Riots in Ireland

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9.3

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1,163 posts

206 months

Tuesday 10th June
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I’m confused about the riots in Ballymena.
Two Romanian speaking boys are accused of a sexual assault on a local Irish girl.
The rioters are attacking the Police and apparently setting fire to vehicles and houses.
The newspaper report (Telegraph) merely says the rioting followed a peaceful vigil against immigration into Ireland.
So who is rioting? Immigrants against the arrest of the two accused, or locals smashing up their own area?

Countdown

44,227 posts

210 months

Tuesday 10th June
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9.3 said:
I m confused about the riots in Ballymena.
Two Romanian speaking boys are accused of a sexual assault on a local Irish girl.
The rioters are attacking the Police and apparently setting fire to vehicles and houses.
The newspaper report (Telegraph) merely says the rioting followed a peaceful vigil against immigration into Ireland.
So who is rioting? Immigrants against the arrest of the two accused, or locals smashing up their own area?
My guess is that it's those with a similar mentality and logic to the Southport rioters.

fflump

2,296 posts

52 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Looking at the photos and the numbers involved it appears to be locals.

bad company

20,306 posts

280 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Following with interest as I couldn’t make sense of why they were rioting either.

Tam_Mullen

2,473 posts

186 months

Tuesday 10th June
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The same people that idolise Conor McGregor, doesn't seem to matter that he's a convicted* sex offender.


  • in a civil case for the pedants.

BikeBikeBIke

11,524 posts

129 months

Tuesday 10th June
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9.3 said:
So who is rioting?
People looking for an excuse to riot, as always.

Earthdweller

15,885 posts

140 months

Tuesday 10th June
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9.3 said:
I m confused about the riots in Ballymena.
Two Romanian speaking boys are accused of a sexual assault on a local Irish girl.
The rioters are attacking the Police and apparently setting fire to vehicles and houses.
The newspaper report (Telegraph) merely says the rioting followed a peaceful vigil against immigration into Ireland.
So who is rioting? Immigrants against the arrest of the two accused, or locals smashing up their own area?
Ballymena is in the UK

Eric Mc

123,772 posts

279 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Earthdweller said:
9.3 said:
I m confused about the riots in Ballymena.
Two Romanian speaking boys are accused of a sexual assault on a local Irish girl.
The rioters are attacking the Police and apparently setting fire to vehicles and houses.
The newspaper report (Telegraph) merely says the rioting followed a peaceful vigil against immigration into Ireland.
So who is rioting? Immigrants against the arrest of the two accused, or locals smashing up their own area?
Ballymena is in the UK
Yes - I'm Irish and when people in NI do bad or stupid things, they are definitely from the UK.

If they are being nice, then they can be Irish smile

brake fader

1,657 posts

49 months

Tuesday 10th June
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A local Irish girl 13 was dragged out of her house and raped by 3 immigrants on saturday night as well as the case against the 2, 14 year old boys many can imagine all hell broke loose night night as residents are pointing the finger at government for allowing HMO's to spring up everywhere, there was about 3000 people out in support of the family affected including both Republican and Protestant clans unity is being mentioned more between the 2 sides now as they rally against a bigger threat , if the police can't police the streets we will go back to doing it ourselves again was heard in chants, the properties affected where being used to house migrants, Ballymena is a tight nit community that stick together. There are weekly protests going on all over Ireland now as people have had enough Cork last weekend and another planned for Dublin this week with protesters gathering support with each event which will not stop until the plantation ends was the message from Cork. Warning signs on lamposts have been spotted in Belfast saying Landlords we are watching you! You'd think the government would have to accept blame admit failure and stop this now before things get worse the police were totally out numbered and just watched what happened. It feels like the start of something that needs to end before it gets really bad.

Bluevanman

8,421 posts

207 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Racially motivated according to BBC news

bad company

20,306 posts

280 months

Tuesday 10th June
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brake fader said:
A local Irish girl 13 was dragged out of her house and raped by 3 immigrants on saturday night as well as the case against the 2, 14 year old boys many can imagine all hell broke loose night night as residents are pointing the finger at government for allowing HMO's to spring up everywhere, there was about 3000 people out in support of the family affected including both Republican and Protestant clans unity is being mentioned more between the 2 sides now as they rally against a bigger threat , if the police can't police the streets we will go back to doing it ourselves again was heard in chants, the properties affected where being used to house migrants, Ballymena is a tight nit community that stick together. There are weekly protests going on all over Ireland now as people have had enough Cork last weekend and another planned for Dublin this week with protesters gathering support with each event which will not stop until the plantation ends was the message from Cork. Warning signs on lamposts have been spotted in Belfast saying Landlords we are watching you! You'd think the government would have to accept blame admit failure and stop this now before things get worse the police were totally out numbered and just watched what happened. It feels like the start of something that needs to end before it gets really bad.
WTF is an HMO please? confused

Earthdweller

15,885 posts

140 months

Tuesday 10th June
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bad company said:
WTF is an HMO please? confused
House of multiple occupancy

Ie bedsits

Leptons

5,408 posts

190 months

Tuesday 10th June
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House of multiple occupancy. 2 bed knocked into a 5 bed which the government then pays ~£1k per week per immigrant to serco to house, clothe and feed.

