Are Protests Outside Politicians’ Homes Really A New Phenomenon?

SafeSurfer

I am opposed to protests outside the private residences of politicians but is it really true to say such protests are unprecedented?

I seem to remember protests outside politicians houses during the Hunger Strike protests and also protests at the entrance to Charles Haughey’s house.
Also in Land League times were these type of protests not fairly common?

Cluedo Monopoly

A little tangent...I was only 9 but I distinctly remember the anger around the time of the hunger strikes. I was living in an estate in Galway and there was an English family living across the road. English parents with Irish born young children. Zero to do with NI, the father was an engineer. Locals regularly came up to their wall/gate shouting abuse at the family. Real nasty stuff. Often drunken. They had their windows broken by bricks with notes tied around it. Pure mindless thugs. It went on for many weeks. They hardly left their house. My father was well known and pretty fearless - he used to go out and run the pricks but I knew he was worried about our own house getting attacked. The family stayed on past the hunger strikes but left around 2 years later. We often spoke about it afterwards because I couldn't fully process it at that age - I definitely think it affected the way I look at violence, thuggery, xenophobia and nationalism.

People protesting outside politicians homes are stupid assholes. Plain and simple. No excuse whatsoever.

z80CPU

There were protests outside the Labour party's minister Brendan Howlin's mother over the delay in opening Tallaght hospital

Manky. So no I don't really approve of any of them

The Government are handling this well they more or less ignored it bar a bit in the media via a spokes person or similar

Then it started getting more frequent Simon Harris was targeted twice in the space of a month, then they acted.

Im sure the Garda have them under discreet surveillance and knows who are dangerous.

Overheal

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356809/are-protests-outside-politicians-homes-really-a-new-phenomenon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058356809/are-protests-outside-politicians-homes-really-a-new-phenomenon

you’ll likely find examples all throughout the history of civilization.

LetticebCivil

There is no place for it. Protest away outside their place of work. A persons home should be a safe space.

MegamanBoo

It seems we have bomb threats now too.

I think the amount of protection and surveillance that'll be required will but considerable strain on an already under-resourced AGS.

Really the people doing this, especially where there's a degree of intimidation, are only taking resources from ordinary people.

Hugely unfair on politicians families and neighbours too.

mikethecop

imagen a situation where we had the resources and judiciary that were willing to take action and lock up these horrible self important fragile little men for substantial periods of time

one of the many legacy's of successive weak governments more interest in keeping media on side that representing the electorate. now they are in a position where they try to tell people how to think and feel about issues rather than the other way around

Clo-Clo

A new level of gobsh***s have entered politics in the last few years

If it isn't the clowns online with the 20 fake accounts abusing anyone

Then it's the clowns who think they are great dressing up in semi army gear to stand outside someone house so they can take a wee video and then put it online so the clowns online with the 20 accounts can cheer them on.

The Gardai should be given the ability to go in, batons out and send them all home with a few bruises

The biggest issue which kicked all of this off of course was the great politician Paul Murphy, a real hardman, trapping two women in a car with a group of scumb*gs. Once they got off in court then all the rest of the clowns thought this was a great thing to do. Poor old Paul wasn't too happy when they did it to him, too stupid to realise he was one of the main reasons now why it is so popular

The popularity of politicians, IMO, is a huge concern. People threat them like superstars and track their every move. They have no life anymore working or outside of work. Look across these forums and you can see people posting private information about TD's etc. People have no life it seems so are trying to live theirs via TDs. Pathetic

Hamachi

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122315617#Comment_122315617

This has to be one of the most unintentionally funny things I’ve ever read. People treat politicians like ‘superstars’ and live vicariously through them.

I’m not sure what planet you inhabit ‘CloClo’, but it’s way out there in orbit somewhere lol

Clo-Clo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122316099#Comment_122316099

Look around the posts here, people are more obsessed with politicians than other "stars" in Ireland

JP Liz V1

Some politicians themselves think they are celebs and love the media attention, they act like reality stars from Love Island etc.,

The protests at the homes has increased I think as we hear more about them now

kabakuyu

Former galway west labour TD Derek Nolan was picketted at his home in 2012 by some shinner anti war,anti western mob.

Padre_Pio

Absolute knackers to do this to someones house, especially with young children.