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. [6]

Beginning in 2022, Steenson began organising protests for far-right and anti-immigration causes. [18] [19] [2] [20] [21] [22] 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. [6]

Steenson was elected at the 2024 Dublin City Council election as an independent candidate with support from National Party candidates. [5] During his candidacy, a man was arrested following a public order incident at Steenson's office. Steenson, who was not present at the time of the incident, described it as an "assassination attempt". [23] Steenson also ran in the Dublin constituency for the European elections, where he received 7,128 (1.9%) first preference votes, [24] and was eliminated from the field of 23 candidates on the 12th count. [25]

Steenson ran for election in the Dublin Central constituency of the 2024 Irish general election as an Independent endorsed by the far-right National Alliance. [26] [27] He was eliminated on the sixth count. [26]

References

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  2. 1 2 O’Keeffe, Cormac (10 June 2024). "No 'revolution' but landmark result for two far-right candidates in local elections". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  3. Gallagher, Conor (1 December 2024). "Far-right candidates fail to break through, defying global trends". Irish Times . Retrieved 5 June 2025.
  4. Stacey, Pat (16 July 2024). "The Locals review: Misjudged RTÉ documentary on local elections gives too much airtime to the toxic far-right". Irish Independent . Retrieved 5 June 2025. Malachy Steenson, a far-right candidate, is sharing his obnoxious extremist beliefs.
  5. 1 2 McMorrow, Conor (9 June 2024). "Baby & son elected amid 'revolution' - 5 late takeaways". RTÉ News . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Profile: Malachy Steenson" . The Phoenix . 15 December 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
  7. "Dublin man on gaming charges". Evening Herald. 25 May 1990. p. 8. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  8. "Slots charge is dropped". Evening Herald. 20 July 1990. p. 8. Retrieved 3 June 2025.
  9. 1 2 3 Sherry, Alan (19 June 2024). "Gangland killer's 'cover-up' girl now on anti-immigration campaign trail". Sunday World. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  10. 1 2 3 Sherry, Alan (10 June 2024). "Anti-immigrant candidate Malachy Steenson slammed for tribute to left-wing republican". Sunday World .
  11. O'Doherty, Caroline (9 March 2006). "Bid to open pub on Stardust site delayed after relatives' legal move". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  12. "European Parliament Election 2024". The Journal . 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  13. "Four candidates eliminated in Dublin South". Irish Examiner . 26 February 2011. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  14. 1 2 Millar, Scott (7 December 2010). "First of budget protests begins at Dáil". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  15. O'Connell, Hugh (9 November 2012). "Varadkar: 'If the government made a mistake we accept that'". The Journal . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  16. O’Brien, Paul (18 October 2012). "State 'kowtowed' to churches over care of children: Gilmore". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  17. Hough, Jennifer (19 April 2012). "Group to fight water charges". Irish Examiner . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
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  19. O'Connell, Hugh (14 September 2023). "Anti-migrant campaigner defends protesters shouting abuse at politicians and calls scenes outside Dáil a 'minor skirmish'". Irish Independent.
  20. O'Keeffe, Cormac; Phelan, Ciara (11 January 2023). "Gardaí assess risk from planned 'anti-refugee' protests". Irish Examiner.
  21. Murray, Sean (13 January 2023). "Man charged over threats to burn down asylum hotel". Irish Examiner.
  22. Clifford, Mick (13 January 2023). "Mick Clifford: Far-right effort to generate hate is a damp squib". Irish Examiner.
  23. Pepper, Diarmuid (17 May 2024). "Man arrested on public order charge after incident involving European candidate Malachy Steenson". The Journal . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  24. McCarron, Jack; Coughlan, Mark (9 June 2024). "Right on? How fringe and anti-immigration candidates are faring". RTÉ News . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  25. "European Election: Dublin results". The Irish Times . 9 June 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  26. 1 2 "Election 2024: Dublin Central". RTÉ News . 1 December 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  27. Ryan, Órla (27 November 2024). "Far-right parties form National Alliance in bid to win general election seats". The Journal . Retrieved 25 February 2025.
Malachy Steenson
Dublin City Councillor
Assumed office
June 2024