Councillor protests against Artane Boys Band from City Hall window ledge

Er, if the band has no connection any more to Artane Boys' School, then..? It's an old name in the Irish musical scene especially GAA circles; they're well known under it for their own merits, and it would be a shame to punish them for what a band of depraved people did in the industrial school, which closed in 1969, nearly fifty years ago.

I feel sympathy for the Councillor for having to be reminded of his own experience any time he comes into circles with them, and given his public position, he might be confronted with that more than your average Joe would be, but he shouldn't have brought in his position for something personal. Which he sort of did with the location of his protest.

Unless I'm missing something with this story.

Yeah, I'd missed that; it's just The Artane Band now, so really, it is rather scraping the barrel to attack the current band. Artane as a name is sullied, but no-one's ever suggested that the -town- should change its name too.

I agree with the name change ,what a lot of the above posters are not adding in is the connection between the abuse and the ignorance that the people of Ireland had towards all industrial schools and the rampant sexually ,physical,and spiritual abuse that took place in them .

the line from the Irish republic towards the revelations of the past 19 years is one of "we didn't know what was happening" yet every year the poor misfortunes were paraded up and down the field of dreams and (god help them if they stepped out of place ) under the cosh of fear.

the Artane band will always be a reminder to those that have gone to their graves and those living of the shame of abuse and not being heard.

if it was a brand,one could say it was tainted too much to survive.

the band was set up to show the god-fearing public that their money was needed to kick the evil out of the children of the unmarried,the alcoholics children,the tinkers,and to illicit funds,surely we don't need those reminders now

We as a nation should be prepared to do what is necessary to correct the wrongs of the few who tainted this land with the blood of our children

Bollix Flynn, that's all he is. Look him up.

What a misguided load of rollix. From a man who should know better.The Artane Boys Band is a huge contributor to the whole area.
I was mugged in Bay City about 25 years ago.
Therefore the Bay City Rollers should be disbanded?

Fair play to Mannix. He seems to be the real deal.

Poor aul Mannix is too long in the tooth for politics now.

He was on Claire Byrne a few months back in opposition to the plans to set up injection rooms in Dublin, and he made a holy show of himself. Didn't have the slightest clue about the bigger picture, just anecdotes and old fashioned opinions about drug use.

He has his opinions and he sticks to them, regardless of the facts. It's time to retire Mannix.

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Weird but I'm pretty sure one of the Rollers turned out to be a paedo too.

Touché!
I checked this out - it was Derek the little creep.
I am looking at my Bay City Rollers poster here wondering if I should take it down.