Thousands of protesters have gathered at demonstrations nationwide to support the Black Lives Matter movement, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Organisers for the Dublin protest had asked people living within five kilometres of the area to join what they called a 'socially-distanced' protest, which got under way this afternoon.Gardaí say investigations are ongoing after thousands of people took part in a similar rally in Dublin last Monday. They say they have been in contact with protest organisers to make them aware of their obligations under Covid-19 regulations.
Similar demonstrations are being held around the country, including in Galway and Limerick this afternoon. Yesterday, the Chief Medical Officer, Dr Tony Holohan, asked people to stay away from demonstrations, saying now was not the time to be organising or attending such events.
Concerned about lives of frontline workers?
No mention of Tony Holohan's comments on how these protests are endangering lives? The standard of reportage on RTE is becoming a bit farcical. The bias is plain.
Update: Thank everyone for the all the get well soon messages, recovering well after a 30-minute silent meditation. Silence = Violence.
Great propoganda photo. Pity the first march didn’t care about Irish lives (of all colour)
Will you have any comment on this? Group of black youths racially target a young white Irish boy and leave him for dead? Irishlivesmatter
Go'wan Ireland🇮🇪✊🏽
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Marching for a dead guy with a string of convictions as long as ur arm.....stupid irish as usual not even knowing what they are marching for....PAWNS IN THE GAME.
People under this pissing themselves crying like little bitches over the protest, where the only people who broke social distancing were about the masses of groups of people not maintaining social distancing ever but you have nothing to say about that
Nothing but scum AllLivesMatter
Do they really think anyone in America gives a flying fuck about anything a few hundred people from Ireland have to say about anything !!!!!!!
Ah i see this caused it....
Nope...no riots here
Idiots
They think there radicals thinker's they are brainwashed sheep useful idiots
there is a globalist agenda that has conscripted these useful people to them to sow discourse in our society main stream media are complicit as well as our elected representatives this is a global orchestrated movement that needs to be stopped
And since people still believe we are in a pandemic, would ye give it a rest. Cannot believe this stupidity. The pandemic finished probably in early March. You are so brainwashed by mainstream media.
The myth of systemic racism - The Moment Larry Elder changed Dave Rubin's Mind Forever:
Where were they when the Irish homeless were found dead on the streets 🤔
Putting the Country in harms way again and potentially making the last 3 months pointless. Well done. 👏 👏 👏
All the black lives matter gang and loser white do gooders marching in dublin today are a bunch of fools. Most Irish people don’t support you
Following the *murder
Fair play to them.
Young black guy I work with in Dublin has been stopped 5 times in last 12 months in his own estate in Blanchardstown for no particular reason. I'm white and twice his age and have never been stopped for no reason in my life. This is not just a US issue.
Average age-18 to 20.Thick as fuk students.
White, virtue-signalling assholes.
RTÉ must be wetting themselves....
While I agree with the cause 100% I think the organisers of this protest should be held to account there is a ban on mass gatherings in place
I hope you all feel better now when you finished virtue signaling. When will be protests for this?
Irishlivesmatter too lads. Irresponsible behaviour when we're still battling to rid ourselves of covid 19 especially in Dublin 😔
All Lives matter. 9 more people died from Covid19 RIP and their families are now suffering. 24 new Covid19 cases today and their families are suffering. Many of these protesters are breaking Irish Laws and will certainly spread the Covid19, and should be arrested.
You would think these idiots would protest outside the Chinese embassy 🧐
Take time to listen to this discussion. You’ll hear things the media doesn’t pump to the masses...
In the meantime in California whatever 😂🙄
At least one photograph outside US Embassy inconsistent with social distancing. We have been told that demonstrations and other crowds are against public health advice. The protestors are young and probably not at risk from virus but all too many others are. Irresponsible.
I thought it was a protest for the elderly people culled by the state? ..... Oh sorry wrong one.. mediascum
When Obama was President, they were no black people killed at all, imagine for a whole 8 years...
Wot a load of B*ll*x - we are fighting a f**king pandemic and this bull shit is allowed to continue each weekend then we are in f**king lockdown again - ICU’s goes through the roof, the F**king “ R “ number gets out of control again - no law enforcement in this country banana Rep
If it’s peaceful, good luck to them. Now can I please go to B&Q without having to queue up like a bloody peasant
Several hundred NPCs have gathered at the US Embassy in Dublin to show their support for the Black Lives Matter movement...
If I was a business owner, in the hospitality sector, and many more that had to shut during the lockdown, or due to get married, buried a loved one without been able to say good bye properly. I would be absolutely furious with this carry on.
Irish twitter is such a cesspit of racism.
In 2015 when Obama was in power 4 times as many unarmed black people were killed by police than there was in 2019, where were these SJW heroes then?
