Occupy Galway, fresh start thread

Robbo · 15-05-2012 10:13am

The Council voted last night to move them on before the Volvo Ocean Race.

They'd fit into the green area outside city hall no problem.

cfeeneyinterior · 15-05-2012 10:19am

Robbo wrote: »

The Council voted last night to move them on before the Volvo Ocean Race.

And what was the result?

On a side note, I thought they were going to have live streaming of Council meetings so we could see what honourable work they do for us mere citizens.

Robbo · 15-05-2012 10:42am

cfeeneyinterior wrote: »

And what was the result?

On a side note, I thought they were going to have live streaming of Council meetings so we could see what honourable work they do for us mere citizens.

Should have been clearer, the motion was carried 12-3 to have the acting City manager swing the axe.

From the Advertiser's Facebook updates of the meetings, you'd see more mature and coherent governance from a group of mopey teenagers. They're terrible to a man, even the ones who pretend to have principles and hop up on the cross for various causes.

cfeeneyinterior · 15-05-2012 10:48am

Yea, I see it on GA Facebook alright. I'd hope that if they knew people were watching them, they might cop the fup on.. . . . . I suppose it will never happen so!
Great to hear they are getting rid of them though. A shame for the people who would have set up camp there with them for the warm summer months and had a nice little hioliday for themselves in the middle of Galway for no rent/camping fees.

squonk · 15-05-2012 11:54am

It's about time. You have to hand it to Galway in general for not moving them on for Paddy's day like the other councils but enough is enough at this point. Even if they were there another 10 years they wouldn't make any more of a point than they have already anyway.

Tym · 15-05-2012 12:29pm

Should have been clearer, the motion was carried 12-3 to have the acting City manager swing the axe.

That will probably make them more relevant:S Now they complain that they're being moved, even though, IMO, they had ample time to air their views. And I did kind of love how we didn't move the occupy camp at St. Patrick's day:P
Although, will the Gaurds actually remove them? Since they're not actually breaking the law, could'nt the Gaurds argue that they can't move them?

antoobrien · 15-05-2012 2:56pm

Tym wrote: »

Although, will the Gaurds actually remove them? Since they're not actually breaking the law, could'nt the Gaurds argue that they can't move them?

It's not a legal campsite, so I don't see how they haven't been moved on before now.

factual lies · 15-05-2012 7:45pm

today just keeps getting better and better, great news.

MadYaker · 15-05-2012 8:48pm

Im honestly not bothered by their presence in the square and I have no desire to see them removed. From the beginning I said their protest or occupation or whatever you want to call it was pointless and would achieve nothing, I think this has been shown to be true.

Can anyone knowledgeable in law please clarify for us if setting up a camp like that in a place like eyre square is illegal or not? I've heard equal numbers of people saying it is and it isn't.

boardzz · 16-05-2012 6:28am

Gardai throwing em out right now-finally !!

Captain Darling · 16-05-2012 6:38am

Yeah, the cops had the square cordoned off there. Suppose they didnt want that eyesore stuck there for the Volvo Ocean race and all the summer shenanigans.

Robbo · 16-05-2012 6:54am

The Square has been liberated from the Occupiers. Drove by there just after 6:30am. About 8 Garda vee-hick-les and what looked like a Garda horsebox.

The fun and games seemed to be mainly over but there were Gardai on foot escorting two bellicose gents past Fallers. Naturally there was 2 chap with 800 quids worth of a Canon's finest documenting the whole affair. Not sure if I quite heard correctly, but "come and see the violence inherent in the system!" may have been uttered.

According to the Advertiser, the operation started after 4:30am and 7 were there.

Captain Darling · 16-05-2012 7:10am

Robbo wrote: »

The Square has been liberated from the Occupiers. Drove by there just after 6:30am. About 8 Garda vee-hick-les and what looked like a Garda horsebox.

The fun and games seemed to be mainly over but there were Gardai on foot escorting two bellicose gents past Fallers. Naturally there was 2 chap with 800 quids worth of a Canon's finest documenting the whole affair. Not sure if I quite heard correctly, but "come and see the violence inherent in the system!" may have been uttered.

