Drogheda based grassroots community network: Anti-fascist, Anti-racist, pro-choice, LGBTQ+ allies. Voluntary, not affiliated, unfunded.
#HousingNotHate
What’s all this ‘woke’ nonsense?
Compassion is being sound.
Empathy is being sound.
Kindness is being sound.
Being sound is the greatest of compliments.
Be sound.
The Irish Freedom Party don’t care about Drogheda or our community. They do not offer solutions. We stand together against their attempts to divide our town and villages with hate in solidarity with those seeking refuge here.
#Drogheda
#Louth
The protest was not called by local community groups, local representatives, local businesses, local front line workers, trade unionists, Tourism Louth.
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Drogheda Library has Sanctuary Status. Those who choose to intimidate in these spaces do not understand community or knowledge. They fear it. Solidarity with our amazing librarians and visitors who witnessed these pathetic antics yesterday.
#Drogheda4All
#Drogheda
It was called by members of a far-right party who have 2 candidates running in Drogheda. This same party has been publishing the eircodes to refugee housing sites for months yet take no interest in any other aspect of contributing to Drogheda. 2/2
#Drogheda
For 6 months people of all ages and from all walks of
#Drogheda
have come out rain, hail, and shine in solidarity with the Palestinian people and to call for action. 1/
#DroghedaStandsWithPalestine
We are hearing a lot about “peaceful” protests against those seeking refuge in Ireland. Violence is not always physical. Words matter.
Choose empathy, kindness, inclusion and community.
#Drogheda
#Drogheda4All
'Gript Media Limited donated the maximum allowed – €18,000 – to the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR)’ via
@soundmigration
Phoenix Magazine
Hermann Kelly works as Director of Communications for Romanian ECR member Cristian Terhes.
We love this idea. ❤️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
“Wouldn’t it be amazing if we all donated to our local LGBT+ support groups each & every time the Fash target our libraries? Let’s show the LGBT+ community our love, support & solidarity and make Pride 23 the best yet!”
#BooksNotHate
#Drogheda
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Great to see local heads at the counter protest Sat. Quite a few looking for a space to build on. The far right don’t care about Drogheda or our community. We stand together against their attempts to divide with hate in solidarity with those seeking refuge here.
#DroghedaTogether
The Irish branch of a US based anti-choice organisation which provides misleading information is opening in Drogheda. Drogheda people voted 68.12% to Repeal the 8th in 2018.
#Drogheda
#RepealedThe8th
Termonfeckin Welcomes are doing absolutely wonderful work within their communities, extending the hand of friendship to newcomers! The very essence of Céad míle fáilte in action, well done all!
IFP are protesting at the bus depot at 1:30. Drogheda counter protest tomorrow - meet at 1:15pm. Bring your signs, whistles, kazoos & your good selves to stand together against the far-right using our communities for their propaganda.
@louth4all
#StrongerTogether
#HousingNotHate
Natasha Ibanez: ‘Thank you to Drogheda people, we will never how welcomed you have made us feel. For even those return to Ukraine, we bring back a piece of Drogheda home to ukraine’
#Drogheda
#SolidarityWithUkraine
At the Croatian embassy, with
@louth4all
Our thoughts are with Josip’s friends and family.
Sending wishes for healing to David Druzinec.
“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences.” Audre Lorde
The IFP’s numbers continue to dwindle in Drogheda. The Counter protest not only outnumbered them, but so much support from passerby’s! Massive thanks to the lovely person who brought us boxes of chocolates!! 🥰
#Drogheda4All
#Louth4All
The Irish Freedom Party feel threatened when communities stand together, build partnerships, & welcome refugees. They don’t want us to feel safe. They always punch down - need us to believe their lies in their quest of power for themselves.
#RefugeesWelcome
#Louth
#LoveNotHate
Drogheda4All are proud to take part in the
#IrelandForAll
march this Sat. We march for accountability from paid policy makers on housing, health, services & infrastructure. We march in solidarity with Refugees, who are not to blame for any of these failures.
#RefugeesWelcome
Joy! Community! Friendship! Fun! Just a few words to describe the incredible Louth Africa Day celebrations this afternoon in Drogheda. Huge well done to organisers, performers, stall holders & cooks (YUM!) Already looking forward to next year 😊
#Drogheda
#AfricaDay
#Louth
Another excellent fact-check: The far-right use manipulation and misinformation in an attempt to divide our communities to gain power for themselves.
#Drogheda4All
@LouthForAll
#Louth4All
A number of false reports have circulated on local social media pages in recent months. Please seek valid sources before sharing narratives purposely crafted to cause fear, instability & division.
#Drogheda
#RefugeesWelcome
#TermonfeckinWelcomes
#Louth
As mapped below, Marsh Road (R150) between St. Mary’s Bridge and the Mill Road in Drogheda, Co. Louth will be closed tomorrow from 1pm to 4pm.
Please follow local diversions in place and our traffic guidance on the ground.
#HereToHelp
A solidarity vigil is being held in
#Drogheda
this Sunday at 12pm in observance of the year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and to show solidarity with our local Ukrainian refugees. Speaker, Natasha Ibanez & music from
@GrowMusicTeam
@UkraineIreland
Our thoughts are with the innocent victims, their families and the entire Scoil community affected by the horrendous attacks this afternoon.
