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A GARDA INVESTIGATION is underway after residents living near Shelbourne Park in Dublin were threatened with “severe measures” if they did not join ongoing protests against the greyhound racing industry.
The Alliance for Animal Rights (AFAR), which holds bi-weekly demonstrations outside the stadium, says it has nothing to do with the threats and condemned the move as an attempt to discredit the group.
The threats featured on flyers which were posted to residents living on South Lotts Road in Ringsend on Saturday 23 November.
It read:
We are a group dedicated to ending greyhound racing in Ireland [and] we are seeking the help of residents of Shelbourne Park [sic] to come forward and end this cruel sport…the residents have sat on the fence far too long, it is now time to act.
If you fail to act severe measures will be taken against you, your property and your neighbours…
Protests have been ongoing outside the stadium since an RTÉ investigation revealed in June that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
However, AFAR’s Bernie Wright said the group was not responsible for printing and posting the flyer, which called on residents to join protests outside Shelbourne Park “every Saturday night”.
She told TheJournal.ie that AFAR had a good relationship with local residents and described the flyers as an attempt to alienate protesters and locals.
“A few people were very irate when they got the flyer through the door,” she said.
“We absolutely condemn it. We can deal with it, but the problem is that a lot of elderly people were very upset because what was said was pretty brutal.
“From our point of view, you don’t threaten people to try to get them on your side. We have nothing to gain from this kind of tactic.”
A spokesman for the Irish Greyhound Board said it was aware of the flyer and that the board condemned the threats “in the strongest possible terms”.
The board also said it respected the right to peaceful protest and had accommodated protesters at its venues, but also said that members of the public who wished to attend greyhound racing meetings were entitled to do so without facing threats or intimidation.
A Garda spokesman confirmed that Irishtown garda station had received a number of complaints from residents on South Lotts Road in relation to the flyers, adding that the matter was currently under investigation.
Gardaí also asked that anyone who may have witnessed anything suspicious in the area between 6pm and 8pm on Saturday 23 November or who had other information about the flyers contact Irishtown garda station on at 01 666 9600.
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Who’s mammy and daddy left who the most. Let the battles begin!
@Dan The Man: Yeah,keep telling yourself that.typical Irish attitude towards success and hard work.We must be the worst begrudging nation on earth.
@Dan The Man: Just because you didn’t make it very far in life, doesn’t mean others can’t either. You just assume that anyone with something decent was just given to them. Is that your coping mechanism because you can’t admit there is people who work harder than you and make better decisions?
@John Paul: well that’s one way to look at it, but you can see how such shows might really grate on those that haven’t been able to afford a house. I am in fact lucky enough to have purchased a house I can afford but I do wonder when we might see a tent or a temporary type of house on the show. Doesn’t fit the narrative though.
This is tat, pure and simple, but it’s par for the course with RTE!
This abomination along with the other shitshow cheap Irish homes have to be the worst ever attempt by RTE at entertainment.
@Sea Spirit: Why don’t they give updates or tell you what home the people featured, make a bid on. What’s the point of it all!
@Sea Spirit: A stop Dathai should be on this show aswell for god sake he’s brilliant oh Frank
Hugh Wallace makes me nauseas ‘Hooooooome of the year’… while the majority of us hard working people can’t even afford the circular red pillow to put in our ‘favourite place’. Yup rub it in please Man just a little bit more.
@J B: No fair enough JB and thank you for that x You must be so proud of your children that’s amazing x You’re right in fairness, I need to get over my resentments it’s just hard because genuinely worked so hard and lost everything. There I go again with the self pity!! Sorry JB and thanks again for your reply x
@Donna Fallon: As all the evidence shows, Irish people have never been better off financially. Look at car sales, holidays etc. There are always people who get left behind or endure bad circumstances etc but they are definitely not the majority
@Brian M: Yup there certainly are people who get left behind I agree but our obsession with property porn in this Country is quite unsettling. I personally find it distasteful. Just an opinion.
Love the show and the judges. It is amazing what people can do on very little as in the converted shop in Tipperary. Gorgeous home full of personality.
@Suzanne Phelan: I prefer those to the ones that obviously just had more money than taste thrown into them, everything to the max size, but minimal and sterile at the same time.
Home of the year …
I blame Duncan Stewart and his show “our house” with rté which started in the mid 90s for the start of the property boom. Just looat the graph 1996 / 2008 \ 2014 / 2025
@P. V. Aglue: Ah Drunken Duncan. There’s a name I haven’t seen in a while
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