% for non trading income, for example rental and investment income"...
The only "real social" law that the government presented was the "child benefit payment"
[Child Benefit is a monthly payment of €140 to support parents and guardians. It is paid for each child who:
normally lives with you and is being fully supported by you
is under 16, or under 18 if in full-time education, full-time training or has a disability and cannot support themselves.
Payment are:
1 child €135.00 - 2 children €270.00
3 children €405.00 - 4 children €540.00, ...extra ]
The police (Irish Garda), private and government security agencies are, for the most part, ineffective, not visible on the streets... there is not enough 'preventive force'.
Garda suffers from: lack of resources, lack of personnel, sometimes inefficient, some employees demotivated, unwilling to investigate a case/ a crime... (a wish washing job) or even corrupt (eg. Bray city, Co. Wicklow).
Ireland: the delusion of a peaceful and humanitarian nation. Declarations about Ireland's support for Palestine are meaningless. I won't write a complete article here, but I'll share some links below ... draw your own conclusions.
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Note; A lot of kind words from a few Irish politicians regarding Palestine (against Israel).?
However, no action has been taken against Israel, the Israeli embassy, Israeli businesses in Ireland (including Teva), etc. The general public does not care what happens in Palestine, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and so forth.
I've been here for less than 3 years: see how they treat me here (!)
Ireland is fully cooperating with Israel, the United States and other Western countries.
Security, Policing and activism:
Although the Garda (Irish police) made efforts in the past 15-18 to seize drugs and arrest drug dealers, to capture assets (money, cars, luxurious items bought with "drug money"), drug users can find a variety of drugs in all Irish cities (maybe the prices have gone up lately?).
In addition to that, not much has changed in Ireland in regards to safety, security, housing (homelessness)... Gap between rich and poor, health services, etc.?
Activism, socialism (communism, God forbid), are considered 'unusual,' 'extreme,' or 'rare'... out of the consensus.
Most people reject or avoid any form of activism, vigil, demonstration (even for women's rights, human rights, and disabled people's rights). - Most people only accept, ('welcome' 'well-known' organizations. Many activists will be harassed / targeted / pushed away by Anti-socialists (Capitalists or Nationalists)
Although most Irish people will accept those organizations, they will not 'push' the government nor organize a large protest to change things:
1. ALONE is a national organisation that enables older people to age at home
2.?The Irish Cardiac Society
3. The Simon Communities of Ireland?
4. The Socialist Party?
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Ireland: Serious Gaps in Human Rights Protection, Amnesty International Submission for the UN Universal Periodic Review, 39th Session of the UPR Working Group, 1 – 12 November 2021
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Ireland: Q&A – We live within a violent system: Structural violence against sex workers in Ireland report, January 2022
1. Ireland Israel Business
Investments, Business & Innovation in Ireland
2. We specialise in advising Israeli clients in Ireland
3. Teva Ireland
4. The Irish Times?informs us?that?Gong,?a US-Israeli artificial intelligence?tech company rated one of the fastest growing in Nth America by Deloitte, is increasing its presence in Dublin by 80 new employees.
5. 5. Israel in Ireland
The Twitter feed of the Embassy of Israel, Dublin, dedicated to promoting diplomatic relations, economic growth & friendship between Israel & Ireland
6. Netanyahu to stress "pursuit of peace" next week during visit to Dublin
7. Did Irish minister distort truth over Israel’s settlement imports?
8. Ireland clings to advice from disgraced judge on Israel trade
** Looking for Israeli Expats in Ireland?
** 'Apartheid Policies Don't Fight Crime': Ireland's Police Faces Backlash for Cooperation With Israel
Crime (lack of security and police), drugs, addiction, very high real estate prices ... a huge social problem in Ireland.
