Burke family accost Simon Harris

lmao10

https://x.com/louiseburne_/status/1797303320488366278

Disgraceful scenes.

Surely we need better security around the Taoiseach. Alarming scenes.

lumphammer2

Awful carry on ….. I think the Irish state has been too tolerant of this family and their antics ….. their Donald Trump copy cat act needs to be stamped out …. they need to get a life …. the Gardai need to come down on this shower like a tonne of bricks ….. and your man Enoch in the prison needs to be hit hard where it hurts …. take the fine payments from his bank account and stop his salary which I heard he is still being paid despite being incarcerated …. that would get his attention ….

Atlantic Dawn

I think Harris should have stood his ground and openly debated it with them instead of running off, it wasn't a mob where there was a risk to life.

StevenToast

There is a decent security presence there but they are not doing much....

Need to take a more French style - Gendarme approach to these Burkes…too soft on these cùnts...

That'll quieten them....

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214552#Comment_122214552

Debate them? Why should he? Its pointless trying to reason with those people anyway. They'd just scream over him. I agree with other posters that the Gardai should take a stronger line with with them. The softly softly approach is just emboldening them

gifted

These types of walkabouts will be a thing of the past before long.

There will be a lot more of these protests happen.

The Gardai wont exactly be too inclined to protect any more politicians. They're fed up with the Irish politicians as well.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214613#Comment_122214613

What a bizarre take.

.red.

A member of an Garda síochána and our taoiseach assaulted in the space of a few seconds and from the video anyway, nothing done about it.

He/She should have been battered up and down the street. You wouldn't get away with it in any other country in Europe.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214552#Comment_122214552

He wouldn't have been able to, they'd run rings around him.

Grayson

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214552#Comment_122214552

Except a garda did get hit. So realistically, there was a risk of physical harm.

They're religious nutjobs. If I was a politician I'd no more debate them then i would any other cult.

Donald Trump

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214551#Comment_122214551

Those heathens will never come close to my piety and saintliness

Widdensushi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214632#Comment_122214632

Hopefully the pope won't attack him..…

gifted

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214617#Comment_122214617

Why?

Wont be long before other protesters realise the publicity they can get by harassing politicians on their walkabouts.

The mobs that are protesting nowadays are not afraid of using violence. The Gardai are going to advise the politicians not to risk a walkabout for fear of violence beginning.

lmao10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214683#Comment_122214683

Whats needed is a harsh response. If you look closely at the video you can see someone make some kind of swiping motion at the guard with an object. Whoever this person was needs to be dealt with severely for a start.

Jim_Hodge

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214552#Comment_122214552

Are you mad? Nobody could debate or discuss anything rationally with them. He did precisely he right thing in that situation. Any politician who spoke with them would be very naive.

gifted

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214686#Comment_122214686

My point exactly....…the Gardai will soon be advising not to have a walkabout....to many chances of violence kicking off

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214686#Comment_122214686

Clearly the woman in black seen here. (A.B. ?)

Hangdogroad

Take it this guy seen in the first video is another Burke sibling, or have they taken on recruits to their cult?

Annasopra

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214625#Comment_122214625

Screaming abuse?

🤣🤣🤣

anewme

Sir David Amess / Jo Cox come to mind. Only a matter of time until a similar type of incident occurs here. Harassing people in the street/ at their homes is WRONG and the authorities need to come down hard and fast on it.

Mr Disco

was the lovely Ammi present? She’s something else. Very capable wee lass

spakman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214698#Comment_122214698

Another of the Burkes

prunudo

Nero eats ice cream as Ireland burns. I'm sure we'll be treated to one of his monologues today, telling us how he's a brave man walking the streets and making decisions for team Ireland.

ancapailldorcha

I can't believe he has so little protection. Given what happened in the UK, this is pretty unsettling to watch.

Cluedo Monopoly

The Burkes are absolutely obnoxious and weird but Simon shouldn't have run away. He should have engaged for a few mins and then walked off. He looked foolish. Leo/Martin would have handled it better.

anewme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214757#Comment_122214757

He”s still in jail. So plenty of monologues in there.
Time to cut his salary and pension too.
Arrest the rest of them as well.

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214791#Comment_122214791

i think its a deliberate tactic, riles people up, he gets the reaction, hey presto he can claim for his safety and say people with opposing views are extremists.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214791#Comment_122214791

What do you think engaging with those freaks is going to achieve?

