Mayor of Limerick City wants road signs in Polish and “African”
New city official wants Ireland’s non-nationals to feel more at home in Ireland
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Mayor of Limerick City, Gerry McLoughlin, wants to see streets signs in Polish and “African” in his city, in order to make non-nationals feel more at home.

Currently, most road signs in Ireland feature English with an Irish translation but it seems this representative wants to go one step further.

The Limerick Leader newspaper says the move will embrace the city’s foreign national population, from Europe and Africa.

McLoughlin said, “I am passionate about bringing everyone together. I was an immigrant myself: I have family abroad still in Wales and Australia so I understand what it is like. We have thousands of Poles and other foreign nationals here.”

He continued, “I would like to see some Polish and African signs going up.”

This would be the first time signs in an urbanized area would be translated. However, previously in 2006, Laois County Council sought to have road signs translated into Polish to reduce the number of fatalities.

One local Polish woman Magdalena Kakol, who comes from near Gdansk, welcomed the idea.
She said, “One of my friends has been living here for more than one year and she still has a problem with the street signs. So I think this would be really good for us. It would also help a lot of tourists: my sister is coming here for two weeks later this summer, so I can ask her to meet me in different places, and she will understand.”

Limerick’s city manager Kieran Lehane said this change would need to come in the form of a motion to the council’s transportation and infrastructure meeting and it would then be investigated by the city council’s roads department.

Councillor Ger Fahy, chairman of the transport committee, also welcomed the idea.

He said “In principle, I think we should look at issues which promote the city from a national and European point of view. We do have a sizeable population of Polish people, and this should be taken into consideration. But before any decision is made, we have to look at the wider situation: if we agree to extend our signs to different language, we have to ensure it does not get out of hand.”

As well as the change to street signs, McLoughlin suggested a forum for non-nationals living in Ireland.

He said, “We have a lot to learn from them. They are also citizens of our city, so let’s embrace them. They came here as asylum seekers, they are now part of Limerick.”

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Polish girl, Magdalena Kakol showing how O'Connell Street would be named in Polish PICTURE: Adrian Butler

Polish girl, Magdalena Kakol showing how O'Connell Street would be named in Polish PICTURE: Adrian Butler

By Nick Rabbitts
Published on Monday 2 July 2012 14:46

IN A bid to make non-Irish nationals feel more at home, Mayor Gerry McLoughlin wants to see the city’s street signs in Polish - and “African”.

At present, all street signs across Ireland are displayed in English, then Irish.

But the new mayor wants to see Limerick go a step further - and embrace its sizeable population from Europe and Africa by including further translations.

“I am passionate about bringing everyone together. I was an immigrant myself: I have family abroad still in Wales and Australia so I understand what it is like. We have thousands of Poles and other foreign nationals here,” he explained, “I would like to see some Polish and African signs going up,” he said in an interview with the Limerick Leader.

Polish translations for some of the city centre streets include Ulica O’Connell (O’Connell Street), Ulica Re jsy (Cruises Street) and Półksiezyc (The Crescent).

It would not be the first time the Polish language has been thought of as official signage in Ireland: in 2006, Laois County Council sought to include Polish on road signs to reduce the number of fatalities.

But it would be the first time signs in an urbanised area would be translated.

Magdalena Kakol, who comes from near Gdansk, welcomed the idea.

“One of my friends has been living here for more than one year and she still has a problem with the street signs. So I think this would be really good for us. It would also help a lot of tourists: my sister is coming here for two weeks later this summer, so I can ask her to meet me in different places, and she will understand,” said Magdalena, who works in Spar, Catherine Street.

In addition to this, Mayor McLoughlin also wants to see a forum for non-nationals.

“We have a lot to learn from them. They are also citizens of our city, so let’s embrace them. They came here as asylum seekers, they are now part of Limerick,” he said.

City manager Kieran Lehane said any change in Limerick’s street signs would need to come in the form of a motion to the council’s transportation and infrastructure meeting.

It would then be investigated by the city council’s roads department.

Chairman of the transport committee, Cllr Ger Fahy cautiously welcomed the idea.

He said: “In principle, I think we should look at issues which promote the city from a national and European point of view. We do have a sizeable population of Polish people, and this should be taken into consideration. But before any decision is made, we have to look at the wider situation: if we agree to extend our signs to different language, we have to ensure it does not get out of hand.”
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http://thoughtactioneire.blogspot.ie/2012/07/family-values-defended-in-limerick.html Family Values Defended in Limerick

Following on from the successful day in Ennis, leaflets were distributed in Limerick on Saturday. Recently the Mayor of Limerick, a member of the Labour party has called for the city’s street signs to be also displayed in Polish - and “African”. This was met with local opposition. More recently this same Mayor, Gerry McLoughlin has called for ‘gay marriage’. Interestingly, Sinn Fein’s northside councillor Maurice Quinlivan supported his motion. This comes as Sinn Féin supported “same-sex marriage” with a motion passed in Cork City Council.

It can be concluded that a vote for Labour or Sinn Féin is a vote for abortion, more immigration, and “gay marriage”. Whilst the Mayor of Limerick might believe homosexuality to be natural, it is a disorder that can be cured.

There was a positive reaction to our leaflet and people took more to circulate at meetings and to distribute in their community.

