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Dispatch · 24 Sep 2026

Dublin swaps its Christmas lights for a Winter Lights Festival.

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  • Dooley reports that Dublin City Council and the Lord Mayor will host a Winter Lights Festival this year, from mid-September to early February, just in time for St Bridget's Day. In recent years, he says, the city lit its famous Christmas lights in early December, part of a Christian tradition and heritage he believes many in power have been undermining. For the last couple of years the council called them "winter lights", and this year it cancelled them before Christmas and moved them to after it.
  • The Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor said he wanted to "invigorate" the city, bring more people in and attract more tourists. Dooley suggests he talk to his party leader, who is in New York riding the subway with the city's mayor, about making Dublin clean, safe and accessible for Dubliners. Many people, he says, do not want to go into the city and spend time there given the state it is in, and he calls the plan a PR stunt with sugar-coated measures that do not touch the crises ordinary people face.
  • He treats the lights as a symptom of a broader problem: the destruction of history, values, heritage and traditions that shape Irish identity. He recalls Micheál Martin saying the Irish people are not homogeneous and that sovereignty is an outdated idea, and argues the same people push this agenda through institutions such as Dublin City Council. A population with no attachment to its place and traditions is easier to control, Dooley says, and that suits the so-called elites and billionaires.
  • His own proposal is simple. Bring back the Christmas lights, switch them on in early December and keep them up until St Bridget's Day, which he calls an important day for Irish heritage and Christian tradition. Take pride in those traditions and celebrate them, he says, rather than sweeping them under the rug to avoid upsetting what he calls a small "progressive" part of the population.
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00:00

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. The globalist "wok" brigade in Dublin is doing great. This time the initiative comes from Dublin City Council and our Lord Mayor Daryl Fennon, who have announced that this year Dublin will host a Winter Lights Festival from mid- September to early February, just in time for St. Bridget's Day. In recent years, Dublin has lit its famous Christmas lights in early December, illuminating the city on Christmas Eve, a very important Christian tradition and heritage of Ireland,.

Which has been actively undermined in recent years by many in power. So for the last couple of years they've decided to call them " winter lights" during Christmas, instead of the "Christmas lights" we know them as. They tried to rename them winter lights. And this year they canceled the winter lights before Christmas and decided to have them after Christmas. Complete nonsense from Dublin City Council and the so-called authorities that are supposed to be looking after our city.

And I'm sure many advisors fully support this move. And the Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor said he wanted to " invigorate" the city, increase the flow of people and attract more tourists to Dublin. Interesting, isn't it? Maybe he should talk to his party leader, who is currently in New York, riding the subway with the mayor of New York, about revitalizing Dublin by creating a clean, safe, and accessible city for Dubliners. But that does n't bother these out-of-touch.

Globalist puppets who are pushing this crazy agenda all over Ireland. It is a symptom of a broader social illness that manifests itself in the destruction of our history, values, heritage, and traditions, which are critical to the formation of our identity.

02:44

Remember Michal Martin saying that the Irish people are

Remember Michal Martin saying that the Irish people are not homogeneous? All this nonsense he poured out on the people of Ireland. He also said that sovereignty is an outdated idea. These are the same people who are pushing this agenda through many institutions such as Dublin City Council. I personally suggest bringing back the Christmas lights, lighting them in early December and keeping them up until St.

Bridget's Day, which is a very important day for Irish heritage and Christian traditions, which are being neglected and destroyed today. But this is a broader globalist agenda where you have no attachment to your place, your identity, your values, and your traditions. And it's easier to control a population when you have no attachment to your history and traditions, of which Christmas lights are a part, and that's a very important component of what the globalists are essentially.

Trying to erase. So while some may laugh and joke about what is happening, there is a more serious, sinister agenda behind it that benefits those who are trying to advance it at the expense of ordinary people. And this nonsense about " activating the city", well, it's just absolute nonsense. Like I said before, when will they make it safe, clean, and accessible to people?

“Like I said before, when will they make it safe, clean, and accessible to people”

From Dublin, and we know that this is very far from reality right now given the state of Dublin, and many do not want to go to the city and spend time there. This is just a PR stunt with sugar-coated measures that do not address the deep-seated crises facing ordinary people. But again, this is a kind of deep-rooted sinister agenda that is aimed at destroying our national identity, our pride in our place, our pride in our identity,.

05:18

Culture and traditions, which, as I said, makes it

Culture and traditions, which, as I said, makes it easier for the so-called " elites" and billionaires to control people when you have no attachment to your historical and traditional values ​​in our country. So, let's begin. Bring back the Christmas lights, start taking pride in our heritage and our traditions and celebrate them. But don't sweep them under the rug, because you might upset a small percentage of the " progressive" part of the population that isn't interested in.

Traditions. So, thank you very much for your support. I really appreciate all my videos. Today I am in Dublin. Slán go foil. We'll hear from you soon. See you later.

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24 Sep 2026 · Government · 6:06

Dublin swaps its Christmas lights for a Winter Lights Festival.

