Rebel News Podcast - EZRA LEVANT ｜ Ireland is no stranger to rebelling against foreign invaders

00:00:00.000 Hello, my friends. I've been to Ireland three times in the last year.

00:00:03.300 The reason I'm interested in it is because they have an extreme immigration approach, 1.00

00:00:07.160 not just as a percentage of their population, but the way they house these migrants is so strange. 1.00

00:00:13.660 They just dump them in small villages and towns, immediately swamping the local community.

00:00:19.440 It is so irritating to the locals. It destroys the culture and the cohesion. It's so weird.

00:00:25.680 Anyhow, I find it fascinating and I find it a terrifying warning of what Canada could become.

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00:02:01.220 Tonight, the best of our coverage from Ireland, the immigration experiment of the West. 0.55

00:02:16.660 It is November 22nd, and this is the Ezra LeVant Show.

00:02:19.340 You're ready for freedom!

00:02:22.560 Shame on you, you censorious bug! 0.97

00:02:31.220 I love going to Ireland. 0.78

00:02:36.000 It's such an interesting place.

00:02:37.340 I only first went there a few months ago.

00:02:39.600 The reason I find it interesting is it's a very small country, only about 5 million people.

00:02:43.860 But they've taken about a million people into their country over the last few years. 0.96

00:02:48.320 And an extraordinary number of people are being moved there in the name of being refugees,

00:02:54.540 even though they're coming from safe third countries, even the UK.

00:02:58.620 The United Kingdom, of course, shares a border with Ireland.

00:03:02.220 Northern Ireland is part of the UK.

00:03:03.940 Ireland proper is the republic.

00:03:05.980 And people just walk right across.

00:03:08.520 They burn or destroy their records, and they say, I'm a refugee.

00:03:12.340 There's no such thing as a refugee from the UK or any other country that goes directly to Ireland.

00:03:17.580 But the government, for some reason, is insistent on taking them.

00:03:20.820 And Ireland has a history of rejecting what they call plantations, including from the Brits, who wanted to colonize Ireland.

00:03:29.380 And that's one perspective.

00:03:30.820 That's the Irish perspective.

00:03:32.280 Ireland rebelled against foreign domination.

00:03:35.160 It's really weird to me to see mass immigration.

00:03:38.000 And the way that they're doing it, putting hundreds of migrants in tiny little villages, 1.00

00:03:43.660 immediately turning the indigenous Irish into minorities in their own towns.

00:03:48.280 Never seen anything like it.

00:03:49.380 Most astonishing.

00:03:50.960 And it's interesting to see the grassroots rebellion against that.

00:03:55.060 Sometimes it even gets a little bit violent.

00:03:57.140 We've seen some arson and some scuffles with police.

00:04:01.960 What's heartbreaking is that none of the political parties there represent the stop immigration side of the story,

00:04:09.400 even though the vast majority of Irish have had enough. 0.61

00:04:11.840 I find it interesting, and I find it a premonition of what could happen in Canada if we keep going down the path we're on.

00:04:23.220 I was in Ireland a few weeks ago, and I heard about this beautiful boardwalk area right in the heart of Dublin,

00:04:30.860 and someone said it's so full of foreigners there's not a single Irish citizen there.

00:04:37.320 It was just an interesting tweet.

00:04:38.720 I thought, I said, is that true?

00:04:40.440 Are there parts of Dublin where there's not a single native Irish?

00:04:45.040 And I went there and found out, and indeed it was true.

00:04:48.760 So I want to show you that video, which we haven't aired before,

00:04:52.740 and a collection of what we call the best of our Irish reporting.

00:04:55.840 I think we're going to go one more time, because they have their election coming up very soon,

00:04:59.980 and I want to see how they handle mass protest against immigration in a democracy and an election

00:05:07.620 where there is no anti-immigration party.

00:05:09.740 I like the Irish, and I like the fact that they've got a certain fighting spirit.

00:05:13.980 It'll be interesting to see how they fight against this globalist project, which it absolutely is.

00:05:19.700 All right, without further ado, here's the best of our Irish coverage,

00:05:22.960 including that chat I had with people on the boardwalk in central Dublin.

00:05:29.980 You know, the center of the city of Dublin is absolutely beautiful.

00:05:38.680 Who wouldn't want to go to these pubs and restaurants along the river?

00:05:43.840 And they built this boardwalk along the river for people to sit and just enjoy and watch things go by.

00:05:50.560 I saw a tweet, though, that got my interest, that the boardwalk, there are some Irish who like to come and sit,

00:05:58.060 but really it's a meeting place for foreigners who are here as temporary workers or asylum seekers or the unemployed.

00:06:06.480 And I thought, is that true?

00:06:07.640 So I spent some time just going down the boardwalk, talking to literally every single person I met.

00:06:14.380 And my first question was always the same.

00:06:16.620 Where are you from?

00:06:18.420 Let me show you the answers.

00:06:19.700 We're asking folks where they're from.

00:06:21.520 Are you from Ireland yourself?

00:06:22.860 Yeah, I'm from Ireland.

00:06:23.560 And you too?

00:06:24.520 Yeah.

00:06:25.080 Moldova.

00:06:25.560 Moldova, and how about you?

00:06:26.820 Yeah, I'm from...

00:06:27.220 Moldova?

00:06:27.840 India.

00:06:28.380 India?

00:06:28.880 I'm from the Philippines.

00:06:29.980 You too?

00:06:30.840 Yeah, same.

00:06:31.280 Where are you from?

00:06:33.200 I'm from Pakistan.

00:06:34.740 Romania.

00:06:35.880 Romania.

00:06:37.020 Hi, guys.

00:06:37.520 Where are you guys from?

00:06:38.960 I'm from China.

00:06:40.280 You're from China.

00:06:40.940 Are you from China also?

00:06:41.920 Yeah.

00:06:42.720 Are you from China also?

00:06:43.780 No.

00:06:43.920 I'm from Nepal.

00:06:44.700 You're from Nepal.

00:06:45.520 I'm Irish.

00:06:46.800 Angola.

00:06:47.420 No, Romania.

00:06:48.320 Romania.

00:06:49.460 No, no, no, no, no, no, no English.

00:06:50.680 No English.

00:06:51.440 Okay.

00:06:51.640 Are you guys all from Romania?

00:06:53.020 Yeah.

00:06:53.540 From Prague.

00:06:54.300 Oh, Prague.

00:06:55.160 Czechoslovakia.

00:06:55.900 Okay, yeah.

00:06:56.500 Where are you from?

00:06:57.500 Holland.

00:06:58.340 I'm from Argentina.

00:06:59.280 Yeah, I like Irish people. One is the loveliest people in the world. Friendly, nice, can make jokes. Very nice people, like Latin people.

00:07:13.000 And where are you from originally?

00:07:14.380 Romanian.

00:07:15.060 We're asking folks about immigration because we're from Canada and it's a big issue over in Canada. Do you think immigration is a political issue in Ireland?

00:07:22.540 Well, I don't think that the views of people right now should be against immigration like ours. Ireland's have always been people that immigrate, so I don't think it's an issue. I think it's more of a housing issue that people are worried about.

00:07:36.120 Are you here as a student? Are you working?

00:07:37.880 I'm working.

00:07:38.900 What are you doing for work?

00:07:41.140 I work as a data analyst.

00:07:43.540 And how long have you been in Ireland?

00:07:45.220 Eight years.

00:07:46.540 How's it treating you? Do you like Ireland?

00:07:48.540 Yeah, yeah, it's good.

00:07:49.600 And how long have you been here in Ireland?

00:07:52.540 No, I'm in infusion cases.

00:07:54.860 How long ago?

00:07:57.940 Four or five days ago.

00:07:59.840 And what do you do here in Ireland? Do you work?

00:08:02.640 No.

00:08:03.600 So are you an asylum seeker?

00:08:05.820 Yeah, I'm an asylum seeker.

00:08:07.400 And how long have you been here in Ireland?

00:08:10.040 2019.

00:08:11.380 2019. And are you working or are you...

00:08:14.520 Disability for the moment.

00:08:17.040 On disability? And how long have you been here in Ireland?

00:08:19.940 Long time.

00:08:20.960 Long time?

00:08:21.460 Yes.

00:08:22.320 Five years? Ten years?

00:08:23.640 20.

00:08:24.280 20 years. And why did you come to Ireland from Egypt?

00:08:28.380 To work.

00:08:29.400 And how's that going?

00:08:30.680 Very good.

00:08:31.680 Are you working now?

00:08:32.860 Not now, not at the moment.

00:08:34.460 It sounds like you have an accent though. Where did you come from?

00:08:36.780 Actually from Latvia.

00:08:38.320 Oh, from Latvia. How long have you been here in Ireland?

00:08:40.560 19 years.

00:08:41.240 Yes.

00:08:42.240 And how do you like it? Obviously you like it. Have you been here?

00:08:44.120 Of course I like there.

00:08:45.320 Is your family here?

00:08:46.580 No, I'm alone.

00:08:48.160 And do you work or are you...

00:08:50.460 At the moment I not work.

00:08:52.540 Are you an Irish citizen?

00:08:53.900 Yeah, of course.

00:08:54.500 And how long have you been here in Ireland?

00:08:57.720 26 years.