With this latest appointment of Tony O’Brien to the HSE, a focus is on an ideological attack on the family. There is an attack on young people and morality.

Limerick has several ‘Family Planning’ clinics. Do the directors and employees of these ‘clinics’ tell people about Margaret Sanger and her ideas on contraception, abortion and eugenics?

An enemy to these proponents of “birth control” is the family and children.They hate the family and children. A recent example is that sad case in China. The woman was forced to abort at seven months and the image of the dead baby shocked the world.

The answer to the evils of abortion is to have children and the family unit is the bedrock of an ordered society.

Abortion and birth control is big business. An industry that brings about misery and death.

The real lover of his people protects all the Nation, the weak, the disabled the poor, the elderly and the unborn.

http://thoughtactioneire.blogspot.ie/2012/08/social-welfare-system-polish-charity.html Social Welfare System a “Polish Charity”

Whilst the majority of people have stated Judge Mary Devins was correct when she recently said that the Irish Social Welfare is a “Polish Charity”, the liberal politically correct brigade are angered by the comments. It is a reality that the majority of the Polish Nationals coming to Ireland arrive for the generous social welfare and child benefits. Others are the cheap labour of the white liberal, the Irish boss, who would rather hire cheap foreign labour than provide Irish Jobs for Irish Workers.

Limerick City is one example of an Irish city with a large Polish population. The same city has Doras Luimní, a centre for immigrants. The Mercy Sisters, now solid liberals manage this centre. On this point it must be remembered that Patriotism is a virtue extolled by the Church. Homogenous societies, are, also, perfectly acceptable to Catholic teaching in every way. A reality also is the majority of women involved in prostitution in Ireland are immigrant women.

The multi-racial, multi-cultural and multi-faith society is not in the interests of the indigenous people or the arriving immigrant. The reality is for the Poles that they do want to return home. Poland is home. Patriots must realise an enemy is the one breaking up the Nations, the enemy is those who promote multi-culturalism, race mixing, immigration, the break up of peoples and Nations.
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http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/limerick-mayor-supports-gay-marriage-but-council-colleagues-against-it-1-4043959

By Nick Rabbitts
Published on Wednesday 11 July 2012 13:05

MAYOR Gerry McLoughlin was at the centre of a political row last night after he indicated he would seek councillors’ support in a vote to back gay marriage.

But immediately, a number of Fine Gael councillors expressed concerns over the plan, designed to put pressure on the government to legalise the marriage of same-sex couples.

After Cork City Council joined Belfast City Council in backing gay marriage, Mayor McLoughlin has said he will approach party leaders at City Hall with a view to debating the matter at an autumn meeting.

He has been backed by Sinn Fein’s northside councillor Maurice Quinlivan, whose party lodged the motion in Cork. Fellow Labour councillor Tom Shortt is also supportive.

But Cllr Michael Hourigan, Cllr Cormac Hurley and Cllr Jim Long have expressed concerns the motion may not get cross-party support.

Despite this, Mayor McLoughlin may broach the subject as early as today when party leaders meet.

“Being gay is natural. I have many gay friends, and it is normal at the end of the day. They are no different from anybody else.”

He confirmed that he will speak to fellow councillors and see if they are willing to endorse it.

“Then I will think about running with it. But I’d like the views of all the council members, because it will have to be passed by a majority,” he said.

When contacted by the Leader, a number of councillors declined to comment publicly on the matter.

However, northside Fine Gael councillor Hourigan said he will support the wishes of his own party.

But on a personal level he has mixed feelings.

“I can see problems arising for people in this situation, and it can become very difficult for them. There are arguments on both sides, but what it comes down to is the [recognition of] children, and this is the most important matter,” he said.

Cllr Hurley simply said: “I would not be in favour of this. I won’t go into the reasons though.”

Cllr Long said he is keeping “an open mind” on the issue.

“It could divide a lot of people: we should take the views of the majority into account. I know it was passed in Cork, but where do we stop being politically correct,” he asked.

Cllr Maria Byrne gave a cautious welcome to the idea, while Cllr Quinlivan said he would approach the Mayor personally on the matter.

“I would hope any motion gets majority support in the council. It will put the government under pressure to enact the legislation,” he said.

http://www.joergsteegmueller.com/2012/07/03/mayor-of-limerick-what-an-eejit/ I am of the strong opinion that Irish Mayors are a waste of space. This is not necessarily (only) their fault, but they all are complicit in keeping the nonsensical alive.

However, it is one thing to be in a nonsensical role and it is another thing to to come up with stupid ideas and to promote them in the media. The new mayor of Limerick, Gerry McLoughlin, seems to have superseded all of them on the stupidity scale this week, when he suggested that Limerick’s street signs should also be in Polish and in “African” to make foreigners living there feel more at home.

www.limerickleader.ie/news/local/mayor-of-limerick-wants-polish-street-signs-1-4011509

Do I even have to say more to that? I am sure everyone sees that there is sooo much wrong with even just the idea.

Oh, by the way, there are an estimated 3000 (!!) African languages!

http://www.labour.ie/gerrymcloughlin/ Elected to Limerick City Council in the local elections of 2004 as an Independent Councillor, he joined the Labour Party in November 2006.