The wondrous adventures of Sinn Fein (part 3) Mod Notes and Threadbanned List in OP

Don't forget Cuba, the paradise that opened it's arms to the Irish emigrants.

I must not be the only one who finds amusement to SF's po-faced response to the Dublin Riots yesterday. Against lawlessness and sticking up for the establishment (The Gardai).

Plus because of the nature of SF's core voting base emphasise had to made about the majority of people in North Inner City Dublin as apposed to the minority that caused the trouble. I believe it was Matt Carty who was brought in to talk about the 'Treble Lock" debate - talking to Miriam O'Callaghan. But that debate was shelved because of the Riots.

In fairness to Carty he quickly had to pivot and show how SF were only against certain members of the working classes who did not abide by the rule of law.

But I cannot help thinking that many of those rioting would be at least traditionally "SF inclined" that is the truth of it.

The public are not blaming Gardai for this one so it is a strange misstep by Mary Lou McDonald.

Must be driven entirely by the background of the Garda Commissioner, which is disappointingly immature and indeed, very partitionist.

Are we to expect every issue to be met with reactionary stunts when SF are in government?

It's a strange move alright considering she's hoping to be the next Taoiseach, she'll have lots of awkward questions to answer if Harris is still commissioner during the election campaign.

His position would be immediately untenable once she became Taoiseach so that would bring on a self inflicted crisis upon taking power.

It's strange how you appear to be so supportive of Gardai but are on the side of the commissioner who they have no confidence in just so you can use it as a stick to beat Sinn Fein with. I'm not a Sinn Fein supporter so I don't really care.

My initial point remains the same. I'm not surprised that Mary Lou or the Soc Dems or members of the public do not have confidence in the commissioner when he doesn't have the confidence of the vast majority of the GRA membership.

The Justice Minister and the Garda Commissioner should be sacked if they don't offer their resignation after this weekend.

Let's be honest, Mary lou losing confidence in Harris and mcentee is nothing to do with last night. When tourists were getting attacked she didn't lose confidence, when 99% of guards lost confidence in drew harris, she still didn't declare no confidence in either of them.

She is at best using this situation to score cheap points. At worst, she is cowtowing to those in her own constituency by trying to deflect blame on harris/mcentee and away from the people that were burning busses and garda cars.

On the face of it she is presenting the same arguments as conor mcgregor and the other wing nuts over on twitter - "you shouldn't have done the bad things but really it's not your fault, it's the guards fault and the governments fault."