ARM THE POLICE AND SHOOT THE BASTARDS!

The recent tragic and horrifying killings of two Polish men in Drimnagh, Dublin brings us back to a topic that we mentioned some weeks ago in our series of “10 THINGS THEY DON’T TELL YOU ABOUT AN IRELAND VACATION”.

Two innocent young men, going about their business were attacked for no apparent reason and stabbed to death with screwdrivers by a gang of up to 20 youths, male and female, outside a chipper. The fact that they were Polish was only incidental to the matter – they could have been anybody.

By coincidence, Bertie Ahern was on a visit to Poland when this happened and the incident prompted him to go on TV there and sympathize with the Polish people about the loss of their two young compatriots.

We have no problem with Bertie doing that – it is mere good manners and whether he was in Poland or Ireland, he would be expected to state those sentiments. It is what he added to those comments that make the blood boil.

He emphasized that this was not the Ireland that he knew and this sort of violence was isolated and was not to be taken as a reflection of life in Ireland.

Are you for real Bertie? Do you ever go out at night apart from crossing the road to Fagans pub, escorted by your entourage of Special Branch agents? Does nobody in your massive pool of advisors ever tell you what the real Ireland is like after dark?

When your own Minister of Defence, Willie O’Dea, is not himself brawling in some Limerick pub, would he not enlighten you about the mean streets of our towns and cities around the country?

What about asking your Minister for Justice, Brian Lenihan, whose brief includes being in charge of the Gardai, for some information as to the real facts of what life is like for many unfortunate communities and individuals in Irish villages towns and cities?

If an accurate answer is given – which is unlikely- you will be told of old people being terrorized in their homes, of decent people being attacked on the streets by groups of yobbos who record the savagery on their mobile phones, of young couples out for a night being left for dead after being targeted by these scumbags.

You should be told of the horror of a family being told in the middle of the night that their son or daughter is brain-damaged after the work of these sub-human animals.

Can you imagine what that family and victims have to live with for the rest of their life?

When the headlines (if there are any) subside, can you begin to realize what the implications are for any family who now have a vegetable for a son or daughter who once brought sunshine and light into their lives? In a moment of blind madness, their circumstances are forever changed.

The parents and siblings become carers and all the dreams, aspirations and happy occasions that they imagined for their child evaporate just like the hot air you produce when you glibly pass off what happened in Drimnagh as “isolated”.



The truth is there are Drimnaghs every night of the week in Ireland. Not all end in death, although that would be the intention. Many end much worse, and do not even warrant a mention in the local media.

There is now an underclass in Ireland created by the monster of drink, drugs and lack of policing that regard random violence as recreation –something to do to highlight the night out – and have no remorse or emotion about the consequences of their actions.

We have said it here before; you fight fire with fire.

You Bertie, Brian and Willie have a duty of care to the law-abiding citizens of this country. Bring in a bill to arm the police. Ignore the moaning and whining you will hear from the civil liberties gang – just do it!

In addition, do what you have promised so often and increase those police numbers to what is needed to ensure that this cancer stops spreading.

Instead of cops stopping old men driving home after a couple of pints in their local, go arm them and put those same cops on the streets of Drimnagh and all its counterparts.

And so what if they shoot a scumbag who threatens violence on innocent people?

We don’t want any enquiries. Just give the cop a medal and tell them to go do more of the same.

Then, and only then, Bertie you might find yourself in a position to say that such incidents as Drimnagh are isolated.

In the meantime do not insult the victims, and those left to mourn and care for them, with your glib lies that all is well on the streets of Ireland. You do the country no service.