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Images posted online by the group in recent days show protesters outside Kenny’s semi-detached home holding placards saying ‘fight the water tax’ and accusing the backbencher of being a ‘sell-out’ and a ‘traitor’.
The photos also show demonstrators entering his garden and knocking on his front door.
Derek Byrne, from Donaghmede — one of the main organisers of Dublin Says No — defended his group’s tactics of taking their protest to the private home of a politician.
“This is a peaceful stand and he has the option to come out and talk to us but he’s chosen not to do that,” Byrne said.
Nothing in this life is fair, we’d rather not have to stand here but we have no option. Sean Kenny was elected on the pretence that he’d fight for us but he hasn’t.
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Byrne said the demonstrations started at around 7.30pm each evening, and that at one stage this week there were around forty people taking part.
He said those taking part were constituents of Dublin North East, and that they all lived nearby.
Contacted by TheJournal.ie, Kenny said he believed “every citizen regardless of who they are is entitled to the privacy of their own home”.
He said he hadn’t had any personal contact with the protesters in recent days, adding that he had been in the Dáil since Tuesday.
“People are entitled to free speech,” Kenny said — but he reiterated several times that, like any other citizen, he was entitled to privacy.
He said said constituents were always welcome to contact him at his public advice centres, or via phone.
Kenny, who was first elected to the Dáil in 1992, is the only remaining Government TD in the Dublin North East constituency.
His former Labour colleague Tommy Broughan lost the party whip in 2011, while Terence Flanagan, formerly a Fine Gael TD, lost the endorsement of his party last summer.
Additional reporting, Cliodhna Russell. First posted at 3.48pm.
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we have to put a stop to this threat that ‘you’ll get yours’ after the election – all that will happen is another identikit politician will be elected and break the same promises. This guy, like every other government politician was elected to do a job and fulfil promises. If he has not only failed to do that (and often deliberately increased hardship on the public), then there should not be an option to hide in the back rooms and bars of the dail and ride it out.
Either go out and talk to the people who put you in that position, or resign.
The protesters all voted for parties who wouldn’t implement double taxation through water meters, but the installers are the only public face. It is the likes of Sean Kenny who should be bearing the brunt of the anger, not the contractors digging the holes.
Go and meet the guys who are standing outside your house or resign? Seriously? Who elected the guy to stand outside? Like it or not td’s have been elected. The people get to judge at the next election. Personal attacks or intimidation are just bullying. I bet many of the protesters voted FG without reading the small print. You get what you vote for……..
If they’ve been doing it for five days and this is the first we’ve heard about it, it’s not a very effective protest. They should take a bale of hay from the farmers’ book and plonk it down in Kildare Street.
Bull of a headline, its been a hour each night and these traitors deserve everything they get. The amount of suicides in this country is off the charts largely due to criminals running the country.
if you read the article you will see they start at 7.30pm.. after working hours.. also, dont be such a dick.. if people dont have jobs and are protesting then so be it.. many people are out of work today because of the labour, FF and FG
Aren’t you the same crowd that harassed and bullied that young woman off out of her own estate not so long ago? Par for the course for thugs like Carole and Derek, it seems.
Hey Martin, would you believe that the media actually picks and chooses what stories we get to read? Maybe we didn’t hear about it earlier because the journal didn’t want to tell you till now. I mean some very trivial and not newsworthy stories are published here. I think the journal is 5 days late in informing us of a legitimate and justified protest.
That’s some fine pretzel logic you’ve served up there along with your not-so-veiled “they must be dole scroungers” accusation. Analyser you’re most definitely not.
Yes, every citizen is entitled to privacy – but if you were elected based on promises that you could not deliver, and you have not communicated this to the electorate then you expose yourself to such protests.
All elected TD’s have an obligation to the people who voted for them. These people invaded my privacy for weeks coming up to the last election, every evening about 7.30 to be exact.
