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WHEN A HOMELESS man died just a few feet from the Dáil close to three years ago there was a huge public outcry.
The death of Jonathan Corrie on the morning of 1 December 2014 came at a time of a spike in homeless numbers. A record number of rough sleepers had been counted on the streets just a few weeks before.
Christmas was just around the corner and the public reaction and anger was palpable.
Sensing an imminent political crisis, then-Environment Minister Alan Kelly convened an emergency homeless summit, inviting all stakeholders to the table.
Opposition party members, charity heads and officials from across the housing and homelessness sectors met to discuss the growing crisis.
A number of short-term and long-term commitments were made: there were additional beds made available for homeless rough sleepers; 50% of all future social housing allocations would go to long-term homeless; the government reaffirmed its commitment to ending long-term homelessness by the end of 2016.
“Our ambition is that there will be no need for anyone to have to sleep rough in Dublin this Christmas unless they make that choice themselves, for whatever reason,” Alan Kelly said in a statement following the summit.
Almost three years later, four homeless people have died in the past 10 days and there are more homeless people than ever before in the state’s recent history.
In response to the growing crisis, current Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy (who is now in charge of the homeless brief) will today convene an emergency housing summit in order to try to find solutions.
Housing Summit
Murphy will today host an emergency housing summit in Dublin with the heads of the 31 local authorities of Ireland.
The purpose of the summit is, in Murphy’s words, “to explore new options and to see how we can better join up our response across local authorities but also across health and social care supports” in order to tackle the housing crisis.
The summit differs from the one held in 2014 in that it focused on all of housing, rather than solely homelessness.
Back in December 2014, charity officials and those who had been working for years with homeless people responded positively to Kelly’s swift affirmative action in convening the homeless summit.
A 20 point plan was drawn up to tackle the issue. However, as the months progressed the number of homeless people increased significantly, and that good sentiment turned sour.
Figures released yesterday for July show that there were 5,187 adults staying in state-funded homeless accommodation as well as 2,973 children.
This is almost double the number of adults (2,858) who were in the same situation in December 2014, around the time of Jonathan Corrie’s death.
The number of homeless children in December 2015 was 880 – meaning it has close to quadrupled in fewer than three years.
Plans
A number of commitments have been made by this and the previous government since the summit on homelessness in 2014.
In many cases these commitments have not been realised.
First, the goal of eliminating long-term homelessness by the end of last year was not met, with the government silently dropping that promise.
Since then, former Housing Minister Simon Coveney repeatedly promised to end the use of hotel and B&B accommodation for housing homeless families by July of this year.
That target was also not met, with Eoghan Murphy rowing back on the commitment when he took ministerial office in June.
Figures for July showed 753 families staying in commercial hotels in the Dublin region, which is down from the peak but up on recent months.
The commitment to end hotel use was contained in the government’s Housing Action Plan – Rebuilding Ireland - which was launched to much fanfare last year.
However, the plan has come under strong criticism in recent months, as homelessness has continued to worsen.
Some criticism has been directed at the plan’s over-reliance on the private sector to deliver social housing. While Focus Ireland has called for a separate sub-strategy to deal with family homelessness.
Minister Murphy instigated a review of the plan when he took office in June, which is due to be completed this month. He has said on a number of occasions that the plan “is working” but that additional measures were needed to increase housing supply.
Murphy said that the number of people exiting homelessness was significant, but that more people continued to enter all the time.
He said that last year over 3,000 sustainable exits from homelessness were achieved, as well as 900 in the first quarter of this year.
He pointed towards the delivery of new group home “family hubs”, which when fully complete will provide more suitable accommodation for over 500 families at an estimated cost of €25 million.
He also said that extra beds were on the way and that new solutions to the crisis would be announced in the coming weeks.
There have been numerous calls across many sectors and from opposition politicians to increase local authority social housing supply, and opposition politicians have criticised government for what they say is its failure to do this.
“The housing and homeless crisis needs action, not words. The time for summits and gestures has long since passed,” said Sinn Féin TD Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire.
If Minister Murphy is to be taken seriously on the back of this week’s summit, actions must follow; not in the form of yearly plans, or kicking the can down the road for another few months; we need to see action immediately.
The purpose of today’s summit is believed to be for Murphy to stress to local authorities the importance of treating the housing crisis with urgency and to come up with viable solutions to address it at a local and national level.
