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category dublin | crime and justice | event notice author Thursday February 28, 2008 15:32author by Con Carroll

stand in solidarity

solidarity with people from Driminagh. too remember two Polish men who were attacked.

Dublin City Councillor. Joan Collins. along with people living in the local community.
have called for a solidarity vigil. two Polish men were attacked Sat. Feb 23. these two men died in hospital
solidarity vigil will be held. Benbulbiin rd Driminagh. Sat 1st 6.30.

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Was sad to hear this
author by C Murraypublication date Thu Feb 28, 2008 18:49author address author phone

Glad to hear that Joan is organising the vigil for Saturday. Will pass on the link to some of the youth
groups that work in the area; and friends.

C Murray

Pavel Kalite and Marius Szwajkos RIP
author by tomeilepublication date Fri Feb 29, 2008 12:15author address author phone

Thanks for posting this Con and fair play to Joan Collins and Drimnagh locals. I'm disappointed that RAR hasn't issued a statement .

Nothing to do with the fact that they were Poles ?
author by tomeilepublication date Fri Feb 29, 2008 14:58author address author phone

"It had nothing to do with the fact that they were Poles. It was, I'm afraid, just hooliganism at its worst".............. Bertie Ahern speaking in Warsaw
The Gardai have also been anxious to downplay any racial involvement , implying that the incident was just a minor altercation that got out of hand. It reminds me of how the RUC always used to instantly say that there appeared to be no sectarian motive whenever a catholic was murdered in the north.Media reports one or two days after the attacks about locals hearing members of the gang shouting at the two men to "get back to Poland " do not appear to have been followed up .
There seems to be a lot of wishful thinking going on . The mother of one of the two men has said that she hopes that they were not killed just because they were Polish . I hope that as well , but I have heard an increasing amount of anti-Polish/immigrant sentiment recently . These murders should be fully investigated before it is concluded that the men's nationality was not a factor in their murders.

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