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'Worrying' threats of violence towards refugees at protests

There is a video circulating online from an anti-immigration protest outside Finglas Garda station last night. A protestor can be heard shouting “You need to go to where these people are staying and burn them out”, - that is what we are hearing – to cheers – at these anti-immigration protests. Is this what we have become as a country? Andrea was joined on the show by listeners to discuss the threat of violence towards refugees in Ireland… Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews

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12.55 2 Feb 2023


'Worrying' threats of violence towards refugees at protests


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12.55 2 Feb 2023


There is a video circulating online from an anti-immigration protest outside Finglas Garda station last night. A protestor can be heard shouting “You need to go to where these people are staying and burn them out”, - that is what we are hearing – to cheers – at these anti-immigration protests.

Is this what we have become as a country? Andrea was joined on the show by listeners to discuss the threat of violence towards refugees in Ireland…

Image: Leah Farrell/RollingNews


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