The summit will be held in Custom House in Dublin tomorrow at 11. Minister Murphy is expected to address the media at about 4pm after the event.
Tunisia has a huge campaign around Dublin at the moment to encourage people to visit,
this has now ruined it
feeling alot better about choosing cork for the family holiday this year
Not sure about that Richard – looks like a storm in Fermoy. Just don’t act ‘uncomradely’ when there.
Hardly funny Gabbi.
These are nothing more than the devils spawn. Rest in peace to those who died today and that poor man in France what a way to die. And now news of bomb in a shiite mosque in Kuwait. Rest in peace for all those who died there also.
Makes me sick to stomach.
It’s June 29th that I’m starting to wonder about.
The one year anniversary of the Caliphate.
Is this part of a build up, a 3 day special.
There are no words for these evil basta*ds
There is Tom they are Islamic Terrorists – but they have nothing to do with Islam, okay!
Classy as always Gabbi.
Is this the first Irish citizen to be murdered by ISIS/ISIL? Anyone?
They are a poison on civilization. Extremists, radicals whatever you want to call them. Putting moderates in the same category in not helpful.
@charlie – Extremists are only people who act on what moderates believe in theory. As that old adage says: we judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their actions.
all mosques are shitte!
Sorry Ben but it has everything to do with Islam. These filthy worms and maggots are using Islam as a raison d’être.
Time for the west to wake up
Wow how terrible for that poor man :( Ar Dheis Dé go raibh Hanam Deepest condolences to him and his family. My heart goes out to him hugsss xxx
let not tar all Muslims with the same brush
Seriously why write that long a comment? ?
We are building a super mosque in Dublin, I think it’s a terrible idea.
No. I wouldn’t let two sc#m bag terrorists put me off visiting a wonderful country like Tunisia. An event like this could happen in any city or country in the world. tragic though. rip
The west has been fighting them for two thousand years since the holy wars. We can’t stop them.because now they are amongst us.
@ pat o dwyer i dont think any of the innocent people caught up in all these events today can see a ” brighter side” as you put it! really pat the brighter side of ISIS!
@Charlie Figarty.
The ‘Moderates’ are the ones who go to the mosque,pay their ‘ZAKAT’( donations to charity)-8% of which goes to The Jihadders’ and then go home without a bother on their conscience.
@Charlie
Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan was beheaded by the forerunner to IS
Sorry, Karen, clicked too fast – on red by mistake, Add one tick to Green, thumbs up. Pity I can’t undo – and add hundreds more.
Extremists have been using religion as an excuse since time began ! The westbouragh church used Christianity as a means of hatred on a daily basis ! Does this mean all Christians are bigots ? Open your mind
@Pat
“The ISIL Takfiri terrorist group was created by the US and does what exactly Washington wants it to do, says political activist Seth Rutledge.”
“ISIS, in my opinion, is largely a creation of US intelligence and is basically doing what exactly the US wants it to do,” Rutledge told Press TV on Thursday.”
So a ‘political activist’ (what does one have to do to qualify as one of them?) has an ‘opinion’ on something, which is quoted on Press TV (you do know that the whole raison d’etre of Press TV is to spew out anti-western propaganda right?). Well that’s it then – definitive proof….
Are you so gullible that you’d also take as gospel anything that some random bloke you met down the pub told you was his ‘opinion’, as his opinion would be every bit as valid as that of a random ‘political activist’ on Press TV!
Gav but while westboro are deluded racists they are not going around killing people
Its perfectly accptable for religions to have a place of worship that is a freedom affforded in modern democratic societies.
It is not acceptable to resort to violence.
This is Ireland , its not perfect but its a damn site better than many parts of the world .
We sholud not accept radicalism from anymore be it, Islam, Christian, or other.
We should judge people not ont heir religion or the colour of their skin but the content of their charector to paraphrase Dr Martin Luther King.
yep there was half a million people killed in iraq and over one hundred and fifty thousand were civilians all killed by american and british forces while they looked for weapons of mass destruction and all they found was a bottle of white spirits…hence the birth of isis….very sad what happened today and its happening often now..
I’d still pick Tunisia over Cork, thanks.
Lowlife cowards and sc=m of the earth …Hope they rot in hell. RIP to all who died needlessly
Was in Tunisia in the 90s armed police and military everywhere even then. Poor woman her family must be devastated. We really need to think when we book a holiday to these countries now it’s not safe anymore for westerners. There is a war being waged against us now. All non Muslims. May she rest in pease.