If one sprung up next door, well I don’t think you’d be over the moon…

Jimbo.

4,073 posts

203 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Leptons said:
House of multiple occupancy. 2 bed knocked into a 5 bed which the government then pays ~£1k per week per immigrant to serco to house, clothe and feed.

If one sprung up next door, well I don t think you d be over the moon
Yes. Because EVERY HMO is like that…

Chris Peacock

2,997 posts

148 months

Tuesday 10th June
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brake fader said:
A local Irish girl 13 was dragged out of her house and raped by 3 immigrants
The fact they were immigrants is completely irrelevant. It's got nothing to do with immigration, ethnicity or culture. Pure coincidence. To suggest otherwise is racist.

[INSERT WHATABOUTERY LIST OF CRIMES COMMITTED BY NATIVES HERE]

/resident lefties

More seriously - I applaud those protesting. I despise those rioting.

Earthdweller

15,885 posts

140 months

Tuesday 10th June
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brake fader said:
You'd think the government would have to accept blame admit failure and stop this now before things get worse the police were totally out numbered and just watched what happened. It feels like the start of something that needs to end before it gets really bad.
My wife is from a small village in the west of Ireland and we have a place there

It's incredible how quickly things have changed and how many "newcomers" have arrived in the area

First it was the hotels/hostels full of Ukrainians and now it's Africans, Indians and those from the Middle East

Mostly they just hang around in groups .. there is absolutely nothing for them to do, there's no public amenities apart from the GAA pitch, Catholic Church and a few pubs

There were some Iraqi looking guys outside the secondary school a few weeks ago leering at the fine young ones .. how they didn't get lynched, but it was close

There are places near here where the local population is outnumbered by the migrants by significant numbers

It's astonishing how quickly it's happened and the locals are furious, there is real anger. It's put huge pressure on housing and particularly rents where even in the middle of nowhere locals can't afford anywhere

It won't take much of a spark to light it all up it seems

markh1973

2,380 posts

182 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Earthdweller said:
bad company said:
WTF is an HMO please? confused
House of multiple occupancy

Ie bedsits
and clearly not somewhere that any 14 year old boys will be living in.

bad company

20,306 posts

280 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Chris Peacock said:
More seriously - I applaud those protesting. I despise those rioting.
This, 100%.

scenario8

7,077 posts

193 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Earthdweller said:
My wife is from a small village in the west of Ireland and we have a place there

It's incredible how quickly things have changed and how many "newcomers" have arrived in the area

First it was the hotels/hostels full of Ukrainians and now it's Africans, Indians and those from the Middle East

Mostly they just hang around in groups .. there is absolutely nothing for them to do, there's no public amenities apart from the GAA pitch, Catholic Church and a few pubs

There were some Iraqi looking guys outside the secondary school a few weeks ago leering at the fine young ones .. how they didn't get lynched, but it was close

There are places near here where the local population is outnumbered by the migrants by significant numbers

It's astonishing how quickly it's happened and the locals are furious, there is real anger. It's put huge pressure on housing and particularly rents where even in the middle of nowhere locals can't afford anywhere

It won't take much of a spark to light it all up it seems
The recent changes across Eire would probably surprise many from the UK who either have a rather outdated, perhaps quaint impression of Ireland or haven t visited for a while. Obviously the situation isn t universally awful and nor is it all go on go on , Leprechauns and Guinness.

In fact Guinness consumption in my family has fallen through the floor. Crazy times.

Edited to add I’ve never personally visited the North.

90CHPAXL

1,091 posts

117 months

Tuesday 10th June
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Jimbo. said:
Leptons said:
House of multiple occupancy. 2 bed knocked into a 5 bed which the government then pays ~£1k per week per immigrant to serco to house, clothe and feed.

If one sprung up next door, well I don t think you d be over the moon
Yes. Because EVERY HMO is like that
No, you're right, they aren't. But they are used by greedy property developers to rake in the money, buying up property in a town/village/city they aren't in themselves.

The HMO's around my local area are not all migrants, some are the absolute degenerate scum native to this country. One thing I can attest to, where multiple HMO's prop up (in my location), the area becomes significantly less desirable, more intimidating to locals and unfortunately, absolutely filthy. Litter, bottles, bin bags at the very least. Disgusting unkept gardens to boot.