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Highflyer13

My name is URL wrote: »

Is there any live webcam working for O'Connell Bridge?

How many people are blocking it and why have Gardai not moved them yet?

Seriously, what numpties blocked the bridge? This undermines the movement. The Gardai will let this play out to let the bad feeling against the protesters build up. That will be the image on the papers tomorrow.

99.9% of people protested peacefully but the few that spoil it for everyone will get the most attention.

Highflyer13

suicide_circus wrote: »

The amount of litter is unreal. Dirty ****.

Yeah, are you tarring a whole movement as dirty ****?

My name is URL

Highflyer13 wrote: »

Seriously, what numpties blocked the bridge? This undermines the movement. The Gardai will let this play out to let the bad feeling against the protesters build up. That will be the image on the papers tomorrow.

99.9% of people protested peacefully but the few that spoil it for everyone will get the most attention.

From the pics I've seen on Twitter it looks like no more than a dozen or so people

Shouldn't be that hard to clear them like!

Skylinehead

Highflyer13 wrote: »

Yeah, are you tarring a whole movement as dirty ****?

I'd hazard a guess that he's tarring dirty littering **** as dirty ****, but yeah make that conclusion if you want.

Birneybau

turnikett1 wrote: »

Im sure if it was a pro IW/Fine Gael march theyd only be too happy to be stuck in traffic

Yeah, makes sense :rolleyes:

end of the road

Idbatterim wrote: »

they need to sort their spending or situation then, dont they? or should we simply keep handing out never ending increases because some were irresponsible or cant budget? How do you reckon I will get on if I go into the boss and say I'm bad at handling money or overextended myself, any chance of a pay rise? :rolleyes:

they do budget. but some people no matter how much they budget or cut back, won't be able to afford a charge to government cronies. they need to keep the money for rent and food and clothing.

Birneybau

My name is URL wrote: »

From the pics I've seen on Twitter it looks like no more than a dozen or so people

Shouldn't be that hard to clear them like!

Irish Times reporting that Gardai are stating that there are up to 35,000 on O' Connell Bridge :eek:

Edit: of course there's bloody not.

denhaagenite

Protestors blocking commuters should make a new political party called "Mé Féin" :pac:

AboutaWeekAgo

Don't let a small group of people blocking traffic take over what went on today.

Couple of great pictures from the march I found on Twitter







Part of the group that came over from Detroit meeting some Irish bachelors :P

blackwhite

My name is URL wrote: »

Is there any live webcam working for O'Connell Bridge?

How many people are blocking it and why have Gardai not moved them yet?

Not quite live, but can give an idea of what's happening

http://www.dublincity.ie/dublintraffic/

Updates every 15 min or so

Streetwalker

Hogzy wrote: »

No, A huge amount of Bus routes now cannot operate, which means people cannot get in and out of the city. This is the height of Christmas shopping so business will loose millions in Dublin City tonight. And by business I mean more than just retail.

Its not just people stuck in traffic. Again, these protestors fail to see the bigger picture. They see society as "me" and not "us".

Suck it up first world problems. It's a protest.


Well done to all today wonderful turn out and a real blow to this corrupt government.

donvito99

Streetwalker wrote: »

Suck it up first world problems.

YOLO, eh?

Radiosonde

Hogzy wrote: »

No, A huge amount of Bus routes now cannot operate, which means people cannot get in and out of the city. This is the height of Christmas shopping so business will loose millions in Dublin City tonight. And by business I mean more than just retail.

Its not just people stuck in traffic. Again, these protestors fail to see the bigger picture. They see society as "me" and not "us".

The bigger picture is paying a water charge for the rest of their lives. A day's worth of business pales in comparison.

suicide_circus

Highflyer13 wrote: »

Yeah, are you tarring a whole movement as dirty ****?

What movement is this? The 'cover the streets in litter' movement? Yeah, dirty ****.

denhaagenite

Streetwalker wrote: »

Suck it up first world problems. It's a protest.


Well done to all today wonderful turn out and a real blow to this corrupt government.

Just deluded.

end of the road

DrumSteve wrote: »

Your on a wind up.

Have to be.

i suspect not.

Foxhound38

My name is URL wrote: »

From the pics I've seen on Twitter it looks like no more than a dozen or so people

Shouldn't be that hard to clear them like!

