‘Mad as hell’ journalist stokes huge petition drive

Bore George, Your constant carping about immigrants, and focussing on ‘Polish and Slovak parasites who don't belong etc. get them out of our country’ ALL YOUR OWN WORDS - has a ring of Nazi policy towards the Jews in my opinion…that was the point I was trying to make, and I won’t be apologising for it.

OLOONSIGH, you complain about another poster, but at least WK never suggested that you wanted to put people on trains and send them to gas chambers. That's what you did in my case. Only a piece of bigoted trash and racist low life would write that kind of ignorant hate-filled filth. Apologize now for your hate speech. In any case I'll never be intimidated by racist scum like you, and it looks like I'm not the only one who is calling you for the garbage you incessantly post.

@WoundedKnee; sad you feel the need to insult other posters with different viewpoints… Re ‘Careless Reader?’ Re-read my post, I say ‘I guess…’ that not me claiming proof, just my opinion…’ Irish people are too stupid?’ not my words, you’re the one who mentioned ‘stupid’ and ‘Irish’ in the same sentence. Finally, this is not a case of government policy, but the rights of EU workers to travel within the union….I’m just amazed that so many Irish-Americans, who owe their current status to liberal US immigration laws, are so anti-immigration to the country they emigrated out of.

DanOLoingsigh According to web site politics dot ie 60.000 foreign migrants have settled in Ireland so far this year. Why do you support this crazy Fianna Fail/big business policy of bringing in foreign workers when Irish people are unemployed and emigrating? As to your claim about airport security, since when do you have proof that Irish people won't take work as security guards? I actually didn't mention airport security, you're a careless reader. I referred to check-in. Are you going to tell readers that Irish people are too stupid to check you in for your flight? What an insulting creep you are.

WoundedKnee – Thanks and well spotted… fair comment…although in my defence or defense…I was trying to point out a deliberate policy of misspelling by another contributor…as for your other points, I would say most of the Indian sub-continent Asians entered the EU via the UK, or are UK born; a number of the Chinese would be via the UK - Hong Kong connection. I would say their reasons for travel would be broadly similar to the reasons Irish Americans made their journey to the US, as economic migrants. I guess the current generation of Irish aspired to more than a career in airport security; immigrants traditionally take work that the host country finds difficulty in recruiting into. I accept that immigration is now an issue, and numbers need to be controlled…but I still maintain that the great majority of recent immigrants are EU citizens who have a right to be there, and its unfair to focus on any of these groups as a major cause of current difficulties.

dANolOINGSIGH: You ain't so great on the spelling yourself. It's PRINCIPLES, you made the error, common but inexcusable in a literate person, of spelling it "the principals of the European Union". And you're wrong too in not understanding that there is big immigration into Ireland from outside the European Union. I was there recently, and the place is full of Asians. I assume you realize that Asia is not the European Union, do you? If you do, tell us--Why are they being imported? Security guards in the department stores were Indians, as were employees of fast food restaurants; the guy who checked me in at Dublin Airport was Chinese. Are the Irish too lazy or too stupid to check in a passenger for a flight?

It`s about time someone in Ireland finally got off his ass and is starting to do what is right for Ireland I support him 100% atb least someone is doin something even if it may be wrong, Ireland needs to haul all of these bankers and their political cronies and jail the lot of them, blaming the people that took out mortgages on homes that they knew they could not afford, is Stupid , Which one of us wouldn`t want something for nothing, But if the bankers and realtors didn`t make it easy for people to get it then it wouldnt happen So the blame for Irelands money problems rests with the politicans and the money grubbing bankers, And yes its time for the people to take back government We have had enough of the bunch of leaches now in power and the other bunch trying to get power screw the lot of them

Hey Georgie Boy, you seem a little rattled…still that no excuse for trying to impose your ‘anti immigration’ rantings on every site. Maybe you should ask your mammy to explain the principals of the European Union, in particular the provisions for ‘free movement of workers’. Ireland, like all other member states, signed away any right to impose restrictions on workers from member states relocating there, so in that way the EU is just like the US. Oh, and if you still can’t manage spell my name correctly, I can put you in touch with a good remedial teacher, she’s Polish, if that’s OK?

It doesn't take long for racist fools like John Birch OLOONsigh to try to slur those who advocate prudent immigration policies for Ireland, as indeed for the US. But of course it is JB OLOONsigh who is the racist trash. John Birch here is trying to copy the success of Mass Immigrationists in Ireland, where they have effectively managed to stifle the views of the 70% of Irish people who poll as wanting some controls on immigration into their country. But in this case JB OLOONSICK's shameful attempt to shut me up will prove as much a failure as I am sure its author is. Your childish effort to intimidate those who don't buy your lousy racism and bigotry won't work, OLOONSich. On another thread you wrote in connection with the current economic crisis over there that the Irish "were asking for it". Is that what you say about other victims, such as victims of racism, Mr KKK?

Most of Fintan O'Toole's message is true in the U.S. as well - I hope his revolution catches afire here. Especially the idea of more women in politics!

Hey Georgie Boy, remember the old adage, ‘Never judge a book by its cover’? Best to read it before commenting…and its sad to see an Irish American banging on constantly about Mass Immigration; but why stop at West Dublin, George, lets ask New York, Sidney, London…indigenous residents only, with both grandparents also born there!! Following the vote, lets get all the Foreign Migrants located in one handy spot near a rail station, lets call it a Ghetto, then you can enjoy yourself handing out tickets for the "Sonderzuge"…unless your on the train yourself, eh?

What a ridiculous cover on this guy's book cover! And he talks a lot about "direct democracy", but he'd squeal like a stuck pig if the majority of voters in, say, West Dublin, the area most ravaged by Mass Immigration, voted democratically to ask Foreign Migrants to Go Away!

All makes sense. Sounds like US Democrat style thinking!