The Irish Water protest around Merrion Square, Dublin this afternoon
Thanks Barbara McCarthy, Graeme Kelly, Stephen Maher, Sam Boaland Brainer
Meanwhile…
Merrion Square this lunchtime Thanks Mark Donaghy Spotted at the bottom of Grafton Street.
The sinister fringe in Merrion Street.
Thanks Gaffy Stewen
(Thanks Wafflewaitress)
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Great, another evening spending hours trying to get home from work.
Poor Ruth
Imagine how bad you’d feel if you had anything worth going home to.
Heart: bleeding.
Look homeward angel now, and melt with Ruth.
I presume that’s cos you are out marching with the rest of us Ruth, yes?
Ah, sure you’ll be grand.
She hasn’t had a good while to plan around this. oh wait
Live Feed: http://www.aertv.ie/live/live-from-the-water-protest/
Just clicked on that link and it seems to be only Sinn Fein people there.
Literally only found it and so far Lorcan Collins & Gerry Adams have made speeches. I don’t know the Agenda today and who the full list of speakers are and who they represent. I find the atmosphere interesting…..
It irritates me no end when there’s a massive public protest and it ends up with a bunch of the usual politicians giving speeches. The people aren’t marching for you so fupp off.
Was by there on my lunchtime. You’re spot on.
Where were the unusual politicians? Oh somewhere far away giving their spin.
Ah Sinn Fein, so predictable – Anti-British in Northern Ireland, Anti-EU in the south… Imagine what Ireland would be like under an isolationist Sinn Fein?
Of course, they’d never be ‘officially’ be Anti-American too – because America is where they get their money from (when it isn’t stolen, or doesn’t come from the proceeds of extortion, diesel laundering etc)
But of course, people have short memories….
Cheers Spaghetti Hoop
Thanks Hoop, but what a let down to hear Gerry harping on about ‘a new republic’. Piggy backing clown. Using this to suit his own agenda.
I thought it was only the other parties that played politics
Cheers Hoop, was looking for one of those :)
I wanted to see how the Sinn Fein *bandwagonism… I mean, voter recruitment drive was going.
* Why bandwagonism? The Shinners put in place the system to privatise water in the North. Mary Lou and co were fine about charges a few months ago, then they realised there be votes to be conned and changed their tune.
‘Tis how I see it, so it is, so it is
Really? You’ve never mentioned before. On any of your many accounts.
Well. Consider us now informed.
:0)
Crap picture
This post should be titled “While You Were Working”
Wanking
While you were wanking
Wanker
Now, now. Stop projecting, Frills!
Too early huh?
Or…“While You Were Working We Marched On Your Behalf” ; )
Not on my behalf..
Grow a pair.
A pair of what? I have no issue paying for services I use.
Twice.
Unless of course, Art, you’re lucky enough to get a lunch break, as I was.
Poor you
@ ArtVandelay – posting on BS does not equal working. You may be at work but you’re not working.
Thanks Buzz for the clarification.
I’m not that one. I’m this one.
Industrious.
Is that you Pennypacker?
Pennypacker? Detective Garda Jim Fitzgerald to you, ya pup.
Thanks for marching on my behalf all
I didn’t march, so no need to thank me!
how many there? 10,000? 100,000?
Crowd still moving down Nassau at ever as of moments ago so v hard to judge yet
Goosey Lucy – you are the (wo)man on the spot. keep the updates coming as you get them!
Count all the legs and divide by 2………
I’m hearing that 2 sides of Merrion Square filled amounts to 50K…
far as I can see on the west side of merrion sq facing govt buildings there’s about 2 people per m2 by my rec.
wide cross-section young and old
I had to leave the area down to Pearse st to get a proper signal, interestingly emobile just went off the air for a bit not jammed, just OFFLINE (mayby a bit sinister, wha? haha ;)
…..mostly Austerity Alliance and PBP from what I see in the thick of it and they were both signing up a lot of people at makeshift desks (maybe you’re fupped Enda, go ahead and ring Angela and Goldman now like a good fella)….yes some Sinn Fein but in the minority in that immediate area but saw another crowd mainly SF from looks of it marching to GPO which not sure if on agenda…
no anger or violence just an awful lot of determined people
the RTÉ live feed says the Gardai are refusing to estimate. Different spokespeople for anti-water charge groups have said 70-80K or 100K
of course they did, been there a couple of times but no where near 100k, 50k at the very most.
just think of a croke park crowd and compare, it’s not even close
The gardai are now saying “30K plus”
delusional or blinkered…just like your current government I guess
sorry you didn’t get those low numbers you hoped for, dear oh dear the optics
I can’t wait to see kennys face when he fails to keep even his own seat come GE time, can you?
Can’t afford water, well sure, here’s a coupon for a discount golf bag…. and a bottle of water.
WTF like :)
Don’t have the time to protest, just not gonna register with IW or pay any bill until they threaten to jail me.
The local businesses scuttle in there with their advertisements like rats, on a day when people are standing up for what they see as a human right. Ugh! Ireland is becoming an obnoxious hole. They never miss a chance to sell some sh1t
“I can’t afford to pay the water charges, but maybe I need some new Golf gear”.
That top pic is the jobbie