Sky: "Protesters Storm Irish Parliament"

BroomBurner

So says Sky breaking news!

It's apparently because of the government pumping billions in to the EU.

What's going on? No other channels are covering it.

Aidric

Saw this also. RTE haven't anything on it yet on their 9pm bulletin. It was about money being pumped in to the banks.

dean21

if i was in dub i be straight down there to join in

ChocolateSauce

All I see is about Cameron becoming PM.

bigjohnny80

Yeah sky have it but not rte??

eh... Wind up?

dean21

well it is rte so they might catch up in a few hours

btard

Has anybody been hung from a lampost yet?

joeybloggs

I really hope an RTE van is breaking some red lights right about now. I demand coverage.:cool:

ct_roy

Papa Smut wrote: »

eh... Wind up?

nope tis no windup - but storming might be a bit sensationalist as is typical on Sky News

follow developments on twitter

http://search.twitter.com/search?q=dail

RATM

bigjohnny80 wrote: »

Yeah sky have it but not rte??

I've no doubt that there was a quick phone call from the Garda Press Office to RTE and other Irish news agencies telling them not to report it until its under control.

Otherwise they risk loads more like myself heading down there right now to join in the fun.

Sky news however are UK based and they won't be told when or what to report by the Gardai. Our media on the other hands are a bunch of compliant ****.

What was the protest about?

rovert

I guess people are coming down from their now illegal highs.

BroomBurner

Is it safe to assume that this is bullsh*t?

Don't have access to Twitter.

bijapos

Its organised by UNITE. A few speakers including Fintan O'Toole. Saw the posters, would have gone but am elsewhere.

Its about the bank bailout IIRC.

Arnold Layne

This is all RTE have so far

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0511/dail.html

fontanalis

RATM wrote: »

I've no doubt that there was a quick phone call from the Garda Press Office to RTE and other Irish news agencies telling them not to report it until its under control.

Otherwise they risk loads more like myself heading down there right now to join in the fun.

Sky news however are UK based and they won't be told when or what to report by the Gardai. Our media on the other hands are a bunch of compliant ****.

Please enlighten us to what you would do.

Nodin

A group of demonstrators are protesting outside the Dáil on Kildare Street.
Gardaí say there was an earlier attempt by some members of the group to enter through the main gates but they were removed.
The gates have now been locked. No one was arrested.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0511/dail.html

Sky - it was crap, is crap, and will probably be crap for the forseeable future.

DJCR

AROUND 40 PROESTESTORS - 2 INJURED - GARDAI HAD TO DRAW THEIR BATONS

RTE News

dean21

aaaaaaaaaaa rte at last 30 min after sky
well worth the tv licence
shame they did not all get in

DJCR

Apparently it was about Government cut backs!!

RTE News

Lukker-

'Bout time.

fontanalis

dean21 wrote: »

aaaaaaaaaaa rte at last 30 min after sky
well worth the tv licence
shame they did not all get in

It would have indeed been fun to watch the Gardai knock the last few brain cells out of their heads.

DJCR

DJCR wrote: »

AROUND 40 PROESTESTORS - 2 INJURED - GARDAI HAD TO DRAW THEIR BATONS

RTE News

I think there were more people in the media outside no. 10 tonight than protestors outside the Dail!!! Pretty sad......

BroomBurner

They only got 40 people? Poor show, UNITE, poor show.

dean21

fontanalis wrote: »

It would have indeed been fun to watch the Gardai knock the last few brain cells out of their heads.

well at least they are ready to lose a few brain cells unlike a lot that talk crap on this over and over.

AshaD

Its about time someone took a stand and kicked up a fuss.. If I was in Dublin I'd defientley be there supporting them.. Hopefully its not just a rumour.

duckysauce

dean21 wrote: »

if i was in dub i be straight down there to join in

and do what ?

loobylou

Sky ..... the premiership is the worlds best football.

bijapos

I think they mean that 40 of the demonstrators attempted to enter the Dail. There were a lot more in the demo itself.

Interesting title to the thread.... "Irish Parliament" sometimes known as the Dail.

fontanalis

duckysauce wrote: »

and do what ?

Have you no solidarity brother?

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefM6wulLGXYA73OjzbkF/SIG=12scgrld3/EXP=1273697210/**http%3a//africapuente.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/judea-peoples-front1.jpg

BroomBurner

bijapos wrote: »

Interesting title to the thread.... "Irish Parliament" sometimes known as the Dail.

Lol I knew someone would mention that. I was paraphrasing from Sky

AshaD

Just looked up the protest outside the Dail. 500 protesters, 100 stormed the gates.

sink

bijapos wrote: »

I think they mean that 40 of the demonstrators attempted to enter the Dail. There were a lot more in the demo itself.

Interesting title to the thread.... "Irish Parliament" sometimes known as the Dail.

Sorry to be pedantic but the "Irish Parliament" is known as the 'Houses of the Oireachtas' of which 'Dáil Éireann' is the lower house and 'Seanad Éireann' is the upper house.

smcgiff

sink wrote: »

Sorry to be pedantic but the "Irish Parliament" is known as the 'Houses of the Oireachtas' of which 'Dáil Éireann' is the lower house and 'Seanad Éireann' is the upper house.