Correction: to show their support for the thugs and terrorists
ALLLIVESMATTER2020
The phrase you are looking for is useful idiots😂
Just a thought..Plenty of support for the health workers by safely clapping at their own doorways etc..could similar for this issue not have been organised for today?. It would keep people safe healthwise as well as getting their point across?. A win win situation.
I Wonder is that Stevie?
Protest outsude RTÉ today. Cover that. RTÉisTheVirus
Idiots Will Covid19 Care about Skin Colour.. Anti Irish Because more Irish Covid19 Deaths Because of This.
Selfish assholes
And here's today's football results Black Lives Matter 18 - Covid 19 British Public 0 - Dominic Cummings 2 A great victory away from home there for Cummings. Fine Gael 35 - Sinn Fein 37. Fine Gael retaining the title there however despite the defeat.
No word on the 7,000 black homicide victims in 2019, almost all killed by other blacks? 9 unarmed blacks were shot and killed by cops vs. 19 unarmed whites. 48 cops were killed A cop is 18.5x more likely to be killed by a black than a cop is to kill an unarmed black.
They are not protesting black cops killed by protesters. They are not protesting whites in US killed by cops. Are blacks being tribal supporting people of their own skin color on another continent? Would they protest the death of a white Irish person in Ireland? Diversity divides
So do white lives , and people are getting pretty fed up with this , may I suggest water cannons . Thinks are bad enough at the moment besides dealing with these dickheads . Is there a point ? Murder committed , perpetrators charged . End of !
As much as I support the anti racism movement, I cannot support a protest involving large groups of people in the middle of a pandemic. It's absolute madness
How can people still believe any of these blatant lies? 😂 Organisers for the Dublin protest had asked people living within five kilometres of the area to join what they called a 'socially-distanced' protest
Ironic really that a movement and campaign with the words 'Life Matters' in it will probably end up taking life by spreading covid 19.
This delinquent gathering came about because the Gardaí facilitated the one last week. They should have been ready for this one.
Oh gawd. They've made their point. Enough already. These clowns are going to cause the mother of all coronavirus COVID19 secondwave's with these cult like gatherings
They will really make a difference 🙄... They should be more worried about what’s happening in their own country at the moment, but instead they decide to risk a second wave of Covid 😡
Fuck home, bell ends
Former high-level Obama administration intelligence official...guaranteed the $250,000 bail for the NY City lawyer who allegedly firebombed an unoccupied NYPD police cruiser...calling the suspect her “best friend,” REAL AGENDA 🤬 BLM DON’T WANT CHANGE! THIS IS THIER MONEY MAKER
Im not following one single rule anymore. What the fuck is the point. Open up everything
Racist whitewashing of murder!
The cause of the protestors is a noble and decent cause. Many of the protestors wore masks, maintained social distancing, the demographic is young and it is a responsible and peaceful protest.
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Since the whole of Ireland has been on lockdown for 3 months , why not have a protest so Ireland can be hit with a second wave of coranavirus well done for messing up the progress we have done 👏 lock them up
Why make the death all about race? The slogan should be George's life mattered.
Totally irresponsible. The country was doing so well in stopping the coronavirus and yesterday's big announcement was a positive development. This lot are only going to spoil it for everyone and risk another spike in cases of the virus 🦠
In it's support of the BLM movement, covid19 said it's going on strike in honor of the protest and will resume on Monday
Have any of them arrested for breach of pandemic regulations. If not CMOIreland how do you expect the rest of us to comply with the regulations.
Shoot them.
But we can’t go to funerals
SHAMEFUL...after all the work we have done in this country..to get rid of this virus...ITA ALL BEEN A HOAX..this is what we pay our licence for...your encouragement...SHAME ON YOU....for all the people that have died from this virus
Hypnotised zombies protesting
Good to know all the restrictions have being lifted for everyone so.
Bunch of ignorant insensitive attitudes in this feed. AntiRacism RacismIsEverywhere EqualJustice Listen
All lives matter, not just black ones
Why are they not being arrested.Leo,Michael and worzel gummage are in talks trying to sneak in a government that the IRISH people did not vote for.They don’t give a shite about the taxpayer
blah blah blah...yawn
Fine them
They might as well be protesting outside the Peruvian embassy about a by law just been passed in South America. Sorry to break it to you, but what’s happening in America has absolutely nothing to do with you...
Sure its grand. Covid19 has the day off
Churches can reopen now this is great news
covid must be gone then. if they turn violent i hope the rest of dublin will deal with them swiftly
The bored and ill informed out spreading Covid which will kill more than one violent hardened criminal! Well done RTE for all your one sided coverage and fueling such ridiculous antics in Ireland!
That's solved the problem of racism once and for all and at only a moderate to high risk of spreading Covid 19👏👏👏
God love them if they think The Donald is spending his Saturday keeping an eye on the Dublin embassy CCTV feed
You spelt the word, idiots, wrong.
arrest them all or open the country