‘I Prefer An Ireland Where The Overwhelming Population Is Of Ethnic Irish Origin’

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You may recall a recent press conference that was held by the new anti-immigration party, Identity Ireland, at Dublin’s Buswells Hotel.

The launch was disrupted by protesters who accused Identity Ireland of choosing July 22 to launch the party, in order to coincide with the fourth anniversary of Anders Breivik’s massacre of 77 people in Norway.

Mark Malone videoed a large portion of the press conference.

He writes:

“At a recent press launch of the right wing Identity Ireland the discussion meandered from bizarre understandings of how wealth is created; pondering of selling paper airplanes to Chinese state; white supremacist mantras on Irish ethnicity complete with fabricated immigration and demographic statistics; an unintended unveiling of internal fights between Peter O’Loughlin and Paul Ryder for party leadership; and finally how Identity Ireland members cope seeing the “thought processes of family and friends” thinking they are racist.”

“Internal party discipline is non-existent with members shouting over each other when asked questions they don’t like, to the extent that journalists present have to keep reminding O’Loughlin and Ryder how to run a press conference.”

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Meanwhile, in the Guardian, comedian and writer Frankie Boyle writes:

“Of course, these poor migrants are being used as a distraction by a media and political class (I now use this term instead of government, because the government and opposition seem to be in consensus) that know Calais is an insignificant element of illegal immigration, and suspect that many of the refugees have a good claim to asylum. It’s silly season and they want to spin out a story that is essentially about aggressive hitch-hiking until the bread and circuses of the new football season and The Great British Bake Off get into their stride.”

“That’s not to say it isn’t hellish for the people living it. We invade their countries and justify it by saying that our way of life is better, then boggle at the idea they might think living here is great. We pay no attention to how our actions in other countries have precipitated this situation. There has to be something wrong with a world where the best employment option for a farmer in sub-Saharan Africa isn’t being a farmer in sub-Saharan Africa, but crossing the Mediterranean on a punctured lilo, only to spend days dangling under a lorry so that he can end up selling lollipops in a nightclub toilet. Our indifference is staggering. For a lot of these people, their best chance of survival may be to dress up as a leopard and hope to get Twitter onside.”

David Cameron used ‘swarm’ instead of ‘plague’ in case it implied that God had sent the migrants (Frankie Boyle, The Guardian)

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107 thoughts on “‘I Prefer An Ireland Where The Overwhelming Population Is Of Ethnic Irish Origin’”

  1. andrew

    Is the guy in the middle seriously wearing a suit jacket with the sleeves rolled up? Does he think he’s in Miami Vice?

  2. Jonotti

    What’s wrong with that statement? Why should we be forced to accept multiculturalism as being the ideal?

    1. classter

      For many reasons, Janotti.

      One is that I, like many others, quite like to live in a multicultural society.

      Another harsh reality is that the multinationals enterprises upon which we have staked much of our economic growth in recent decades want a multicultural workforce.

        2. classter

          That’s exactly the point I’m making. Jonotti doesn’t get to make the decision alone.

        2. Don Pidgeoni

          Is that like the Latvian rape gangs that never appeared because it was just racist taxi drivers spreading rumours and fear?

    3. Drogg

      Well you should be forced to accept it so we get more genes in the pool and hopefully start producing less xenophobic morons.

    4. lol pop

      c’mon now.what wrong with living in a multicultural society?use your logic.remeber the only thing that could hurt a person are words!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  3. Paul Davis

    Only to find that 90% of applications are without merit…

    How long more will we be paying for this circus?

    These people are chancers, living off our stupidity.

    1. Dόn Pídgéόní

      I would pay more for a really good circus, maybe one with non-scary clowns. They could make balloon animals filled with cocktails? That would be great.

        2. Dόn Pídgéόní

          So there’s no circus? Why would you lie Paul, why would you lie?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    1. classter

      I am very much in favour of the European project but the Irish economic upswing (overdue as it was) began well before we joined the EU (or EEC as it was at the time).

        2. classter

          Ireland joined in 1973.

          Ireland’s economy began to change with the Lemass/Whitaker reforms which began in 1958.

  6. classter

    What is ethnic Irish anyway?

    Thus far, ‘we’ have incorporated (amongst others) Spanish stone-age settlers, Celts (maybe), various Nordic groups (Dubgaill & Finngaill), Cambro-Normans, people from all parts of England & Scotland, Huguenots, Jewish Lithuanians, etc.

    One of the primary historical texts of the country is ‘Lebor Gabála Érenn’ or the Book of Invasions of Ireland.

    Which part is this is ethnic?

      1. ahjayzis

        And Christian. Catholic preferably, or Western Protestant at a push. None of your “orthodox” nonsense.