I couldn’t walk or drive without seeing hundreds of posters of them. My hall was littered with leaflets.
We’re all entitled to privacy – but you cannot hide behind this when it suits.
FG election manifesto stated they wanted water meters,
People voted them into government, so thats exactly what people got….it didn’t matter that Labour were with them.
People voted for water meters, as they were too lazy to read the election manifesto and instead blindly voted for anyone but FF
In short, people only have themselves to blame if they are going to vote for stuff they don’t want
@ Martin At this stage people dont give a fcuk anymore, they are sick to the back teeth of politicians who promise one thing and forget about those who elected them. The people of this country were lied to. Fact. He, unlike the people who elected him, hasn’t felt the effects of the austerity measures forced on them. People have every right to be angry. People’s families are suffering from measures he voted for. His family should feel the effects. What is so special about them compared to ordinary people’s families.
Patlyndo Labour got less than one in five votes in last election. If all these so called Labour voters who are angry actually voted labour we would have a different country. Many voted FG one and lower preference to Labour. That means they voted FG not labour. They are to blame for being clueless and voting FG ‘for a change’.
Children have done nothing yet they are still effected by austerity.
Why don’t you comment on their welfare or do you just reserve that for the family’s of politicians
They go outside the Dail , and straight away they are attacked on here by the ant-protesters groups .They then go to the TD’s home, and guess what ? they’re attacked by the anti-protesters groups .
Whynotme: so your saying they can escalate whenever anyone criticises their protest? Maybe they should beat him up next. That’ll sort it. Stupid logic.
The “anti-protesters group ” are made up of those who come from money or still live at home with mammy.
Anyone else would know how tough it is out there. It’s that simple !
Would you like a group standing outside your door for days? Passing them with your family. Would you not find that intimidating? And does peaceful include no verbal abuse I wonder?
If they continue they may be breaking section 10 of the non fatal offences against the person act 1997, and they certaintly are causing emotional distress so if this TD were to sue he would probably win (might just give Deputy Kelly a call ;) )
But seriously, if anyone is interested in this the case to read is Sullivan v Boylan
Sullivan v Boylan was a case where a debt collector followed a woman who allegedly owed money around with signs saying ‘Mrs Sullivan owes 15 grand’.. Justice Hogan held that under the constitution people have a right for their home not to be violated, and thus awarded 23 grand to the plaintiff..
Commensense. I have no idea what you are talking about. But I’m sure the Labour supporters will thank you for labeling them as stupid because they clearly did realise that Labour and Fine Gael were the same – until now of course.
Partlyndo i agree that you don’t have a clue. I said they weren’t labour supporters, not that labour supporters are stupid. I think you knew that though.
“If all these so called Labour voters who are angry actually voted labour we would have a different country”
You actually inferred that those who voted Labour did not actually vote Labour, they actually voted FG and “should have known what they were doing” – ergo – they were stupid.
For the record – Labour had 20% of the FIRST PREFERENCE votes.
“They go outside the Dail , and straight away they are attacked on here by the ant-protesters groups .They then go to the TD’s home, and guess what ? they’re attacked by the anti-protesters groups .”
It is not just his home, it is also the home of his family. I would welcome if they decided to protest outside his constituency office or outside the Dáil.
‘You actually inferred that those who voted Labour did not actually vote Labour, they actually voted FG and “should have known what they were doing” – ergo – they were stupid. ‘
That makes no sense. How could someone who voted labour not have voted labour? That’s not what I said. I said a lot who now say they did didn’t. They voted FG 1 and are now surprised they are getting screwed. Try actually reading what I say and responding rather than making a straw man that’s easier for you to counter.
Then again, Mrs Sullivan was a reclusive old woman, and Mr Kelly is a TD so there is that difference: he’s a public official, of course he should expect interference from the public..
Even more importantly, DSN are not harassing Mr Kelly for monetary or sexual reasons, and they have a constitutional right to assemble freely and speak freely, both of which would be limited if they were prevented from doing this protest..
