Ireland has been on my bucket list for a tourist visit for years. The beauty of the land and the nature of the people drew me, as it has millions of other tourists over the decades, and there’s also the fact of all that Irish blood that flows through my veins, together with the Irish history I grew up with (my Mum and Dad spoke of the potato famine as if it had happened to them).
But in the wake of recent events there over the last few years I doubt now if I’ll ever visit the place. This is just the latest insult to human freedom:
Teacher Enoch Burke respectfully refused to use invented pronouns for a student who claimed to be transgender. Since he was teaching at a Christian school, the young Irishman believed that his Christian belief that there are only two sexes would be respected. He was wrong.
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Burke explained that on payday, he received no salary and his bank account was raided. As he makes €750 weekly, and has to put aside a little at a time, the loss of his life savings — €40,000 — is indeed a significant blow.
The EU is planning to expedite its digital euro scheme, which would make it even easier for the government to seize an individual’s money, even potentially without any trial. That’s a copy of the system In Communist China where the government can immediately shut off digital funds for anybody it’s taken a dislike to.
Just on that note of a trial: Burke did get one:
Senior Counsel Brian Kennedy SC for the Attorney General was granted as much time as he wished to make his submissions in Court on this unprecedented matter and was not questioned in any way by the bench. By contrast, when Enoch Burke rose to speak, he was cut off after only 5 minutes by Mr Justice David Nolan, who repeatedly interrupted him. The Judge then delivered his pre-prepared ruling immediately.
No wonder US VP Vance questioned whether America’s old Cold War allies stand for freedom and liberty any longer or have become like the communists who were defeated in 1989-1991. Increasingly that is a rhetorical question.
Along those lines, surely the IRA will now prosecute a military campaign against this government which is oppressing the Irish, and will do so as fervently as they did against Thatcher, right?
Right?
At least the Leftist fanatics who run the country haven’t started a famine.
Yet.
No Minister 
As a woman, you must be terribly offended.
It’s notable that the traditional western countries that were bastions of freedom aren’t anymore if you step out of line.
Thats the problem when you have ‘in’ crowds these days. You have to have an ‘out’ crowd, otherwise membership to the ‘in’ crowd is meaningless.
Ireland is mostly country. Green fields, old stones, and cold ocean. The “Internet” has infected a small part. It can be excised by men with will. They just need an invite
Ireland is going to be very interesting: people are protesting about the stream of young immigrant men being brought into the country and housed in largeish camps specifically built for them. Camps containing a 1000 dumped next to villages of a few hundred, I wonder why?
An as you say the Irish have a very recent history of paramilitary operations, but this time in the Republic will the Gardi turn a blind eye as they did during the troubles of the 1970s through to 1990s? I suspect it wont be as easy this time if the IRA kicks off in opposition to the flooding of Ireland with foreigners…
The Irish political elite is infected with the same far left stupidity Van Der Leyden and co on the continent are infected with: gender fluid, anti western and more & more openly authoritarian (whether communist or fascist it doesn’t matter to them what ever cudgel they can wield to shape things their way)
If Ireland has some sort of open rebellion against the weirdness that is mass immigration, gender fluid etc I would think European Community troops would be deployed to keep the population in line… as mad as that sounds Brussels can’t have a small country kick over the traces & reins of control as it would set an example that would be dangerous for the long term aim of an integrated Europe run by unelected elites based in Brussels…
We live in extremely interesting and dangerous times…
There is something sinister taking place, all these new voters being dropped in.
Plus the newcomers wants…
https://notthebee.com/takes/this-woman-says-the-indigenous-culture-of-ireland-needs-to-be-more-diverse