According to the Advertiser, the operation started after 4:30am and 7 were there.

Any cries of rape? :pac:

crusher000 · 16-05-2012 7:24am

Are they a waste of tax payers money ? What great advances has Galway seen by their great fore sight and understanding of how a city is run ?

Captain Darling · 16-05-2012 7:31am

crusher000 wrote: »

Are they a waste of tax payers money ? What great advances has Galway seen by their great fore sight and understanding of how a city is run ?

Yeah i know, i cant believe we had to fork out for forty gardai to turf those smelly feckers out. :mad:

User banned

crusher000 · 16-05-2012 7:38am

So we had to go out and find 40 new Garda ? We're paying them already . They're doing their job. By the way I'm not for people going into a public area and taking it over for 7 months either but at least they showed commitment to their cause unlike our elected representatives in Fine Gael and Labour whom we can do witout. Ireland now is under European rule and has lost it's independance. Do as you are told or else. By the way vote Yes or else. Democracy sure is alive and well.

Robbo · 16-05-2012 7:48am

Captain Darling wrote: »

Any cries of rape? :pac:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nrcFziC8I8

Actually, in this video of "raping the country" is mentioned.

Also: "13 trillion of natural resources", the "McEvaddy(?) brothers from Mayo putting poisonous chemtrails in the sky", "the One World Order who have sold their souls to Satan" and this all being about the "****ing sociopaths" from the Volvo Ocean Race.

biko · 16-05-2012 7:57am

Darling banned, if anyone else wants to take this chance to get a dig in at the occupiers Please don't

biko · 16-05-2012 8:00am

I wonder what excuse they used so then can remove the OG. Only 2 months ago the Garda said there was no legal ground for removing them.

gordongekko · 16-05-2012 8:05am

biko wrote: »

I wonder what excuse they used so then can remove the OG. Only 2 months ago the Garda said there was no legal ground for removing them.

No what they said was it was up to the council to get them moved. The council must have asked for them to be moved.

dinneenp · 16-05-2012 8:07am

I visited the camp and chatted to a few of them yesterday and had a wander around the camp taking some photos.

They have a good setup; solar power, a meeting room, kitchen, living area, flowers & plants growing, storage room and camping/sleeping area.

My full set of photos can be found here

gordongekko · 16-05-2012 8:08am

dinneenp wrote: »

I visited the camp and chatted to a few of them yesterday and had a wander around the camp taking some photos.

They have HAD a good setup; solar power, a meeting room, kitchen, living area, flowers & plants growing, storage room and camping/sleeping area.

Fixed that for you

biko · 16-05-2012 8:11am

They're still meeting today - don't give up easy.
"General Assembly today at 1 p.m. at Eyre Square to discuss what's next. As usual all are welcome." www.facebook.com/OccupyGalway

CrowdedHouse · 16-05-2012 8:12am

Now if we could stop Salthill Devon occupying Terryland Park.......:D

biko · 16-05-2012 8:12am

On topic please.

gordongekko · 16-05-2012 8:15am

CrowdedHouse wrote: »

Now if we could stop Salthill Devon occupying Terryland Park.......:D

There are a lot more people overnight in the og camp than in Terryland anymore.

books4sale · 16-05-2012 8:19am

boardzz wrote: »

Gardai throwing em out right now-finally !!

The people of Galway finally reclaim what is rightfully theirs, Eyre Square.

Roll on the Summer sheanigans, Arts week, the Races, the Volvo Ocean Race, having a cool pint in a leafy beer garden, all night house parties, going for a dip in Blackrock, all is right and just once again in the City of Tribes.

It's gonna be a hot, hot Summer.

CrowdedHouse · 16-05-2012 8:42am

While I wouldn't be a supporter of the Occupy group, I feel a bit uneasy that the 'excuse' for moving them now is the VOLVO ocean race - a millionaires and big corporate pastime

kevin65 · 16-05-2012 8:50am

It was reported there was only seven people staying there when the guards moved in this morning, were the rest going home to their mammy's at night?

