The Kerryman (South Kerry Edition)
So-called eco-warriors don’t spare a thought for hard-working shopkeepers
SIR,
I think it would be interesting to investigate who exactly it is that is funding these so called ‘eco-warriors’.
They parade around in elaborate costumes, have demonstrative signs, travel from hither and yon and have plenty of food. Who pays for all this as most of them appear not to be remotely employable?
They have a lot of free time on their hands unlike the hard-working shopkeepers whose lives and businesses will be tossed for sixes and sevens while the ‘warriors’ scream like banshees in the street for a week.
Still, extra gardaí must be put on duty to protect them from the normal citizens who are trying (mostly in vain) to go about their daily business without a lot of fuss and bother. Who is paying for that?
These so-called leaders of these warriors are Irish academics who know full well the cost and destructive nature of this week-long protest but, admittedly, have stated that they don’t care.
Their cause is more important than any civil objections to their presence in the Dublin streets. They are basically saying, “Stay out of our way until we are gone”.
I think these academics could use a right proper sacking.
They should be ashamed of themselves and are not fit for purpose. They were not hired to rabble rouse. They were hired to educate students, not lead them down some garden path.
Shopkeepers will, no doubt, watch their incomes drop precipitously and, at the end of the day, not a single ‘warrior’ will be there to help them with that shortfall.
So, I suggest a serious deep investigation as to who finances these egregious protests which, in the end, solve absolutely nothing.
Waste of time, waste of space and certainly a waste of money. Who among these ‘warriors’ has that kind of money to burn? Let’s discover who has the ‘deep pockets’.
I do not know a single, solitary, hard-working Irish soul who can afford to waste money in these difficult times. Sincerely,
Tom Cahill, Ballinskelligs