I actually don’t know if it would be legal or illegal..
Killjoy – did you read that case or cherry pick from it?
I think that to compare this issue with that is simply ridiculous. I
In the case you cited there was a pattern of behaviour which began when after calling her and lying to her the man (a debt collector), then paid her a visit – he walked up to her front door, did not knock and walked straight in.
He then called her, threatened her, followed her, lied about her, sent her the most awful letters and texts, demanded payment of a debt, threatened court, called her a liar in correspondence, manipulated and falsified letters to make them appear as if they were official.
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He harassed her by “persistently following, watching, pestering, besetting or communicating with her”.
After all this and more, he then picketed her home with a sign around his neck..
This is so far removed from this issue. These people have done nothing of the kind.
Try to read the full cases before cherry picking the end result.
“Many voted FG one and lower preference to Labour.”
You then incorrectly stated that Labour received less than 1 vote in 20. They received 19.4 % of first preference votes.
I have also corrected your assertion that half the country voted for FG.
They didn’t. Those who voted Labour voted for their manifesto – not Fine Gaels.
They had no way of knowing the result – until the result. They had no way of knowing that the first thing to be shredded when a smaller party enters a coalition, is their manifesto.
Labour failed to engage with the electorate and explain that they could not deliver on their promises because they were the smaller party.
No I said less than one in five, which is less than twenty %.
I agree that Labour didn’t bring the electorate with them. They raised unrealistic expectations and will pay the price for that electorally. No junior party in coalition can have the majority of policies, particularly when the larger party are so different to them policy wise.
The point here is that I don’t accept that it’s ever ok to target someone’s family home. I have been involved in a number of protests and no matter how strongly I felt I was never tempted to target a family home. It’s wrong and there is no excuse for it.
I know it’s not but when he s demanding privacy in his own home he should think of the people who lost their homes due to the austerity ff fg and lab love to force on the citizens of ireland ,
When did I say that , it’s a politician in a government that is doing nothing about a homeless crisis saying every citizen is entitled to pricey of a private home
Enda
The people sleeping on the streets are suffering from drink and drug problems and many other difficulties of a psychological nature. They are not people who had such difficulty paring their water charges that they lost the house!
It’s actually surprising the numbers sleeping rough aren’t much greater given the appalling volumes of alcohol that we drink!
It’s wrong to intimidate anyone like this. Call to his clinic if they want him, picket his workplace or constituency office. Leave his family out of it.
How many stories have you seen lately of families living in cars , hostels and hotels for a variety of reasons not only drink and drugs , when the problems and hardships people are facing come to a TD s door then they might listen
Can’t you see where that logic will lead us? Utter lunacy. We should be working to keep standards up for all. Targeting his home is a dangerous precedence. Where does it stop? Who would want that job if they can’t even have a home away from work? Can anyone who disagrees with anything a TD does picket their family home?
There has to be a line. The people choose who the government. Almost half voted FG and 19% voted labour. They are getting the government that voted for. Do many voted FG without any research or thought. This is the result. They can decide again at next election. And guess what? They will probably vote FG in again. We get what we deserve.
They people who voted labour are nt getting what they voted for , they broke every promise they made in the run up to the election so no people are nt getting what they voted for their getting the policies of ff carried on by fg and lab
I agree. They are not getting Labour policy and labour got the result of that in the local elections.
The uncomfortable truth though is that nearly half the country voted FG. That put them in charge. They are doing what they said they would. People would want to do some more homework before the next election.
And when that fails Commonsense? Write him another strongly worded letter.
These people only respond when the media can no longer ignore the story.
Examples are many.
I do not condone intimidation, I certainly do not condone some of the actions of groups lately, but these people have a genuine grievance that their TD will not address and have taken the only action they could.
Camp on his doorstep – get the media involved and have the resolution forced on the TD.
