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Richard Boyd Barrett
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councillor
Incumbent
Assumed office
June 2009
ConstituencyDun Laoghaire
Personal details
Born150px
1968
Died150px
Resting place150px
Political partyPeople Before Profit Alliance
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Websitewww.richardboydbarrett.ie

Richard Boyd Barrett (born 1968) is an Irish left-wing political activist. He is chairman of the Irish Anti-War Movement and is frequently cited in the Irish media. In March 2005 he attended the 3rd Cairo Anti-War Conference on International Campaign against US and Zionist Occupation, addressed by a senior Hamas figure, Mohammed Nasal, and Sheikh Hassan of the Muqtada Al-Sadr's group.

He is a member of the Trotskyist Socialist Workers Party, but contested the Dún Laoghaire constituency in the 2007 Irish general election for the People Before Profit Alliance. This identification was intended to broaden his support from non-socialist voters. In the run-up to the election he participated in high-profile campaigns against highrise development, bin and water charges, privatisation of hospitals and support for the Rossport Five. Boyd Barrett lost to incumbent Ciarán Cuffe of the Green Party, by 9910 votes to 7890 votes in the 10th count.

Adopted as a baby, he was born to actress Sinéad Cusack, with whom he was later reunited. This was revealed in the last week of his unsuccessful 2007 Dáil election campaign, during which Cusack, a vocal opponent of the Iraq War, canvassed for him. In the same year, he campaigned for the head of Al-Manar, the pro-Islamic Jihad TV station owned by Hezbollah, to be allowed to enter Ireland to attend a Dublin conference organised by the Irish Anti-War Movement. He argued that "banning the Hezbollah representative from Ireland amounted to the suppression of free public debate in this country".

In April 2009 he created a bit of controversy taking part in an Al-Aqsa Conference in the RDS in Dublin where Hamas paramilitary material, e.g. DVDs with instructions to suicide bombers, were openly on sale. In his speech he said the following:

“It is entirely legitimate to argue that Israel has no right to exist because it is not a normal state but a state built on violence, oppression and apartheid. We must convince people that Israel has no right to exist as long as it denies rights to Palestinians.”

In 2009, he contested the local elections for the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and was elected with 22.8% of the vote, more than 1000 votes over John Bailey, who came second.

In the course of the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council meeting on 11 October 2010, Richard Boyd Barrett was challenged by Councillor Richard Humphreys, Labour, to condemn Hamas, Hezbollah, the Iraqi jihadi insurgents and the Taliban, however he failed to condemn any of those organisations by name. He also failed to acknowledge Israel’s right to exist, however he objected to anti-Semitism in general. He will contest the forthcoming general election 2011 under a new umbrella group, United Left Alliance.

Notes

  1. ^ Taafe, Danielle (2007-06-27). "Cusack reunited with son she gave up for adoption". The Independent. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  2. "Gardaí relax Dromoland protest restriction". RTE. 2004-06-22. Retrieved 2007-08-14. After a meeting between the Gardaí and representatives of the movement in Portlaoise this afternoon, spokesperson Richard Boyd Barrett said that while they were pleased the protest would be allowed to go so close to Dromoland Castle, they were disappointed that a request to continue the protest afterwards to Shannon Airport had been turned down by the Gardaí.
  3. Donald, Niall (2007-06-03). "HARNEY THE DEAL BREAKER". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 2007-08-14. Yesterday, Richard Boyd Barrett of the Irish Anti-War Movement called on Tony Gregory and Finian McGrath not to enter government with Fianna Fáil. He said the independent TDs had pledged not to back a Government that allowed the US military use of Shannon Airport. Boyd Barrett added: "Anybody who signed the pledge on the issue of the use of Shannon by the US military I would expect should stick to their principles on the issue." {{cite news}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 147 (help)
  4. Maguire, Steven (2007-02-18). "JIM: LET U.S. TROOPS LAND IN DONEGAL". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 2007-08-14. But Richard Boyd Barrett of the Irish Anti-War Movement said: "It is hugely immoral for anyone and especially a GP like Dr McDaid to tout for business on the back of 650,000 lives being lost."
  5. "Agenda: This week's big issues". The Independent on Sunday. 2004-06-20. Retrieved 2007-08-14. This administration represents everything that is wrong with the priorities of the world we live in," says Richard Boyd Barrett, chairman of the Irish Anti-War Movement. "We want to be playing a part in driving George Bush out of power.
  6. "Irish Anti-War Movement". Cairo Conference Challenges US Propaganda. Retrieved 7 May 2005.
  7. ^ Law, Murphy (2007-07-07). "Socialist? Yes but not always". Sunday Mirror. Retrieved 2007-08-14.
  8. RTÉ Election website
  9. "Ciarán Cuffe". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
  10. "editorial". War of words over Islamist's Irish visit. Retrieved 7 October 2007-. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
  11. "Mary Fitzgerald". Violence in Gaza a 'victory' for Palestinians. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  12. "Mary Fitzgerald". Violence in Gaza a 'victory' for Palestinians. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  13. "Richard Humphreys". Humphreys shocked at Boyd Barrett support for extremist organisations. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  14. "Mary Minihan". Higgins and Boyd Barrett to contest election under left-wing alliance. Retrieved 26 November 2010.

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