Here are some examples:
MASSIVE HAUL?More than €51 million worth of drugs seized with 151 arrests made so far this year
More than €10 million worth of drugs has been seized in Dublin this week alone
Vehicle stop results in €1.63 million drugs find in Dublin
Arrested suspect linked to drugs gang operating in Dublin and Meath
Gardaí seize €1.3 million in cannabis, cocaine in Dublin raids
Two men are arrested after cash and cars also seized at three properties
Gardaí seize estimated €35 million worth of cocaine disguised as charcoal
Two arrested after €8.2million worth of cannabis herb and cocaine seized by gardaí
An Obsessive Media Manhunt targeting an ex-Irish, and an international dealer called Kinahan.
Between late August 2020 and October 2020, Kinahan's name and photo appeared over 12 times in numerous Irish newspapers.
US offers $5m reward for arrest of Kinahan gang leaders, as it ranks them with the Mafia
The Kinahans are an "organised crime group" that "smuggles deadly narcotics, including cocaine, to Europe", and are also involved in money laundering and drug-related crime and violence, including murder, US officials said.
An Obsessive Media Manhunt targeting an ex-Irish, an international drug dealer and mafia boss, called Kinahan.
Between late August 2020 and October 2020, Kinahan's name and photo appeared over 12 times in numerous Irish newspapers.
US offers $5m reward for arrest of Kinahan gang leaders, as it ranks them with the Mafia
The Kinahans are an "organised crime group" that "smuggles deadly narcotics, including cocaine, to Europe", and are also involved in money laundering and drug-related crime and violence, including murder, US officials said.
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Is a new Garda unit needed to clean up Dublin?
“Tourists are walking our main streets and there’s no gardaí to be found. They’re terrified.”
A MEETING IN Dublin’s Skylon Hotel last week told a tale of a capital city that many do not feel safe in.
Local residents from Finglas, Drumcondra and Glasnevin told stories about burglaries, petty thefts, blatant drug dealing and anti-social behaviour. They also expressed concern about slow Garda response times.
One woman said that she hadn’t seen a Garda in her area in six months. One resident said they had lived on their street for 45 years and “hadn’t seen anything like this”. A woman described having her bag stolen at mass, an elderly woman was burgled when she went to the shop and a man talked about being attacked in a hospital.
'These gangs have more power than the gardaí': Reprisal fears following murder of James Whelan'These gangs have more power than the gardaí': Reprisal fears following murder of James Whelan
GARDAí BASED IN north Dublin fear a “perfect storm” of violence following the first gang-related murder in over a year
Violent gang
Exclusive: Watch shocking scenes as violent group attempt to kick in shop door after 'theft of Kit Kats'
?Divisional chief superintendents do not know their average response time to citizen calls for service – even emergency calls. They do not know how many calls are being received, the nature of the calls, or the temporal or geographic spread of calls. Apart from the Command and Control Centre in the DMR, the Garda Síochána currently accepts emergency calls at ninety-four centres countrywide. This is set to reduce to twenty-two next year but, even then, call handling will still be inefficient given the size of the jurisdiction and its population. In the absence of systems to measure and manage Garda workload and officer availability, the Garda Síochána cannot achieve close matching of Garda resources to demands for police services. The Inspectorate’s analysis of sample CAD data from the DMR identified a number of specific examples of mismatching of resources to policing demands. The analysis also revealed significant variations in Garda response capability at different times of day, on different days of the week and between different areas of Dublin City. There are also serious systems issues in relation to managing human resources. Existing Garda leave, sick leave and overtime systems are disjointed and do not give Garda management the information they need to ensure that resources are deployed to the maximum benefit of the community.
Gardai 'slow to answer' calls from poor
Shane Hickey
WHERE you live in the capital is a major factor in how fast the gardai will respond to a distress call, a politician claimed last night.
Gardai are more likely to respond quickly to calls from 'well to do' areas than poorer parts of the city, Labour Councillor Kevin Humphreys claimed.
However, a Garda spokesperson insisted last night: "Garda response time depends on the nature of the incident as opposed to its location."
