Labelling image: credit Incito Mentis
Niall Feiritear
If this piece reaches your eyes then it was meant for you, because that is how this Universe works.
I was always good at research so wanted to be a news reporter. I worked in the mainstream media in Ireland (on the job) for 18 months. In my first year as a journalist, I busted the Sinaloa Cartel and won Scoop of the Year 2024.
I'm decent at research and don't like inaccuracies.
Now, it seems that every journalist in Ireland gives their opinions on various things. Journalists should probably just report but on this occasion, I am going to join the chorus of people giving their opinion.
The only reason I am doing so is because I see something happening in Ireland that is wrong, a form of bullying. Having been bullied as a youngster, I always call out bullying as a man and always will do, come hell or high water.
There are articles online claiming that certain people in Ireland are 'far right.' One I saw recently claimed that a man called AJ Cahill and his party, 'The Irish People' were far right. He was part of a 'far right alliance' allegedly, as part of a 'National Alliance' which also included a man called Patrick Quinlan from The National Party and another man, Derek Blighe.
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'Wow', I thought, 'this is interesting, Ireland actually has people who are far right', it just seemed so bizarre, given that the defined term of far right is someone who holds racist, homophobic and xenophobic views. Most Irish people are dead sound so I was surprised.
But I couldn't find any interviews with these blokes that would confirm them as being racist, homophobic or indeed, xenophobic. I saw some videos of them attending protests alright.
So, I did what a journalist should do; I tried to contact them for interview. From what I am aware, I am one of the few to do so. I may be the only one. Anyway, Mr Quinlan did not respond but Mr Cahill did. Cork was a bit further to meet Mr Blighe so I travelled out West to meet AJ Cahill of The Irish People.
The interview with Mr Cahill can be found further back on this news site. I found a highly intelligent, well travelled man who does not appear to have a racist, homophobic or xenophobic bone in his body.
He has ran businesses in various parts of the world, speaks eloquently on the causes of division in society and speaks very highly of the different cultures on the planet, of which he has visited many. He is particularly impressed by the analytical and mathematical skills of people from Iran, for example.
He was very kind to the Ukranian girl who served us coffee and held warm interactions with old people on the street, Mr Cahill is a family man who does not hold extreme views.
In terms of the subject of immigration, his views were just another version of the 'firm but fair' approach which has been adopted by certain mainstream parties lately. From what I remember, Mr Cahill thinks Ireland needs to close its borders for a period of time in order to catch its breath. He believed deportations would be required for people who have entered Ireland illegally.
Which brings me to my next point: Mr Cahill is a family man who trains the local rowing club, he is a concerned parent who is worried about the future of his children. He was very worried about the crazy acts of violence we are seeing in Ireland, the beheadings of gay people, the murders of women and children. He is worried about technology making people lonely.
(I believe Mr. Quinlan and Mr. Blighe have young children too. I think if you are the father of young kids in particular, the sense of fear and unease has been heightened ever since the murder of Ashling Murphy and others. I don't have a daughter but that is the motivation - fear for the future-as opposed to xenophobia or racism).
We have a divisive labelling of people in Ireland. The people who wrote the piece I am referring to above never once went to meet and get the views of AJ Cahill before labelling him as 'far right.'
Labelling people is not the way out of this.
Further to that, it was claimed online that the 'National Alliance' website made references to 'The Great Replacement' conspiracy theory, 'first popularised by French writer Renaud Camus in 2011'.
I searched and could find no reference to this on that website. What does exist is references to 'Plantations' on election posters and some which read 'Replace them before they replace you'.
I am open to being wrong, but I am sure what is being referred to is as follows:
The above document can be found on the UN website and offers up a detailed theory / plan about the requirements for various countries-EU included- in terms of large inward migration required in order to maintain economic growth. It claims a working ratio of 4.1-4.4 is required in terms of tax payers that can support pensioners by the year 2050, with a variety of case studies.
Now, The Sunday Times and The Irish Times and other outlets have widely reported Ireland's population decline this year, with falling birth rates, 'crisis' and 'ticking time bomb' are just some of the phrases used in 2023/ 2024 after recent CSO (Central Statistics Office) data releases.
So we have evidence of a declining Irish population and we have an official UN plan offering up the solution on that organisation's website.
We had the process of Minister Roderic O'Gorman tweeting in eight different languages announcing Ireland's asylum policy.
The tweets were posted in Feb 2021 and outlined the Government's plans to end Direct Provision and provide 'own door' accommodation to asylum seekers in Ireland after just a few months. They were posted in English, Irish, Arabic, Georgian, Albanian, Somalian, Urdu and French.
Picture: Research courtesy of Gript.ie
Finally, we have laid bare in the Government's 'Project Ireland 2040' plan that the population of Ireland is set to be increased by 1.66 million.
"By 2040 we expect that an additional one million people will live in Ireland, an additional two-thirds of a million people will work here," the document states.
Image: taken from Gov.ie
So there is evidence of Irish population decline and a clear strategy to bring in large numbers of people.
Now, imagine for a second you are an Irish person who has lost your friends to Australia or Canada because they can't afford a house nor rent. Some go for adventure too, I am aware of that. But you are at least reading these headlines.
Or you are a parent in Thurles or Clonmel whose children have moved abroad and everywhere you look, you see the planned arrival of migrants. Would that not at least make you feel like you are being replaced?
The large scale accommodation camps springing up in places like Clonmel and Athlone understandably make people feel like these are 'plantations'.
Image: Camp currently being built in Clonmel
It is claimed people who use phrases such as 'plantation' are conspiracy theorists and far right. 'Mass immigration must not be referred to as a 'plantation' because 'no Irish people are being kicked off their land,' I read.
Try telling that to the Irish in Melbourne and Toronto (or their families) and elsewhere who can't return home. Or indeed any Irish person who can't even put a roof over their head. Understanding is correlative to perception.
Simon Coveney stated: "The 2040 plan will increase the population of Cork, Limerick, Waterford and Galway cities by 50 percent."
It's wrong that a man like Mr Cahill is labelled 'far right' because he has the nerve to say: "nobody agreed to what is taking place".
Because that gets to the crux of the matter. If you oppose Government policy you are branded as far right.
Most of the public does not get to see, and therefore do not know, the size and scale of the facilities being built. How many people are actually aware of Project 2040?
Opposing an IPAS (International Protection Accommodation Service) centre in your area does not make you 'far right' or racist. Locals are concerned about doctors, services, crime. People are frightened of men.
But their voices are not being heard.
A group of people have decided that they know what is best for Ireland and they are going to do what they want, without public consultation. Should huge social changes not require a referendum?
Politicians consistently say that 'nobody has a veto' on who lives in their area. Of course that is unless you live in Dublin 4 and oppose student accommodation, then your veto stands.
Asylum seeking is big business. Election candidate Nick Delehanty and others have exposed the billions being made by an elite group from the whole process.
Irish people are kind, they are not racist. Being concerned and afraid for the future does not make you far right, it is wrong to label people like that.
Mr Cahill's interview with Side Stream News offers a perspective you may not hear elsewhere.
Everyone deserves a platform to be heard in a democracy. Wasn't it Voltaire who said "I don't like what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it" ?
To be a nationalist does not make a person 'far right,' but it's very interesting that is the new portrayal. People do need to question that.
RTE have a moral duty to allow all parties running for election be heard in televised political debates in the coming years.
The Universe will get this piece to the right eyes, so that means you.
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