Post #10264

There's some disagreement with the rally attendance figures today. RTÉ reports "more than 5,000" attended the rally, with 2,000 counter-protesters at the GPO. Meanwhile, rally organiser Malachy Steenson claimed 50,000 showed up and I get why he’d say that. In 2023, both RTÉ and the Irish Times uncritically parroted a claim that 50,000 people had attended an anti-racism themed 'Rally for All'. RTÉ cited an organiser’s estimate without scrutiny, while the Irish Times flatly stated it as fact. Yet compare the photos above taken from the drone footage in 2023 and the drone footage today. The Rally for All crowd was no larger than today’s rally. Using the streetcam footage, I tallied 6,500–10,000 marchers today with ~1,000 counter-protesters at the GPO. But if Official Ireland is still committed to the rubber-stamp job they did on the 50,000 count for the Rally for All in 2023, they should at least be consistent and use Malachy's 50,000 count for the rally today. 👉🏻join Late Stage Ireland