Scuzi said:
The bottom line is that that march shouldn't have went ahead. Dublin is a peaceful city with a reputation for acceptance of all cultures. This reputation has now been stained to the dismay of us Irish Nationals. I hope that the rest of the world realises that the actions of these people claiming to be acting in the interests of the Free State does not represent the opinion of true Irish nationals.
I agree with this.
When I was on holiday in Dublin in 2002, one of the things which struck me was how cosmopolitan a city it was with people of many different nationalties living and working with little or no friction.
It is a great shame that these idiots have sullied the image of the city and I fear they will have spoiled the reputation of the Irish as being one of the friendliest peoples in the world
I believe in free speech but I do think that the type of march that sparked this riot should not be allowed to take place due to their inflammatory nature. Marches of this nature only serve to fuel bigotry and intolerance and the majority of people who take part in them attend solely for this reason.
I was also very sad to see more than one person wearing the colours of my football team. Celtic football club are trying hard to rid themselves of the sectarian image which has dogged them for many years. Images of people engaged in this sort of activity whilst wearing our colours will set that effort back greatly.
The majority of Celtic supporters are peaceful, tolerant people (our supporters won the EUFA and FIFA fair play awards in 2003 for our exempliary conduct during our UEFA cup run that season) and have no wish to be associated with this type of behaviour.
I would rather these people did not associate themselves with my team in any way.
Stan