00:08:58.920 26 years? Well, you're an old timer then.

00:09:00.900 Yes, yes sir.

00:09:01.900 Are you an Irish citizen?

00:09:04.640 Yes.

00:09:05.360 You've applied for citizenship and you've received it?

00:09:07.660 Oh, yeah. Are you here as a tourist as well? Are you studying here?

00:09:14.680 I came to work.

00:09:16.340 You came to work? And how's that going?

00:09:17.880 Very nice. Yeah, I got to find a job right away. So I was very lucky.

00:09:21.980 What do you do for a living, if I may ask?

00:09:24.560 I am traffic controller.

00:09:27.120 My area is always under attack of Taliban and Pakistani Taliban and Afghani Taliban as well.

00:09:34.420 Do you think that's related though? If you bring in hundreds of thousands of folks,

00:09:38.400 you know, it's going to drive up the supply and demand?

00:09:41.040 No, it's already been an issue in Ireland before immigration.

00:09:43.360 So it's more of a landlord issue and current government issue, I'd say.

00:09:48.720 It's not to immigrants. 0.96

00:09:50.480 It's the lack of resources that doesn't come from immigration. It's for our government. 0.77

00:09:53.420 How are the Irish? Are they friendly towards immigrants?

00:09:57.660 Yeah, they are. They are, yeah.

00:10:00.040 Do you think some people come here and take advantage though?

00:10:02.360 Do you think there's some fake refugees, fake asylum seekers that take advantage of the Irish? 1.00

00:10:07.360 I don't know. I'm not sure about that.

00:10:09.260 How are Irish towards immigrants? Are they friendly and welcoming?

00:10:13.120 Yes.

00:10:13.960 How long has it been since you've been working?

00:10:16.320 A year.

00:10:17.380 What do you do with your days? Are you allowed to work here in Dublin?

00:10:21.220 Do you work or do you just sort of wait?

00:10:23.680 No, I'm basically a clinical psychologist.

00:10:26.500 I have done my MS in clinical psychology.

00:10:29.160 Are you allowed to practice as a psychologist?

00:10:33.020 No. I want to contribute to mental health here.

00:10:37.120 Do you have a family?

00:10:40.500 I have a family, but they are there.

00:10:44.340 They are where, sorry?

00:10:45.660 They are there in Parachinar.

00:10:47.600 So, why is your family there and you are here?

00:10:53.460 Because I'm not come here by flight.

00:10:59.420 So, I come here by sea and containers.

00:11:04.180 So, it's not, my family is not able to...

00:11:08.440 You came in a container ship, you say?

00:11:10.260 Yeah.

00:11:10.560 Are you applying to move here permanently?

00:11:13.840 Do you have permanent status here in Ireland?

00:11:16.080 I have an application from the council for the house.

00:11:21.000 I'm waiting for the house.

00:11:23.640 And for the moment, I stay in the hostel.

00:11:26.840 And who pays for that? Does the government pay for that? 0.80

00:11:29.420 The government is paying for that because it's normal.

00:11:32.520 I don't have just 230 euro by the week.

00:11:38.140 If you had your way, would you stay here in Ireland or would you go back to Argentina afterwards?

00:11:42.280 Oh, that's a tough question.

00:11:44.100 I don't even know myself.

00:11:45.340 What do you like best about the Irish people?

00:11:48.960 Because Irish people are very friendly people.

00:11:53.580 You know, there are German people, there are Slavic people, and there are Latin people.

00:11:58.620 Irish people is like Latin people. 0.99

00:12:01.000 Friendly, nice, easygoing.

00:12:02.980 I go to a pub.

00:12:04.380 They like to speak with me.

00:12:07.060 I like to speak with them.

00:12:08.440 We are very good friends.

00:12:10.000 Like, they can make jokes.

00:12:11.900 We can make jokes together.

00:12:13.880 Very easygoing people.

00:12:15.340 Well, let me ask you about that because sometimes you can be too friendly and people take advantage.

00:12:20.860 Do you think some people are coming to Ireland claiming to be asylum seekers, but really they're not?

00:12:28.780 They're just here to take advantage of Irish hospitality?

00:12:32.540 That's a long-term scam.

00:12:37.280 It's been going on a long time, you're saying?

00:12:39.280 That's a long-time scam.

00:12:42.340 Over the world, people coming from somewhere claiming asylum seeker.

00:12:48.260 Okay, give me free food, give me free accommodation, that's it.

00:12:54.080 I agree with that.

00:12:55.180 You're right.

00:12:56.440 Some of them, they make a scam from that.

00:12:59.560 A lot of people are worried about their resources getting taken away when it's like something that's again a government issue.

00:13:06.200 It's nothing to do with the people that are seeking it.

00:13:08.760 And what do you do for a living?

00:13:10.540 Me?

00:13:11.060 Yeah.

00:13:11.240 I used to be a web designer.

00:13:13.500 Oh, and what do you do now?

00:13:15.580 Currently, I'm unemployed.

00:13:17.240 And how long have you been unemployed?

00:13:19.300 A few years now.

00:13:21.120 Are you getting social assistance?

00:13:23.140 Are you getting some help?

00:13:23.860 Kind of, yeah.

00:13:24.780 Yeah.

00:13:25.120 Kind of, yeah.

00:13:26.540 So you came by ship, but your family's back home?

00:13:29.480 Yeah, my family is back to home, so I came here by ship.

00:13:36.300 Is it safe for your family at home?

00:13:38.940 No, it's not safe for my family as well.

00:13:41.900 With all respect.

00:13:42.980 If you search on that, so you will be fine according to the situation of Parachinat.

00:13:48.920 So why did you come here?

00:13:51.280 Omani.

00:13:52.980 And how's it working out?

00:13:55.760 Are you glad you came?

00:13:58.820 Uh, I'm glad, but, uh, 80%, uh,

00:14:04.500 I mean, Ireland's taken an enormous number of people in the last few years.

00:14:08.140 Is there a limit?

00:14:10.660 I don't know if there is a limit, but it's a normal reaction of Irish people

00:14:14.700 when they react, uh, that so many, so many foreigners are coming. 0.80

00:14:19.900 Any country will do the same.

00:14:21.340 Some folks would say, well, we're giving housing to migrants,

00:14:24.280 but what about the Irish homeless?

00:14:26.020 What do you think of that argument?

00:14:26.940 Again, the government have a surplus of money that they're not using to create housing,

00:14:33.180 so they're not exactly giving it.

00:14:35.040 Emergency accommodation isn't just giving to immigrants,

00:14:37.980 it's also giving to people, like Irish people.

00:14:39.940 So again, the surplus of money that the government had,

00:14:42.080 they should be building housing.

00:14:43.280 It's not immigration. 0.61

00:14:44.420 People are coming into the country's fault.

00:14:46.220 It's the government.

00:14:47.500 That's it.

00:14:47.940 Can I ask you a question?

00:14:49.620 If it's not safe, why are you here but your family there?

00:14:53.820 Shouldn't you be taking care of your wife and children?

00:14:56.500 Yeah, uh, uh, I will try my best.

00:14:59.640 If I got, uh, documents from here I land,

00:15:02.860 so I will be definitely bring my family here.

00:15:06.300 But have you been back to visit them since you came here?

00:15:10.100 No, they come from Iran because my wife is in Iran,

00:15:14.660 so they come from here, from there to here.

00:15:19.320 They put too much tax.

00:15:22.620 Too much tax?

00:15:23.360 Yeah, my thoughts.

00:15:31.880 Behind me, the counter-protesters.

00:15:35.240 A line of guard eye.

00:15:36.920 That's what they call their police.

00:15:39.260 You can see that they're quite worried about the two sides

00:15:42.260 coming into contact.

00:15:44.600 There's one guard eye officer filming things,

00:15:47.540 I think, for souvenir purposes.

00:15:49.940 I think the numbers on the other side,

00:15:55.020 if I had to estimate,

00:15:57.260 I'd say there's about 110 people.

00:16:00.880 Nah, more like, I'd say, shy of 100.

00:16:04.080 I'd say there's about 90 people.

00:16:08.680 There's more police than counter-protesters.

00:16:14.820 Most of the signs on the other side

00:16:17.080 are prefabricated signs.

00:16:19.940 As opposed to many of the homemade signs on this side.

00:16:25.020 And I'll tell you one other thing I just noticed.

00:16:28.760 On this side, hundreds of Irish flags.

00:16:33.300 On that side,

00:16:35.180 I don't see a single Irish flag.

00:16:38.760 I see three Palestinian flags.

00:16:43.020 And I see a mysterious flag that I cannot identify.

00:16:49.600 But there's not a single Irish flag on the other side.

00:16:52.840 And doesn't that tell you something?

00:16:57.060 I'm going to step about a foot away from these big cops

00:17:01.200 because I don't need to get caught in the crossfire. 1.00

00:17:03.840 NGO scum! 1.00

00:17:04.680 NGO scum! 1.00

00:17:06.760 NGO scum! 1.00

00:17:08.620 NGO scum! 1.00

00:17:10.700 NGO scum! 1.00

00:17:12.380 NGO scum! 1.00

00:17:12.660 They're chanting NGO scum. 1.00

00:17:16.700 That's a very interesting thing to say. 0.99

00:17:18.940 The people in this anti-migration march

00:17:22.860 think that their opponents

00:17:25.480 are the United Nations,

00:17:27.880 the World Economic Forum,

00:17:29.960 NGOs,

00:17:31.400 as much as any domestic political party.