Solidarity with the workers, commuters, residents of Parnell Square facing hate fueled violent mobs on the streets tonight.
We’ll be heading in by train & bus tomorrow for
#IrelandForAll
! We march for accountability from policy makers on housing, health, services & infrastructure. We march in solidarity with Refugees, who are not to blame for any of these failures.
#HousingNotHate
#RefugeesWelcome
Well done to Cllr Emma Cutlip and Councillor Joanna Byrne . Both vitally important motions, below, were passed today by Louth County Council. We understand that both motions were adopted without objection. 1/
#DroghedaStandsWithPalestine
#Drogheda
#Louth
For 6 months we have gathered weekly. On Sat, Drogheda again stands with Palestine to call for the courage of immediate action, in solidarity, & say no to genocide - not in our names!
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* Note Time Change *
Sat, 2pm West Street
#DroghedaStandsWithPalestine
#Drogheda
Catherine is spot on.
Those who relentlessly blame Refugees are letting the Gov away with decades of failure to expand basic infrastructure and systems needed for a functioning society.
#Drogheda4All
#IrelandForAll
'If we cannot cope with 26,000 people under our international obligations, there is something seriously wrong...'
See Catherine's Full Contribution / Ráiteas Iomlán:
The extremists scapegoating those seeking asylum are also against LGBTQ rights, Women’s rights, and community work. They march beside known criminals and far right leaders who want power & financial gains for themselves. They don’t
#LoveDrogheda
or our community.
#Drogheda4All
Join Drogheda 4 All this Sat, Feb 18th, at the
#IrelandForAll
solidarity march. Hatful extremists will not solve the housing crisis, their only tactic is to blame those seeking refuge here. Meeting point 1pm at the Matthew’s bus stop on Cathal Brugha street.
#Drogheda
#Louth
The first year anniversary of the amazing solidarity with Ukraine demonstration in
#Drogheda
is tomorrow. We invite you all to attend this family friendly vigil for those lost to the violence & to show our support as a community. Live music from
#louth
music school Grow Music
The Quiz for Gaza raised an amazing €2100 for Palestine Red Crescent Society on Thursday night! Well done everyone and thank you to all the
#Drogheda
businesses that gave raffle prizes!
#DroghedaStandsWithPalestine
We are so proud of
@louthlibraryservice
Sanctuary status! It is disappointing to see that extremists are targeting our library services. Every child deserves to feel welcome. Every child deserves to be accepted, loved, respected & celebrated for who they are! ❤️
#Drogheda
Thread: Community is our strength. The vast majority living in Ireland, born here or abroad, are inherently good decent people. There are some who use tragedy to try to weaken /divide our communities to make gains for themselves. We must build communities, not tear them down.
It's strange how quiet it is on O'Connell St this morning, the only real sound is the gulls and one or two loading trucks for debris, but I don't want to focus on that in this thread, because along with the horrors of yesterday we also saw great acts of community...
Irish ‘freedom’ Party candidate thinks we should remove basic freedoms.
Every resident of Ireland has the right to run as a candidate and vote in local elections.
Ireland’s opt-out organ donation system enshrines exactly that; Choice.
Steenson is not only lying - he is mocking the thousands who were harmed in being denied localised, safe, legal healthcare as well as all the good, kind, empathetic people of Ireland who voted to Repeal.
Today Malachy Steenson stood in front of a tiny crowd telling them the Irish government is going to kill people, steal their internal organs and sell those organs.
Alex Jones meets The Simpson....
“Croatian who died in fatal Dublin assault was attacked for ‘not speaking English’ as pal pays tribute to ‘brother’”
Never thought I’d read a headline like that in Ireland
Levels of overt racism and violence are frightening
Thread: Several of Drogheda’s finest have sent us in messages about this article in the Drogheda Independent’s ‘local notes’ section concerned by the content & use of adopted language of the far-right. 1/
Fantastic show of support in
#Drogheda
atweekly
#DroghedaStandsWithPalestine
protest! Speeches touched on importance of boycotting, the beauty in the unified front of allies in the Irish 4 Palestine movement, & a new motion being tabled by
@CutlipEmma
to Louth CoCo support BDS!
Attending medical appointments can be an anxious experience. You may be worried, nervous, scared, experiencing a loss, be in pain or feeling poorly.
No one should have to pass through a protest to attend their local hospital or medical centre.
We all deserve safety zones.
#GigForGazaDrogheda
has raised an AMAZING €4,600 for Palestine Red Crescent Society. Donations are still coming in - idonate will stay active until 11:59pm MONDAY. Thank you so much 2 ALL - well done
#Drogheda
! ❤️🇵🇸❤️
Link:
#DroghedaStandsWithPalestine
Fantastic night Sat night for Rock Against Racism Drogheda! Heartfelt bualadh bos to organisers Shane & Steve, hosts McHughs venue & incredible performances from the lineup of The Marxmen, Dionysus, Paddy Goodwin and DJ Andrew K
#Drogheda4All
#Drogheda
photo credit
@yel116
It is dismaying that this man thought he was speaking to someone who cared about his experience and frustrations with the system, only to have his words exploited. 5/
Non-EU citizens, Refugees & Asylum Seekers can vote in local elections.
This has been the case for 19yrs (2004).
The Far-Right purposely manipulate timelines & facts in attempts to create panic, fear, instability and further scapegoat those seeking refuge here.
#IrelandForAll