Irishgoatman · 16-05-2012 8:53am

biko wrote: »

They're still meeting today - don't give up easy.
"General Assembly today at 1 p.m. at Eyre Square to discuss what's next. As usual all are welcome." www.facebook.com/OccupyGalway[/QUOTE]

Well done for posting this biko.

Some people will remember that I have a connection with the OG.
I won't be able to be there but I hope they have a decent turn out.

crusher000 · 16-05-2012 8:56am

It's the same all over the world. World cups, Olympics hide the embarassing poverty or eye sores and show the globe how wonderful life is in these places. Nothing saying galway can be compared to South Africa, Bejiing or Brazil but you know what I mean. Also it wouldn't look good for our city councilors when does big yobs in Dublin come down to show their face at the Volvo race.

jkforde · 16-05-2012 9:01am

I'm curious, have any the posters here who are rabidly rejoicing in their removal or who childishly resort to name calling or insults ever raised their voice or walked the walk in protest for the greater social good? it's so lazy being self-righteous when you don't put anything of yourself on the line. while their occupation didn't achieve any tangible results at least they have had the courage to try and catalyse some social change for a fairer society.

Spacedog · 16-05-2012 9:01am

Fair play to those Occupy Galway people for staying as long as they did through the long cold winter. For all the snarky remarks, the reasons for the protest are sincere concerns shared by all true irish citizens. There will be hard times ahead for all of us, and in time those who snigger and sneer now, will privately regret not supporting you, as their children are born into virtual slavery to pay for the debts of dead banks.

Hamilcar · 16-05-2012 9:02am

I heard they didn't pay their household charge! That's why they were removed. Let that be a lesson to the rest of ye!;)

DriverMad · 16-05-2012 9:11am

Its a sad day for free speech and peaceful protest.

Bobeagleburger · 16-05-2012 9:16am

I think it's had it's time.

Glad it's gone tbh.

books4sale · 16-05-2012 9:16am

crusher000 wrote: »

It's the same all over the world. World cups, Olympics hide the embarassing poverty or eye sores and show the globe how wonderful life is in these places. Nothing saying galway can be compared to South Africa, Bejiing or Brazil but you know what I mean. Also it wouldn't look good for our city councilors when does big yobs in Dublin come down to show their face at the Volvo race.

They don't hide anything. That's not their job to pinpoint poverty or eyesores. It's sport and these events provide jobs and money for people.

The Volvo Ocean Race and those 'big yobs' as you refer to them will provide much needed revenue to many businesses in Galway this Summer, more than any Occupy Galway group managed to provide.

dloob · 16-05-2012 9:19am

Oh no! who now will save us from the chemtrails being sprayed in the air by the McVaddy brother that will stop all the plants growing except those from Monsanto :cool:

crusher000 · 16-05-2012 9:21am

Unfortunately this will be the trend. Those in power want to crush any signs of dis obedience or voice of concerns towards their doomed policies. We are now entering the era where German policy is to be European policy. The growth of Germany must be protected and it is being sold as the European recovery program. Long live Adolf Merkel. Folks we're in dangerous times but some peolpe are in denial or don't won't to face up to what's happening.Occupy Galway is as much a mind set as it was a camp in Eyre Square.

Storm 10 · 16-05-2012 9:24am

Listening to the City manager on the radio and he said this was a serious health hazard, the were going to the toilet at the back of the camp and the stench when they moved in today was terrible, the smell is still there he says and they will need to hose and disinfect several times.

Glad its gone to be honest.

kippy · 16-05-2012 9:27am

crusher000 wrote: »

Unfortunately this will be the trend. Those in power want to crush any signs of dis obedience or voice of concerns towards their doomed policies. We are now entering the era where German policy is to be European policy. The growth of Germany must be protected and it is being sold as the European recovery program. Long live Adolf Merkel. Folks we're in dangerous times but some peolpe are in denial or don't won't to face up to what's happening.Occupy Galway is as much a mind set as it was a camp in Eyre Square.