00:17:34.440 And I think they're right.

00:17:36.800 Thank you very much.

00:17:38.800 Very friendly here.

00:17:40.480 Lots of Rebel News fans,

00:17:42.540 even here in Ireland.

00:17:44.140 I correct myself.

00:17:45.160 I see a single Irish flag on the other side 0.51

00:17:47.620 on which it's written,

00:17:49.260 Black Lives Matter.

00:17:51.620 As I mentioned before,

00:17:53.100 this side has co-opted the phrase

00:17:54.880 and says,

00:17:56.100 Irish Lives Matter.

00:17:58.000 I think both lives matter.

00:17:59.920 Ezra Levant here in a neighborhood in Dublin

00:18:02.980 called Kulak.

00:18:04.300 Standing outside of Burger King,

00:18:05.980 there's lots of kids in there.

00:18:07.120 Behind me, the Leisure Plex.

00:18:09.740 As you can see,

00:18:10.380 it's all about family fun.

00:18:11.900 Different ages.

00:18:12.800 They even have a ballroom.

00:18:13.920 You know what I mean? 0.96

00:18:14.800 A room of all those little balls 0.97

00:18:16.560 where kids go in.

00:18:18.000 There's the Odeon Theater.

00:18:19.560 This is a place for kids and for families.

00:18:22.640 But right across the street there

00:18:24.460 is an abandoned or empty warehouse factory.

00:18:29.260 It used to be a paint company.

00:18:31.560 But the government has decided

00:18:33.020 to put hundreds of migrant men in there.

00:18:36.620 Just men. 0.69

00:18:37.880 Hundreds of them.

00:18:38.900 I've heard 250.

00:18:40.100 I've heard 500.

00:18:41.000 I've even heard 1,000.

00:18:43.340 And they're just plunking them down

00:18:45.340 in this residential area.

00:18:47.040 An area that's actually low income

00:18:49.240 where they don't have services enough already.

00:18:52.420 That has led to opposition amongst the locals.

00:18:56.400 And there's no process.

00:18:58.260 There's no process of objection or consultation.

00:19:01.180 If they were going to build

00:19:02.260 a big apartment block there,

00:19:03.960 there would be all sorts of hearings

00:19:06.080 and is there enough parking?

00:19:08.040 What does it do for traffic?

00:19:09.660 None of that applies here.

00:19:11.040 The government has announced

00:19:12.580 they are putting hundreds of migrant men here 1.00

00:19:15.740 and the local community can like it or lump it.

00:19:19.560 Well, yesterday things came to a head.

00:19:22.200 There was a protest there

00:19:23.740 and hundreds of people marched.

00:19:27.100 Some of them got violent.

00:19:29.440 They wore black balaclabas.

00:19:31.220 They hurled bricks.

00:19:32.700 They hurled Molotov cocktails.

00:19:35.060 They torched a police car,

00:19:36.300 torched some machinery.

00:19:38.540 Police responded in kind.

00:19:40.480 80 riot cops wearing exoskeletons.

00:19:43.360 It was a melee.

00:19:44.100 Well, that is the news

00:19:45.660 that absolutely dominated today.

00:19:49.360 When we landed at the airport in Dublin,

00:19:51.300 we saw nine newspapers.

00:19:53.620 The front page of each one

00:19:55.300 was about the arrests.

00:19:58.600 It wasn't about the underlying politics

00:20:00.720 or the underlying grievance.

00:20:02.100 It was about the 15 people

00:20:03.480 who were arrested.

00:20:05.540 And in a way,

00:20:06.080 that's a double shame.

00:20:07.060 Of course, violence is not a solution

00:20:08.880 to public policy problems,

00:20:10.580 but it also took all the oxygen

00:20:12.580 and all the attention away

00:20:13.940 from the underlying grievance

00:20:15.720 in the community.

00:20:16.680 Well, this is new.

00:20:17.900 I think this was put up last night

00:20:20.200 after the fiery, riotous protests.

00:20:24.480 Enormous concrete blocks

00:20:26.080 making it very impassable.

00:20:29.740 You really would have difficulty

00:20:31.920 climbing over those.

00:20:33.060 You wouldn't want to...

00:20:34.580 I mean, that certainly wouldn't be

00:20:36.160 for anyone other than

00:20:37.420 a young athletic person.

00:20:38.760 You wouldn't have the kind of mass protests

00:20:41.600 that 90% of the protesters

00:20:43.460 were yesterday.

00:20:45.160 Obviously, there are people undeterred.

00:20:48.000 I see 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 15 people here

00:20:52.360 with Irish flags.

00:20:53.760 You can see they have some signs.

00:20:56.440 Concerned parents for Kulak.

00:20:58.280 Protect our children.

00:21:00.000 Bellina says no supports Kulak.

00:21:04.540 People honking as they go by.

00:21:06.720 Imagine putting 500 single

00:21:09.440 military-aged migrant men there 0.54

00:21:12.040 and saying, suck it up. 0.99

00:21:14.780 We're the government.

00:21:15.580 We're telling you how it is. 1.00

00:21:17.220 Shut up, they explained. 0.99

00:21:19.440 Let's go across the street 0.99

00:21:20.380 and see if anyone will talk to us.

00:21:22.000 My guess is they hate the media.

00:21:23.460 So, yesterday was a big conflagration.

00:21:30.800 We can see some of the charges.

00:21:32.580 So, so major.

00:21:33.740 It was a big, big thing for Kulak

00:21:35.260 and it's what we've been trying to prevent.

00:21:37.380 We didn't want this.

00:21:38.280 We wanted it peaceful.

00:21:39.540 Kept peaceful.

00:21:40.720 We've been here for 116 days,

00:21:42.740 day and night.

00:21:43.700 We've given up so much

00:21:44.900 and sacrificed so much to be here.

00:21:46.780 We tried to find a better way.

00:21:48.920 But unfortunately, they didn't listen.

00:21:50.560 The government is letting us down once again.

00:21:52.540 They will not listen to the people.

00:21:53.960 The people do not want this.

00:21:55.280 They don't know where they're from

00:21:56.300 or who they are,

00:21:57.320 what record,

00:21:58.120 what, you know,

00:21:59.560 like if they're running from Crimea or not.

00:22:01.660 So, most of them are coming from the UK,

00:22:03.540 is that right?

00:22:04.100 Well, there's a lot coming from the UK.

00:22:05.800 Do any come by boat?

00:22:08.000 To here?

00:22:09.080 Not that I know of.

00:22:09.980 They come across from France to the UK

00:22:13.540 and make their way through England.

00:22:15.520 Everybody is ignoring us.

00:22:16.900 We've tried to reach out to everybody.

00:22:18.460 We're falling on death first.

00:22:19.580 We're being called uneducated,

00:22:21.420 jobless,

00:22:22.960 you name it.

00:22:23.640 We've been called a far-right, 0.97

00:22:25.040 racist, bigots. 0.71

00:22:26.500 No one is listening to us. 0.99

00:22:27.700 It's a small country.

00:22:28.600 We can't take all these people coming in.

00:22:31.580 We can understand there is people

00:22:32.880 that's coming from war-torn countries.

00:22:35.140 But the majority...

00:22:35.640 But France and the UK

00:22:36.540 are not war-torn countries.

00:22:37.540 I know that,

00:22:38.180 but they're coming to France,

00:22:40.800 you know,

00:22:41.380 some of them are coming to France

00:22:42.740 from war-torn,

00:22:43.700 but others are from Africa

00:22:44.840 and not,

00:22:45.120 they're just jumping on the bandwagon.

00:22:46.700 They're going to France, 0.99

00:22:47.540 getting lollies over to England,

00:22:49.100 or boating over to England,

00:22:50.380 and then coming through here.

00:22:51.560 Not one local councillor

00:22:52.820 from around here wants to know.

00:22:54.480 They've ignored us

00:22:55.220 and reoccurled us from day one.

00:22:56.640 They do want to know.

00:22:57.540 When I think of refugees, 0.87

00:22:58.760 I think of women and children.

00:23:00.420 I think of maybe old people or babies.

00:23:02.680 I don't think of military-edged single men.

00:23:04.960 Annie Park, you see,

00:23:05.800 young people's with the best of runners

00:23:07.640 on the jeans with cans.

00:23:09.560 All young people's, 0.98

00:23:10.800 you know,

00:23:11.220 in the early teens,

00:23:13.000 1920s,

00:23:14.660 you know,

00:23:15.100 yeah,

00:23:16.000 with the label-designed trousers

00:23:19.740 and all that.

00:23:20.380 After the riot last night,

00:23:22.920 riot protests,

00:23:23.940 it was both,

00:23:24.720 these enormous blocks

00:23:26.020 were placed here.

00:23:26.960 I don't know how heavy they are.

00:23:28.540 It wouldn't surprise me

00:23:29.580 if they were a ton or more each.

00:23:31.660 You'd have to be pretty slender

00:23:33.180 to slip through here.

00:23:34.280 I don't know if any person could.