Some of you whinging about his family – isn’t the TD’s behaviour the cause and can he not resolve it by ENGAGING with the people?
Patlyndo follow that logic through to its conclusion. Anyone who disagrees with a TD can target his/her family? Anyone with an opinion. No election needed. The people decide at the ballot box. It’s not open to individuals to bully representatives. I don’t want to live in a state where bullies are in control. It’s short sighted people like you that are going to destroy us.
This country was destroyed years ago – we just didn’t realise it. The rot started in about 2001 – the results were seen from 2008 onwards.
The boom was a glitch, these times and for many years to come, is the reality.
This isn’t about disagreeing with anybody – this is about accountability.
Again, you are seeing things backwards.
If the TD engaged with the people who elected him, then they would not be at his door.
Eamon Gilmore admitted that he made a mistake when he didn’t bring the electorate forward with the party, engage with them and explain why the party failed to deliver on their promises.
It’s you and people like you, who now think that a protest is wrong – just because YOU disagree with it,
Irish people have to demand accountability from their representatives, if not then we may go back the the dark days, and we know where that led us.
Patlyndo: those picketing the TD don’t represent the electorate, they are bullies. It is not ok to target someone’s home. There are legitimate avenues to oppose a TD, up to and including running against them. Intimidation is never ok.
FG were far and away the biggest party after the last election. Many of the angry people voted for them. Change can only be achieved through the ballot box. People will get what they vote for. The biggest parties will always have the most say, because they have the most seats/votes.
The government has targeted peoples home , but when protesters form outside a TD s house it’s a disgrace the politician s of ff fg and lab refuse to listen to the electorate , the fact labour broke ever promise they made to get a grip of power means they no longer have a mandate
Enda your contention is that the ‘protesters’ represent the electorate. They don’t. We have a democratic system. There is no place for intimidation. Whether you agree or not a mandate lasts until the next election. It’s not up to you to change the democratic system. You could run to change things if you wanted.
The electorate will decide, the system is clear. A government forms once it has a dail majority. The term is up to five years. We usually get a coalition, meaning a compromise of parties making up a majority. The idea being that any government will represent the majority of citizens, with the amount of policies achieved usually based on amount of seats.
If the people are unhappy then they change the government at the next election, they don’t threaten and bully families.
This protest and these protesters are a disgrace. Targeting the family of an elected representative is an unconscionable act. His wife and children are not responsible for anything he may or may not have done and to target them in their home negates the legitimacy of the protester’s grievance. There’s a clear line between public and private life and these morons have crossed it but are too dumb to realise that in doing so they have damaged their campaign. If there’s a reason why Edenmore is the only part of Raheny engaged in protest I’d love to hear it ? (That was a rhetorical question)
You’ve touched on the reason Ireland is in this mess in the first place: what’s legal and what’s right are very rarely the same thing, the law sets the lowest bar in allowable behaviour. As a community we used to have higher standards of behaviour but in the boom years that was forgotten and that’s the reason for everything from why the country went bust, to why a bunch of morons in Edenmore think It’s OK to target and terrify an innocent mother and her children in their home because they’re related to someone they don’t like.
@richard Rodgers that’s a horrendous statement to make. Yes while there are people living on the streets as a result of drink, drug and/or psychological issues you absolutely can not tar every homeless person with the same brush. How can you claim to know the personal story of each and every one of these people? Shame on you. The government have to accept some responsibility for the amount of families on the street or in homeless shelters because of the austerity measures placed on us citizens.
great idea..start going to politicians homes for protests…after all they came to my door and my private home to tell me lies upon lies to get elected…im all for this new type of protest…its the way forward…go to their doors and protest if promises r not kept
Disgraceful action by the ‘No to Everything’ brigade. Disagreeing and protesting against government policy is fine, but targeting the private home of a public official is never on, and shows these people for what they stand for – publicity before principle.
