{"id":493315,"date":"2026-06-10T23:39:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/493315\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:39:10","slug":"anti-immigration-march-to-dail-attempts-to-rally-support-against-eu-migration-pact-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/493315\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-immigration march to D\u00e1il attempts to rally support against EU migration pact \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Crowds gathered in Dublin\u2019s O\u2019Connell Street on Wednesday to protest against immigration and the EU migration pact, which comes into effect on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">At the outset of the demonstration, attendees recited the Lord\u2019s Prayer for those who they claimed had been \u201cpersecuted by entities coming into our country\u201d after a speaker referenced the knife attack in Belfast on Monday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \"> The Government was labelled \u201ctreasonous\u201d by some speakers. Some were draped in Tricolours and chanted: \u201cGet them out!\u201d And \u201cWhose streets? Our streets!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The migration pact aims to harmonise legislation applying to international protection applicants across the EU with common border systems, swifter screening, mandatory health and security checks and a streamlined returns system.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Several figures involved in the April fuel protests spoke, including John Dallon and Mark Brady.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Describing a \u201cunity between people\u201d during the fuel protests, Brady said: \u201cWe need to keep that unity together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAnd if we can do that across this country, we can tear down this Government.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-it-article-body__interstitial-link\">[\u00a0<a aria-label=\"Open related story\" class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/politics\/2026\/06\/10\/senior-government-figures-defend-common-travel-area-following-belfast-knife-attack\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Senior Government figures defend Common Travel Area following Belfast knife attackOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dallon said it was up to the \u201cpeople of the island of Ireland\u201d to \u201cnot allow\u201d the EU migration pact to go through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">He added that protesters were \u201cconcerned about ourselves and our children\u201d, saying the Government must rethink the entire migration pact.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cWhat happened above in the North the other night is totally unacceptable. None of us wants any violence whatsoever,\u201d he said, adding that he was \u201cnot a racist\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Shortly after, protesters brought traffic to a standstill as they marched down O\u2019Connell Street and through College Green.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Passing stranded Luas carriages and buses, some approached garda\u00ed policing the march, labelling them a \u201cdisgrace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">At Leinster House, those taking part initially pushed the barricades that had been placed in advance of their arrival, knocking some to the ground as members of the Garda Public Order Unit formed a line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">A large area had been cordoned off, and a heavy Garda presence was in place, with some protesters labelling those leaving Leinster House, as well as garda\u00ed, \u201ctraitors\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The protest had largely dissipated by 4pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crowds gathered in Dublin\u2019s O\u2019Connell Street on Wednesday to protest against immigration and the EU migration pact, which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493316,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-493315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493315","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=493315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}