00:23:36.540 You'd have to be pretty ambitious

00:23:37.760 to climb over it.

00:23:45.940 How are you, mate?

00:23:46.860 Ezra Levant from Rebel News in Canada.

00:23:48.680 What's your name?

00:23:49.440 Brian Garrigan,

00:23:50.660 representing the Irish people

00:23:52.160 and all good people of the world.

00:23:54.100 This is a peaceful protest.

00:23:55.780 We're concerned citizens,

00:23:57.320 concerned fathers and mothers

00:23:58.560 about undocumented men

00:24:00.500 coming into our country.

00:24:02.080 Yes,

00:24:02.560 Ireland has to help

00:24:03.400 genuine refugees

00:24:04.480 and we do,

00:24:05.940 but we need to vet them.

00:24:07.600 We don't have us

00:24:08.000 coming into our country 0.99

00:24:08.800 and we need to look after our own.

00:24:10.840 Now, remember,

00:24:11.280 the Irish went all over the world,

00:24:12.780 everywhere and built it,

00:24:14.060 but the thing is,

00:24:14.600 we went and we slept on couches.

00:24:16.500 We got digs,

00:24:17.540 we got jobs,

00:24:18.280 we paid our way,

00:24:19.080 we paid our own healthcare,

00:24:20.160 we got nothing for free,

00:24:21.500 but we are

00:24:22.180 four genuine,

00:24:23.880 genuine refugees.

00:24:25.060 This is not an anti-refugee protest.

00:24:27.200 And,

00:24:27.500 are you from Newtown Mount Kennedy?

00:24:30.880 Where are you from?

00:24:31.460 Dublin.

00:24:32.900 And what's going on

00:24:34.040 in some of the smaller places

00:24:35.300 like Newtown Mount Kennedy?

00:24:36.580 They're getting planted

00:24:37.500 with people who are undocumented

00:24:38.800 in such a small town.

00:24:41.020 Kulak, we believe,

00:24:41.900 is going to get

00:24:42.400 between 1,000 to 1,500

00:24:44.440 undocumented men.

00:24:46.600 There's enough problems

00:24:47.360 in Kulak

00:24:47.980 with drugs

00:24:48.960 and with unemployment.

00:24:50.380 We don't need

00:24:50.900 the house,

00:24:51.600 we don't need the house

00:24:52.420 to order all people

00:24:53.000 who don't belong here.

00:24:53.980 There's no direct flight

00:24:55.000 from here to Nigeria.

00:24:56.120 or from here

00:24:57.200 to Pakistan.

00:24:58.640 Let me ask you

00:24:59.440 two more questions.

00:25:02.140 The mainstream media

00:25:03.820 denounces

00:25:04.520 people here

00:25:05.940 as far-right

00:25:07.240 or racist.

00:25:08.400 What's your response

00:25:09.220 to the mainstream media?

00:25:11.040 Just because you stand up

00:25:12.280 with a flag

00:25:12.860 or you say

00:25:13.380 you're a concerned citizen,

00:25:14.520 straight away

00:25:15.040 you're far-right.

00:25:16.080 So, I have nothing

00:25:16.920 to say to the main media

00:25:17.780 because they're never here.

00:25:18.800 They won't listen to us.

00:25:19.660 But we're here

00:25:21.120 as a peaceful protest

00:25:23.260 as concerned parents.

00:25:25.460 Remember,

00:25:26.180 we have people

00:25:27.500 like Paul McGrath,

00:25:28.940 Phil Lynn

00:25:29.300 who claim Irishhood,

00:25:30.660 Mohammed Ali

00:25:31.380 who claim Irishhood.

00:25:33.320 We're not anti-anyone.

00:25:34.600 We just want to look

00:25:35.280 at our own people

00:25:36.180 and house our own force.

00:25:37.140 That's all.

00:25:38.560 Let me ask you,

00:25:39.220 do you think anything

00:25:39.940 will change

00:25:40.620 because I'm an outsider

00:25:41.820 but it seems to me

00:25:42.940 that all the parties

00:25:44.040 in Ireland

00:25:45.000 are for open borders

00:25:46.500 immigration.

00:25:47.540 Do you think

00:25:47.880 that will change?

00:25:48.700 In June of next month

00:25:51.160 there's new local elections

00:25:52.580 all over Ireland, okay?

00:25:54.300 So, I'm running

00:25:54.960 in Dublin Inner Sea,

00:25:56.600 vote number one

00:25:57.420 Brian Garrigan

00:25:58.000 and we're going

00:25:58.920 to make a change.

00:25:59.860 We're slowly

00:26:00.380 waking the people up.

00:26:01.640 85% of people's concerns

00:26:03.640 are about illegal immigration.

00:26:06.280 And remember,

00:26:06.880 we have to help

00:26:07.520 genuine immigrants.

00:26:08.500 Genuine.

00:26:09.220 You know,

00:26:09.500 it's still early

00:26:10.020 in the morning.

00:26:10.580 We got here

00:26:11.180 on the overnight flight

00:26:13.320 from Canada.

00:26:14.340 We just threw our stuff

00:26:15.400 down at the hotel

00:26:16.160 and then we came

00:26:17.340 straight here.

00:26:18.000 It was sort of interesting

00:26:18.820 that this was

00:26:19.720 on the front page

00:26:20.840 of the Irish Independent.

00:26:23.360 I just bumped

00:26:24.240 into a cameraman

00:26:25.120 from the state broadcaster

00:26:26.680 here called RTE

00:26:28.400 as you can imagine.

00:26:29.960 Being the state broadcaster

00:26:31.340 and a left-wing government

00:26:32.160 they are like Canada's CBC

00:26:33.680 but they know

00:26:34.720 this is a news story.

00:26:36.200 It's still early

00:26:37.020 and everyone here

00:26:38.080 seems to be sleeping in

00:26:39.140 but I see someone

00:26:40.080 looks like he's

00:26:41.320 just getting up now.

00:26:42.860 I don't want to

00:26:43.680 interrupt people.

00:26:44.960 I don't want to

00:26:45.680 wake people up

00:26:46.980 but if people are

00:26:48.500 up and at them

00:26:51.060 and getting started

00:26:51.840 with their day

00:26:52.420 and want to talk to us

00:26:53.760 I'm happy to talk to them.

00:26:55.640 Would you like to

00:26:56.180 talk on camera?

00:26:57.360 You're still

00:26:57.800 you don't speak English?

00:27:00.220 Where are you from?

00:27:03.440 You're from Palestine?

00:27:05.380 When did you

00:27:06.120 when did you get here?

00:27:08.700 No, no,

00:27:09.380 speak English.

00:27:10.060 He says he's from

00:27:11.300 Palestine

00:27:12.020 or Palestine 0.51

00:27:13.320 and he says

00:27:15.460 he doesn't speak English.

00:27:18.280 Let's continue walking.

00:27:23.740 By the way

00:27:24.540 I should say

00:27:25.180 I don't think

00:27:28.800 there's any direct flights

00:27:30.020 from the West Bank

00:27:31.940 or Gaza

00:27:32.440 to Ireland

00:27:33.340 so obviously

00:27:34.420 the folks here

00:27:35.060 came through

00:27:35.660 a second country

00:27:36.960 and one of the rules

00:27:37.600 about refugee status

00:27:39.420 that the United Nations

00:27:40.540 has resolved

00:27:42.160 is that

00:27:42.980 if you're a refugee

00:27:44.320 you have to present

00:27:45.180 in the first

00:27:45.880 safe country

00:27:47.180 you arrive at.

00:27:48.300 You can't sort of go

00:27:49.220 shopping around

00:27:50.520 and island hopping

00:27:51.540 so to speak.

00:27:52.480 Hi, how are you guys?

00:27:53.520 Do you guys

00:27:54.360 live around here?

00:27:55.600 Are you in these tents?

00:27:56.280 I want to ask you

00:27:56.700 please

00:27:56.900 don't film me

00:27:57.520 please

00:27:57.740 don't film me

00:27:59.260 excuse me

00:28:00.260 please

00:28:00.440 are you going to

00:28:00.900 help these guys

00:28:01.620 or no?

00:28:02.520 Well, I want

00:28:03.260 what's the point

00:28:03.840 of filming them

00:28:04.440 please?

00:28:05.260 I want to know

00:28:06.140 who they are

00:28:06.900 and what they're doing

00:28:08.380 it's not your business

00:28:09.940 bro

00:28:10.140 if you're going to

00:28:10.700 give them some help

00:28:11.480 give them some help

00:28:12.180 don't film me

00:28:12.880 man

00:28:13.020 I already told you

00:28:13.880 that

00:28:14.080 don't film me

00:28:15.340 bro

00:28:15.520 don't film me

00:28:16.860 public place

00:28:17.620 but don't film me

00:28:18.520 man

00:28:18.680 I'm telling you

00:28:19.340 I'm telling you

00:28:21.040 I'm telling you 0.99

00:28:22.500 don't fucking 0.99

00:28:23.780 film me 1.00

00:28:24.220 what's your name?

00:28:31.320 I'm talking to this guy

00:28:32.380 yeah

00:28:32.600 what's your name?