Dublin City Council and the Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor have announced a Winter Lights Festival running from mid-September to early February, and Dooley calls it complete nonsense. For years the city lit its Christmas lights in early December, he says; the council first tried to rename them "winter lights" and this year moved them to after Christmas. The Lord Mayor says he wants to "invigorate" the city and draw more tourists, but Dooley answers that Dublin first needs to be clean, safe and accessible for Dubliners. He sees the change as part of a wider globalist agenda to erase history, values and traditions, and asks for the Christmas lights to come back.

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Dooley reports that Dublin City Council and the Lord Mayor will host a Winter Lights Festival this year, from mid-September to early February, just in time for St Bridget's Day. In recent years, he says, the city lit its famous Christmas lights in early December, part of a Christian tradition and heritage he believes many in power have been undermining. For the last couple of years the council called them "winter lights", and this year it cancelled them before Christmas and moved them to after it.
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The Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor said he wanted to "invigorate" the city, bring more people in and attract more tourists. Dooley suggests he talk to his party leader, who is in New York riding the subway with the city's mayor, about making Dublin clean, safe and accessible for Dubliners. Many people, he says, do not want to go into the city and spend time there given the state it is in, and he calls the plan a PR stunt with sugar-coated measures that do not touch the crises ordinary people face.
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He treats the lights as a symptom of a broader problem: the destruction of history, values, heritage and traditions that shape Irish identity. He recalls Micheál Martin saying the Irish people are not homogeneous and that sovereignty is an outdated idea, and argues the same people push this agenda through institutions such as Dublin City Council. A population with no attachment to its place and traditions is easier to control, Dooley says, and that suits the so-called elites and billionaires.
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His own proposal is simple. Bring back the Christmas lights, switch them on in early December and keep them up until St Bridget's Day, which he calls an important day for Irish heritage and Christian tradition. Take pride in those traditions and celebrate them, he says, rather than sweeping them under the rug to avoid upsetting what he calls a small "progressive" part of the population.
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6:06
Transcript · auto-captions, polish pending

Hello everyone

Hello everyone. The globalist "wok" brigade in Dublin is doing great. This time the initiative comes from Dublin City Council and our Lord Mayor Daryl Fennon, who have announced that this year Dublin will host a Winter Lights Festival from mid- September to early February, just in time for St. Bridget's Day. In recent years, Dublin has lit its famous Christmas lights in early December, illuminating the city on Christmas Eve, a very important Christian tradition and heritage of Ireland,.

Which has been actively undermined in recent years by many in power. So for the last couple of years they've decided to call them " winter lights" during Christmas, instead of the "Christmas lights" we know them as. They tried to rename them winter lights. And this year they canceled the winter lights before Christmas and decided to have them after Christmas. Complete nonsense from Dublin City Council and the so-called authorities that are supposed to be looking after our city.

And I'm sure many advisors fully support this move. And the Fianna Fáil Lord Mayor said he wanted to " invigorate" the city, increase the flow of people and attract more tourists to Dublin. Interesting, isn't it? Maybe he should talk to his party leader, who is currently in New York, riding the subway with the mayor of New York, about revitalizing Dublin by creating a clean, safe, and accessible city for Dubliners. But that does n't bother these out-of-touch.

Globalist puppets who are pushing this crazy agenda all over Ireland. It is a symptom of a broader social illness that manifests itself in the destruction of our history, values, heritage, and traditions, which are critical to the formation of our identity.

Remember Michal Martin saying that the Irish people are

Remember Michal Martin saying that the Irish people are not homogeneous? All this nonsense he poured out on the people of Ireland. He also said that sovereignty is an outdated idea. These are the same people who are pushing this agenda through many institutions such as Dublin City Council. I personally suggest bringing back the Christmas lights, lighting them in early December and keeping them up until St.

Bridget's Day, which is a very important day for Irish heritage and Christian traditions, which are being neglected and destroyed today. But this is a broader globalist agenda where you have no attachment to your place, your identity, your values, and your traditions. And it's easier to control a population when you have no attachment to your history and traditions, of which Christmas lights are a part, and that's a very important component of what the globalists are essentially.

Trying to erase. So while some may laugh and joke about what is happening, there is a more serious, sinister agenda behind it that benefits those who are trying to advance it at the expense of ordinary people. And this nonsense about " activating the city", well, it's just absolute nonsense. Like I said before, when will they make it safe, clean, and accessible to people?

“Like I said before, when will they make it safe, clean, and accessible to people”

From Dublin, and we know that this is very far from reality right now given the state of Dublin, and many do not want to go to the city and spend time there. This is just a PR stunt with sugar-coated measures that do not address the deep-seated crises facing ordinary people. But again, this is a kind of deep-rooted sinister agenda that is aimed at destroying our national identity, our pride in our place, our pride in our identity,.

Culture and traditions, which, as I said, makes it

Culture and traditions, which, as I said, makes it easier for the so-called " elites" and billionaires to control people when you have no attachment to your historical and traditional values ​​in our country. So, let's begin. Bring back the Christmas lights, start taking pride in our heritage and our traditions and celebrate them. But don't sweep them under the rug, because you might upset a small percentage of the " progressive" part of the population that isn't interested in.

Traditions. So, thank you very much for your support. I really appreciate all my videos. Today I am in Dublin. Slán go foil. We'll hear from you soon. See you later.

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