Cllr Humphreys had claimed at a meeting of the Dublin City Council that there was a severe demarcation in response times for gardai between the more affluent and less well off parts of the capital.
"If you are in a better-off area you will get a garda response in minutes. But if you are in a flat, it can take 35 minutes for gardai to respond," said Cllr Humphreys, who represents the South East Inner City.
He said there remains a serious resource problem for the gardai and there had been a recent incident over the Christmas period where more than 100 youths had gathered causing trouble in a city centre housing complex.
"The response by the guards to underprivileged areas is unacceptable," he said.
The 2,000 extra gardai promised in the run-up to the last election are badly needed, he said. But it was now apparent that these were not going to materialise.
Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index ranks the country 19th place out of 180 countries.?During the years before the?Celtic Tiger ?(1995–2007), political corruption was at its worst with many politicians suspected of corruption, while financial corruption was at its peak during the Celtic Tiger years.?In 2003 Ireland signed the?United Nations Convention against Corruption ?treaty and ratified it on 11 November 2011.
Perceptions of corruption in Ireland (Transparency International Ireland 2020)
The European Commission this month published the Eurobarometer Report on ‘Attitudes of Europeans towards Corruption’ which presents the findings of a European wide survey on perceptions of corruption. The report found that 86% of Irish people surveyed think that corruption is a major problem within Ireland and 70% think that government’s efforts to combat corruption are not effective. These findings highlight the need for increased anti-corruption strategy and action saysJohn Devitt, CEO of Transparency Ireland:...
Irish Survey Findings:
86% of respondents think that corruption is a major problem in Ireland (up 1% from 2009).
Institutional Corruption
84% of respondents think that corruption exists in our?national?institutions?(down 3% from 2009).
80% of respondents think that corruption exists in our?local?institutions?(down 3% from 2009).
79% of respondents think that corruption exists in our?regional institutions?(down 3% from 2009).
44% of respondents think that corruption is more widespread in our country than other EU member states (30% disagree and 26% don’t know).
60% of respondents think there is corruption within the?institutions of the EU?(down 3% from 2009)
Corruption in Politics
65% of respondents think that there is not sufficient?transparency?and supervision of the financing of political parties...
Other crimes:
Father-of-two shot dead in Dublin this morning named as gardaí attempt to establish motive
Gardaí arrest man in Ashling Murphy murder investigation
Man shot dead in Ballyfermot had no known involvement in crime
Cork man appears in court charged in connection with murder of Conor Quinn
Man (65) murdered in Dublin home was ‘vulnerable’ due to brain injury
Donegal murder-suicide: Son kills dad before taking his own life as neighbours 'devastated'
Handgun recovered as gardaí explore ‘mistaken identity’ theory in Dublin city gun attack
Gardaí have recovered the weapon which was used in a reckless gun attack in Dublin last night.
The latest victim of a gangland shooting in the capital is a 35-year-old man who was shot multiple times at his home at Pimlico Cottages in the south inner city shortly before midnight.
A major line in the investigation is that the victim may have been the victim of mistaken identity after being targeted in a botched shooting after a row broke out among criminals in west Dublin in recent weeks.
Sligo murders: Gardaí believe two men killed by man they met on dating app
Michael Snee (59) was killed in his house on Tuesday, Aidan Moffitt (42) on Monday
Dublin south inner city residents ‘being held hostage’ by street violence
Teenager (13) stabbed in City Quay area less than two weeks ago, Dáil hears
North Inner City residents afraid to leave homes as violent drug gangs terrorise area
Irish smuggling ring is linked to trafficking tragedy as it's confirmed 39 dead were Chinese nationals
Family and Gardaí concerned for welfare of brothers missing from OffalyFamily and Gardaí concerned for welfare of brothers missing from Offaly
GARDAí ARE SEEKING information on the whereabouts of two brothers who have been missing from Co Offaly since late March.