00:28:33.500 where are you from? 1.00

00:28:34.420 it's all your fucking business 1.00

00:28:35.560 man 1.00

00:28:35.840 well why did

00:28:36.520 why did you come up

00:28:37.320 and talk to us?

00:28:37.940 so why are you filming people

00:28:38.720 are you going to give them help?

00:28:39.780 are you going to help them

00:28:40.620 yeah?

00:28:40.940 maybe

00:28:41.220 no maybe

00:28:41.980 yeah not maybe

00:28:42.660 you're just making like

00:28:43.580 what is it

00:28:43.900 you just want to get your wages

00:28:44.940 man you know

00:28:45.540 are you filming yeah?

00:28:47.740 we want to know

00:28:48.340 what's going on

00:28:49.080 go get a burger

00:28:50.300 yeah

00:28:50.600 hi there

00:28:53.240 can we talk to you

00:28:55.200 a little bit

00:28:55.620 about what's going on

00:28:56.560 around here?

00:28:57.580 no?

00:28:58.180 where are you from? 0.99

00:29:00.380 it's not a fucking business 0.99

00:29:01.620 well where are you from? 1.00

00:29:02.900 it's not a fucking business 0.98

00:29:03.860 why is it 0.99

00:29:05.480 well why is it not my business?

00:29:07.040 I'm from Dublin

00:29:07.700 you're from Dublin?

00:29:08.600 yeah

00:29:08.840 all right

00:29:09.940 does that go for you?

00:29:11.680 sure

00:29:12.100 okay 1.00

00:29:15.800 fuck off man 1.00

00:29:16.880 how you're close? 1.00

00:29:17.720 he said to filming people

00:29:18.840 go to jail man 0.59

00:29:19.820 you know

00:29:20.480 you filming people

00:29:21.920 go to jail 1.00

00:29:22.520 fuck off yeah 1.00

00:29:23.180 here's the guard 1.00

00:29:26.200 so they've rang the guards

00:29:27.540 to tell them

00:29:28.340 that we're here

00:29:29.060 and by guards

00:29:30.000 you mean the guard eye

00:29:31.040 the official police?

00:29:32.540 well maybe they'll have a word

00:29:33.620 I mean I'm a very curious person

00:29:35.220 I'd like to talk

00:29:35.900 tell me a little bit

00:29:36.800 about Newtown and Kennedy

00:29:37.800 it's basically a town

00:29:39.080 not far from Dublin

00:29:40.720 small population

00:29:42.720 about 2,800 people

00:29:45.100 and

00:29:45.920 you know

00:29:48.460 until this happened

00:29:49.380 of course

00:29:49.980 peaceful

00:29:50.880 there's only a few shops

00:29:53.500 in it

00:29:53.820 a few pubs

00:29:54.540 in it

00:29:54.760 there's not

00:29:55.800 enough facilities

00:29:57.080 even for the people

00:29:57.860 that are here

00:29:58.720 people that are moving

00:29:59.880 in here

00:30:00.340 of which there are all races

00:30:01.840 and all creeds

00:30:02.580 and colours

00:30:03.040 we have no problem

00:30:04.340 with that

00:30:04.740 what we do have a problem

00:30:05.700 with is this

00:30:07.100 as you can see

00:30:07.740 now I can't see

00:30:08.880 because there's a big

00:30:09.820 corrugated metal fence

00:30:11.040 all around

00:30:11.380 they've erected here

00:30:12.260 it's like something

00:30:13.000 you'd see in 1970s Belfast

00:30:14.880 when you've seen

00:30:15.700 the soldier forts

00:30:17.480 as we called them then

00:30:18.580 that's what they were

00:30:19.760 this is exactly

00:30:20.780 what they looked like

00:30:21.420 what's behind

00:30:22.400 this corrugated metal?

00:30:23.680 before this was all erected

00:30:25.080 it was a big convent house

00:30:27.100 and it used to be

00:30:28.260 nuns were in there

00:30:29.200 and school

00:30:29.860 yeah

00:30:30.120 and the walls

00:30:31.900 would have only been

00:30:32.600 about four feet high

00:30:34.680 and you could see

00:30:36.160 into the grounds

00:30:37.120 quite clearly

00:30:37.700 am I hearing voices

00:30:39.560 over there

00:30:39.940 or is there

00:30:40.420 activity behind there?

00:30:42.100 there are a hundred

00:30:42.620 and so men

00:30:43.320 we don't know

00:30:43.980 nobody has ever told us

00:30:45.300 it's indeterminate

00:30:46.520 so why is there

00:30:47.800 a wall around here?

00:30:49.220 they say it's to protect

00:30:50.480 them from us scary people

00:30:52.280 you're not very scary to me

00:30:53.740 no

00:30:54.160 the working class people

00:30:55.460 of Newtown

00:30:55.880 are very scary people

00:30:56.860 apparently

00:30:57.260 and

00:30:58.260 so

00:30:59.440 anyway

00:31:00.160 Newtown

00:31:00.680 this road here

00:31:01.460 as you see

00:31:02.040 there's no light

00:31:02.920 no footpath

00:31:03.860 no nothing else

00:31:04.640 but still

00:31:05.500 it was a great facility

00:31:06.660 for people who would be

00:31:07.640 out cycling

00:31:08.240 running

00:31:08.820 walking

00:31:09.380 that kind of thing

00:31:10.320 and now

00:31:10.760 nobody does that anymore

00:31:11.760 because

00:31:12.160 we feel unsafe

00:31:13.720 with unknown

00:31:15.280 men in there

00:31:16.520 no matter where they're from

00:31:17.600 so it's not just

00:31:18.420 being constructed now

00:31:19.500 it's done

00:31:20.080 and there's people there

00:31:20.840 it's dusted

00:31:21.240 behind there

00:31:21.980 there's large

00:31:22.880 marquee style tents

00:31:24.580 tents?

00:31:25.800 tents

00:31:26.100 apparently there's

00:31:27.500 eight in each tent

00:31:28.380 but we don't know

00:31:29.280 again

00:31:29.600 we're told nothing

00:31:30.220 it's Ezra LeVant

00:31:31.660 from Canada

00:31:32.420 I might

00:31:33.940 seek asylum also

00:31:35.580 hello

00:31:36.700 can I borrow

00:31:40.860 a cup of sugar

00:31:41.840 they're wearing

00:31:44.160 they're wearing

00:31:45.040 balaclavas

00:31:46.000 they're wearing

00:31:46.660 masks over their faces

00:31:48.700 this is Ireland

00:31:51.200 2024

00:31:52.080 wow

00:31:53.620 balaclavas

00:31:54.460 and they're not even out of it

00:31:55.800 now who would those

00:31:57.920 who would those people be

00:31:59.160 wearing the balaclavas

00:32:00.300 they're probably out of the Grand Hotel

00:32:01.660 they're probably

00:32:02.300 my friends

00:32:02.940 hello

00:32:04.240 are you throwing things at us

00:32:17.580 that's not very neighborly

00:32:18.880 that's not very nice of you

00:32:22.180 they threw a rock at our camera

00:32:26.820 that's not very friendly

00:32:31.280 it's time to recall who we are

00:32:33.860 to hear the call of our ancestors

00:32:37.380 the power that we

00:32:39.720 the powers that be

00:32:42.580 now we have a strong spiritual connection to them

00:32:45.620 and it frightens them

00:32:47.060 because our legends, poetry and song

00:32:49.680 tell time and again

00:32:51.080 how we rose up against oppressors

00:32:53.220 who tried to vanish us

00:32:59.520 we simply must win

00:33:01.320 and if we don't

00:33:02.880 our children will fall

00:33:04.320 just like the children

00:33:05.260 on that statue of the Garden of Remembrance

00:33:07.200 who are trapped there in stone

00:33:10.380 making their downward descent

00:33:11.740 towards the ground

00:33:12.640 I wonder now

00:33:14.560 would that statue even be here

00:33:15.960 in a hundred years

00:33:16.840 and with that I ask you

00:33:19.000 to stand up

00:33:19.900 and ensure the survival

00:33:21.420 of not just your children

00:33:22.720 but also Irishness

00:33:24.460 and all that it means to be so

00:33:26.620 I'm an independent candidate

00:33:33.520 for the Tala community

00:33:35.240 they have protests

00:33:36.480 every Monday and Thursday

00:33:38.140 outside St John's house

00:33:39.500 between 6 and 8

00:33:40.440 and the protest is actually tomorrow

00:33:42.280 because of the protest today

00:33:43.500 between 6 and 8

00:33:44.620 outside St John's house

00:33:45.760 thanks very much for listening

00:33:47.200 I've been following politics

00:33:53.120 for 35 years

00:33:55.540 and I've listened to

00:33:56.460 maybe a thousand speeches

00:33:58.080 I have to say

00:33:58.900 your speech up there today

00:34:00.600 was the most authentic

00:34:01.780 passionate

00:34:02.840 powerful

00:34:03.660 and moving speech

00:34:04.680 I can remember

00:34:05.660 it was astonishing to me

00:34:08.240 who are you?

00:34:09.440 who am I?

