May 1st is going to be a big day for all us irish non-conformists,anti-capitalists,anarchists,leftys,hippies,libertarians so its a day of action in Dublin so all of you are invited!
Cant wait.

I am a European Studies student who has 6 visitors from accession countries visiting Dublin to celebrate their entry into the EU.
We do not want the day to be destroyed by you ignorant thugs who just use May Day as an excuse to destroy other people's property and livelihoods.
TAKE YOUR BONGO DRUMS AND FUCK OFF
The EU has done more for Ireland and the peoples of Europe than you freeloaders realise.
The 10 new member states will benefit greatly as we have done, their neighbouring states will also benefit hugely from the EU.
Spend your time educating yourselves about the issues, not protesting against things you obviously havent taken the time to understand.
Dont come to Dublin to ruin this day for decent Europeans.
stay at home listening to the levellers instead, have a bath, or maybe even try and get off your lazy ass and find a job.

Just a little reply to our one-dimensional friend 'adrian'. I am a politics student and have studied the EU in depth, and there are a few things i would like to say:

First of all, I'd like to point out to everyone reading this (even the anticapitalistas among us) that the EU was essentially created in order to prevent further catastrophic wars and hatred that have existed in Europe for centuries. In this respect, its aims were INITIALLY very honourable. However, it is a fundamentally economic partnership that has several serious moral problems, and these are just a few:

1. The EU is undemocratic. This is not because it is deliberately so, but because the leaders of the member states refuse to legitimise it by doing so. Also, a great deal of the most important meetings take place 'in camera' (i.e. secretly).
2. The intergovernmentalism of the EU means that those members who are economically or militarily powerful, or those who have high populatins have most power, and time and time again they sweep away any voices that challenge their fundamentally nation-centric outlook. Therefore any internationalism, environmentalism or alternative view is subsumed to a significant degree.
3. The EU serves as a way of internalising its economic growth and relative affluence, and keeping capital and trading assets in, and foreigners out. A small part of this is genuinely due to overpopulation, but the large part has no justifiable reason except for very subtle racism and monetary irreverence towards the Global South.
4. Partly related to point 3, this economic deal that underlies the EU allows it to set very high external trade tarriffs. This runs contrary to what it advocates to less economically powerful countries, and also the favouritism that this arrangement creates means that European countries have a far greater chance of enabling investment in the Global South, as well as very cheap exports that flood Southern markets. This results in job losses, decrease in GDP, GNP, and mounting international debt and poverty for such countries.

Finally, i will concede that there will be anger on the streets of Dublin, but not as an excuse for mindless vandalism. Those protesting in May will have serious moral issues with the EU, such as those outlined above. I therefore emplore those such as Adrian to think very hard before placing offensive abuse upon sites like this. We are trying to make the world better for our children, and that's a hell of a lot better than whatever you're doing right now.