Polish Family Allegedly Forced From Home by Mob

Bob24 wrote: »

I think that's easy to say when you are not in the situation and don't have the full story (who knows if there weren't other lower profile incident before with this one being an escalations).

If you had a group of people setting stuff on fire in front of your house and threatening you and you felt it was likely to happen again (possibly when only your kids or only your wife is at home), you would think twice.

Also, we don't know if it is the case there but an experience like this could traumatise children. Would you stay if your kids were telling you everyday they don't want to go out because they are afraid?

I don't think we remotely have enough information to judge whether their choice to leave was the right one.

Unfortunately this happens daily across the country and with the current housing crisis i wouldn't so quick to hand back my keys if everyone handed back their keys over single or minor incidents of anti social behaviour then the housing crisis would be a lot worse

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

If they were targeted because they were Polish then yes there should be public outrage about it

There should be outrage because a family was attacked by a gang of useless idiots (regardless of the nationality of that family). The fact that they are Polish can of course be mentioned and has some relevance, but shouldn't be the main reason why this is a shocker.

Categorising victims by origin or religion divides society by implying it is Irish vs. Polish or Irish vs. immigrants (and encourages people to identify themselves in these categories). Whereas in my view the issue is more normal family (accepted by society) v.s. scum (rejected by society).

(this is coming from someone who is not a native Irish)

There was a story line this a couple of years ago in waterford. It was shockingly badly reported. All the media reports said "racist mob attacks Romanian families." we even had a prime time special on it.

There were a series of muggings on that Street and the community believed a couple of people from those two houses were responsible. The gardai and local politicians were contacted but nothing was done about it. Then a mob descended on the houses and that's where the reporting started. There were bricks thrown through the windows and kids in the house, so obviously the mob actions were wrong, although I believe most were just marching to show unity against who they thought were committing the crimes.

The back story was never given in any news outlet, it was left to people to question wy this family and not another Romanian families, or Polish, or Brazilian, or Chinese or whatever.

I don't know what the backstory is to this or of there is one. But from experience I don't trust the reporting of it.

MarkAnthony wrote: »

Anyone who's found guilty of this sort of hate crime should, if in social housing, be evicted and barred from the estate. If the Gardai find them in the estate they should be locked up, preferably in the kiddie fiddler wing.

And there dole stopped until the family or whoever are fully compensated. Take the scumbags free money away and he/she will soon toe the line.