As I walk the streets of Limerick I sometimes wonder if was magically transported to Lagos, Beirut or Islamabad—so many are the faces of people from these various places, and many more besides.

I am in no way passing judgement against people with whom I have had no personal interaction: this is simply a record of my observations on the ever-increasing quantity of foreigners in Ireland. They may have been presented with an Irish passport at a citizenship ceremony, but they will never be Irish. I am not racist or xenophobic, simply an observer; but what I observe does raise serious questions about the impact of immigration in this country.

In a normal Ireland—fast disappearing over the woke globalist horizon—the simplest of facts should not need affirmation: that the overwhelming majority of Irish people are not racist—they do not despise people because of their ethnicity, the nation to which they belong. Nor are the vast majority of Irish people homophobic, they do not harbour hatred towards homosexuals—they simply do not care. Sure, there are some who look upon such people and their lifestyles with opprobrium, as in every society. But would any reasonably sane person question another’s entitlement to their own views and opinions? The thought police certainly do. 

They label those who have negative opinions of gayness being artificially promoted in our country by mass media as “homophobes” or “bigots.” Such knee-jerk reactions display a basic lack of thinking and a retreat, now abysmally familiar, into name-calling and character-smearing. Native Irish people with strongly critical views about gay people hold themselves to a standard of morality far higher than our island’s recently imported problems. Consider for instance, in 2022, when Yousef Palani butchered two gay men in Sligo. 

It is important to remember that our abilities to think and to speak for ourselves are not privileges graciously given to us by the magnanimous thought police, who frequently order “you can go so far, and no further.” No, our abilities to think and to speak are native-born entitlements which accrue to us by virtue of our humanity. Things may be different on Mars or amongst worms and porpoises; but for humans, thinking and speaking are as natural to us as breathing. Breathing is an innate bodily function, which hardly requires practice or skill, but thinking and speaking certainly do. Nonetheless, no authority—elected or illegally masquerading as legitimate—can set limits on what I can think or what I can say—so long as I am not planning some dastardly act of destruction or defamation. 

We Irish are not racist or homophobic: such notions are simply the fruit of the febrile imaginations of feeble leftists who have made a fetish out of globalism, victimhood and other agendas from on high. They might wish to usher in a New Ireland, but public opposition is mounting. Why have people across this country gathered at anti-government, and anti-migration protests over the past several years? Even if those bogus asylum seekers that have arrived in Ireland in recent years were genuine, sincerely fleeing some horrendously threatening situation in their native land, the alarmingly large numbers and bizarre anomalies raise serious questions. 

Many arrive without any documentation whatsoever, so it is impossible to carry out any background checks as to their personal history, possible criminal records, or health status. En route to Ireland, they will have had to present documentation to leave their countries of origin, so why do they have none when they arrive here?

Why are so many of our asylum seekers young, active, healthy men? Why is there a landslide of documented evidence of violent crimes committed by these so-called refugees once they reach our shores? 

It is true that every community has its share of rotten apples, but why are examples of unacceptable and dangerous behaviour among migrant communities largely swept under the carpet, hardly mentioned in the media?

Why has the Irish government imposed, without the consent of locals, large numbers of often male-only migrants in small rural or urban communities? Such actions foment feelings of unease and fear among the locals for their safety, particularly in light of the shocking cases of migrant crime across Ireland.

But what really sticks in the craw of so many Irish are the smirks and smarmy indifference of our politicians. It’s obvious now that most of them don’t care about the native Irish. Without doubt we are living in a time of debased politics, when our so-called representatives are reduced to reading off teleprompters, or mouthing soundbites created by career slogan-writers.

Most native Irish don’t care to be called racist or homophobic. What they do care about is something our “leaders” do not: they love their country and their families. Unfortunately, many Irish people still can’t see that we are being taken for a ride. Worse, they can’t see that we are witnessing another plantation in our beloved country right before our very eyes.

Posted by Colm Meaney