They should be told they have 10 minutes to get off the road or the public order unit will be sent in.

Lets see how steadfast our little revolutionaries are in the face of the prospect of getting belted off the road by the riot police. At least in the unlikely event that they stick around, it would give the commuters of Dublin some recompence for their delay.

seamus

turnikett1 wrote: »

Im sure if it was a pro IW/Fine Gael march theyd only be too happy to be stuck in traffic

Of course they wouldn't, that's the point. A protest is supposed to win hearts and minds and swing public opinion in one direction.
You don't do that by pissing them off.

Highflyer13 wrote: »

This undermines the movement. The Gardai will let this play out to let the bad feeling against the protesters build up. That will be the image on the papers tomorrow.

The Gardai have no pro-IW agenda, they don't give a flying fnck about the public sentiment about Irish Water, they just want this to be over and done with, with the minimal amount of hassle.

Likewise, there's no reason to assume the numbers being quoted are wrong. The Gardai have given no official numbers, so when the media quote "Garda sources", what they mean is that a reporter went and had a chat with a Garda down there and asked them what they think.
That Garda has no particular reason to lie or lowball it.

Birneybau

Streetwalker wrote: »

Suck it up first world problems. It's a protest.


Well done to all today wonderful turn out and a real blow to this corrupt government.

Unlike Third World Problems, with no water and that.

How will normal protesters get home now?

Highflyer13

suicide_circus wrote: »

What movement is this? The 'cover the streets in litter' movement? Yeah, dirty ****.

As would happen after every big event in the city centre. Ever see town at the end of Paddys day?

jimmii

My name is URL wrote: »

Is there any live webcam working for O'Connell Bridge?

How many people are blocking it and why have Gardai not moved them yet?

http://my.liveireland.com/page/webcams-1

http://www.camvista.com/ireland/dublin/dublin.php (doesn't seem to load for me)

Birneybau

Birneybau wrote: »

Irish Times reporting that Gardai are stating that there are up to 35,000 on O' Connell Bridge :eek:

No. They are saying that between 30,000 and 40,000 protested today and that about 200 protesters moved to the junction of Westmoreland Street and O’Connell bridge and are blocking the road.
http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/water-charge-protests-over-30-000-demonstrate-outside-d%C3%A1il-1.2032524

end of the road

artful_codger wrote: »

Because hopefully someone finally stopped taking sh*t from jobless knuckle-dragging Communist republican thugs. Good to see someone standing up to Eirigi subversives.

If the Gardai had a backbone they'd have cleared the roads to prevent such a situation.

you're a complete extremist who i would say is actually a danger to society unlike the bad few in the protests

Foxhound38

Streetwalker wrote: »

Suck it up first world problems. It's a protest.


Well done to all today wonderful turn out and a real blow to this corrupt government.

I'm guessing you're about 16 with no responsibilities, job, kids or deadlines in your life.

How's the CSPE revision going?

Streetwalker

Lol a few roads blocked. Oh god help us all.

twinytwo

AboutaWeekAgo wrote: »

Don't let a small group of people blocking traffic take over what went on today.

Couple of great pictures from the march I found on Twitter







Part of the group that came over from Detroit meeting some Irish bachelors :P

While i think they should protest, i do ask where were all these protests when the 45,000 euro debt was hung around the neck of every man women and child in the country

My name is URL

Birneybau wrote: »

Irish Times reporting that Gardai are stating that there are up to 35,000 on O' Connell Bridge :eek:

I suspect that may be their figure for the original protest earlier. No way is there that many on the bridge!

Looks like 50 people tops. And they're just standing around sparsely. I can't understand why Gardai haven't moved them on yet.

Pinch Flat

Highflyer13 wrote: »

As would happen after every big event in the city centre. Ever see town at the end of Paddys day?

Yeah As ever when crowds gather here it's like a Bomb site . The irony us that the same mob out today protested against bin charges, ah well someone else will pick up the bill and sort it

Foxhound38

Radiosonde wrote: »

The bigger picture is paying a water charge for the rest of their lives. A day's worth of business pales in comparison.

So now we lose a days business AND get water charges - hooray for our brave protestors!

2moreMinutes

Streetwalker wrote: »

Lol a few roads blocked. Oh god help us all.

Lol a measly €3 each week. Oh god help us all.