Irish Examiner view: Free speech does not equal a right to intimidate

Public assembly is not a licence to intimidate or abuse

There was a large gathering organised by anti-immigration campaigners in Cork over the weekend, involving several prominent far-right agitators including former Ireland First leader Derek Blighe and Hermann Kelly of the Irish Freedom Party. Picture: Larry Cummins

Readers may be aware that there was a large gathering organised by anti-immigration campaigners in Cork over the weekend, involving several prominent far-right agitators including former Ireland First leader Derek Blighe and Hermann Kelly of the Irish Freedom Party.

Soon after the march, another former member of the Irish Freedom Party, South Dublin county councillor Glen Moore, claimed on social media that some people who had attended the gathering were asked to leave a pub on Coburg Street, Sin É, and that they had been discriminated against for their political beliefs. Mr Moore’s post has led to threats being made against the pub and its owners.