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The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Facebook Group Says Nope To The Pope

Tickets for Pope Francis's visit to Ireland are now available, but not everyone who books them is pl...
TodayFM
TodayFM

5:05 PM - 26 Jun 2018



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

Facebook Group Says Nope To The Pope

TodayFM
TodayFM

5:05 PM - 26 Jun 2018

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Tickets for Pope Francis's visit to Ireland are now available, but not everyone who books them is planning on going.

Jonathan Keane is a subscriber to 'Say Nope to the Pope', a Facebook group which is protesting against the Pope's visit.

Their plan is to book as many tickets as possible to the event and not turn up.

Jonathan himself booked 800 tickets, using different email addresses. He says he has had enough of the Catholic Church as "it's scandal after scandal."

"I was brought up as a Catholic, but as I got older I realised what was going on. I do not want to be part of that organisation."

The group's membership numbered 3,000 on Monday and has gone up to 5,000 in the last 24 hours. Jonathan says people are not just booking one or two tickets at a time, but "60 to 100."

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