Well said Enda, there is a cloud over all our privacy because the statist morons place the interests of bond holders over innocent citizens. I have no personal debt yet somehow Im on the hook for a couple of hundred grant that I never signed on the bottom line for.
Riffraff ? Let`s see i have a job no criminal convictions. What about you ? Then again i choose to stand up instead of hiding behind a Keyboard. That`s the difference between us. I will fight for my future and my children`s future.
Who said i wasn`t working hard ? Who said i wasn`t saving ? Who said i had a wife ? You make a lot of assumptions yet all you are doing is making excuses for the political class in this country . Is it no wonder they believe they can do what they like in this country
I say fair play, labour supporters calling out the people they voted on for the lies the spun. It’s very easy to hide in the dail and your constituency office but you got to come home sometime. As long as it’s peaceful then carry on. I’m sure the politician concerned could come out and take a few minutes to listen, we pay him enough! Plus it’s a long summer holiday for them coming up time is plentiful unlike the patience of the nation which I’d imagine is pretty much gone!
First of all it`s taking me this long to comment as for some strange reason my first two comments were not posted to the page and i had to ring the Journal and ask why i was suddenly being censored.
Dublin says no is not protesting outside Sean Kennys house. Residents from Edenmore and surrounding areas are protesting outside Sean Kennys house. If Dublin says no were protesting there would be a Dublin says no banner.
Why have we taken to protesting out side his house ?
Sean Kenny was elected by us because he said he was going to fight for his constituents. The reality is he sold us all out. Sean Kenny has gone against everything he was elected for. Sean Kenny has been given every opportunity to come out and talk to us. He chose to hide behind his curtains.
Sean has no problem coming to our doors when he wants a vote. Well we have come to his door as his advice clinics he talks about. We don`t believe discussing your personal problems amongst the clientèle of a pub is very nice.
The picket on Seans house will continue and will be spread to other TDs that were elected by us.
I am glad that you represent nobody else except the normal voter. As I suspected, you were driven to this action because of his refusal to engage with you.
If he engaged with his constituents then he would be able to resolve the matter – unfortunately as I said, he and many others are unwilling to engage with their voters and explain to them why they failed to honour their promises.
It is no longer acceptable that these people are unaccountable – they are.
Aren’t you the same Derek Byrne who hounded and bullied that young councillor candidate out of her own estate a few weeks ago? Drove her to tears in the middle of the street – before making lewd comments about her appearance online?
You’re some hard man thug, aren’t you. I wouldn’t want you outside my house anyway – wouldn’t feel safe.
Fair play to you Derek…. would that similar protests (peaceful but focusing attention much more on the recipients of our precious vote and whether or not they’re performing for US) occur in other constituencies where individuals and families and services have been neglected in the rush to appease the money gods of the world. So far the notion of accountability throughout the Irish ‘system’, if you can call it that, is non existent and as long as the establishment smugly refuse to listen and take into account the consequences of their actions protests like this will become more usual. Lol karma 101…… everything comes back to your doorstep.
I love the fact that people can sit at home in their ivory towers and pass judgment on people they don’t even know ! Is this the kind of society we have become? Where ordinary men and women who only want a better life for their children are attacked and slandered in an online forum? Shame on you all! The simple, stark reality people is that AUSTERITY kills! So does Hydrofluorosilicic acid or fluroride to me and you! A known cancer causing toxic waste material that is banned in 98% of Europe yet not here?? Not to mention the scientificly documented evidence of smart metre dangers! So yes people understandably do not want to A) Pay for water a third time! And B) Pay for poisoned water! You should all cop yourselves on and actually support these people after all they are not just doing it for themselves they are doing it for all us! 750,000+ families living in poverty, homelessness at a record high, forced emigration, 11 suicides a day! (Ireland has the highest rate of suicide among young women and the second highest rate among young men Europe!) Medical care being denied to the most vulnerable in our society (but its ok they gave them back. . .Pah!) this is but a very small list of injustices being allowed to continue in our society and yes Sean Kenny played a part in this and now that heat is getting to him he plays the victim! 800 unnamed innocent children who were dumped in unmarked, unconsecrated graves at the hands of state and church they are real victims! But alas that’s yesterdays news to the majority of you who would rather sit behind a keyboard and attack the people who are fighting for our basic human rights (water is a recognised basic human right under international law and UN Charter) actually do a bit of research before you get up on your soapboxes and switch off RTE because they lie! Big shock I know! Or do as the majority of you have been quite content to do thus far. . . Baaaaaahhhhhhhhh . . . If I blew all my wages on a horse that lost then walked out of the bookies and asked you to give me €20 so I could get a taxi home touch would each and all tell me to sod off! Wake up little sheep that’s exactly what crooked Kenny the banks did!