00:34:11.180 it's odd to be asked that question

00:34:14.540 because I'm a very introverted

00:34:17.180 sort of a person

00:34:17.980 but because of what's happening

00:34:19.380 in our country

00:34:20.820 I've had to come out

00:34:21.800 and stand up

00:34:22.520 my name is Suzanne Delaney

00:34:24.600 and otherwise known as

00:34:27.440 Suzy D online

00:34:28.720 which makes me sound

00:34:29.700 like a bad rap artist

00:34:31.040 but the name

00:34:32.340 was picked

00:34:33.280 because

00:34:33.900 there's

00:34:35.440 you know

00:34:35.800 there's a lot of targeting

00:34:37.540 of you

00:34:38.740 if you have the views

00:34:39.860 I do in this country

00:34:40.780 and I was trying to protect

00:34:42.060 my child

00:34:42.620 but

00:34:43.560 I've decided to run

00:34:44.980 for election

00:34:45.440 so I've put my name out there

00:34:46.780 I

00:34:47.600 run the Irish Enquiry

00:34:49.380 with my partner

00:34:50.000 Stephen Kerr

00:34:50.980 and he's running

00:34:51.620 for Castle Bar and Mayo

00:34:52.720 we're running as

00:34:53.880 independent candidates

00:34:54.980 well let's talk about

00:34:55.900 what you said

00:34:56.600 you talked about

00:34:57.640 your daughter

00:34:58.120 who's obviously young

00:34:59.300 and I think the most

00:35:00.760 terrifying thing

00:35:01.600 you said was that

00:35:02.620 in a way you don't

00:35:03.580 want her to grow up

00:35:04.280 because you don't

00:35:04.800 want her to go out 0.90

00:35:05.440 because you're worried

00:35:06.100 about her

00:35:06.580 in the streets of Ireland

00:35:08.100 tell me that again

00:35:09.740 tell me more about that

00:35:10.740 yeah so

00:35:11.800 when I grew up

00:35:13.780 I would have been

00:35:15.340 when I was her age

00:35:17.500 that was the 80s

00:35:18.780 and life was different here

00:35:20.560 and I used to play

00:35:22.320 outside all day long

00:35:23.400 and if I grazed my knees

00:35:25.620 and came back in

00:35:26.280 my mother would wipe my knees

00:35:27.340 and she'd send me

00:35:27.960 back out the door

00:35:28.660 and my daughter

00:35:30.360 has never played

00:35:31.120 outside alone

00:35:31.940 never

00:35:32.880 and where I live

00:35:34.740 it's not

00:35:36.080 I'm not running

00:35:37.260 where I live

00:35:38.080 because where I live

00:35:39.100 is gone

00:35:40.880 there's no way

00:35:41.980 and why doesn't she play 1.00

00:35:43.280 explain to me

00:35:44.140 the missing piece

00:35:45.180 of this story

00:35:45.700 why

00:35:46.060 it's not safe

00:35:47.720 why is it not safe

00:35:49.100 so this year

00:35:50.500 sorry this

00:35:51.180 sorry this week

00:35:52.260 a man

00:35:54.260 a foreign national

00:35:55.780 who was led

00:35:56.280 into the country

00:35:56.900 without checks

00:35:58.060 tried to take

00:35:59.160 a two-year-old child

00:36:00.120 out of a buggy here

00:36:01.480 just up the road

00:36:02.580 and a 12-year-old boy

00:36:05.320 in County Cork

00:36:06.620 was in the toilets

00:36:08.300 and when he was

00:36:09.020 coming back out

00:36:09.600 he was pushed back

00:36:10.240 into a cubicle 0.57

00:36:10.900 and he was sexually 0.75

00:36:11.620 assaulted

00:36:12.100 so that is what

00:36:14.100 we're dealing with

00:36:14.860 and three children

00:36:15.780 were stabbed

00:36:16.980 up the road here

00:36:18.640 in Parnell Square

00:36:19.500 I don't feel

00:36:21.420 at all like

00:36:22.500 my daughter is safe

00:36:23.440 and when people

00:36:24.640 ask for her

00:36:25.600 to go and do things

00:36:26.740 with them

00:36:27.360 like I have a friend

00:36:28.420 who wanted to take her

00:36:29.340 to a show

00:36:29.880 I say no

00:36:31.100 because I'm so afraid

00:36:32.740 that there might be

00:36:33.520 a terror attack

00:36:34.780 or something else

00:36:37.240 so where I live

00:36:39.680 is not safe

00:36:40.220 and I've spoken before

00:36:41.940 publicly

00:36:42.740 about the fact that

00:36:43.780 my daughter

00:36:44.760 is the only Irish child

00:36:46.040 in her class

00:36:46.720 at school

00:36:47.640 and I have nothing

00:36:49.320 against these other children

00:36:50.500 but that's not normal

00:36:52.620 my daughter

00:36:53.380 is the foreign national

00:36:54.380 in her own country

00:36:55.820 and she doesn't understand

00:36:57.660 what her school friends say

00:37:00.260 I don't want to leave

00:37:01.260 it's so rustic

00:37:03.980 and hearing the sound

00:37:05.040 of the little waterfalls

00:37:06.120 on the locks

00:37:07.220 and it's so peaceful

00:37:09.060 this is one of the best places

00:37:10.900 in Dublin

00:37:11.560 and yet along the sides

00:37:14.680 there were hundreds of tents

00:37:16.760 with military age

00:37:18.300 migrant men

00:37:19.160 so you can see

00:37:20.300 they put these fences

00:37:21.480 to keep them out

00:37:22.480 they've come back 0.52

00:37:23.500 and then they shoot away

00:37:24.560 come back

00:37:25.100 shoot away about five times

00:37:26.460 and I talked to a couple

00:37:28.540 of people

00:37:28.880 because there's so many

00:37:29.580 people just going

00:37:30.560 for a walk

00:37:31.220 or a bike ride

00:37:32.080 it's the kind of place

00:37:33.200 where you might go

00:37:33.780 for a date

00:37:34.280 and then sit down

00:37:35.020 on a little park bench

00:37:36.340 and it's notable

00:37:37.540 how many young women

00:37:39.300 are along this path

00:37:40.360 and I mention that

00:37:41.180 because when you have

00:37:42.300 hundreds of military age

00:37:43.780 migrant men

00:37:44.860 camping out here

00:37:45.780 it changes the safety dynamic

00:37:47.940 here's Irish people

00:37:49.500 who stopped to talk to me

00:37:50.980 as they were walking their dogs

00:37:52.240 hi

00:37:52.800 it looks like you're

00:37:53.560 collecting some leaves

00:37:54.600 yeah because

00:37:55.420 my six year old friend

00:37:56.980 is coming for pizza later

00:37:58.460 so she's very artistic

00:38:00.140 so we just took play with her

00:38:02.040 yeah

00:38:02.400 but it also makes me notice

00:38:03.720 the beauty

00:38:04.280 yeah

00:38:05.060 it's absolutely beautiful here

00:38:07.180 the sound of the rushing water

00:38:09.000 you've got some doggies with you

00:38:11.160 yeah

00:38:11.400 can I ask you about

00:38:13.680 these fences

00:38:14.440 around here

00:38:15.740 we were here a few months ago

00:38:17.380 and there were lots of tents

00:38:18.560 with migrants

00:38:19.320 and I understand that

00:38:21.080 they come

00:38:21.540 and then they're kicked out

00:38:22.920 and then they come back

00:38:24.040 and they're kicked out

00:38:24.740 what do you make of that

00:38:25.740 whole thing

00:38:26.280 I guess

00:38:28.200 it's complicated

00:38:30.480 and

00:38:31.660 my understanding is

00:38:33.760 our government decided

00:38:35.140 to stop providing housing

00:38:37.100 for male

00:38:37.980 refugees

00:38:39.360 so the council gives them a tent

00:38:42.040 then the council blocks anywhere

00:38:44.460 that they could put the tent

00:38:45.860 do you think they're real refugees 1.00

00:38:48.420 or do you think some of them

00:38:49.460 might be taking advantage

00:38:50.580 of Irish hospitality

00:38:52.080 I don't think anybody would do that

00:38:55.380 for a laugh

00:38:56.100 or to take advantage

00:38:57.120 I mean we know they're coming from

00:38:59.460 areas of the world

00:39:02.580 that are either

00:39:03.540 war-torn

00:39:05.540 or have civil conflict

00:39:07.100 or else they're

00:39:08.980 I guess

00:39:09.400 some of them now

00:39:10.200 even if they are economic migrants

00:39:12.300 it's because

00:39:13.020 the global north

00:39:13.860 has caused

00:39:14.600 climate chaos

00:39:15.960 and

00:39:16.420 people can't make a living 1.00

00:39:18.140 where they are

00:39:18.820 and

00:39:19.160 so you think climate change

00:39:21.320 is why they're here

00:39:22.200 no I think

00:39:22.920 but that's

00:39:23.620 I think we're playing out

