A video from last night’s protest over the treatment of ‘Migrant X’ on Dublin’s O’Connell Street.
Previously: Not In Our Name
Via USI Ireland
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Dun Laoghaire this morning.
(Thanks Anon)
April 2014
Earlier today
The end of the adorably hatstand Pro-Choice/ProLife glowering shopfront-off on Dublin’s Berkeley Street.
Mmf.
(Pix: Oisín Kane)
Members and supporters of the Animal Rights Action Network protest outside Dublin Castle where Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney is holding an animal welfare conference to discuss the new ‘Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013’.
Pics via Conor K. P. Lynch
[Taoiseach Enda Kenny outside Bar Electric on the South Mall in Cork this morning]
Mr Kenny is in Cork to launch Fine Gael MEP candidate Senator Deirdre Clune’s campaign.
Alan Healy tweetz:
Anti-water tax protesters welcoming the Taoiseach to Cork. At Bar Electric.
Previously: Water Protest Casualty
UPDATE: A video from the Irish Examiner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qwsKQ4u4I8
Stay for the chanting and clapping.
Eoin English tweetz:
The latest Irish Water meter protest – in Elmvale, Cork. It brings to four the number of such blockades in the area.
Oh, it’s on.
Previously: Water Protests Everywhere
Pic: Eoin English
[Resident Brian Gould (top) protests against the installation of Irish Water meters in Ashbrook Heights, Togher, Cork city, as gardaí arrive at the estate this morning]
Member of the Ballyphehane and South Parish Anti Water and Property Tax group started to block Irish Water contractors from carrying out their water meter installation work at around 9.30am yesterday morning, while some of the estate’s residents parked their cars over the stop-cock valves outside their homes to stop the installation work.
Eoin English, of the Irish Examiner, reports this morning that the gardaí arrived around noon and the work resumed some time later.
However, this morning both the Irish Water contractors and the protesters have returned to the estate with gardaí warning the protesters this morning that they face arrest if they continue to block the contractors.
Stand-off as Cork residents vow to continue Irish Water protests (Eoin English, Irish Examiner)
Pics: Eoin English
Update:
Resident Peter McMahon shows off a sign his 11 year old son made as water meter stand off continues in Togher #Cork pic.twitter.com/ZlmSUGkHFW
— Eoin English (@EoinBearla) April 23, 2014
Cake!
Annette Hughes, as Marie Antoinette (top) and Gerard Tier and his two-year-old daughter Kyria (above) joined members and supporters of the Anti-Austerity Alliance to protest outside Leinster House, Kildare Street this morning calling for rent control and new social housing construction.
Laura writes:
“Gerard and his family have been living in emergency accommodation in hotels for the past six months as he can’t find anywhere that will accept rent allowance. Local election candidate in the Mulhuddart ward, for the protest.”
Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland
Scenes from a demonstration held by the Irish Postmasters’ Union last night with Mattie McGrath (2nd pic) and Michael Healy-Rae TD speaking, above.
The protesters claim a new partnership between An Post and Tesco will destroy the Irish post office network in two years. The Tesco deal will see Tesco staff, not bound by the Official Secrets Legislation, provide post office-like services from Tesco supermarkets.
The protesters last night called on the Government to make a clear plan to sustain post offices throughout Ireland.
Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland
A protest outside the Pakistani embassy in Kabul this morning.
Awankend.
Classic youth movement in fairness.
(H/T: Ronan F)