{"id":457250,"date":"2026-05-19T20:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/457250\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T20:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T20:54:10","slug":"dublin-city-councillor-posts-anti-semitic-video-calling-for-a-real-final-solution-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/457250\/","title":{"rendered":"Dublin city councillor posts anti-Semitic video calling for a \u2018real final solution\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Dublin<\/a> city councillor who posted a video calling for a \u201creal final solution\u201d against \u201csatanic\u201d Jewish people, has said he \u201cprobably shared something I shouldn\u2019t have\u201d.<\/p>\n

Philip Sutcliffe, an associate and coach of MMA fighter Conor McGregor<\/a>, posted the video as his status on the WhatsApp messaging app on Monday afternoon. The video has since been deleted. <\/p>\n

The one minute 16 second video starts with footage of Adolf Hitler and a voice-over stating he \u201cwarned us of the outcomes we\u2019re currently experiencing\u201d.<\/p>\n

The video listed of series of anti-Semitic tropes, including blaming Jewish people for \u201cdegenerate Hollywood\u201d, pornography and \u201cwhite replacement\u201d.<\/p>\n

It called Jewish people \u201csatanic\u201d and claimed Jesus referred to them as \u201cthe spawn of Satan\u201d.<\/p>\n

The apparently AI voice-over stated \u201cthe world has a serious Jewish problem. Time to wake up and find a real final solution for this eternal menace to save civilisation\u201d. Much of the video included offensive and anti-Semitic images depicting Jewish people.<\/p>\n

The video was visible to anyone in Sutcliffe\u2019s WhatsApp contact list.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe, who was elected to Dublin City Council in 2024 for the Ballyfermot\u2013Drimnagh area, expressed confusion about the video when contacted on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\"CllrCllr Philip Sutcliffe said he did not endorse the views expressed in the video. Picture: Enda O’Dowd <\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t normally use the thing. I share things alright. What video are you talking about?\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he \u201cprobably just shared something on. Somebody just shared it to me and I probably just pushed the share button. I probably didn\u2019t even read it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The councillor said he did not endorse the views expressed in the video. \u201cI don\u2019t think I even looked at that one to tell you the truth.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he doesn\u2019t remember posting it. \u201cIf it\u2019s on my page I probably just shared something that I shouldn\u2019t have. I\u2019ll have a look at it now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He declined to comment further, saying he was out planting trees before going to \u201ctrain Conor for his next fight\u201d.<\/p>\n

Sutcliffe was elected to the council as a candidate for Independent Ireland. He ran as a candidate for the party in the general election later last year but resigned from the party<\/a> after it said it did \u201cnot condone his association with Conor McGregor\u201d.<\/p>\n

Last November, he issued a public apology after sharing an image of a spoiled ballot paper for the presidential election<\/a> on his social media accounts.<\/p>\n

The ballot paper was defaced with hate speech and slurs about the presidential candidates.<\/p>\n

Among the statements written on the spoiled paper are a call to \u201cDeport all Africans!\u201d and \u201cDeport All Indians!\u201d and \u201cBan Same-Sex Adoption\u201d.<\/p>\n

The picture was \u201caccidentally shared\u201d, Sutcliffe said in a statement to the council<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologise for the post that appeared on my social media on polling day. The post had been forwarded to me and I was also tagged in it, and it was accidentally shared on my accounts. I wasn\u2019t aware it had gone up on my social media account.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to make it absolutely clear that the image was not my ballot paper and the content of that post was absolutely disgusting and completely unacceptable. I would never share anything like that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI take full responsibility for what happened and I\u2019m very sorry for any offence or confusion caused. It was an honest mistake and I\u2019ll make sure it doesn\u2019t happen again.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"CllrCllr Philip Sutcliffe accompanied McGregor to the High Court last November for the conclusion of the civil action for assault taken against McGregor by Nikita Hand. Photograph: Brian Lawless\/PA Wire <\/p>\n

Sutcliffe, a former Olympic boxer for Ireland, is McGregor\u2019s boxing coach. He accompanied the MMA fighter to the High Court last November for the conclusion of the civil action for assault taken against McGregor by Dublin woman Nikita Hand. A High Court jury awarded \u20ac248,603 damages to Hand after finding McGregor civilly liable for her rape in a Dublin hotel in 2018.<\/p>\n

He also accompanied McGregor on a visit to Washington DC on St Patrick\u2019s Day last year during which he met Donald Trump and had a meeting<\/a> with US secretary of defence Pete Hegseth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Dublin city councillor who posted a video calling for a \u201creal final solution\u201d against \u201csatanic\u201d Jewish people,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457251,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[171363,13288,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-457250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-drimnagh","tag-dublin-city-council","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=457250"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457250\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}