00:39:25.120 because of the reality

00:39:27.460 that we've put up

00:39:28.440 the six

00:39:29.240 eight Hiroshima bombs

00:39:30.880 worth of energy

00:39:31.580 per second

00:39:32.140 into our atmosphere

00:39:32.980 it's

00:39:35.180 big changes coming

00:39:36.800 like that will lead

00:39:37.680 to civil unrest

00:39:38.580 and about a third

00:39:39.340 of humanity

00:39:39.940 outside livable

00:39:41.260 zones

00:39:42.520 and

00:39:43.500 and so I think

00:39:45.480 fortress Europe

00:39:46.720 is on

00:39:47.200 is preparing

00:39:48.540 itself

00:39:49.960 to make

00:39:50.560 sacrifice zones

00:39:52.600 so we're

00:39:53.900 like that

00:39:54.300 we're just closing our

00:39:55.340 closing our

00:39:57.360 our doors

00:39:58.780 I guess

00:39:59.420 but what's Ireland

00:40:01.000 got to do

00:40:01.660 with any of this

00:40:02.380 Ireland's never

00:40:03.100 had a colony

00:40:03.880 Ireland's never

00:40:05.200 oppressed anyone

00:40:05.980 so why is Ireland

00:40:07.220 a tiny country

00:40:08.880 the only place

00:40:09.980 for

00:40:10.180 there are no other

00:40:11.220 Ireland's for the Irish 0.92

00:40:12.380 if Ireland's not there 0.98

00:40:13.920 I don't know

00:40:14.420 like it's

00:40:15.320 it's the only place

00:40:16.400 where Ireland

00:40:17.480 for the Irish

00:40:18.800 and why is

00:40:20.200 Ireland's

00:40:21.860 the place

00:40:22.480 where

00:40:23.500 so many

00:40:25.480 migrants

00:40:26.480 can come

00:40:26.940 and someone

00:40:27.340 burn their

00:40:28.040 or throw out

00:40:29.140 their documents

00:40:29.740 when they arrive

00:40:30.380 that doesn't seem

00:40:31.200 like a good faith

00:40:32.320 move

00:40:32.480 I just wonder

00:40:33.180 if you're being

00:40:33.760 a little bit

00:40:34.780 I don't mean to

00:40:35.500 criticize

00:40:35.820 but you sound

00:40:36.700 credulous

00:40:39.100 what credulous

00:40:40.900 means believable

00:40:41.700 sounds like

00:40:42.940 perhaps you're

00:40:43.580 you're

00:40:44.040 you're the kind

00:40:45.440 of person

00:40:45.840 that

00:40:46.100 someone from

00:40:47.500 a low trust

00:40:48.160 society

00:40:48.720 might take

00:40:49.260 advantage

00:40:49.640 if you look

00:40:50.200 like a lovely

00:40:51.200 high trust

00:40:51.880 society

00:40:52.460 a wonderful

00:40:53.660 woman 0.99

00:40:54.080 who's collecting

00:40:55.320 beautiful things

00:40:56.200 I don't mean

00:40:57.540 to be mean

00:40:58.180 but I think

00:40:58.940 someone might

00:40:59.540 take advantage

00:41:00.160 of you

00:41:00.620 well I'm not

00:41:01.840 I guess I consider

00:41:02.860 myself to have

00:41:03.400 a lot of privilege

00:41:04.080 I'm not worried

00:41:04.700 about being

00:41:05.060 taken advantage

00:41:05.760 of

00:41:06.120 I'd happily

00:41:07.020 pay more tax

00:41:08.000 if the tax

00:41:08.600 went to not

00:41:09.200 funding

00:41:09.620 fossil fuels

00:41:10.320 and arms

00:41:10.820 but to

00:41:11.360 creating

00:41:12.480 a safe haven

00:41:13.620 for people

00:41:14.200 fleeing justice

00:41:15.180 injustice

00:41:15.940 but there's

00:41:16.580 8 billion people

00:41:17.600 in the world

00:41:18.000 and my guess

00:41:18.600 is that half

00:41:19.140 of them

00:41:19.440 would love

00:41:20.120 to come

00:41:20.460 to this

00:41:20.760 beautiful place

00:41:21.540 if they could

00:41:22.120 but you can't

00:41:23.680 fit 4 billion

00:41:24.580 people in Ireland

00:41:25.360 you can't

00:41:25.820 fit 4 million

00:41:26.940 more

00:41:27.420 you can

00:41:28.060 Ireland had

00:41:28.720 8 million

00:41:29.100 before the

00:41:29.560 great hunger

00:41:30.300 of famine

00:41:30.760 so do you

00:41:31.340 think maybe

00:41:31.840 we could

00:41:32.600 take

00:41:32.800 so maybe

00:41:33.920 a few million

00:41:34.540 more people

00:41:35.120 from Pakistan

00:41:35.780 and Somalia

00:41:37.280 and

00:41:37.720 I think

00:41:38.280 this

00:41:38.640 I think

00:41:40.400 the narrative

00:41:41.200 around migration

00:41:41.940 is incorrect

00:41:42.880 people aren't

00:41:44.480 made aware

00:41:45.440 that there's always

00:41:46.120 been movement

00:41:46.660 of migration

00:41:47.220 we migrated

00:41:47.840 out of Africa

00:41:48.520 to pull the

00:41:49.180 planet

00:41:49.480 I thought

00:41:49.900 Ireland

00:41:50.220 yes

00:41:50.920 and then

00:41:51.640 only since

00:41:52.360 the nation

00:41:52.740 state

00:41:53.240 has there been

00:41:53.800 some notion

00:41:54.360 of

00:41:54.680 which is only

00:41:56.040 like a 19th century

00:41:57.340 phenomenon

00:41:57.820 has there been

00:41:58.680 some notion

00:41:59.240 of like

00:41:59.640 us and them

00:42:00.380 well the Irish 0.98

00:42:01.880 have had us

00:42:02.660 and them

00:42:02.940 the Irish

00:42:03.300 have been

00:42:03.640 throwing off

00:42:04.680 occupiers

00:42:05.920 and oppressors

00:42:06.480 for centuries

00:42:07.120 exactly

00:42:07.420 so the Irish 0.97

00:42:08.080 have had to

00:42:08.600 take refuge

00:42:09.480 there are

00:42:11.440 about 14 million

00:42:12.380 people around

00:42:13.760 the globe

00:42:14.180 who claim

00:42:14.740 to have Irish

00:42:15.280 origin

00:42:15.740 and they were

00:42:17.040 people to leave

00:42:17.720 because of oppression

00:42:18.480 so I think

00:42:19.140 that's why

00:42:19.740 you find

00:42:20.640 many people

00:42:21.440 identify so well

00:42:23.200 with the Palestinians

00:42:23.980 and we're the only

00:42:25.940 white nation 0.67

00:42:26.720 in Europe

00:42:27.440 who haven't been

00:42:28.120 a colonial power

00:42:29.140 Dublin is a modern

00:42:30.760 metropolitan city

00:42:32.000 but in the small town

00:42:33.820 of Dundrum

00:42:34.820 which is in the county

00:42:36.640 called Tipperary

00:42:37.760 well there's about

00:42:39.020 175-200 people

00:42:41.160 who live there

00:42:41.860 and although

00:42:43.100 they're modern

00:42:44.120 progressive

00:42:45.020 fully high-tech

00:42:47.740 Irish like anyone else

00:42:49.220 it's a small community

00:42:51.420 where everyone

00:42:52.240 knows each other

00:42:53.320 and in some ways

00:42:55.440 it's how Ireland

00:42:56.400 I expect

00:42:57.320 has been for centuries

00:42:58.980 it's a small place

00:43:00.640 but there is a local

00:43:02.120 community center

00:43:03.040 namely the hotel

00:43:04.220 which now also

00:43:05.560 has a golf course

00:43:06.900 and a country club

00:43:08.040 it's a place

00:43:09.060 where locals

00:43:09.720 would go for meals

00:43:11.060 to play golf

00:43:12.100 it was a meeting place

00:43:13.720 for the community

00:43:14.500 many weddings

00:43:15.700 were held there

00:43:16.560 the hub of the community

00:43:18.600 and a source of

00:43:19.800 economic opportunity

00:43:21.020 for the community

00:43:22.220 making tourism

00:43:23.940 part of the local economy

00:43:25.700 but then

00:43:27.400 the hotel was sold

00:43:29.160 to an American investor

00:43:30.980 and then

00:43:32.260 the Irish government

00:43:33.700 came with a massive

00:43:35.380 contract

00:43:36.040 for this American investor

00:43:37.860 offering him

00:43:39.440 untold millions of dollars

00:43:41.020 if he were to

00:43:42.220 transform

00:43:43.400 this

00:43:44.260 hotel

00:43:45.960 which itself

00:43:46.620 is over 100 years old

00:43:47.960 into a refugee camp

00:43:51.140 I say again

00:43:52.440 this four star hotel

00:43:54.200 with a gorgeous

00:43:56.040 immaculate golf course

00:43:57.900 being transformed

00:43:59.140 in the heart

00:44:00.100 heart of Celtic Ireland

00:44:01.880 into a refugee camp

00:44:04.620 is astonishing

00:44:05.300 but this decision

00:44:06.300 to turn this local hotel

00:44:07.760 into a refugee camp

00:44:09.260 is not made locally

00:44:10.720 it's a national decision

00:44:12.660 and it is being imposed

00:44:14.440 on the local community

00:44:15.720 I asked repeatedly

00:44:17.500 the protesters