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Because of her campaigning for Palestine (the BDS campaign) and her conversion to Islam,?Sinéad O'Connor has been on Israel's target list for years. Her children have also been singled out for persecution.
"Welcome to Ireland!"
Singing star says she wouldn't feel safe in ?1.7 million home Fruitcakes' keep Sinéad out of Bray.
Sinead O'Connor has said that due to fruitcakes' and weirdos' calling to her door, she will be forced to sell the house in Bray in which she has never lived.
She has said that fears for the safety of her children are to blame for the move after numerous letters and unwanted visitors started arriving at the house.
PAINFUL LOSS?Sinead O’Connor says TDs are not 'bothered' while teens like her son Shane die in State's care
860,000 PEOPLE EXPERIENCED DISCRIMINATION IN IRELAND – A CSO REPORT FINDS
According to the CSO , the highest rates of discrimination were reported by people who identify as LGBTQI+ (33.2%), followed by people from non-white ethnic backgrounds (33.1%), the unemployed (30.2%) and non-Irish (26.7%).?Critically, almost 1 in 8 people reported experiencing discrimination when accessing services, while almost 1 in 10 reported discrimination in the workplace and/or looking for work.
...Integration is defined in current Irish policy as the ‘ability to participate to the extent that a person needs and wishes in all of the major components of society without having to relinquish his or her own cultural identity’ (Department of Justice and Equality, 2017.?The Migrant Integration Strategy, A Blueprint for the Future,?s.l.: s.n.).?For the 12.7 per cent of the population who are non-Irish nationals, achieving real integration requires concerted policy responses aimed at supporting education, job activation, tackling hate speech and racism and supporting cultural awareness.
Migrant fishermen in Ireland report probems with the industry
Victory for Freedom of Expression in Ireland
Ireland has voted to repeal an outdated law on blasphemy. However, the country has a long way to go to with free speech. It now urgently needs to enact legislation on hate crime, which is a major problem in Ireland.
House prices jump €30,000 in a year but increases may soon peak
By: Christian McCashin
House prices were up by an average of €30,000 in the past year but experts say increases may soon peak as buyers use up their lockdown savings.
The national average price has passed €330,000, up from just over €300,000 12 months earlier.
However, across the market as a whole prices are up by more than 15%, CSO figures released on Thursday show.
Experts believe the market is reaching its peak as it undergoes a ‘significant turn in temperature’, with pandemic savings getting used up and house-hunters hampered by cost-of-living increases.
The average price in?Dublin ?now is €509,588, the highest in any region or county.
Outside of Dublin, the MidEast was the most expensive region, with an average price of €343,047. Wicklow was the most expensive county, with a mean price of €441,326.
** More than 10,500 people now homeless according to new figures
THIS Christmas is likely to be the worst-ever for homelessness, as numbers reached the highest levels on record.
A year-on-year increase of almost 800 people, means that in October, for the first time ever, over 10,500 people are living in emergency accommodation in Ireland.
An overall increase of almost 800 since October last year has seen numbers rise from 9,724 then, to a total of 10,514 people living in emergency accommodation in Ireland this year.
These figures show an increase of 117 people compared to September of this year, meaning 6,688 adults, 1,733 families and 3,826 dependents are now living in this type of housing.
A vote of no confidence, in housing Minister Eoghan Murphy, will likely be defeated tonight after Fianna Fáil abstained, leaving the government needing only the support of a few Independent TDs for a majority.
Despite his party abstaining from the vote, Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Housing, Darragh O’Brien, joined the Labour Party's equivalent, Jan O’Sullivan,?in criticising the government on the highest ever level of homelessness.
Mr O’Brien said: "This is a shocking indictment of the government, they continue to fail in one of the most basic needs for our people, a safe and secure home. Rebuilding Ireland has failed, what we need to see is this crisis being met by crisis measures and currently it’s not."