John, I think you’ll find the vast vast majority of those killed in Iraq were killed by other Iraqis.
Up to your comment on 9/11 I actually understood and felt you were making some really good points. What is this “greatest lie in human history” that you speak of?
most certainly not killed by other iraqis albeit some where but the vast majority were murdered by the coalition forces when they invaded the country for no reason and have since admitted they made a mistake…at the expense of five hundred thousand iraqis..
Got any figures to back that up John? Because I can provide figures to show that you’re wrong.
Islamic apologists will be kept busy today.
No doubt a few will be along shortly to tell us how it is us westerners who are to blame. They’re already swarming over the French article. It must be a hard job when every day an atrocity is committed in the name of this disgusting religion.
They’ll spend their day moralising as to how Islam is no more dangerous to us than Catholicism.
And about how we deserve it really, and how its fair enough because of what we did to them during the crusades, and how its our own fault being attacked, yada yada yada…
Ah lads ye are now posting for them. fair play.
Having a war about religion is like having a fight over whose imaginary friend is better!
And don’t forget slavery guys!
Like it!
AN other, it is not “almost like”, it IS a war about imaginary friends
@ scipio africanus well said
I wonder how many head bangers are being rescues by the EU and being “trafficed” to almost all EU countries, time will tell!
Since you guys asked for it, THE U.S. HAS TRAINED, FUNDED AND ARMED ISIS! There is a reason the EU is allowing droves of migrants in. They will attack us, with permission and assistance of course and then we’ll have military on the streets while the Eurozone collapses. These are not random acts of terrorism, this is a meticulously planned strategy to take our rights from us. The U.S. started its “War on Terror” almost 15 years ago. How do you all think its going?
@thejynx….and you know all this because you run the CIA NSA or were in meetings of the Joint Chiefs…..
@ Avina. …why we’re the Crusades launched in the first place.?
So will redneck bigots.
Precisely my point Bill.
My other personal favourite line from the apologists is “this has nothing to do with religion”…
Yes it f*ckin does – it has everything to do with religion!
@Scipio. With the dual purpose of blaming the westerners as you rightly point out but also to deflect away from the Horrific events in Tunisia and France and to try to ‘control the narrative’- just like one would imagine professional paid Muslim Brotherhood internet shills try to do.
Avina
Crusades launched after 400 years of muslim attacks, raids, rapes and enslaving of Christian pilgrims to the holy land as well as muslims then attacking Christian territories in the middle east, north Africa and muslim attacks on the Byzantine empire.
That’s put Tunisa off the tourist map for a decade at least. Idiots cannot see further than their nose !
I think the whole point of IS is to establish a caliphate. Foreigners aren’t welcome anyway…
That is the whole point of it.
It destroys Tunisia’s main economic activity.
Weaken the State and then replace it.
Another failed State in North Africa where they can launch attacks and implement Sharia.
Its a big victory for them.
That’s the point!!! These people are probably Libyan, short drive across the “border”
The most frightening thing is how many of the asylum seekers crossing The Mediterranean daily has the same mentality.
ISIS/ISILs plan, the same with destroying all the old art is to trick the west into blundering in again like in 2003, committing more war crimes and thus getting them more support, they hope they can bleed an occupying force dry (which they would ) and eventually public pressure would force it to leave again (which it would) leaving a weak government in place (as happened in Iraq) which they can take over.
If there is no intervention they feel they can still make a run at overthrowing the govt, their real goal is Saudi Arabia thats the crown jewel in their plans.
They WANT the tourism to go away, they want the youth to not have any contact with the outside world. They don’t want their youth to have any contact with westerners who might tell them what having actual freedom is like and they might like it too.
Gaddafi was finished even before any air attack was launched, he had lost the support of the main tribes there.
They’ll never have it as good as they had with him. The supports and services that he gave in that country were Norwegian like.
It had a lot of problems though.
Destroying the heritage of Syria and Iraq has noting to do about ‘tricking the West into invading’. It’s a product of the Wahhibism that the likes of Isis and others espouse. The Saudis have being demolishing their ancient monuments fkr decades. Little of their heritage remains. And who can forget the Buddhist statues in Afghanistan.
If these people ever gain control of Egypt they’d destroy the Pyramids.
