Mick Clifford: Coolock is 'fertile ground' to spread hate and intolerance

Lack of Government support for disadvantaged areas such as Coolock creates fertile ground for nefarious actors to spread their messages of hate and intolerance

Plans to house up to 500 asylum seekers in the former Crown Paints factory have attracted legitimate questions, protests, and in the last week some pure thuggery perpetrated by a small minority. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Last Sunday, Jarlath Burns touched on an essential component of the Irish DNA, that of empathy with the immigrant. 

The president of the GAA was speaking at the conclusion of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Final when he referred to the “people who are our diaspora, who left this country because of war and famine… and if your ancestors had to leave, you are in Croke Park today, if not in body but in spirit.”