Malachy Steenson

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I know this term becomes very loaded but with population replacement, the vast majority of those people, of the 'new Irish', won’t have any loyalty to the Irish Nation, they might have a loyalty to the State but they won’t have any concept within themselves, and this is no fault of theirs, but their allegiance within themselves is to their original country. And they will have a vote because they’ve all been given citizenship. [5]

Beginning in 2022, Steenson began organising protests for far-right and anti-immigration causes. [14] [15] [2] [16] [17] [18] Steenson was a guest speaker at the Irish Freedom Party's annual conference in 2022. During his speaking time, Steenson criticised the Gardaí for supporting Gay Pride events and praised Donald Trump for appointing Supreme Court Judges who overturned Roe v Wade, which legislates for abortion in the United States. [5]

Steenson was elected at the 2024 Dublin City Council election as an independent candidate with support from National Party candidates. [4] During his candidacy, a man was arrested following an incident at Steenson's office which Steenson alleged was an attempt on his life. [19] Steenson also ran in the Dublin constituency for the European elections, where he received 7,128 (1.9%) first preference votes, [20] and was eliminated from the field of 23 candidates on the 12th count. [21]

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Malachy Steenson
Dublin City Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2024