Saturday, February 25, 2006
March called off after violent clashes with Gardai
As both the BBC and RTÉ report, the march in Dublin, organised by Willie Frazer and FAIR, has been called off after a counter-demonstration by Republican Sinn Féin descended into violent confrontation with Gardai officers, the BBC report that journalists were also attacked. Irish blogs cover it too, with some photos at the Dossing Times - lifting an image from the Dublin traffic cameras site - and Back Seat Driver Dick O’Brien provides an eye-witness account
Pete Baker @ 02:35 PM
As a foreigner living here for more than 1 1/2 years I can’t understand one thing:
- I knew about the march last Saturday. For over a week. I had the feeling it was totaly absurd to have this march go on.
- I was warned by my collegue by e-mail last Thursday. He heared from a taxi-driver there will be a lot of trouble in the city centre and he was warned not to go there this Saturday.How can the Gardaí and the politicians have missed this so badly?
There had to be a lot more signals to pick this up as a riot much earlier.I don’t know if it was mostly Northern people that came rioting here. From what I’ve read in the paper, there where a lot of 14 year olds.
If this is an example of the new generation, there is never going to be one goverment on this island for the next 70 years.Daniel
Posted by on Feb 27, 2006 @ 07:34 PMDon`t you just love it!!
This is what the norhern prod has had to put up with for 30 -50- 100 years.
so sombody shit on their own doorstep
don`t you just love it.(it was all the marchers fault coming down here with their proddy ways polluting the noble home of er murdering republicans)
A few more “parades” and Dublin will disappear from the tourist map- keep up the good work ladsPosted by on Feb 27, 2006 @ 07:45 PM
