The statue in Fairview Park of former Chief of Staff of the IRA Seán Russell, who died on a German U-Boat in 1940
““We have a few of our own statues we may need to take down. There is a statue in Fairview Park in Dublin of an Irish republican man who was also a Nazi collaborator… I think any statues that come down should come down legally… let’s not engage in violence.”
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar yesterday.
Meanwhile…
Via Irish Socialist Republicans:
‘Seán Russell was not a Nazi. Those that describe him as such do so to attack the Republican Movement. Calls to remove the 1940s IRA Monument in Fairview Park must be seen in the context of the Free State’s War On Republicanism and the ongoing Counter Revolution to suppress the All Ireland Republic.
Anti Imperialist Action have established a daily watch on the Russell Statue and will defend it against any attack. We will not stand by while the Free State attempts to attack the Republican Movement or mislead the Irish People with a Revisionist version of history.
We send a very clear message to the Free State and anti republican elements that would attack the 1940s IRA Monument as an attack on Republicanism today,
Hands off Seán Russell!‘
Fight!
Anti Imperialist Action (Facebook)
Statue of IRA Nazi collaborator in Fairview Park may be pulled down (Dublin Live)
Earlier: Antihero
whats the statue hidden behind bushes beside the Natural History Museum??
Some old English dude on a horse, i believe it used to be in Phoenix park and after multiple attempt to behead and blow him up they tucked him away on the leinster lawn. And planted a bush around him. incognito, like.
Prince Albert is in the bushes at Leinster house also. Untroubled despite his wife’s statue having been exiled to Sydney.
Poetic, that.
That’s the one I was trying to name… .cheers.
The statue of Vic is in Sydney, alright. The plaque says it is a gift from Dublin. I tell Aussies that the Irish didn’t want it. I know things have changed when some Aussie states get renamed and the Aussie flag gets changed
Its officially a long term loan. With the term being infinity.
A statue with a Prince Albert?
That I’d pay to see!
Morto at airport security scanners.
Princess Anne at the Olympics. Quite a ride.
God I really thought something genuinely serious like Covid-19 would put paid to this stupid poo.
“Free State”? What century are these people living in?
Wonder could the city council extend the height of the railings around these four heros. To keep them safe, like.
Leo stick to what you know .leave these statues alone .everyone should have a say no one group should be demanding we get rid of these statues
But that’s how it works.
One person/group suggests something; it gets discussed – everyone gets a say; a decision is made.
Leo is suggesting that the statue may need to be taken down… but specifically says that should happen legally – i.e. due process – discuss it and make an informed decision.
New law needed:
Limitation of Statues.
Paulus: the best pun of the week.
Fantastic Paulus!
“The bombing campaign which began in 1939 was the ‘most disastrous thing that could have happened’, he declared, and so contrary to Irish interests that it could only have been work of British agents.”
Said Sean Lemass in private.
https://www.irishcentral.com/news/politics/british-spies-ira-sean-lemass
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/se%C3%A1n-lemass-ira-was-infiltrated-by-british-secret-service-1.3512365?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fireland%2Firish-news%2Fse%25C3%25A1n-lemass-ira-was-infiltrated-by-british-secret-service-1.3512365
So there’s that….
What? So Seán Russell was a British spy?
The ‘RA heads are protecting a statue of a British agent. Oooh, the irony.
Leo certainly knows his parks.
I was wondering where that was myself, sounds sexy.
Awkward…….
And funny :)
Paul Donnelly , Sinn Fein ran Leo into 2nd place by a whopping 4,000 votes in GE months ago; – Leo , on the band wagon again.
Where are all the Shinner bots at?
Remember a vote for SF/IRA is a vote for Nazis
Peak self own from “Mary” the misogynist.
Its not like “Mary” from the north can actually string a sentence or argument together,it’s the low intelligence thats so disappointing ,but I blame the brits for that. The weird sexual obsession with young people in wheelchairs the unhealthy attraction and constant references to ‘kneecappings’ and disabled people,Mary your one sick puppy.
In the great mans own words….
“Russell told one German official: ‘I am not a Nazi. I’m not even pro-German. I am an Irishman fighting for the independence of Ireland. The British have been our enemies for hundreds of years. They are the enemy of Germany today. If it suits Germany to give us help to achieve independence, I am willing to accept it, but no more, and there must be no strings attached’ (Irish Times, 6 June 1958).”
Rest in peace Sean your were one mad bas…
So you weren’t fond of the kneecappings, you’d prefer to put them straight to an unmarked grave?
-each to their own ‘Mary from the north” are you disabled yourself then or is it just your a ‘devotee’ ?
-the pubic education system up North has really gone to the dogs, ya sick puppy.
“If you don’t know, a (disability) devotee is someone who identifies as having a sexual attraction to disability – someone who finds the kinds of bodily difference that impairment can invoke sexually appealing, titillating and desirable.”
https://theconversation.com/pleasure-porn-and-power-rethinking-sex-and-disability-57446
Oh it all makes sense now- there was actually a gay club in Belfast where all the go go dancers were amputees.
Revlon (Kristian Nairn- later Hodor in Game of Thrones) was the DJ.
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/newpix/2018/06/22/01/4D8183F100000578-5872309-image-a-22_1529627165442.jpg
quelle surprise enter stage left another devotee who also just happens be from the north and has on numerous occasions spread hatred and division..what a coincidence :)
Why would you think that?
Was Russell not captured in Spain where he went to fight on the Republican side in the Spanish civil war . Handed over to the Nazi’s who tried to inveigle him to raise an Irish Republican brigade to fight against the British ?
that’s Frank Ryan
Thank you , the memory isn’t as good as it used to be.
Jeez look what PBP has started. That’s the last time Boyd Barrett gets the whiff of a vote from me.
Pc gone mad
This isn’t the correct forum for that, just install a good anti-virus.
Semantics any good?