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9th February Protests Cork

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    #32
    bogman
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    evilivor wrote: »
    5 to 6,000 max according to the Gardai.

    Thats what they said the last time too, two high ranking Garda said 15-16 thousand to me yesterday


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    #33
    Xantia
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    bogman wrote: »
    Thats what they said the last time too, two high ranking Garda said 15-16 thousand to me yesterday

    Thanks for the photos bogman.


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    #34
    evilivor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭evilivor


    bogman wrote: »

    Thats what they said the last time too, two high ranking Garda said 15-16 thousand to me yesterday

    I think I'll take the officially reported figures of 5/6k rather than speculative hearsay.


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    #35
    coolhull
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    And it all made such a vast difference, didn't it?


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    #36
    bogman
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    Full length of Patrick street, all the way down south Mall, 6-8 deep, 5-6k, yea right evilivor


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    #37
    the beer revolu
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    evilivor wrote: »
    I think I'll take the officially reported figures of 5/6k rather than speculative hearsay.

    But some fella on the internet said that two unidentified high ranking guards said there were more.
    What's not reliable about that information?


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    #38
    the beer revolu
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    bogman wrote: »
    Not even one overpaid Politician to be seen anywhere in the crowd

    But plenty of the highest paid civil servants in Europe out protecting their little piles.


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    #39
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    evilivor wrote: »
    I think I'll take the officially reported figures of 5/6k rather than speculative hearsay.

    Mate of mine who was there, a career protester put it at 4-5000. He knows his angry mobs.


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    #40
    goldie fish
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    the beer revolu wrote: »
    But plenty of the highest paid civil servants in Europe out protecting their little piles.

    The italians were there?

    http://www.iiea.com/blogosphere/public-sector-pay-at-a-glance


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    #41
    evilivor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭evilivor


    the beer revolu wrote: »

    But some fella on the internet said that two unidentified high ranking guards said there were more.
    What's not reliable about that information?

    I read on the INTERNET there were seventeen million people there.


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    #42
    bogman
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    Must apologies, there were only 150 at the march cause evilivor said so


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    #43
    pwurple
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    Jayus, those photos are something else. The austerity isn't affecting peoples waistlines too much yet anyway by the looks of it.

    Love the one of the post-protest cappuchino as well. Priceless.


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    #44
    Xantia
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    I don't follow
    There are 2 possibly 3 overweight men in the photos.


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    #45
    bogman
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    One in 4 children in the country are obese, whats the problem, just taking after Ma & Paw


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    #46
    goldie fish
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    Xantia wrote: »
    I don't follow
    There are 2 possibly 3 overweight men in the photos.

    Poor diet is common in poverty stricken societies. People choose substandard value meals over a proper balanced diet.


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    #47
    bogman
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    evilivor wrote: »
    I think I'll take the officially reported figures of 5/6k rather than speculative hearsay.
    More than 60,000 took part in the Dublin protest, while at least 15,000 turned out in Cork, 13,000 in Waterford, 10,000 in Limerick, 7,000 in Sligo and 5,000 in Galway.

    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/nationwide-protests-call-for-change-29059196.html

    Only came here to post photos not to debate numbers, article in the Independent says it all above


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    #48
    evilivor
    Registered Users Posts: 2,613 ✭✭✭evilivor


    bogman wrote: »



    http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/nationwide-protests-call-for-change-29059196.html

    Only came here to post photos not to debate numbers, article in the Independent says it all above

    Irish Times says

    "Marches organised in Cork and Sligo had an estimated turnout of 6,000, according to gardaí, while protests in Limerick, Galway and Waterford attracted crowds of about 2,000."

    http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2013/0210/breaking5.html

    Perhaps the Indo were listening to your pair of high ranking gardai rather than the Garda Press Office.


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    #49
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    I can safely say the indo would listen to neither.


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