#OnThisDay 1823 Oliver Pollock from Tyrone, passed away. Pollack was a merchant who helped finance the Illinois Campaign & brought Spain in on the colonist's side during the US Revolutionary War. He is also accredited with the creation of the dollar sign!๐ต๐ต๐ต
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#OTD in 1922 โ The last British troops leave the Free State.
They are the remnants of a 5,000 strong garrison maintained up to that point in Dublin, commanded by Nevil Macready.
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OnThisDay 1961 Irish UN Peacekeepers take part in the Battle of the Tunnel, a communications line, in Elizabethville, Congo. They lost 3 men but achieved their objective. 14 Distinguished Service medals were awarded in Ireland's first offensive mission abroad.
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#OnThisDay 1899 The British lost the Battle of Colenso to the Boers. Once again, there were Irish units fighting on both sides, most for the British Army. MacBride's Irish Commandos fought against Royal Dublin Fusiliers, Connaught Rangers & other British units.
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#OnThisDay 1921 Michael Collins wrote a brief letter following the signing of the Treaty, saying;
"The removal of the Army of Occupation is a Supreme thing'.
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Great news. At long last, justice is in sight. Soldier F is to go on trial on 2 counts of murder and 5 counts of attempted murder. It has been a long struggle but it has been worth it. Happy Christmas Dave.
At the packed meeting last night in Ballyshannon about the news that 90 male immigrants are to be housed in rural Cavangarden the FG, FF and SF Councillors present attempted to hoodwink the people by playing the usual game of saying that we are under an "international legal obligation" to take in all immigrants. The people of Ballyshannon clearly saw through the deceit as they know that the State is flagrantly disregarding international law with regards to combatting illegal immigration AND is making voluntary agreements on immigration policy with the EU:
1) Under the Dublin III Regulation the country that is the FIRST port of entry is responsible for processing an asylum seeker's application.
Ireland is the most geographically isolated county in the EU so we simply CANNOT be the first port of entry for the overwhelming majority of asylum seekers. How can anyone get from the continent of Africa to an island in the middle of the Atlantic without firstly entering other European countries?
A Member State has the right to request that the first port of entry country take back the asylum seeker. So WHY are the State NOT applying the law? In 2022, under the Dublin Regulation, Germany (68 706) and France (44 881) reported the largest number of requests to other EU Member States to take back asylum seekers whereas Ireland, by contrast, transferred 3 asylum seekers in the entire year.
2) Department of Justice figures show that between January and November 2022, a total of 5,074 people applying for asylum in Ireland presented either โfalse or no documentationโ on their arrival. RTE reported over 60% of asylum seekers at Dublin Airport last year had no identity documents This did not include those with false documents.
Why has the State failed to enforce financial sanctions against the airlines under Article 4 of 2004/82/EC for failing to comply with Article 3?
Ireland opted in to this Directive in accordance with the Protocol to the Treaty on EU YET the State is failing to legally enforce it to combat illegal immigration into Ireland.
3) Denmark and Ireland are the only countries in Europe that have a legal right to opt-out of immigration policies under the Lisbon Treaty. Denmark exercised its right to opt out of EU immigration policies under the Lisbon Treaty whereas Ireland has agreed to take in accelerating numbers of immigrants to please their EU Masters.
A Red C Poll published by the Business Post confirmed 75% of Irish people are AGAINST the State's immigration policy. The State have therefore NO democratic mandate to pursue voluntary agreements with the EU.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.