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Protest March 27/11/2010

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    #602
    Owwmykneecap
    Registered Users Posts: 2,237 ✭✭✭Owwmykneecap


    andrewdeerpark wrote: »
    Do you think in China you would get 10 years of protest and impass! With appeals, reviews, etc...

    Their is a reason why China is the world's powerhouse economy currently and the lack of protest is one.... not saying that is correct however most foreign exploration companies will not touch Ireland currently because of the difficulties Shell had over this Gas field.

    I do wonder some times, how do the Rossport protestors drive a car, take a flight or live their modern lives such is their lack of faith in modern engineering.

    They also execute people in the back of vans, arrest people for retweeting and disappear anyone remotely dissident.


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    #603
    Killer Pigeon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,132 ✭✭✭Killer Pigeon


    It's snowing! Fuck the protest, the economy and the government, I'm going out to play in the snow. YAY!!


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    #604
    Mr Benevolent
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    March is off. 1cm of snow will shut the whole city down.


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    #605
    Killer Pigeon
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    Confab wrote: »
    March is off. 1cm of snow will shut the whole city down.

    Can you confirm? I mean the march is 6 hours away, I'm sure a lot of the snow would have melted away by then.


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    #606
    Mr Benevolent
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    Killer Pigeon wrote: »
    Can you confirm? I mean the march is 6 hours away, I'm sure a lot of the snow would have melted away by then.

    Nah, I can't confirm, I was being flippant. But the forecast says there's more snow on the way, temperatures won't rise much above freezing and Irish people are lazy.


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    #607
    expectationlost
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    http://www.independent.ie/national-news/gardai-plan-crackdown-on-troublemakers-at-protest-2438316.html

    Garda Commissioner Fachtna Murphy made it clear yesterday that contingency plans will be in place to deal with groups who refuse to obey the march stewards and attempt to stage their own demonstrations


    this gardai indo story says you must march with the ICTU or you'll be arrested, now there plenty of people out there who don't want to march in association with the ICTU, but are very concerned about our situation, or totally opposed to government actions, but apparently the only protest allowed to day is in Dublin with the ICTU.

    Martial law much?


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    #608
    Ginny
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    I'd assume he meant follow the marches route, no branching off the decided route,there's going to be lots of people there with their own banners, are they going to question everyone about the affiliations?


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    #609
    javaboy
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    The gardai understandably need to know the protest route, timings etc. to ensure the safety of those marching and everyone else. It's easier if everyone sticks to one group for operational reasons. That's why big protests always involve liaising with police forces. It's nothing more sinister than that.
    You're free to have a placard saying you're unaffiliated with any union.


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    #610
    loike
    Registered Users Posts: 333 ✭✭loike


    i wonder how many people wont show now its snowing haha


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    #611
    expectationlost
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    did anyone protesting _outside_ the dail this week ask permission?

    is there only ever one protest in town each saturday?


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    #612
    loike
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    expectationlost wrote: »
    did anyone protesting _outside_ the dail this week ask permission?

    is there only ever one protest in town each saturday?

    i seen joe higgins on his own Thursday morning.
    But that said there was a garda van pulling up the the dail behind me


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    #613
    javaboy
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    expectationlost wrote: »
    did anyone protesting _outside_ the dail this week ask permission?

    is there only ever one protest in town each saturday?

    I see your point but look the gardai have a job to do. Do you want the bedlam of London two weeks ago?
    It's a compromise between the right to peaceably assemble and ensuring public safety.

    Besides one big protest will look better than smaller offshoots of disorganised protestors.


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    #614
    lods
    Registered Users Posts: 569 ✭✭✭lods


    Lets hope its not hijacked , by Socialist workers or Republicans. :rolleyes:


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    #615
    irelandspurs
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    You'll all be able to throw snowballs now instead of bricks :D


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    #616
    gonedrinking
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    irelandspurs wrote: »
    You'll all be able to throw snowballs now instead of bricks :D

    Bricks covered in snow :cool:


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    #617
    gonedrinking
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    Confab wrote: »
    But the forecast says there's more snow on the way, temperatures won't rise much above freezing and Irish people are lazy.

    People should dress up in costumes like I'm doing. I'll be nice and toasty in my gorilla costume.


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    #618
    expectationlost
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    what if you wanted to protest outside the the headquarters of the ictu or siptu, maybe you thought they were responsible for making deals with the gov the restrained real dissent against the ff/pd/gp gov's economic policies.


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    #619
    Ozwald
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    gonedrinking wrote: »
    People should dress up in costumes like I'm doing. I'll be nice and toasty in my gorilla costume.

    Go for it.. :cool:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCoBTAdrxyc


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    #620
    whiskeyman
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    The protesters should make an army of snowmen to bulk up numbers given many won't turn up due to weather conditions...


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    #621
    gonedrinking
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    whiskeyman wrote: »
    The protesters should make an army of snowmen to bulk up numbers given many won't turn up due to weather conditions...

    I think most people will be too preoccupied with trying to smash a snowball into the face of the union leaders


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    #622
    Radharc na Sleibhte
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    lods wrote: »
    Lets hope its not hijacked , by Socialist workers or Republicans. :rolleyes:

    I've an iffy feeling you may be bumping this post later......


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    #623
    Banjaxed82
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    Nearly swung the rear of my car into a lamp post 20 minutes ago trying to take a corner. Let's assume now the turnout for the march is going to be even more mediocre than first predicted.


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    #624
    Elevator
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    well I'm on me way

    I'm coming in peace but prepared for war if needed!


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    #625
    Fouloleron
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    Banjaxed82 wrote: »
    Nearly swung the rear of my car into a lamp post 20 minutes ago trying to take a corner. Let's assume now the turnout for the march is going to be even more mediocre than first predicted.

    Im still going and I know allot of other are also, its stopped snowing, and im still going


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    #626
    Banjaxed82
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    Me too (not in the car though). Just a lot people from the country who probably won't make it up now, and potentially people from the outskirts of Dublin. And then people people who were on the fence about going will probably just stay in and watch Jeff Stelling and the boys.


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    #627
    Fouloleron
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    Watching Sky new live, City center looks clear , anyone who can, try get in, we need people out there otherwise we are in trouble, the interest we have to pay back is rising to levels that we cannot pay back in our life times! we need people out there.


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    #628
    Sungodbr
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 102 ✭✭Sungodbr


    First the spanish armada wash up on the rocks in clare, now this, snow!


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    #629
    BeefJerkyX
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    That secret EU meeting was to discuss use of their secret weather machine to quell civil unrest. If we go in, they'll set it to golf ball hailstones! My tin foil hat won't protect me.


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    #630
    Sungodbr
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 102 ✭✭Sungodbr


    Is this the day after tomorrow?


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    #631
    Banjaxed82
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    Do you think the government will grit the roads to help the protest numbers?


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