Lee: “The simple answer? Because I love my country.”
Steven Bennett, 40: “To fight for the people and help be a voice for the 99 per cent.”
Mark, 32: “I’m a big reader of history so it’s obvious to me what will happen if nobody stands up and says ‘stop’.”
Dara Molloy, 28. “As Ghandi says: ‘You must be the change you wish to see in the world’.”
Sharon Barry, 39: “I am here for my children.”
Freya Johnson, 25: “I came here because my boyfriend was here but I am staying because it is genuinely inspiring.”
Finbar Markey, 36: “The culmination of a life’s experiences and learning and to be part of a global movement for change.”
Christy, 47: “I was made redundant two years ago and lost everything.”
Rob Wilson, 37: “I am here because of the failure of our government to protect its people and our soveriegnty.”
Aubrey Robinson , 30: “I am fed up where this country is going and I wanted to make a positive step.”
Eric Barry (with mum Sharon, above), 12: “I am here because I’m not old enough to borrow money but I still owe money on what happened. It’s not the real world.”
Some of the protesters camping outside the Central Bank on Dame Street, Dublin.
Photographed on Sunday, October 30 for Broadsheet by Malachy Geelan.