Threat allegedly made by convicted terrorist. A convicted terrorist who is one of the main players in organising anti-refugee protests has been arrested for threatening to burn down a hotel housing over 40 refugees. The chilling threat was allegedly made by the 43-year-old to a staff member of a hotel in Athy, Co Kildare which is currently hosing just over 40 asylum seekers. Most of these people are originally from Africa and they include 17 children, 21 women and three adult males. “It is alleged that this man threatened to burn down the hotel. He was due to be one of the main organisers of a protest tonight,” a source said. The dissident Republican has been prolific on social media with his criticism of the asylum seeker system in this country. He previously served an 18 month prison service imposed by the Special Criminal Court over two decades ago for membership of an illegal organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hEireann. The court heard that he was arrested as part of a garda investigation into a dissident Republican training camp at a bog in Co Kildare in 2001. It is not sure if his arrest will lead to the cancellation of the protest tonight at the hotel he allegedly threatened to burn down.
via independent.ie: Organiser of anti-refugee protests is arrested over threat to burn down hotel
siehe auch: Man charged with threatening to burn down asylum seeker accommodation Stephen O’Rourke, a supporter of the anti-immigration National Party, was ordered to stay 500 metres away from the hotel. A Co Kildare man has appeared in court charged with threatening to burn down a hotel in Athy being used to accommodate asylum seekers. Stephen O’Rourke, a supporter of the anti-immigration National Party, was ordered to stay 500 metres away from the hotel when he appeared in court on Thursday afternoon. He was also ordered not to contact its staff or residents. Mr O’Rourke (43), who lives in the town, had been helping to organise an anti-asylum protest planned for Athy on Thursday night, one of about a dozen demonstrations scheduled to take place around the country. He was arrested outside his home in Athy on Thursday morning as part of a Garda investigation into alleged threats to cause damage to the hotel.