Caller 19

But this masked guy threatening violence and arson was just allowed to walk off. So there you go. They're certainly not on the ball. And we've even had during the COVID pandemic when there was a cop nearly killed that had a firework shot at him during one of these riots.

But this masked guy threatening violence and arson was just allowed to walk off. So there you go. They're certainly not on the ball. And we've even had during the COVID pandemic when there was a cop nearly killed that had a firework shot at him during one of these riots.

But this masked guy threatening violence and arson was just allowed to walk off. So there you go. They're certainly not on the ball. And we've even had during the COVID pandemic when there was a cop nearly killed that had a firework shot at him during one of these riots.

The police commissioner in the south of Ireland, who's formerly a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, a very controversial pro-British police force that used to be in the north. This guy's our new police commissioner down south, and he tried to blame Republicans and the IRA for the violence and left-wing extremists for the violence that was happening.

The police commissioner in the south of Ireland, who's formerly a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, a very controversial pro-British police force that used to be in the north. This guy's our new police commissioner down south, and he tried to blame Republicans and the IRA for the violence and left-wing extremists for the violence that was happening.

The police commissioner in the south of Ireland, who's formerly a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, a very controversial pro-British police force that used to be in the north. This guy's our new police commissioner down south, and he tried to blame Republicans and the IRA for the violence and left-wing extremists for the violence that was happening.

And it was so clear that, you know, Republicans, Irish Republicans have been on the streets opposing these people and their marches for years.

And it was so clear that, you know, Republicans, Irish Republicans have been on the streets opposing these people and their marches for years.

And it was so clear that, you know, Republicans, Irish Republicans have been on the streets opposing these people and their marches for years.

I suppose, like, if you think back as far as 2015, Tommy Robinson, a friend of the pod, attempted to organize his anti-Islamic, his Islamophobic Pegidav movement, tried to launch a branch of it in Dublin.

I suppose, like, if you think back as far as 2015, Tommy Robinson, a friend of the pod, attempted to organize his anti-Islamic, his Islamophobic Pegidav movement, tried to launch a branch of it in Dublin.

I suppose, like, if you think back as far as 2015, Tommy Robinson, a friend of the pod, attempted to organize his anti-Islamic, his Islamophobic Pegidav movement, tried to launch a branch of it in Dublin.

They couldn't even get to their rallying point because there were 5,000 anti-fascists on the street there against them. Irish Republicans, Irish language activists, Muslim community from Dublin were there, LGBT activists, and they couldn't even get to have their event.

They couldn't even get to their rallying point because there were 5,000 anti-fascists on the street there against them. Irish Republicans, Irish language activists, Muslim community from Dublin were there, LGBT activists, and they couldn't even get to have their event.

They couldn't even get to their rallying point because there were 5,000 anti-fascists on the street there against them. Irish Republicans, Irish language activists, Muslim community from Dublin were there, LGBT activists, and they couldn't even get to have their event.

So up until COVID, certainly the anti-fascists and groups like Anti-Fascist Action Ireland were excellent at closing down small groups. You have a lot of people who are doing online research and exposing these people's sordid histories and their international connections. So that's one thing we're pretty good at.

So up until COVID, certainly the anti-fascists and groups like Anti-Fascist Action Ireland were excellent at closing down small groups. You have a lot of people who are doing online research and exposing these people's sordid histories and their international connections. So that's one thing we're pretty good at.

So up until COVID, certainly the anti-fascists and groups like Anti-Fascist Action Ireland were excellent at closing down small groups. You have a lot of people who are doing online research and exposing these people's sordid histories and their international connections. So that's one thing we're pretty good at.

And what it turns out is that a lot of these guys, like one of the main proponents of the QAnon conspiracy theory here, was a guy called Rowan Croft, who just happened to be a former British Army soldier. So that doesn't fly too well in Ireland when somebody's standing up saying... I'm a great Irish patriot and I'm going to stop the foreigners. Like, well, hang on a minute.

And what it turns out is that a lot of these guys, like one of the main proponents of the QAnon conspiracy theory here, was a guy called Rowan Croft, who just happened to be a former British Army soldier. So that doesn't fly too well in Ireland when somebody's standing up saying... I'm a great Irish patriot and I'm going to stop the foreigners. Like, well, hang on a minute.