Kitty Holland

Barely mentioned, RTÉ and Irish Times silent, protecting one of their own.

It was the second item on the RTE News app the day it happened

The death of Jotta was first.

It would have been the headline otherwise

I vividly remember the she was #JustOutForARun hashtag was very trendy all across social media until an arrest was made. There were column inches filled with how the responsibility for such a crime required that Irish Men needed to change their behaviour. Ah yes, the morally superior holier than thous preaching from upon a high - par for the course I guess. Alas, at the end of that dark long winter week, it wasn't an Irish man and the eternally outraged SJWs had pinned their flag of blame on the wrong mast.

Anyone with the audacity to complain about the 'politicisation of this case' ought to revisit that shameful week where the Irish Media entertained every bed wetter with an axe to grind against the Irish Man and gave them free reign to wax lyrical - strongly suggesting that almost every one of those Irish Men was a closet misogynist at best, a ticking timebomb potential rapist and murder at worst. The blatant assault on the mental health of the vast majority of outstandingly good men of Ireland, single men, married men and family men was one of the darkest weeks I have ever witnessed in this fair Isle - and I'm no Spring Chicken.

I have never witnessed such an assault on such a scale that hit home and hit hard into every adult person in this country - be they male or female. Almost every Irish male during that dark week thought with eternal dread - is that what everyone thinks of me? I'm a walking ticking timebomb of a rapist, a murderer? Almost every Irish female during that long week thought with eternal dread - is that what every man is, an eventual or potential rapist or murderer? Is it just a matter of time before I'm next?

The level of physiological 'warfare' ambushed by supposed 'fellow citizens' in the form of journalists of this country in such a short space of time was sickeningly breathtaking. Astoundingly heart-wrenching and gut filleting. How could a class of people, supposedly trusted to speak truth to power and uphold professionalism in the journalism trade effectively turn on most of half of the population and scare most of the other half, while feeding them pure lies? The very people they request to pay for 'news' and 'views'!

What the collective Irish media inflicted on the Irish population in such a short space of time following the horrific murder of Aisling Murphy is deserving of a place alongside the worst deeds ever inflicted on our peoples whether those deeds were inflicted by State or Church, it makes no difference. So, to those who cry 'just pure hypocrisy' and accuse those who they oppose politically of 'politicisation of the issue' - try take a damn long hard look in the mirror.

She will be as unwelcome on live media as Nell McCafferty who also libeled people.

Its a civil case not a criminal case.

Not sure that we need the victim mentality but we need rabid third wave feminists to chill out and back off for a while.

There were column inches filled with how the responsibility for such a crime required that Irish Men needed to change their behaviour.

The letter you linked to as an example of the point you were making didn’t mention Irish men specifically at all though? I don’t remember any articles mentioning Irish men specifically, they mentioned men, or males, but not specifically Irish men.

I have never witnessed such an assault on such a scale that hit home and hit hard into every adult person in this country - be they male or female. Almost every Irish male during that dark week thought with eternal dread - is that what everyone thinks of me? I'm a walking ticking timebomb of a rapist, a murderer? Almost every Irish female during that long week thought with eternal dread - is that what every man is, an eventual or potential rapist or murderer? Is it just a matter of time before I'm next?

That kind of rhetoric is on a par with Ms. Holland’s BS -

Ms Holland said she understood Mr Casey was heartbroken but said there were “elements that were not good” in his comments. She said the far right had “latched onto” them but were ignoring all the cases of violence against women by white, Irish men.

And indeed Mr. Casey’s BS -

Mr Casey said: “It just sickens me to the core that someone can come to this country, be fully supported in terms of social housing, social welfare, and free medical care for over 10 years — over 10 years — never hold down a legitimate job and never once contribute to society in any way shape or form [and] can commit such a horrendous, evil act of incomprehensible violence on such a beautiful, loving and talented person who in fact, worked for the State, educating the next generation and represented everything that is good about Irish society.

“I feel like this country is no longer the country that Ashling and I grew up in and has officially lost its innocence when a crime of this magnitude can be perpetrated in broad daylight. This country needs to wake up; this time things have got to change.”

https://m.sundayworld.com/crime/courts/bbc-hires-top-law-firm-for-defamation-case-taken-by-boyfriend-of-ashling-murphy/a94717926.html

While liability has been claimed by BBC and technically the case closed, what is interesting although hardly surprising is how, by and large the Irish media establishment have kept Holland's name away from any reporting they've made on the settlement. As John McGuirk said in his weekly podcast, if it was him or any other right leaning journalist, who had caused the BBC to admit liability, his name would have been mentioned in nearly every paragraph.

Reading that this killer was holed up with a.wife and brothers and their lives and 14 kids at the states expense doesn't seem.to have bothered too.many.

NNow he's in.our prison system.at pur expense and his useless family having lied for him will probably not serve time due to said kids.

Have no idea who.kitty Holland is but will be googling.

No, she is the real deal. It's indoctrination. Have a look at who her parents were, she is stuck in a kind of 70s 80s analysis of Irish society, eveything has long since moved on. The Irish Times has some great columnists, but it can be dire as well seems to have lost its way a long time ago.

What article was that? thanks