    2. dereviled

      I would draw the line at the last glaciation.
      Otherwise we are just compromising.
      #breitbartsocialistcorporateindividualism

    3. Zeno

      Well said…personally speaking I am pretty sure I am descended from Spanish stone age settlers…I’m freezing and I’m going back home…of course I’ll have to kick out all those descendants of Visigoths, Vandals, Romans of whatever origin, Phoenicians, Moors……

    4. Kilcock Swayze

      The Irish are the sons and daughters of the Tribe of Dana. No Gael or Viking or Saxon or Norman or Chinaman or Milesian or African will ever be truly Irish.

      The Milesians are usurpers. No better than Telmarines.

      O’NEILL GO HOME
      SWEENEY GO HOME
      FITZGERALD GO HOME

    5. Stewart Curry

      He means “not black”. If he can tell by looking at you that you aren’t Irish, he doesn’t want you here. He’ll melt down the Phil Lynott statue and make a crown from it.

  7. shitferbrains

    Frankie Boyle needs to come up with something better than ” we invaded these places ” to explain the reasons for the millions of displaced people currently on the move.

    2. Ms Piggy

      I don’t think he means that British colonial history is the reason why there are so many people on the move now (though in many cases the roots of that movement can be traced back to the actions of the British empire). It’s more the question of why so many of those people specifically want to get into Britain (as opposed to Italy or France), and the answer to that is that it’s because they speak English. And the reason they speak English is of course their home country’s history of British colonialism. Bear in mind too that this is a legacy of empire Britain is very happy to make the most of in other contexts – London is the world’s financial centre to a very large degree because English is the language of global business. But they don’t like having to deal with the flip-side of that coin. Then, those pesky foreigners are a ‘swarm’.

  8. Stewart Curry

    Playing the victimisation card really early. People pointing out that you are saying shitty things isn’t really an attack on your freedom of speech. If you’re worried that expressing your opinion will mean lots of people will call you a racist, maybe the problem lies with you and not them.

  9. Zeno

    Waaaaaait a minute..Ryder..that is an Anglo-Saxon name isn’t it? And Neville…sounds Norman to me

    1. Kilcock Swayze

      Depending on where you are from Ryder is as likely to be a translated Gaelic name as a Saxon import.

      The point is moot. The Gael has no right to Ireland being merely a blanched Spaniard.

      2. Zeno

        Well us blanched Spaniards will go home when those sunburnt sons and daughters of the Steppes go back to theirs..and the blanched North Africans…

  10. fluffybiscuits

    Multiculturalism is a model that can work.In Singapore a nation with a lot of different identities people identify as either Malay, Indian , Chinese and also Singaporean. They have mixed housing devvelopments and schools are mixed. The one common language is English with other langauges as taught according to the what the childs parents need. Any suggestion that there is an Irish race that is somehow pure or has its own culture that is free from foreign influence is nonsense. As mentioned above Irish culture is a mix of Norman, Viking, English, Celtic etc. Multiculturalism seems to be seen as a dirty word amongst the semi fascist right in Ireland (or total fascist if you are Identity Ireland). Its a struggle for those whom are against multiculturalism to see how it works as it runs contrary to their interests (they are insecure in their own culture). When immigration is mentioned people seem to think we will have a Sharia law system, a robust secular set of laws takes care of that. Enough with the scaremongering lads….

    2. Drogg

      Bort what does he do? he seems to have very little of a profile online and was wondering is he a card carrying fascist or is he just some politico gombeen that will jump on any boat that will have him?

      1. Bort

        Works for IMRO, you can find him on Linkedin, graduate of Milltown Institute of Theology and Philosophy and Maynooth

  13. human

    The idea of bring up all the historical examples of people coming to Ireland is sooo stupid, like they just peacefully arrived here… It was bloody conflict and the conquering of the native people that arrived with those waves of immigration Viking, Norman etc. But that does not fit in with the simplistic narrative.

          1. human

            People in a capitalist society and conditioned to be consumerists, to work like slaves for basic wage and in turn this money then leaves the worker whom spends his disposable income on useless stuff that he may want but inherently made not need.

            Thats some pretty silly joint smoking first year art student talk…..You have it all figured out

    3. Zeno

      So the trouble with today’s migrants is that they fail to exercise the right of conquest instead coming over here and asking if they can stay.

  14. Drogg

    I remember there was a time when it was the in thing to shoot fascists in Europe. Slowly groups like this worm their way into society and sow their seeds of blame and descent on immigrants until they can sucker enough of the uneducated and ill-informed to do heinous things.

    Maybe we need to cut them off before they rally the ignorant masses and while i am on the subject surely groups like DRM, Cetlic dawn and other knuckle dragging groups that use swastikas’s with brigits cross should be treated as members of illegal organisations and arrested the same way we arrest the provos.

