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6.45am.

The Occupy Dame Street camp outside the Central Bank in Dublin has been dismantled in an early morning operation.Up to 100 gardaí and officials from Dublin Corporation were involved in the operation, which got underway at about 3.30am.

Occupy Dame Street Camp Has Been Cleared (RTE)

Pic Via Kris

Earlier:

Pics by Drowskaerf

The Faces Of Occupy Dame Street By Malachy Geelan (Broadsheet, October 30, 2011)

“Mr [Patrick] Honohan (above) said: “While not everyone is happy with their  being there, several people have said to me that their presence symbolises, albeit in a rather ambiguous and even incoherent way, the feelings of a large part of society in regard to what has gone wrong in the financial sector and with the banks.

“We don’t welcome their presence, but as long as no one is harmed or put in danger by them, we are not at present inclined to take action to have them moved away.”

Central Bank Won’t Evict Protestors (Jamie Deasy, Dublin People)

(Photocall Ireland)

 

Meanwhile, Miranda Wright writes:

I am very surprised you haven’t seen fit to draw the attention of your readers to the behaviour of Mr Mannix Flynn towards the Occupy Dame Street protest. Why is this? It would seem the good councillor is somewhat to the fore of having this protest removed. So,why not let your readers know about that and comment? From Saturday’s Irish Times:

The Independent councillor Mannix Flynn, who describes the protest as “past its sell-by date”, raised it at the council’s economic and planning strategic policy committee last week. It is examining the issue “as a matter of urgency”. “The council is not very proactive on these things,” he says. “It won’t act unless they receive a complaint.”An “official complaint” has now been received about alleged planning violations by the erection of semi-permanent dwellings, according to the council. “That matter is being investigated,” says a spokesman.

And here is the good councillor himself, thanks to the audio on RTE.ie: (about 0:21 in)

 

Moylough writes:

From a letter handed into the camp today [purportedly from Superintendent Joseph Gannon]

To whom it may concern,

I write in the context of the ad hoc conversations and consultations we have had with participants in the occupy dame street camp over the last number of months

I also write in the context of the upcoming St. Patrick’s day celebrations, due to be held in Dublin City centre over the weekend of the 16th to the 19th of March, next st. Patrick’s Day, as you will be aware, and in particular the parade through Dublin city, is an event that attracts huge numbers of tourists and visitors from abroad and elsewhere in the country.

An Garda Síochána is charged with policing the festival and our objective is always to ensure that all of the st. Patrick’s Day events and celebrations pass off smoothly and that all participants and the large crowds of spectators at the parade can access and egress the parade route without any risk or threat to their health and safety.

An Garda Síochána’s policing of major events is very much predicated on adherence to codes of practice governing major outdoor events and health and safety stipulations under health and safety legislation. In that context, we are concerned about the presence of significant amounts of wooden pallets and other hardware in and around your “camp”. at the central bank plaza.

To that end I am therefore asking you for your assistance and cooperation IN REMOVING THE OCCUPY DAME STREET CAMP in order to facilitate the holding of the St Patrick’s day parade and to ensure that it passes off without risk of injury or harm to members of the community and visitors and to the satisfaction of all concerned.I would be grateful to receive your response to this letter by telephone, e-mail or post at the above contact points by the 3rd of March 2012.

Your cooperation in this matter would be greatly appreciated.

Yours Sincerely,
Superintendent, Joseph Gannon