** Deaths of 79 homeless people reported in 2020
"In Ireland, Ivers and Barry (2018) reviewed 345 deaths of people experiencing homelessness between 2011 and 2015. They found the median ages of death were 42 years for men and 36 years for women.1 Compared to the general population, mortality rates in the homeless community were 3 to 10 time higher for homeless women, and 6 to 10 times higher for homeless men. This was in keeping with international mortality rates. Less than 10% of deaths occurred outdoors which they concluded was a low percentage compared to international rates. Lastly, they found that drug and alcohol deaths accounted for more than one third of deaths which again was consistent with international literature. Most of these deaths were opioid related overdoses. (12) There are a number of reasons that explain this high mortality amongst people experiencing homelessness including:
1. Excess prevalence of severe physical Illness amongst people experiencing homelessness.
2. Excess prevalence of mental Illness and suicidality amongst people experiencing homelessness.
3. The high rate of substance misuse amongst people experiencing homelessness.
4. Excess rate of accidental and violent deaths amongst people experiencing homelessness.
5. Excess rate of violent and accidental deaths amongst people experiencing homelessness.
9 6. People experiencing homelessness originate from areas of poverty who experience excess mortality and morbidity independent of homelessness.?"
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1 年Irish Tánaiste Micheál Martin’s Middle East Visit: A Tale of Contrasting Receptions Warm Welcome in Palestine After a Bland Reception in Israel September 7, 2023 https://daysofpalestine.ps/irish-tanaiste-micheal-martins-middle-east-visit-a-tale-of-contrasting-receptions/
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1 年Sinéad O’Connor had courage, Ireland’s leaders do not ...In 2014, she?canceled?a concert she was scheduled to play in Israel. She did so in protest at the major attack on Gaza that summer.... https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/david-cronin/sinead-oconnor-had-courage-irelands-leaders-do-not
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2 年* Rival gangs fighting in Dublin https://youtu.be/5Kzi7k3TV20 * Ireland's Terrifying Gangsters (Criminal Underworld Documentary) | Real Stories https://youtu.be/GLHYGXgsJNo * Dublin's bloody feud - Irish gangland documentary https://youtu.be/5Kzi7k3TV20
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2 年Dublin man signs guilty plea for killing his sister Sandra Boyd https://www.thejournal.ie/derek-boyd-guilty-plea-sandra-boyd-killing-5832100-Aug2022/ Mountjoy inmate who was injured after attack by group of prisoners has died https://www.thejournal.ie/mountjoy-prisoner-death-5831768-Aug2022/ Ireland’s prison gangs: ‘You hear a scream and suddenly a fella’s pumping blood’ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/ireland-s-prison-gangs-you-hear-a-scream-and-suddenly-a-fella-s-pumping-blood-1.3625511 Ninety-five people have died in Irish prisons in the past decade (Irish Prison Service, 2008, 2009, 2010). Twenty of these deaths have occurred in the past two years alone.
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2 年Wetherspoons bar worker who claimed she had to quit due to level of violence loses constructive dismissal case A bar worker who said she felt she had no choice but to quit because of the level of violence at a Wetherspoons in Cork City two years ago has lost her claim for constructive dismissal. She told the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC)?among other incidents of violence and aggression at the pub, her apron was splattered with the duty manager’s blood when she went to give first aid after he was stabbed by a customer wielding a broken gin glass in March 2020. Leanne McGrath’s complaint under the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 against J.D. Wetherspoon Ltd, trading as the Linen Weaver, Paul Street, Cork City, was dismissed by the WRC in a decision published this morning. Ms McGrath gave evidence that there were “daily difficulties” at the bar because of an “inappropriate” lack of security staff. She said she was not trained in the management of violence and aggression... https://www.msn.com/en-ie/news/other/wetherspoons-bar-worker-who-claimed-she-had-to-quit-due-to-level-of-violence-loses-constructive-dismissal-case/ar-AA10eohU?ocid=winp2sv1plus&cvid=a7fe16d1707e4c449c638a4a41d911dc