    1. Jonotti

      A stirring call to arms from someone who remembers the 1940s. I think you’re the one with extreme, distasteful opinions calling for the death and imprisonment of people based on their political views.

      2. Drogg

        Did i rattle your cage? Listen all i am stating is some historical knowledge and some current law enforcement techniques in Ireland. Maybe if you weren’t so preoccupied making bogeymen out of refugees you would see the comparison of Identity Ireland and many fascist organisations of the past.

          2. Drogg

            Ha ha human even with your disgusting comments you have managed to make me smile, cause who wouldn’t want to be compared to Batman? and for your information i live in Ireland and don’t plan on leaving anytime soon not while there is still fascists to round up anyway.

  15. soundmigration

    Cheers for sharing Broadsheet.

    For the sake of clarity and openness, here’s the full audio of the conference. Though at 37 mins I realise thats a lot to ask of readers. You wont get the time back.

    mixcloud.com/Soundmigration/identity-ireland-press-conference-launch-of-racist-political-party/

  16. Don McMahan

    “you can see it on the streets of any urban centre”…….well I’m an immigrant but I don’t look non-irish, I wonder what/who they are really talking about?

    2. Daisy Chainsaw

      Those there Darkies, obviously. Breedin’ with our wimmins, takin’ our jobs etc. The fact that you “pass” is helpful. The “Not One Drop” rule won’t affect you, but it might affect “mongrels” like The O’Hailpins, Leo Varadkar, Paul McGrath, Lee Chin etc when they start repatriations back to “where they came from”

  18. bobsyerauntie

    Racism under the guise of civility, do these arse holes know anything about Irish history?
    The Irish were subjected to racism and genocide through British colonialism for centuries.
    People from all corners of the globe have always migrated, and mixed.
    Europe’s problems come mainly from class inequality, corruption and bad governance.

  19. :-Joe

    I watched a load of videos by John Pilger on vimeo, from Soft drink wars to Palestine and then found some good stuff on youtube by Claire Daly, as usual.

    Somehow I happened to end up watching David Icke being interviewed and apart from the strange space lizard ideas and something really bizarre about energy sucking paedophile vampires he said exactly the same thing as Frankie Boyle about the immigration issues.

    I completely agree with them both, we need to stop fupping around with these countries and I say we, because we are part of the problem.

    Never mind these idiots looking for PRopAgenda attention, just ignore them and they fade away.

    :-J

  20. Patrick

    Well, Ireland is a country with a long history of migration. Most families have relatives abroad and I hope they are welcome there. It just make sense to return this favor for good relationships.

    On the other hand who are the Irish? I mean many common names in Ireland are of Norman history…
    Were the Vikings or the Celts Irish who both migrated to this island or is he referring to the Neoliths who came earlier?

    I can only guess that he doesn`t have any clue what he is talking about like most members of similar movements all over Europe.

  21. Mr_Fair

    If we “invaders” living in Ireland all went away tomorrow, next day your economy would collapse and you’d become a little “Albania” in the Atlantic (with all due respect to Albania)

    It all comes down to CORPORATE TAX, nothing more, nothing less + fortunately enough English is spoken in this country, not “ethnic” Irish ( you should thank Britain for that, shouldn’t you? )

    So…. thank you American Multinationals, thank you Britain, thank you EU, thank you, thank you , thank you

    BTW, I’m swedish… am I white enough for you…? Gosh…..

    1. Caroline

      So what you’re saying is, Sweden has done a great job of keeping out those black’n’brown prayer-mat types too. Well maith sibh.

    2. peter james

      Actually English has been spoken in Ireland for as long as English has existed as a modern language , perhaps the mid 15th century. It predates any concept of “Britishness”

  22. Jem

    I wonder how many of the neo-liberals waxing lyrical about multiculturism have invited immigrants from sub Saharan Africa into their houses ? I’d guess none.

    2. Dόn Pídgéόní

      Yes, we had a lovely braai. What was your point? Oh, those are the right kind (colour) of immigrants. Got ya *wink wink*

    3. Sham Bob

      I invited an African Jehovahs Witness in one day but he did a legger as I was setting up my Atheism 101 powerpoint.

      Btw are you sure ‘neo-liberal’ is the pigeonhole you’re thinking of?

  24. George

    Yes, It is a shame Ireland is full of Vikings, Normans, and the anglo-irish diluting our native bloodlines.

  25. peter james

    OVERWHELMING ?
    The marriage equality referendum was carried 62/38 % .
    This was an overwhelming win. So would this trio be happy with up to 38% of Ireland’s population to be newcomers ?

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