{"id":6867,"date":"2024-07-15T21:08:17","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T20:08:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/?p=6867"},"modified":"2024-07-15T21:08:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T20:08:17","slug":"holly-cairns-strongly-condemns-coolock-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/holly-cairns-strongly-condemns-coolock-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"Holly Cairns strongly condemns Coolock violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has strongly condemned today\u2019s violence in Coolock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is no place in society for the type of despicable criminal behaviour we witnessed today on Dublin\u2019s northside.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgain, we have seen hysteria, fear and hatred whipped up over proposed accommodation for asylum seekers, leading to attacks on gardai and workers, as well as damage to vehicles and property.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This type of intimidation towards migrant communities is becoming increasingly common. Such threatening behaviour has a chilling effect on those desperately seeking international protection in this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sight of hooded and masked rioters on the streets of our capital is an affront to democracy and must be met with a robust response by the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we should always respect the right to peaceful protest, this is not what occurred in Coolock today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy thoughts are with the gardai, workers and law-abiding local residents caught up in this afternoon&#8217;s appalling\u00a0events.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>July 15, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has strongly condemned today\u2019s violence in Coolock. \u201cThere is no place in society for the type of despicable criminal behaviour we witnessed today on Dublin\u2019s northside. \u201cAgain, we have seen hysteria, fear and hatred whipped up over proposed accommodation for asylum seekers, leading to attacks on gardai and workers, as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1709,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[502,400,528,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-holly-cairns","category-immigration","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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