Dublin march against racism
Dublin city councillor Larry O'Toole and Sinn Féin
Ard Chomhairle Member Aengus Ó Snodaigh at the
well-attended Anti-Racism march in Dublin on Saturday 13 May
2000.
Speaking on the platform, Ó Snodaigh said
that the ``Frank Dunlops of this world are a bigger threat to
Irish emocracy and the econpomy than any influx of asylum
seekers.
He was critical of the the media and government's
anti-immigrant stance.
``I don't see the Department of Justice rushing to get snatch
squads together to swoop on the bribers of this state, the
property speculators, or the so-called democratic politicians who
willingly and enthusiastically accepted the bribes. Those people
are a bigger threat than all the asylum seekers in the world
would ever be. They are, in fact, the reason we have the housing
crisis today, because instead of concentrating on society's
future needs they were more interested in lining their own
pockets.
``There wouldn't be a `problem' if the government dealt with
all the people on this island as human beings; that includes the
settled community, the Travelling Community and those who've come
to our shores to seek sanctuary and a better life. Every adult
should have the right to work, the right to housing and the right
to a decent standard of living, whether they are awaiting
immigration processing or not, whether they are Irish are not.''
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