Scipio since the goals of tricking them in came from their own recovered documents by news crews I’m gonnna go with what ISIS says is their goal while ye know…figuring out what ISIS wants is concerened.
It happens to coincide with their “my sky god hates idols” philosophy but they don’t need to FILM the destruction and send it to the news networks to satisfy God, that’s about getting the ”international community” and the US to do what they do best – blunder into a quagmire using poor dumb hicks from the red states as cannon fodder
Mohammed commanded that there be “no idol unbroken, no grave unlevelled, and no picture undefaced”.
As always, Isis are following the strict commands of Mohammed, not all choose to do so but they are stil his commands.
@ryan, that sounds like Russia in the old days
@ john lennox spot on! and while they do all that..seek asylum in ireland and enjoying all the benefits that go with it!
@Ann Glasgow. In Mohammed’s time the Faithful had to take their chances robbing the ‘trade caravans”. But that’s no longer necessary as all they have to do is walk into our welfare offices and the
psychophants will take good care of them,-until they’re numerous enough and strong enough to show good old Mohammedan gratitude by tearing our society apart.
@ patrick j o connor, it looks like they are ” tearing our society apart”!
The Irish navy may be delivering terrorists to Europe
Totally agree Dave, isolated terrorist attacks shouldn’t stop you from travelling. It was only 30 years ago that we saw bombs going off in Dublin, am I going to avoid Dublin, nope.
Death knell for the Tunisan tourist industry. These savages have no shame.
Tunisia is one of the more democratic and progressive North African countries. ISIS clearly carry out these attacks to destabilise the country’s economy. Hideous, vile people.
I think the photos will bring the reality home for a lot of people, this is the kind of thing that happens around the world.
Jerry the fact is you’re not safe from Islamic extremism wherever you and they reside, be it New York, Madrid, London, Paris, Nairobi etc, but once you venture into a predominately Muslim country the risk is much greater, Turkey Egypt and Indonesia are also regarded as fairly secular Muslim countries but they too have had their fair share of attacks on Western tourists, Luxor and Bali the two most notable ones.
Horrendous attack but I’m surprised tourist companies were still operating there since the last brutal terrorist attack only happened in March and was obviously part of an attempt to deter tourists and hit the economy..
This is simular to what happend in Egypt over the last ten years. Terrorist attacks destablised the economy and then the radicals moved in.
The world would be a better place without these extremists, but it’s not a war that can be fought and won like wars in the past. It’s only a matter of time before something similar happens in Ireland as the liberals continue to welcome in migrants with open arms and no idea of their backgrounds.
Ye but that’s the plan. I can’t get on a plane without getting felt up and my retinas scanned but possible terrorists can come on in!
Did you really have to show a dead body for this story?
My thoughts exactly.
It’s utterly shocking & the sickening nature of these animals should shock you. Let’s not hide the results of their religious beliefs.
It’s a bit much alright.
It’s says warning graphic! Also it’s a story of a shooting.. what did u think was going to be in the photo? It’s important we don’t wash over this stuff and we see it in its horrible truth. If we don’t see extreme things like this, it’s too easy for the world to ignore and forget
It’s not a bit much it’s the REAL WORLD and whats really happening.
Maybe if people saw more of this kind of thing they’d not be as quick to support wars or terrorist groups so eagerly as they are now. I wonder if the people above could see what a nuclear blast does to a human beings body at various points along the blast zone would they still be clapping loudly for a load of them to be dropped
Spot on kris, it’s called reality
And now it’s been removed… Guess ppl can keep their heads in the sand for longer
Its not so much the scene thats a bit much but the victim in the pic is easily identifiable to anybody who might know him. Thats my problem. Also I do believe that exposure to images of terror do help to harden resistance to such acts.
You see it on this site every day, people are too quick to support bombing this or shooting that , see it right up the top comments there. They are removed from it because the media does not show what actually happens. They don’t show limbs blown off, disfigured kids, they don’t see the fear in someones eyes when it dawns on them they have minutes or seconds to live.
The Gulf War, while it was the ‘good’ Gulf war because it was doing what the UN was meant to do (correct an invasion as opposed to starting one) , what it did in Korea, should have been shown for the war it was, but it was portrayed on CNN as this video game almost. So naturally when the 03 war came up people thought it would be the same…
RIP to the Irish woman and all people affected by this tragedy
R.I.P to Lorna Carty and condolences to her poor family. How awful to go on holidays and for this to happen.
