GARDAI are investigating a string of stabbing attacks this morning that has left one man dead and two others injured. The incidents took place in Dundalk, Co Louth. One man has died after he was attacked and stabbed on Avenue Road. He is understood to be of Asian descent. His age is as yet unknown. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. It is understood that two other men - both understood to be Irish - were subsequently injured in separate attacks. Gardaí who were called to the scene confronted and disarmed the attacker. He has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is being detained at Dundalk Garda Station. He can be questioned for up to 24 hours. It is understood that the attacker is originally from Syria.
BlaasForRafa wrote: » That's complete and utter horse**** but I guess you have to keep up your virtue signalling right? This was a chap who was senselessly killed while walking to work by some islamist immigrant. I make a similar short walk to work every morning in my home town in Ireland, what am I meant to do if some other import from the religion of peace gets all stabby at me in a copycat attack? This strikes home but you come on here because you're just itching to have a go at some "wacists".
ArthurDayne wrote: » But multiculturalism is not an 'ideal', it is simply a phenomenon which has been ongoing for centuries. ... If we believe in a world where people, including Irish people, have the right to seek a living and settle elsewhere in the world -- then we have already accepted the inevitability of a multicultural world. It is therefore incumbent on us to make it work in the best way possible rather than find ever more totalitarian ways to sub-divide society.
Wibbs wrote: Indeed. Multiculturalism is a large failed ideal. It just doesn't work particularly well. It certainly doesn't work in non ex colonies and can be majorly fractious in ex colonies. The US or Australia to name but two are hardly paragons of how to deal with and integrate ethnicities.
Strazdas wrote: » What is being glossed over is that the vast bulk of Islamist terror attacks are by "homegrown" terrorists, not by recent arrivals to the country. Trying to associate the phenomenon of modern terrorism with immigration would be a distortion and banning immigration would have zero impact on homegrown terrorism.
testaccount123 wrote: » Africa. Islam does not have a monopoly on human rights abuses.
Noel82 wrote: » Ignore the UK Government identifying 25,000 potential Jihadi's in England. Ignore concert segregation that's occurring in Sweden due to sexual assaults. Ignore the Extremist ghettos harboring terrorism scattered all over Belgium. Ignore the police having to set safe areas for Women in Germany on NYE. Ignore the huge increase in security efforts combating terrorism all over Europe. All big right wing myths. Stone age arse backwards Multiculturalism is rainbows and lollipops.
testaccount123 wrote: » I dont think you understand what multiculturalism is. It is the belief that all cultures be tolerated in society rather than having migrants adapt to the culture of the host country to an acceptable degree. Multicultural is feasible with some cultures, but not others.
Tell me how wrote: » Wherever you have humans, you have trouble and strife. But then when participants are different cultures, it's said oh multiculturalism doesn't work. Human nature is the problem. So which is the worse of two evils? A risk of attacks while helping 1000's of refugees or no "external" trouble makers when turning away the same 1000 refugees.
Ronaldinho wrote: i don't think it's being glossed over at all. I'd have thought looking at the perpetrators of the Paris murders for example that it's second and subsequent generations of immigrants that are more likely to pose a threat in the future. If they feel disaffected then over time the greater chance that they'll become radicalised.
Cason Loud Broomstick wrote: Let's not forget the primary cause for the event known as 'Brexit'. In the 2nd largest ever public vote in the UK's history, 52% decided they had enough of Europe, and one topic in particular. Let's hope post-brexit 2020 Ireland doesn't turn ugly.
Tell me how wrote: » Wherever you have humans, you have trouble and strife. But then when participants are different cultures, it's said oh multiculturalism doesn't work. Human nature is the problem. So which is the worse of two evils? A risk of attacks while helping 1000's of refugees or no "external" trouble makers when turning away the same 1000 refugees. As humans, do we need to be that selfish? Is the risk that great? We had 3000 people die in the north of virtually the same culture and we found a way to make it work without telling any of them to f*ck off.
The Fake Sheikh wrote: If Ireland was to end up like Syria did, where do you think the vast majority of people here would go? UK. America. Canada. Even the far side of the planet to Australia.