ahhh the tds dont want us protesting on the streets or outside the dail or any public walk abouts…..fact is he is been given his privacy in his home protestors are on the street..the only way you can get these traitors to listen is to bring it to their doorstep……lucky him he has a home there are plenty of families who are homeless and had their homes repocessed because of the lies his party and fg spun………
Just responding to Fog’s post about the children ..I ,too ,get seriously pi$$ed off with certain comments .. I’ve yet to red thumb one of your comments,Norman ,so I won’t start now .. You’re as persistent as a ‘dog’ with a bone :)
Yeah but a big happy dog wouldn’t discourage anyone, maybe a disgruntled cat if no dog available. What do you think? Or a seething hamster very prone to biting.Better again just tie Suarez to the gate he’s always ready to bite.
did you invite in the election canvassers at election time..that’s the only time we see politicians when they’re selling themselves for votes. He made promises along with his other party members and have kept non of them. His wife and kids live in luxury they don’t have to worry where the next meal comes from etc etc ….. they live off his wages …which are paid for by the Irish tax payer…..at the moment they are deciding on their PAY RISES…. water meters on property are an invasion of privacy……
Whilst you are all debating the finer points of protesting, your water supply (of questionable quality I might add) has been sold out to a British company, Centrica, who specialise utilities. This new water tax was never about conservation of water. Thats just another hook used to ensure your apathy stays as it is. It was always about privatising the supply, sell off the company (Asset strip….An EU favourite) and turn you from a citizen with rights into a consumer with less rights and with yet another hefty bill to pay. It doesn’t take much to find the truth on the matter. Most non-lazy Irish folk will read up and find it. If you think it’s just fine to shake your head from side to side on this one, tut a little and let it slide, you’ll be thinking again when you receive your water bills in the door. The prices they’ve set aside for us to pay will shock and those with families will suffer harder than most. But hey, you believe the government spin don’t you?
Actually one of them is a constant protester who cries about being unemployed yet boasts at the same time spending this many weeks and that many weeks on pickets. Be time better spent looking for work eh?
Adam the great thing is it’s frankly not up to you what he does in his spare time, but aswell usual and certain other commentators make personal attacks on any one brave enough to point out this governments failings.
Btw nice to see your back the locals/Euros must have been very difficult for Labour.The dirty tricks didn’t pay off.
Look at our candidate in Tallaght South? She was harrassed by these ”protesters” and it garnered her a huge outpouring of sympathy which combined with her great work as a community activist to deliver…..a seat for her on South Dublin County Council.
Lorraine Higgins going to Europe is she?, how many Labour ex council members are there?Squeaky bum time for quite a few sitting TD’s don’t you think.
Btw you stated before the election Emer would be reelected, how did that work out?
Is it a coincidence I wonder that these would pick on one of the oldest sitting TDs? Where were these cowards when the notice of poll was announced? Not running for election that’s where. You lot are all the same.
Who’s “you lot”, bud if that’s your attitude to your fellow citizens I would imagine Labour is more fecked than they think they are.
