As bad as he is - Plan to ban Trump visit

THERE is a growing consensus among a motley crew of Irish politicians and trade unions to bar the US presidential candidate Donald Trump from entering Ireland on a planned trip by him later this month.

The Anti Austerity Alliance-People Before Profit, Green Party, anti-racism, anti-sexism, Muslim, and trade union groups have aligned to prevent him coming here.

The movement is being led by the Green Party — proving that they are green in more ways than one. It is a ridiculous notion and, ironically, is akin to Mr Trump’s own agenda to prevent Mexicans from entering the US. Moreover, such intolerance ill becomes the land of Céad Míle Fáilte.