Please tell me that is not one of the victims in the photo………
Its actually two… Theres a woman curled up in the foetal position at his feet… Shocking pic.
There’s a photo of the gunman with his head blown off if it makes you feel better? That’s the reality of what these people are doing. Best to face up to it rather than going on with your perfect lives with heads stuck in the sand.
Why hide from what is going on?
This is the world we live in.
“6Degreesbelle”, A photo of what happened does not have to be brandished around for people to be informed about what happens in this world. And I’m sure the family of these people certainly don’t need to see it
Not wanting to be exposed to these images isn’t ‘hiding’. I can be well informed by just reading, not viewing images of these kind. Show some respect
To be honest everyone was complaining last week about the star’s front cover of the body bags of the students who died in Berkeley so why is there double standards just because these people aren’t Irish?
Tiarnan there is no purpose in showing the bodies of the victim of an accident, it’s just rubbing salt in the wounds of their friends and family.
Showing the victims of terrorism and war is another matter, people tend to support political violence (as you can see from the top rated comment on this very forum, by people supposidly outraged at violence, ironically) because they are removed from it, they say “yeh they should die” and stop thinking about it, they are not forced to SEE it, to look at it, if they are , less of them will be inclined to support it
No need for pictures. And as a Muslim I wholeheartedly condemn these attacks as any normal sane Muslim would. These monsters do not represent my Islam.
They might not represent you but the likes of ISIS et al do represent the legacy of the warrior founder of your religion. There is no getting around that fact.
There is most certainly a need for these pictures to be printed, news and media actually have an obligation to show us the reality of what is going on.
It was the graphic photos and news reels which came out of Vietnam that helped sway public opinion against the war there. There is a strong argument to say that if the previous 10+ years of conflict in the ME had been properly reported on it would have turned our western stomachs a long time ago and we’d have be up in arms by this stage, but due to what happened in Vietnam media outlets have been highly restricted in what they can and can’t report on.
Think of the collateral murder video from wikileaks and the outrage following. This is just one instance where the public hadnt known what was actually happening on the ground until the information was actually stolen from US servers.
If you don’t want to see it, if you don’t want to know what is actually going on on the ground, if you don’t want to be fully informed that’s fair enough, don’t click the article.
But by calling for censorship you are actually effecting my and others ability to be fully informed and aware of the pure ugliness of what is going on.
A picture paints a thousand words, it’s important people see them and realise that this is what these people are capable of doing without any conscious whatsoever.
Go home
Attacks are always stepped up for Ramadan.
In Islam it is called the Month of Victory and Conquest.
Welcome to the new world, they’ll do their best to collapse Tunisia and they will succeed and they will turn it in to an Islamic State in time to come. It provides the most foreign fighters to ISIS.
Your comment concerning Ramadan shows how little you know about Islam. It is a month of peace, a month of mercy, a month of reflection. ISIS are disgusting individuals, but genuine Muslims they are not. They will burn in hell for what they have done.
Well then I guess they’ll have Mohammed for company in hell since he did all the same kind of stuff, Aoife.
According to Mohamed it was a month for fighting as well, an hour of fighting is worth a lifetime of prayer as the man said himself.
Frightening stuff. Unimaginable.
Enjoying your holiday, then this?!
Well that’s Tunisias tourist industry bankrupt in one fell swoop. I wouldn’t holiday in any of these Muslim countries for free. Lanzarote is yer man.
@ John spot on! not a hope in hell would i go to any of those places
I agree
Islamic community very quiet as usual. What’s the story lads, do you not think it’s time all decent Muslims stood up and condemned these s#umbag members of their religious brotherhood.
Deputydawg
The Hallawas will be out after they finish their Friday prayers and proclaiming sharia law. And pigs will flly.
@Michael Reilly. Qatar and SA fund and thus control the Muslim Brotherhood whose Mouthpiece is Al Jazeera. The MB is behind ISIS/Al Queda/Hamas and other terrorist groups. The Spiritual Leader of The Global Muslim Brotherhood is Yusuf Al-Qaradawi who operates the European Council for Fatwa and Research out of Clonskeagh,Dublin,Ireland. His role is comparable to Third Reich propaganda minister Joseph Goebbles.
