Green Party Leader Eamon Ryan
Eamon Ryan just used the n-word in the Dáil. Talking about #BlackLivesMatter he said:
“In the newspaper today there was a young Irishman Sean Gillane giving his experience of being othered. Of being from the age of six given that name – you n****r”
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) June 11, 2020
This afternoon.
Get him.
Kick his bike.
Update:
White people – the only time it is acceptable for you to use the N word is never.
You’re welcome.— Philip O’Connor (@philipoconnor) June 11, 2020
Oh, it’s on.
Earlier: Dan Boyle: Green And Bear It
Update:
I made a speech in the Dáil today about the scourge of racism in our society. In quoting from an article I read this morning, I repeated a racial slur, and I was completely wrong to do so. I want to apologise for any hurt caused. I know this particular word should never be used.
— Eamon Ryan (@EamonRyan) June 11, 2020
Update:
My statement on Eamon Ryan's comments in Dáil Éireann this afternoon. pic.twitter.com/WZZLBYl1SQ
— Cllr. Daniel Whooley ♻️ (@DanielWhooley) June 11, 2020
My other vehicle is a deluxe trishaw with gears.
…after this it’ll be a rickshaw with slaves…
Philip still preening I see.
100%
happy to listen to POC giving out about white people, no problem – but please, for the love of god, spare me from the white man giving out about white men. just get off the stage and stop whoring for retweets
Its actually quite common in D4 and amongst past pupils of the more salubrious private schools in Dublin as a term of endearment as is…yo my n…when greeting a BFF from private school….
They really are conditioned to losing, they have managed in a very shot time to turn victory into defeat.
Stunning insight…
Rob your like a little puppy, yapping at my heels, looking for a pet,its a little unbecoming.
oh and Rob do try keep up…
“The review comes after alumni and students in social media postings and in emails to the school made allegations of racism and bullying.
The complaints made by black past pupils of the college include being called the ‘n’ word by white students and ‘jokes’ about slavery.
One female past pupil complained in an email sent to the school the following: “Jokes being made in my boarding house about picking cotton, where my cotton balls were thrown on the floor and I was ‘jokingly’ asked to pick them up.”
St Columba’s graduate Fewitimi Majekodunmi spoke about how the ‘n’ word would be used by other white students: “They always saw it as banter they never saw it as racism so they’d be like ‘come on, n*****, or something and I’d be like what? And they’d start laughing and say they weren’t racist.”
https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0608/1146246-racism/
What school did Eamon go to again….
Do you think it’s Eamon Ryan’s fault that there a currently some racist muppets attending a school he was in 40 years’ ago, or what is the point you are trying to make?
Morning Rob,yeah I’d expect Eamo to read the papers and follow the news, maybe I’m asking too much of him…..and you too by the way before making smarmy comments.
who is philip o’connor to be giving out instruction on behalf of black people?
He seems to be very ready to use colour as a way of condemning a section of society. If only there was a word for what he is saying?…. Oh yes there is. Racism!
Always happy to point out how we’re doing things wrong here while living in Sweden.
I’d imagine that majority of public think what Mr Ryan did was OK – it’s a direct quote from a newspaper article highlighting the racism experienced by black people in Ireland, not so much ‘using; a racial slur as ‘mentioning’ one.
Of course the more radical elements of the greens will leap on this as an attempt to oust Ryan – but they wanted him gone anyways – convenient timing for them with a leadership vote?
Agreed. I find it very strange that referring to a word, with the full context of disapproval being perfectly clear, can cause such uproar.
But then I don’t think Huckleberry Finn should be banned, so what do I know
Burn the books!
Exactly, context and intent.. It’s how comedy works folks.. and this would be laughable if it wasn’t such obviously ugly, infantile and pointless posturing..
The only good thing to come out of it is you’re getting to see more into the mechanics of the Green Party and whose who and what they really represent.
Starting to remind me of the opportunistic nasty wannabe tory blairites in Labour or the ex-tory fake social democrats in britain…
:-J – https
And Nigel is after losing his gig at LBC. I always thought it was a great listen even if you didn’t agree with him.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/nigel-farage-lbc-radio-show-quit-statement-black-lives-matter-a9560906.html
Whooley’s use of punctuation is reprehensible.
What Whooley’s position on going into gov withFFG+ ?
It think that he thinks it’s a very balanced statement.
Centred text in bold is the computer equivalent of capitals and green ink in angry letters from randomers.
Bit like Willie O’Dea pointing the gun down the camera lens. Where the hell is their foresight? How do they not see a media/internet reaction coming be it warranted or not? All they have to do is have a think before they speak. Honestly sometimes I think they WANT to fail.
Mr T is indeed correct as is Bob. However, So is Jockey.
1. It is a perfectly legitimate use of the word as in he is condemning the use of it as a means of bullying someone.
2. It was an insanely foolish thing to say as he should have known it would be jumped on by some people.
3. He is in the middle of a fight for his leadership of the party, so why give ammunition to people who want to replace him as leader?
4. It feeds into the what almost seems orchestrated cries of the Greens are “Flaky” which I’ve heard repeated a lot in the last 24 hours.
I disagree, he shouldn’t have apologised for making it clear what the article already printed.
Hypothetically, If he said “Whitey” or “Cracker” or “Honkey” was printed about a white boy would anyone have objected to that if that’s what was factually correct?…
You can’t blame Eamonn Ryan for a bunch of backstabbing opportunists turning on him unless he knew about it happening all along and did nothing about it, then he’s complicit in the problems of the GP and his own failure or potential downfall..
You reminded me, I was talking to some Green party members after the Gay marriage referendum and I remember them being surprisingly very dismissive and derogatory about Ryan, laughing at the idea that he was a good leader and his future chances of continuing… for whatever that’s worth.
:-J – https://w
Good points all, Tarfton.
Lets be fair to Eamon Ryan he is politically naive and he only quoted what was already
published to express his opposition to racism, so whats the problem, there is a division
in the Green fraternity and it will lead to a split, as quite a number of the newcomers are
out of touch with reality and indeed the electorate, the Green Party in Ireland like to claim
they represent the Green Agenda, but where is their support in the area of the Rural
Hinterland, essentially they are an urban based political grouping wishing to impose
their policies on a huge sector of Irish Society that do not agree or even support them
Incidentally how come you never hear a word in Irish Parliament condemning
Sectarianism…….or the Irish Version of the Confederates, the Orange Order and their
fellow traveller’s
…let’s not be fair to Eamon Ryan…he is about to facilitate the reinstatement of a FFG government for five more years despite his party owing it’s strength to a clear movement for change among the electorate…it’s his party and he has firmly fixed in the minds of the electorate that a vote for green is a vote for FFG…good luck with that…
The greens got a lot of their TDs due to SF not putting sufficient candidates forward.
At the next election (assuming SF put more candidates forward) the greens will lose most of the seats they have now.
They have a chance *now* to get into government and implement some green policies… or they can wait for 3/4/5/… election cycles to have another chance…
Make hay while the sun shines!
the author of the original article was interviewed on drivetime but wasn’t prepared to make any statements either way about what the green party should or shouldn’t do. he said that he thought mr ryan’s intentions were good but that he was disappointed that he used the n word since the article explained how damaging a word it was.
Cllr. Whooley says “It does not matter if it was a mistake” setting a stupidly high bar for his own future conduct.
The statements from some of the Green Party are blatant opportunism and I find it very disappointing to see them turn on themselves after their best election result to date.