00:44:18.280 about town hall meetings

00:44:20.200 or information sessions

00:44:21.400 they say

00:44:22.340 there have been none

00:44:24.200 there is no

00:44:25.420 political process

00:44:26.580 and there is no

00:44:27.680 legal process

00:44:28.600 open to them

00:44:29.400 to ask questions

00:44:30.900 and get information

00:44:31.980 let alone

00:44:33.160 challenge

00:44:33.800 and feedback

00:44:34.580 there is no

00:44:36.100 back and forth

00:44:36.760 there is no debate

00:44:37.740 it is being opposed

00:44:39.100 in an authoritarian

00:44:40.120 manner

00:44:40.780 from the top down

00:44:42.280 my name is Fiona

00:44:43.200 Kennedy

00:44:43.800 I'm a very ordinary

00:44:45.500 mother

00:44:46.800 I live here locally

00:44:49.620 in Dundrum

00:44:50.260 and I'm here

00:44:52.660 with a group of people

00:44:53.760 we're the most ordinary

00:44:54.480 people that you could

00:44:55.140 possibly meet

00:44:55.820 we find ourselves

00:44:57.540 in an extraordinary

00:44:58.300 situation

00:44:59.020 and really

00:45:01.000 we're standing

00:45:01.900 to protect our hotel

00:45:03.620 our beautiful hotel

00:45:04.500 here

00:45:04.760 Dundrum House Hotel

00:45:05.940 our golf club

00:45:06.900 and our community

00:45:08.380 I had never heard

00:45:10.240 of Dundrum

00:45:10.840 until yesterday

00:45:11.820 I looked it up

00:45:13.160 and it only has

00:45:13.860 about 200 people

00:45:15.420 and I understand

00:45:16.880 that this facility

00:45:19.280 this gorgeous

00:45:20.240 beautiful hotel

00:45:21.640 and country club

00:45:22.480 could theoretically

00:45:24.000 sleep up to

00:45:24.980 500 people

00:45:26.420 what do you know

00:45:27.700 about the contract

00:45:29.100 that the owner

00:45:30.740 of this facility

00:45:31.500 has

00:45:31.980 to house

00:45:33.320 asylum seekers

00:45:34.900 and refugees

00:45:35.560 what information

00:45:36.420 do you have

00:45:37.120 well unfortunately

00:45:38.280 we have very little

00:45:39.320 information

00:45:40.540 now we have submitted

00:45:41.500 requests for information

00:45:42.800 under the Freedom

00:45:43.420 of Information Act

00:45:44.680 I'm not sure

00:45:46.000 if the time of that

00:45:46.680 is up

00:45:47.040 but we've had

00:45:47.600 no information

00:45:48.220 back yet

00:45:48.780 we would like

00:45:49.600 to get sight

00:45:50.100 of the contract

00:45:50.660 but nobody's

00:45:51.480 forthcoming on that

00:45:52.460 and have you had

00:45:54.020 has the owner

00:45:54.980 of the hotel

00:45:55.620 been communicative

00:45:56.740 at all

00:45:57.220 not in the slightest

00:45:58.900 no

00:45:59.360 he hasn't

00:45:59.980 engaged with us

00:46:01.320 at all

00:46:01.840 and what is

00:46:02.700 the government

00:46:03.180 entity that's involved

00:46:04.400 is it just

00:46:04.900 the national

00:46:05.780 government

00:46:06.100 or are there

00:46:06.520 any local

00:46:07.080 governments involved

00:46:07.900 well really

00:46:08.940 this has been

00:46:09.540 driven by

00:46:09.940 national government

00:46:10.820 the Department

00:46:11.400 of Integration

00:46:12.060 and there are

00:46:13.860 we do have

00:46:14.340 local government

00:46:14.900 here in Tipperary

00:46:15.600 in Ireland

00:46:16.020 as well

00:46:16.540 and we have

00:46:17.600 some local

00:46:18.160 councillors

00:46:19.080 who are working

00:46:19.920 on our behalf

00:46:20.520 working with us

00:46:21.360 we have

00:46:22.200 one local

00:46:23.860 Tipperary

00:46:24.800 TD member

00:46:25.740 of our parliament

00:46:27.040 just to translate

00:46:28.700 it to Canadian

00:46:29.560 and here

00:46:31.660 here is

00:46:32.580 actually the

00:46:33.120 owner is just

00:46:33.920 about to pass

00:46:34.660 the owner

00:46:35.620 is just

00:46:35.920 I'll have to

00:46:39.440 go and talk

00:46:39.980 to him

00:46:40.220 what's his name

00:46:40.900 his name is

00:46:42.460 Jeff

00:46:42.780 Jeff Leo

00:46:43.440 yeah

00:46:43.960 and I understand

00:46:44.900 he's from away

00:46:45.580 is that right

00:46:46.020 yeah I understand

00:46:47.040 he's American

00:46:47.400 I've actually

00:46:47.880 never met Jeff

00:46:48.640 so that's my

00:46:51.300 first time

00:46:51.700 seeing him

00:46:52.240 that hasn't

00:46:53.100 been a photograph

00:46:53.620 he's certainly

00:46:55.400 sped by

00:46:56.160 yeah that has

00:46:57.560 been

00:46:57.820 he hasn't

00:46:59.220 had any

00:46:59.800 community town halls

00:47:01.380 has he sat

00:47:03.080 down with the

00:47:03.500 media at all

00:47:04.540 not to my

00:47:05.300 knowledge

00:47:05.620 he hasn't

00:47:06.060 I'm guessing

00:47:06.700 you would know

00:47:07.240 we would know

00:47:07.960 and he hasn't

00:47:08.840 engaged with the

00:47:09.600 community at all

00:47:10.120 we've had two

00:47:10.680 public meetings

00:47:11.620 both very heavily

00:47:12.400 attended

00:47:12.800 and

00:47:13.620 did he send

00:47:14.360 anyone to those

00:47:14.940 no he didn't

00:47:15.540 I find that

00:47:16.080 astonishing

00:47:16.560 yeah he was

00:47:17.280 invited

00:47:17.580 how was he

00:47:18.420 invited

00:47:18.680 by email

00:47:19.620 by letter

00:47:20.180 I'm not sure

00:47:20.660 because I wasn't

00:47:21.260 involved

00:47:21.500 he must have

00:47:22.080 known about it

00:47:22.640 I mean he's

00:47:23.140 he's the centre

00:47:23.800 of this whole project

00:47:24.840 oh 100%

00:47:25.620 he knew about it

00:47:26.420 you know

00:47:26.760 but he didn't come

00:47:28.060 but yeah the only

00:47:29.000 time we see him

00:47:29.640 actually is when

00:47:30.180 he's speeding in

00:47:30.980 or out of the

00:47:31.440 gates

00:47:31.680 you told me

00:47:33.080 last week that

00:47:33.940 you thought this

00:47:34.440 would be a very

00:47:35.120 large event

00:47:35.960 and it did turn

00:47:37.220 out to be that

00:47:37.960 do you think

00:47:38.780 that do you

00:47:39.600 think this will

00:47:40.000 make a dent

00:47:40.760 do you think

00:47:41.400 this will move

00:47:42.020 the needle

00:47:42.460 or do you

00:47:43.100 think this will

00:47:43.460 just be demonized

00:47:44.480 by the media

00:47:45.260 like RTE

00:47:46.300 do you think

00:47:47.100 they'll demonize

00:47:47.800 it as far right

00:47:48.740 like will

00:47:50.200 anything change

00:47:51.180 I'm impressed

00:47:51.820 with what I saw

00:47:52.480 but will Ireland

00:47:53.720 be any different

00:47:54.460 after today

00:47:55.120 it's hard to say

00:47:56.940 I think that's up

00:47:57.580 to the people

00:47:58.180 I mean if the people

00:47:59.260 are expressing

00:48:00.360 that they want

00:48:01.000 change

00:48:01.580 and it seems

00:48:02.400 that huge numbers

00:48:03.340 are

00:48:03.700 it's up to them

00:48:04.560 really isn't it

00:48:05.180 like I can only

00:48:05.800 really speak about

00:48:06.540 what I've observed

00:48:07.320 reporting on this

00:48:08.640 over the last two years

00:48:09.760 but there is huge

00:48:11.760 anger out there

00:48:12.560 people are extremely

00:48:13.460 angry about being

00:48:14.420 called names like

00:48:15.340 far right and racist

00:48:16.400 when you know

00:48:17.560 they want

00:48:18.460 you know

00:48:19.060 as you said earlier

00:48:19.940 that you don't think

00:48:21.020 it's an anti-immigration

00:48:22.020 sentiment

00:48:22.460 it isn't really

00:48:23.060 an anti-immigration

00:48:23.860 sentiment

00:48:24.360 it's a

00:48:25.320 we are bursting

00:48:26.220 at the seams

00:48:27.020 sentiment

00:48:27.920 yeah

00:48:29.960 yeah

00:48:30.640 yeah

00:48:33.980 yeah

00:48:34.540 yeah

00:48:36.500 yeah

00:48:37.280 yeah

00:48:45.000 yeah

00:48:47.820 yeah

00:48:48.600 yeah

00:48:49.080 yeah

00:48:50.060 yeah

00:48:50.520 yeah

00:48:52.740 yeah

00:48:53.600 yeah

Rebel News Podcast - November 23, 2024

EZRA LEVANT ｜ Ireland is no stranger to rebelling against foreign invaders

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