I’m not a member or supporter of any party but I will comment on the disgust that Labour and their cohorts have for the people of this country.
Young Labour even more obnoxious than the grown up version.
COWARD Adam Hurley. Far from it. I have questioned a lot or tried to question them. And they have all ran from me. Politicians are cowards. One simple question HOW DOES AUSTERITY AFFECT THEM ?
THEY CAN`T ANSWER IT. WHY ?
Because it doesn`t affect them but people like you who are connected to these parties have no clue. You sign up to these parties as you love to be led, need to have someone to call your leader. Come back to me when you wake up
Typical lazy, inaccurate, misleading reporting from the journal. It is amazing how often you misreport on all manner of subjects. Most of the time articals in Waterford Whispers are more believable.
You don’t seem to have anything to say other than some variant of “mob rule”. I’d agree though, that mob rule is not nice. Which is why I object to being ruled by a mob of financial thugs and terrorists through their proxies and go-to men in Leinster House. Can’t see myself protesting outside the house of one of Fine Gael’s pet Labouradors though. I might just catch something nasty.
Funny you say that, because its says on your twitter account you are Labour Activist!! I would say Majority of this Country ( And a hunch from the last Elections ) Labour are thugs!!
Declan you still bitter after the election defeat. You still bitter that the electorate Seen through your bull. I remember standing beside you in the count centre when you did an interview with Newstalk about what you would do next.
No point in running again. Defeat is worse the 2nd time around.
1, it was todayFM
2, I’m proud of the campaign I ran, and whatever happens I am still a true activism, contributing to positive change, (not harassing people)
3, your ragtag gang of thugs should bow your heads in shame for the acts of criminality you are engaging in and for the damage you are doing to political discourse in this country.
LOL Hang our heads in Shame Declan Meany ? By the way Meany it`s activist and wath are you fighting for ?
I seem to remember your party waging a war on the sick especially children with down syndrome, The impoverished. We now have children going to school hungry. Waging a war on homelessness, where your party cut funding to vital services and has seen the homeless levels triple and where we are now facing a homeless crisis. Suicide levels are not just rising they are out of control and what do you do cut funding to vital services like Teenline.
And you call us Thugs ?
You lot are despicable and yes you should be proud of your campaign because it failed. Thank God
@Declan Meenagh Positive change? Political bullspeak. Meaningless twaddle, like “going forward”.
Your comrades in Leinster House are engaging in thuggery of the highest order, pilfering the from the productive part of the nation in order to line the pockets of those who have never done a hard days work in their lives and who already have enough to last them several lifetimes. They are destroying our nation to benefit their banking masters and to ensure their own comfortable lifestyles. And you are supporting that high-finance thuggery through your so-called “activism”. So much for “Labour’s way”! If that’s “positive change”, you know where you can stuff it.
Declan you have such a nice way about you.
Calling fellow law abiding citizens “Thugs”.
Maybe Labour should have a no votes accepted from “Thugs” policy at the next election?
“It would look nice on their posters”
VOTE “LABOUR”
NO “THUGS” PLEASE
Next thing you’ll be saying that the brave protestors who got the €100 billion write down for Greece were “Thugs”
Declan ( labour activist) I Totally disagree! If your buddies can knock on my door, ( when it suits them) send me a load of junk mail and Plaster a posters all over where I live (blocking important road signs) then those people have every right to a Peaceful protest at his home!!
Creative way of using the truth their Declan.
Did you learn that in “Labour’s” politician school?
It seem that these protestors are only their for a few hours every evening.
Derek, what are you looking for Sean Kenny to do in order to finish your protest outside his house? What’s the objective? To come out and talk to you maybe? What then?
Their objective is a return to the age of entitlement, but that ain’t never gonna happen…well at least not through bullying an elderly couple in Edenmore.
Protesters have not been camped outside his home usualluy only about ans hour, why can tds call to ur home when they need ur votes but when u need their support they refuse to listen
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