“It was Al-Jazeera that created the “Arab Spring” by twisting a story about a Tunisian fruit-seller, who set himself on fire because he could not get a work permit, into a story of Tunisian oppression. The station ran the story again and again, whipping up Tunisians to overthrow their secular leaders and bring in Islamist leaders. To the Tunisians’ credit, like the Egyptians, after a few years of Islamist rule, they also threw the Islamist leaders out.
http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5241/eu-qatar-turkey-terrorism
Reported that at least 27 are dead, rip.
@fdl..rip?
Time and a place, Paddy. Time and a place.
Close our borders now! Ireland will be attacked one day. 50,000 muslims here, there is bound to be a few who will grow up and want to hurt us.
i dont believe they can or will to be honest. Most of them are badly influenced by our kids muahaha
On top of that they cant fart without someone smelling it. I went for a job and knew no one but they knew my whole family. Its like throw the stone and you will hit someone who you know or know someone you know.
On top of that we have two different groups on our shores. And any underground group would not be able to move or set up without them catching wind of them. So doubtful.
Niall — You sound like a frightened child. Catch a f****** grip would ya?
THat picture is a disgrace Journal… You’re not the Daily Mail!
Have a wee peek at those responsible for terror attacks so far this year alone.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents,_2015
It’s the religion of peace way out in front, breaking away from all the competition, including that one racist kid in America.
Shocking innocent people ……
Amsterdam, the gay bashing capital of the world.
In much of Europe Jews can no longer walk the streets.
In parts of Sweden women die their hair black and wear the Hijab calling it the “don’t rape me veil”.
All perpetrated by followers of a 7th C. sex slave owning warlord, all beyond reproach or much media attention because of where they are from.
No more tolerance of the intolerant.
And they want us to take is more of the muslim refugees fleeing to europe. No thanks.. Just more problems for ourselves in tbe future.
Colin I can guarantee you one thing , we will take in more Muslims , we will house , feed , educate , medicate them while our own do without , we will bend over backwards to accommodate their culture , we will not criticise because that would be Islamaphobia and in PC Ireland you can’t have that , my advice to you is to put up and shut up because the Country you though of as your own will in a generation resemble the worst of Britain
Oh look yet another terrorist attack committed by Muslims. The apologists will be along shortly to assure us that it’s ALL world religions we really need to worry not just the lads slaughtering infidels by the dozen aka Muslims.
Only one way to deal with these Islamic terrorists……shoot to kill on sight
Photos a bit much
Tunisia, Egypt, Morocco wouldn’t of taken a free holiday there 12 months ago. The prices are through the floor for a reason. nobody going there because it’s too risky.
I am in total agreement. Issues within these countries are very well flagged and for some time . Yes it is a sad state of affairs for the countries involved as it is their life line , but tourists also need to look at the choice of destination on multiple levels and consider the geo-political situations and ergo their safety before booking these holidays . Of course there could be a terrorist attack in more politically stable countries but these countries are particularly volatile and risks are substantially higher
Best way to face down these fascists is to become more secular,, total separation of church and state.. Scrap ludicrous blasphemy laws.. Enlightenment against year zero, dark age knuckle draggers like Isis.
Stay out of Africa guys
Lads, seriously, put a graphic image warning on this story.
Why not show the picture??? You all just want the figures of how many dead, without seeing the real horror!!! Watch sky news if that’s what you want. About time we in the west seen the real horror of war. These people have to.
Why not?!?!? Are you for real??? Here are some of many reasons: Relations need to be informed. Respect for the dead. Humanity towards the family of the deceased. Journalistic standards.
Surely the journal has a policy for publishing extremely graphic images of violence? If they want to provide a link with a warning ok, but showing images of people recently murdered lying in the street just below the headline is plain wrong.
Would you want to find out that your loved one is dead by seeing an image of their remains on The Jounal’s Twitter feed?
Remove this image now
Islam the religion of peace!!!
The attackers were right-wingers just like yourself.
More like Stalanist, ye libtards are their best friends in the west. Just look a the highly incompetent Obama. You think the world would be suffering with the threat of isis if there was a republican in the White House or that your comrade Putin would be allowed to get away with his antics.
Yes Petr, the attackers weren’t followers of Islam at all….
**facepalm**
Are you denying that they’re right-wing conservatives?
The world would be a better place if something was done about IS. Would surrendering some of our freedoms and libertys help?
I can see a great career for you in the EU.
buzz words Glenard. isis taliban Al qaeda. it’s like a relay team… when one fades the other is thrown into the spotlight to continue the fear. appalling stuff.
