27-04-2025
- Politics
- Irish Daily Mirror
Woman who used 'N' word in RTE doc parties in Conor McGregor's pub after protest
A woman caught using the 'N' word at the Coolock protests was among revellers at Conor McGregor's pub following a massive anti-immigration protest in Dublin.
Tracey Brougham, who the Irish Mirror previously revealed as the woman seen using vulgar racist language and appearing to strike a worker in an RTÉ documentary last year, was seen at a party at The Black Forge following the protest in the city centre on Saturday.
Dozens of McGregor's fans flocked to the Crumlin-based pub following the mass protest, which he encouraged at Dublin's Garden of Remembrance and took part in during the day.
Ms Brougham was seen in footage shared on social media by McGregor himself - toasting a young child playing bagpipes as fellow protestors gathered there on Saturday night.
It comes after she previously refused to speak to this paper when we called to her home following the airing of the RTÉ Investigates: Inside the Protests' programme in September last year.
Ms Brougham, who was seen cursing and using the 'N' word multiple times outside the former Crown Paints factory in Coolock, told us she doesn't want to comment on the disturbing footage - despite it openly showing her face.
Confronted by this paper outside her home, which is located close to the 'Coolock Says No' protest site, Ms Brougham was asked about the footage of her calling several workers 'dirty' and 'filthy' and whether she wanted to comment on it.
'No. I don't want to,' she said.
Asked why she did not want to comment on the footage, she said: 'I just don't.'
We asked Ms Brougham whether she regretted making derogatory racist remarks shown in the documentary, which exposed some of the actions of those involved in multiple anti-asylum seeker protests across the country last year.
I'm not answering any questions. I can't talk about it now,' she said.
In the documentary, led by investigative reporter Barry O'Kelly, Ms Brougham is seen and heard calling workers 'dirty filthy n******,' and telling them they are 'not wanted in this country.'
'None of yis are wanted, ye dirty filthy bastards,' she is also heard saying.
The programme also shows the woman attempting to strike a security guard across the head. She is also shown saying the 'N' word a further two times, telling those present at the site to 'get the f*ck out'.
Ms Brougham stated on her Linkedin social media page that she works for Digital Realty - a data centre company with multiple locations across Dublin.
Contacted about Ms Brougham's remarks on the RTE documentary, a spokesperson for Digital Realty said at the time: 'We have no comment at this time.'
The site of the former Crown Paints Factory in Coolock in Dublin was subjected to a blockade for more than 100 days after it was earmarked for use to accommodate asylum seekers.
The documentary focuses on the horrific events of July 15 last year in which the Garda Public Order Unit ultimately was called in to quell protests.
It also exposes how the Public Order Unit was initially called in to assist workers onto the site in the early hours of the morning - but was called off before things seriously escalated.
When those officers left, some protestors became violent, gained entry to the site and set fire to a JCB digger and mattresses. Several have been arrested and 26 people have appeared before the courts charged with alleged offences.
Speaking since the documentary came out, Garda Commissioner Harris said that he now believes it was the wrong decision for the public order unit to be stood down that morning.
'The public order unit was on duty, it was stood down at 7am," he said.
'In hindsight, that was not the right decision. We've accepted that, and that's already been covered with the Policing Authority,' he said.
