Irish Police Claim Self Defence After Shield-Charging Anti-Migrant Camp Protesters

Irish police claim to have acted in self defence by shield-charging and pepper-spraying protesters at the site of a possible migrant camp on Thursday night, but a journalist witness challenges this version of events.  Listen To Story

 

Protests have been ongoing at Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, which is alleged to be the intended site for a migrant camp. Ireland is presently experiencing extremely high levels of immigration and in common with other European countries that have experienced this phenomenon the state is struggling to find space enough to house its new residents, sometimes resorting to tent cities.

 

Now those protests have seen clashes with police, with six arrests made overnight into Friday but, fortunately, no injuries. Dublin Live reports “several Garda Public Order Units” were deployed to the area and that a fire raged near the entrance to the contested site.

 

Fatima poses no threat to public order here. She did not impede the Gardai, or prevent them from carrying out their "duties". Her apparent crime was to express concern for a man being batoned on the ground.

She clearly identifies herself as press. The Garda looks right at her… https://t.co/zGoJv8eaEN

— John McGuirk (@john_mcguirk) April 25, 2024

Terrible decisons by Drew Harris and @HMcEntee are greatly damaging the relationship between the Irish people and @gardainfo Time to get registered and to get even at the ballot box. Replace the anti- Irish Establishment before they replace you. #NewtownMountKennedy pic.twitter.com/AMTOq5qPeS

— Hermann Kelly (@hermannkelly) April 26, 2024

 

 

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