There was a bit of an incident up in Dublin yesterday.

It started when a bloke attacked some kids with a knife injuring several, some seriously. The attack only stopped when a Deliveroo driver hopped of his bike and belted the attacker with his helmet. But for that, things could have been a lot worse.

The reason for the attack remains a mystery.

Now, word spread on Anti-Social media that the attacker was an immigrant. I assume this was because the chap was noticeably different [i.e. black?]. We were immediately informed by the Law that the attacker was Irish and had been living here for some years. In other words, he was an immigrant albeit not a recent one.

Feelings are running high in some quarters about the immigration situation and obviously the anti-immigration mob saw their chance and started to stage a protest. However this took place in Dublin’s inner city northside; and area known for a drop of lawlessness. The local low life saw their chance for a bit of a mill with the Gardaí and came fully armed with bottles, bricks and fireworks. The Gardaí were there in sufficient numbers to handle a protest but not equipped to deal with a full scale riot.

The low life had a grand time, smashing shop windows, looting and setting buses, trams and cars alight. This was rampaging thuggery pure and simple and at this stage was fuck all to do with immigration. That was just an excuse.

There was one salient point that the mob didn’t realise though. I refer to the Delveroo rider who quite possibly saved to kids’ lives. But for him other children could have been attacked or even killed.

He is a Brazilian immigrant.

Irony indeed?

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