Finally, so the Occupy movements' main aim is to prevent the growth and empowerment of Germany and camping in Eyre Square was going to assist with this.......
At last. I was wondering what the hole occupy movement was about for ages.

Good to see these guys moved on, should have been done ages ago. They stuck their middle fingers up to the law abiding citizens of this country.
If you want to make change, do it via legal and democratic means.

books4sale · 16-05-2012 9:27am

crusher000 wrote: »

Unfortunately this will be the trend. Those in power want to crush any signs of dis obedience or voice of concerns towards their doomed policies. We are now entering the era where German policy is to be European policy. The growth of Germany must be protected and it is being sold as the European recovery program. Long live Adolf Merkel. Folks we're in dangerous times but some peolpe are in denial or don't won't to face up to what's happening.Occupy Galway is as much a mind set as it was a camp in Eyre Square.

The planet is finished on 21st December 2012 so no need to worry yourself there.

.....but you probably knew that already, right?

muppetkiller · 16-05-2012 9:31am

Well they're gone this morning

gardai finally got rid of them !

kevin65 · 16-05-2012 9:46am

jkforde wrote: »

I'm curious, have any the posters here who are rabidly rejoicing in their removal or who childishly resort to name calling or insults ever raised their voice or walked the walk in protest for the greater social good? it's so lazy being self-righteous when you don't put anything of yourself on the line. while their occupation didn't achieve any tangible results at least they have had the courage to try and catalyse some social change for a fairer society.

If they wanted to do something for the common good, they should go get a job for themselves and start paying taxes to contribute to the state.

KittyeeTrix · 16-05-2012 9:48am

Storm 10 wrote: »

Listening to the City manager on the radio and he said this was a serious health hazard, the were going to the toilet at the back of the camp and the stench when they moved in today was terrible, the smell is still there he says and they will need to hose and disinfect several times.

Glad its gone to be honest.

Well, I hope they are as vigorous in dealing with the countless winos who piss all over the Square in plain view of people day and night if that's the case!!!!

City Manager in stir up the anti-occupy crowd BS shocker..........:rolleyes:
What's even funnier is that some people still believe the lines of crap that these "people" in authority feed us!!!

KittyeeTrix · 16-05-2012 9:49am

kevin65 wrote: »

If they wanted to do something for the common good, they should go get a job for themselves and start paying taxes to contribute to the state.

Seriously, good man........If that's your response then you obviously don't know whats going on in the world as a whole!!!

Predalien · 16-05-2012 9:55am

Storm 10 wrote: »

Listening to the City manager on the radio and he said this was a serious health hazard, the were going to the toilet at the back of the camp and the stench when they moved in today was terrible, the smell is still there he says and they will need to hose and disinfect several times.

Glad its gone to be honest.

That stench was in that spot long before occupy galway, homeless folk in the city have used that spot as a toilet ever since the square was developed. Sure the city streets become toilets most weekends.

kevin65 · 16-05-2012 9:57am

KittyeeTrix wrote: »

kevin65 wrote: »

If they wanted to do something for the common good, they should go get a job for themselves and start paying taxes to contribute to the state.

Seriously, good man........If that's your response then you obviously don't know whats going on in the world as a whole!!!

Guess I don't, must be all those years of working hard and paying my taxes that makes me so oblivious to the wonderful work of the eyre square protestors. Perhaps you could enlighten about the positive contribution these guys have made to Galway, Ireland and the world in general?

books4sale · 16-05-2012 10:00am

KittyeeTrix wrote: »

Seriously, good man........If that's your response then you obviously don't know whats going on in the world as a whole!!!

Same as ever was i'd say, people living. people dying.

scholar007 · 16-05-2012 10:09am

For sale:

6 x tents

30 x pallets

1 x big shanty shed

6 x camping chairs

All the above can be viewed at the Galway City Council Yard in Sandy Road

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