Concerns Overโ Immigration and Conspiracy Theories Dominate ‘Mise รire’ Event in Mayo
A recent event hosted byโ the group ‘Mise รire’ in County Mayoโ featured discussions that quickly veered into conspiracy theories and anti-immigrant rhetoric, according to an attendee’s report. The event, held on a Saturday, drew attention for its focus on immigration and perceived changes to Irish society.
The discussion began with a participant noting a perceived similarity in immigration patterns between Ireland โand the UK. This prompted โa panelist to introduce the “Kalergi Plan,” a widely debunked conspiracy theory alleging a deliberate effortโข to diminish white European populations through immigration. The Institute of Strategic Dialog identifies this as a baseless claim popular amongst white nationalist circles.
further fueling concerns, barrister Una McGurk presented claims of a secret government plan to significantly increase Ireland’s population by 2.6 million by 2040, attributing this policy to the Fine Gael party. These claims were presented despite โcurrent figuresโ showing 1,554 โindividuals residing in International protection Accommodation Centres in Mayo, a county with a population of โ137,970 according to the 2022 โcensus. Notably, the legitimacy of the census โdataโข itself was questioned by another panelist.
McGurk, who โran โunsuccessfully inโ theโ recent European elections, โalso referenced her perceived โค”cancellation” due to โขher views on Covid-19, specifically opposing PCR testing andโ expressing โconcern over the “destruction of the Christian West.” โAlarmingly,she also invoked “The Protocols of the Elders โof Zion,” a โฃnotoriousโ antisemitic text identified by the Unitedโ States Holocaust Memorial Museum as “theโ most widespread antisemitic publication of modern times.”
Another panelist, โwriter Louise Roseingrave, took โa more reserved approach,โค focusing primarily on her โขCatholic faith andโ pro-life views.
The event wasn’t entirely consumed by contentious debate. A briefly attended workshop on โself-actualization offered a respite, remaining freeโ of conspiracy theories. A plaque commemorating a speech by former President Mary McAleese,celebrating the Irish diaspora,was also observed in the event space.
However, โthe introduction โคof “The Protocols of theโฃ Elders of Zion” proved to be a breaking point for the attendee, who left the event after two and a half hours, expressing a clear discomfort with the direction of the discussion. The event highlights a growing platformโ for potentially harmful narratives surrounding immigration and societal change โwithin Ireland.
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