I am finished with the Journal after this ‘article’. What a disgrace publishing this image not only here, but also on your twitter feed. It’s slowly turning into the Sunday World. Show some respect!
There’s an argument to be made that such images play an important part in Journalism. The war photographers during the Vietnam war took many shocking images that helped turn public opinion against the war. I understand the objections to publishing such an image but not doing so in a way sugarcoats the reality of what happened. Pictures say more than words can.
Nostalgia? The photos came long after the high school grads body bags had turned the public mood..fan of Tubridy and his nostalgic view of the US too perhaps..bowing to the man who instigated hell fire foreign policy in Central America and the legacy is there today in homocide rates because he’d Irish ancestry! Our blastards are equally guilty, colour or creed doesn’t discriminate that!
Sorry Rob to much reality for Friday, hope it didn’t put you off your lunch.
Get a life Paul. You don’t know anything about me and unlike you, I’m not here to judge
Such a shame ,we live in such a beautiful world and then you get these ideological idiots. The quicker the world moves on from religion the better.
Irish media including journal are blind and corrupt. Essentially all are tabloids. On the day of Charlie hebdo murders 1500 were slaughtered by boko harem In Nigeria.Yezidi christians are being ethnically cleansed and dehumanised presently.Irish media stopped reporting on Ukraine, dont bother with africa or south America. Irish media is insular and all but ignores world affairs breeding ignorance.
Human life is equal and must be reported as such.
You clearly don’t understand how the media works then. TheJournal.ie is not a public service that your tax euros pay for. Don’t know what you work at, but I’m sure that you’re not obliged to cater to the remote amazon tribes of the rainforest just because someone says you should. Want reporting on every news story on the planet, create a news site yourself. See how much you can cover with limited staff. See what the ROI is on a story that your readers don’t care about. Sorry to sound harsh, it just never ceases to amaze me how many people think that a private media company is a public service. I blame the TV license.
Rte can afford to send reporters to US, New Zealand, Australia, Canada , china etc. But Syria, Iraq, drc, etc. Are to expensive right?
Is there no stopping these far-right,conservative extremists?
We should be shown more photos like the previous one that was up. Had the mainstream media (I hate that expression) shown us real footage of what the American and British were up to at the start of the invasion of Iraq and Afghanistan things might be different. We may not have had as many idiots turning up on college green to great a murderer like Obama or Clinton. We need these strong pictures but we need them followed by strong honest words not edited press statements. We can’t just rely on Robert Fisk, Amy Goodman, John Pilger, Gideon Levy etc for good journalism.
No hiding from the reality of life and the world. Agreed.
Very sad, not one mention of the 150 civilians murdered by ISIS in Kobani since yesterday
No mention of so many other atrocities by the RoP for that matter, some nearer home.
How many of these fanatics will use the current refugee influx to Europe as cover to enter the West & cause havoc? That’s the question which bothers me. Let’s not be careless enough to allow these use the influx as a Trojan horse. Let’s hope that Europe will be able to screen those who wish to enter and send back those who may be Islamist fanatics. Hopefully the EU will not be influenced by do gooders who are urging that hundreds of thousands and even millions be allowed in.
Had a fabulous time in that very resort back in 93. How the world changes. RIP to those killed and sympathy to their friends and families.
The West really let this genie out of the bottle when they started messing in the Middle-East and surrounding countries of Asia and Africa – supporting the war crimes of Israel and fighting the Russians by proxy by supplying the Taliban. That sort of blew up in their faces, did nt it. Then they just could n’t wait to get invading Iraq to remove Sadaam Hussein and put pressure on their old enemy Iran. They even manufactured false reasons about weapons of mass destruction as an excuse to get doing so. Next was Libya – the French led the charge followed by the Brits – now they wonder why they have so many refugees, and worse, on their doorstep. Wars and refugees sort of go together, don’t they. A few years ago, the British were just bursting to get into Syria. Pity the Westminster parliament narrowly voted the proposal down or they would now really be up to their necks in the mess. While I don’t condone for a minute the barbaric religious maniacs of Isis, etc. the West have only themselves to blame for their interference in other people’s countries.
The hatred for Westerners predates all the the incidents mentioned above and was certainly obvious to those of us who worked in the Persian Gulf area in the late 1950′s and early 60′s.
Can you go on? I’m just curious at that time why they hated westerners back in the 50s and 60s.