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214797#Comment_122214797

why call them freaks, they have a different view to you or I. This country is going to a dark place because people can't respect that not everyone thinks the same.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214797#Comment_122214797

Nothing but it's better than running away and having those weirdos run after you.

SpringThing

The whole Burke family should be jailed. There is no excuse to be carrying on like that in public they are absolutely deranged.

anewme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214807#Comment_122214807

Sorrry that’s made me spit out my morning cuppa 😂😂😂

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214801#Comment_122214801

It's rather tedious seeing scum getting defended constantly like this. They accosted the man in the street. If he hadn't had the few Gardaí with him, they might well have done him some serious harm.

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214819#Comment_122214819

And there you go aswell, calling them scum. Bit of an exaggeration to say they'll do him serious harm.

ooter

Why is EB still being paid, did he not lose his hearing/appeal on his dismissal ?

The optics of the leader of the country running away is not great at all, needs to get his security in order if he's going to persist with walkabouts like yesterday.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214809#Comment_122214809

I had a couple of small interactions with them when they were in UCG. Very self serving and not very 'Christian' at all. And very very weird. The parents should be investigated for mental child abuse. They are ruined now though.

ancapailldorcha

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214826#Comment_122214826

Just calling a spade a spade.

How is it an exaggeration? One of the vermin attacked a Garda in the back of the head.

anewme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214819#Comment_122214819

To be honest, they are just the types that are capable of doing some serious harm as they are so single minded and obsessive.

No normal person would be surprised if they did, and then you’d be down to “sure it was obvious, why were they out and about” or “why had he no protection”

Getting up into someone’s personal space like that is not in. They know he can’t react too. If they did that to a member of the public, they d get it right back.

It wasnt me123

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214801#Comment_122214801

You’ve just described the Bourkes. They respect no-one else’s opinion and scream and shout every one else down - they are incredibly well educated but have no social skills and do not care about threatening everyone they are opposed to.

Cluedo Monopoly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214796#Comment_122214796

No I think you read the scene wrong. It wasn't a ploy to curry favour. He panicked. He did not know what to do. He ran and engaged a tiny bit while running. He looked like an idiot. The Burkes always look like idiots so no change there.

As a Galway man I find Mayo people scary at the best of times but the weirdo Burkes bring it to another dimension. 😉

In terms of politics, the run lost FG votes.

Mayo for Sam.

lmao10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214832#Comment_122214832

They have supported their son/brother being in the Joy over a year now when he could have gotten out any time. By supported, I mean not telling him to purge contempt and get out. I really doubt any other family in Ireland would have done the same. I think it's a deranged mentality. Not encouraging your family member to get out of the Joy when he easily could is… I don't really have a word for it. Quite frankly, I find it a little bit scary. It's just too extreme for me.

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214839#Comment_122214839

I've only seen one video, it be good to get a second angle to piece it together better.

BattleCorp

There's a lot af anger at the Government so I think they can expect to get this treatment a lot more going forward, and not only from the Burkes.

I've a particular gripe with my local politician so when she comes canvassing up my street, I'll follow her around the houses and anti-canvass with her.

As long as nobody puts their hands on them or the Gardai or nobody threatens them, a protest is OK in my book.

spakman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214801#Comment_122214801

The irony! Its the Burkes who refuse to accept that other people don't share their deranged belief system.

prunudo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214859#Comment_122214859

chicken and egg scenario. They have their beliefs and they feel they should be allowed express them. They're best ignored, but in time I think people will reflect differently on how the government and media have treated them.

Oscar_Madison

Genuinely surprised someone hasn’t lost their temper with them and given them a good seen to the way they doorstop and attempt intimidation - but I’d pay top dollar to see it if someone ever did retaliate against them - bunch of weirdos

spakman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214870#Comment_122214870

How have the govt treated them?

They have accosted several politicians who have tried to ignore them which is what you said they should do!

Annasopra

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214746#Comment_122214746

Your obsession is creepy as f&ck

prunudo

i meant as in the general public should ignore them.

Hangdogroad

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214851#Comment_122214851

What does this "anti canvassing" consist of?

Annasopra

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122214801#Comment_122214801

You are calling for respect of different views in defence of people who have abused, shouted, screamed at people with views they disagree with. The Burkes have never shown any respect for anyone who thinks differently to them. They have continuously abused politicians, teachers, judges and gardai.