Joeytheparrot wrote: I know right. As I said earlier some on here are only wetting themselves with excitement. Finally. After years of being forced to live off events in those dark multicultural elsewheres, while patiently longing for an event of their own to frame as 'Islamic Terrorism', tonight they are only delighted about it. It gives them great opportunity to spread far right racist myths and memes. They're having boners all over. "Finally; been saying it for years; jihad in Ireland"
Tell me how wrote: » If the Brexit vote was held again tomorrow, what do you think the breakdown would be?
Tell me how wrote: » The vast majority of refugees aren't coming to Ireland though are they?
kaymin wrote: » Really, gays are murdered in Africa in the name of Christianity? Can you provide some links / evidence? .
testaccount123 wrote: » Why is it seen as some kind of duty for us in Europe to provide for these refugees exactly? I've never been given a proper explanation for it. Sending aid to troubled regions I get, taking some of the most vulnerable and resettling them here I get, but apparently now we are responsible for providing for anyone and everyone from Afghanistan all the way to Morocco who fancies relocating. I thought notions of 'master race' went out with the third reich?
Cason Loud Broomstick wrote: It's rather silly to speculate on repeating events after they've occurred. It is what it is, the decision was made by the public en masse.
Tell me how wrote: » So what to do? Turn them away or try to integrate them? (Which isn't easy) As said previously, the Irish as late as 5-10 yrs ago travelled in droves out of the country. Does that not suggest we should be tolerant of those coming here?
screamer wrote: » Very sad to hear this news. Sad for the people injured and the deceased and their families. Sad for our little country too, it's the end of things as we know them and sad that our way of living is going to change forever.
Wibbs wrote: This argument is specious at best. 1) the majority of Irish traveled to colonial nations, those built in immigration. 2) when they did in the majority of cases didn't have the safety net of social welfare to help them and 3) in latter years weren't entertained beyond a J1 if they didn't have marketable and employable skills. Comparing a Mayo potato farmer traveling to Ellis island in 1890 with the current "refugees" has little comparing to it at all.
NewbridgeIR wrote: » You're not the first to make such a deeply cynical commenthttps://twitter.com/GavanTitley/status/948598345777459201
ArthurDayne wrote: » If we believe in a world where people, including Irish people, have the right to seek a living and settle elsewhere in the world -- then we have already accepted the inevitability of a multicultural world.
Cason Loud Broomstick wrote: » Don't forget France NYE (over 1,000 cars torched). Then there is London, truly shocking crime rates, the newly crowned 'acid attack capital of the world', charming. Recent stats for England (less that London) show an national increase of 13% in 12 months to June '17. That comes with even bigger rise in violent offences including knife crime and sexual crime. Let's not forget the primary cause for the event known as 'Brexit'. In the 2nd largest ever public vote in the UK's history, 52% decided they had enough of Europe, and one topic in particular. Let's hope post-brexit 2020 Ireland doesn't turn ugly.
Tell me how wrote: » Either intentionally or otherwise, you misinterpreted my post. And didn't answer the question.
Tell me how wrote: » I agree. But the poster I responded to suggested that Brexit was largely because of one reason (immigration, I presume). My point asking the question was that immigration is still the same as it was 18 months ago but public sentiment about Brexit is quite different.
Bubbaclaus wrote: » That's some intense hyperbole going on.
FTA69 wrote: » Ah would you ever go on with this rubbish. It always cracks me up when people regurgitate this rubbish about London as if we’re murdering each other every five minutes here. The last conviction for an acid attack here was some fella from Essex who wasn’t going out with some dope off TOWIE or one of them shows. He blinded two people in a dalston nightclub. Likewise most people at it are scrotes born and raised in this country committing robberies. You attempting to portray this carry on as some sort of Muslim or migrant issue is dishonest b*llocks. Regardless of your prejudices, crime is a social and economic issue - it isn’t rooted in the fact that someone’s mam is from Gambia or wherever.
Wibbs wrote: Yeah, it kinda did T, maybe you just don't want to hear the answer, because you appear to be sold on the ideal of multiculturalism. The answer being that it's a grand idea, but doesn't work too well and that unicultures tend to be safer and more stable.