Because we are the Kuffar and the hatred I mention is well documented from a long time before even the times I mentioned. The loss of the Caliphate which once took in much of Europe is still fresh in the culture of Islam even if youngsters in Ireland never even heard of it.
used to chat to a guy here who said much the same thing.
When you change the headline can you you just write a new article, otherwise the headline, the article and the comments don’t relate. Amateur journalists at the journal.
Nah, that would be anarchy. A hundred articles on a single developing story. It would be much better if updates were added to the bottom of the story, not spliced in. Agreed though, it’s confusing as hell. TheJournal.ie don’t use their own product, so they don’t think like the average user. If they won’t spell check, they sure as hell won’t usability test.
Religion of peace
I’m not bothered by graphic violence but maybe you should move the photo a little further down the page rather than right underneath the disclaimer as it’s the first thing you see before reading a word
Seriously The Journal. Using that picture is outrageous. What are you thinking!??! Take it down.
journal remove the picture, please allow the deceased some dignity.
thank you
I see you took down that shocking image of the dead woman lying facedown in the street. You obviously made a thought-out decision to publish it but have now backed down and removed it due a negative response in the comment section. I think you should have left it but it’s an interesting debate to have. Care to elaborate on the reasons you thought you should publish it in the first place and on whether you took it down merely to appease some of your readers or because you believe you actually made a mistake?
This is what happens when government officials from different country’s decide to sit and talk on plans to eradicate Isis. LESS TALK MORE ACTION This attack could of been PREVENTED. Isis is accountable so should the government’s
A strange day, given the context of the announcement of the extension of marriage rights in the US. A couple of hours can sum up the very best and very worst of what humans are capable of.
The whole world seems to.be gone mad.So much hatred ….RIP to.thosewho.lost their lives
A stream of ignorant, Islamophobic comments. Didn’t see that coming…
ah the apologist in chief back with another blinkered halfwit statement.
You never see anything coming you twit
Anyone for bettystown this year?
Out of respect would you take down or at least have the decency to edit these pictures. God only knows where these people have family living, that might see this picture. Would you like your murdered family members photos on a “Journalisitc page”
Could this be history repeating itself. Over a period of 200 years the followers of Islam extended their power until they controlled Southern Spain. With the help of modern technology and weaponry they are destabilising the states of the Maghreb. Next stop could be Spain.
That’s it enough is enough. All Muslims need to come out and condemn this shit, otherwise assume they agree with murder
What is happening in this world!!Why kill innocent people?if you feel that much hatred why not just go out into a middle of a field and kill each other instead of innocent people
Because nobody will care unless they know they are being targeted. The reason terrorism is so effective is because it isn’t just those in the military who have to fear for their lives.
There is no command to kill each other, there are hundreds of commands in the faith to kill all disbelievers or those who stray from it.
“And fight with them until there is no more persecution (fitnah) and religion should be only for Allah; but if they desist, then surely Allah sees what they do “[Quran 8:39]
Hundreds of more commands and sayings and examples of Mohammed demanding this.
How long before they attack spain??
Turkey is next…. as was mentioned in an article I read a few weeks ago RIP to all victims and families involved
awful to hear of the Irish woman. :( rip
It is strange to read all the ridiculous and hysterical comments regarding the journal.ie using photos of the current spate of atrocities as these are news photos in use by all the on-line newspapers and not exclusive to the journal.
lorna was a nurse at the practice where my husband is working in Navan. May she rest in peace and may the Lord be with her family in these difficult times
I’m quite a liberal person but I honestly would love to see these guys absolutely slaughtered. I hate them for that, too.
God bless us and save us. that’s awful news.
Shocking. Thoughts are with the familys at this difficult time, rip.
RIP
Yes Larry its all the fault of Israel those Jews again!!!
All religion is poison. This is the result
This is shocking, 3 terrorist attacks in one day, ISIS behind all 3. Ramadan for them rather than show peace and preach they go extra violent for that period.
Ramadan has a long history of being a month for fighting unbelievers in Islamic history.
First and foremost condolences to the family of the irish lady and other innocent victims that were murdered
Is this the new face of Islam ?
Terrible terrible atrocity. Carried out by a brainwashed animal. You have to question how anyone could condone this. Not very good to see that people are bashing Islam in the comments though. In case you hadn’t noticed, most of the people being killed by Islamic fundamentalists are Muslims.
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