Ciaran’s Peculier [sic] Blog

The government has announced new legislation against beggars. Although it seems so cuddly and anodyne it will be used specifically against members of the Travelling community, “fucking foreigners” and “black Romanian bastards”. The gardai will have a field day. Non nationals will be specifically at risk of falling foul of the new legislation which is supposed to target those who threaten, interfere or annoy those from whom they are supplicating alms. So any bigot or right-wing shopkeeper can say that he has been threatened or that his customers have been annoyed by a non-national, who might very well be doing nothing worse than selling copies of the Big Issue. Now remember that many non-nationals have a poor command of English. He or she will not be able to stand up for themselves whyen PC Pig arrives and will be arrested and brought to the local cop shop, and we all know how much the gardai hate calling interpreters.
One positive aspect of the legislation will become apparent next summer when any of the hoors, especially the FFers, coming begging for people’s votes. I for one intend to tell them “Be off you lazy curs, or I’ll ger the guards!”

It’s curious that the legislation was brought in because of concerns that Ireland’s beggars were affecting our tourism industry and business sector. The Indian government for one will be keenly watching how things develop.