‘People have a right to be angry’ says MEP candidate on a generation left behind
An independent candidate running in the European election says “people have a right to be angry” and he can relate to their anger around the housing and cost of living crises.
Brendan Ogle, who is running as a candidate for Dublin, is concerned by how people’s genuine anger is being targeted towards migrants as opposed to those in power.
The Dundalk native is a trade union official with Unite the Union and was part of the ESB strike in the 2000s, as well as the Right2Water campaign.
After decades of being part of the trade union movement, he has decided to take the plunge and run in the upcoming European elections.
Speaking to BreakingNews.ie while putting up the last of his election posters, he says: “People have a right to be angry. I can relate to their anger to be honest.
“Anger is not a policy though it might be justifiable, but it will not solve anything. The hardest thing to do when you are looking for solutions is to push up against power.”
He says the problem is that…
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