I'm sorry too - but feel free to post all your comments in Irish. Do you also prefer when the English call the country Éire?

Scofflaw

Put down them handbags.

moderately,
Scofflaw

bmaxi

fontanalis wrote: »

It would have indeed been fun to watch the Gardai knock the last few brain cells out of their heads.

Better the Gardaí should have gone in with them and cracked a few skulls inside.

fontanalis

bmaxi wrote: »

Better the Gardaí should have gone in with them and cracked a few skulls inside.

Believe me I'm no fan of the gombeens but what did the Judean Peoples Front expect; break some furniture and all the debt would disappear?

duckysauce

fontanalis wrote: »

Have you no solidarity brother?

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0WTefM6wulLGXYA73OjzbkF/SIG=12scgrld3/EXP=1273697210/**http%3a//africapuente.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/judea-peoples-front1.jpg

what have the irish government ever done for us ?:P

Overheal

Protesters have clashed with police as they tried to break through the gates of the Irish parliament during a march against bank bailouts.

Dozens of people broke away from the demonstration and ran at the gates of Leinster House, the parliament's main building.

They wrestled with police who tried to force them back in a bid to secure the gate.

It has been reported that at least one man suffered a cut to his head during the scuffles as organisers appealed for calm.

The protest march had been arranged by the Right To Work Campaign.

The coalition of political parties, trade unions and community groups is opposed to the Irish government's handling of the financial crisis.

They have argued against plans to inject billions of euros into the country's banks.

Police have said no arrests were made and the disturbance was brought under control "within minutes".

http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Irish-Parliament-Stormed-By-Protesters-Marching-Against-Plans-To-Inject-Billions-Into-Ireland-Banks/Article/201005215630078?lpos=World_News_First_World_News_Article_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15630078_Irish_Parliament_Stormed_By_Protesters_Marching_Against_Plans_To_Inject_Billions_Into_Ireland_Banks

Somehow im not surprised that the Irish Propaganda Device isn't covering this on the TV tonight.

Say what you will about the US Media but they aren't owned subsidiaries of the state.

Only this snip online:

A number of people were injured tonight at the Dáil after a disturbance broke out at the gates of Leinster House.

Gardaí say a group of 500 people were protesting when about 100 of them broke away and tried to force their way into the gates of the Dáil.

Gardaí on duty at the Dáil forced them back.
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Some gardaí drew their batons and a number of protestors were injured.

The group is believed to have been protesting against the Government plans to inject billions of euros into the country's banks

- RTE

duckysauce

duckysauce wrote: »

what have the irish government ever done for us ?:P

oh wait

gave all our money to another country

gave all our money to a f0cked bank

gave all our money to f9cked developers


but what have the irish government ever done for us :cool:

fontanalis

duckysauce wrote: »

what have the irish government ever done for us ?:P

Or more to the point what have the pople we elected because they were the children of other people who done nothing for us ever done for us?

duckysauce

built a motorway from dublin to galway , or was that eu funded , and what about the sewers?

Nijmegen

I think at this point a little bit of revolution wouldn't go amiss. It appears that changing the signs and letterheads of the Department for Social Equality is going to cost us €35,000 based on a silly whim of our inept government.

I wouldn't mind, as a taxpayer, paying €70,000 to see a few of the fittings in the Dail thrown out the window. Might switch our politicians on to one or two things.

And, for note, I'm not a mad crazy communist who thinks we need to continue spending free willy nilly and to hell with the banks. Quite the opposite.

But our political class, all of them, need a sharp shock to the system.

maynooth_rules

This was only done by a few because of the embarrassment caused by Greece taking the piss out of us last week with their chants during the protest. We had ample opportunity to stand up to this joke of a government but we rolled over like little dogs, and instead rang into Joe Duffy and had a bitch on the Frontline

fontanalis

Nijmegen wrote: »

I think at this point a little bit of revolution wouldn't go amiss. It appears that changing the signs and letterheads of the Department for Social Equality is going to cost us €35,000 based on a silly whim of our inept government.

I wouldn't mind, as a taxpayer, paying €70,000 to see a few of the fittings in the Dail thrown out the window. Might switch our politicians on to one or two things.

And, for note, I'm not a mad crazy communist who thinks we need to continue spending free willy nilly and to hell with the banks. Quite the opposite.

But our political class, all of them, need a sharp shock to the system.

100% agree but acting liek a pack of animals won't do it, not re-electing them would.

I don't know which is worse. That these morons "stormed" the Dail or that there's morons on here that think it's great :rolleyes:

Anonymous1987

Shame on us for trying to pay back our debt :rolleyes:. Exactly what does any of this achieve besides venting frustration, its no different than calling into Joe Duffy except it gives global markets the impression we cant hold things together which effectively means higher higher debt repayments.

DubMedic

That's just not a sufficient way to protest against the government

If you wish to protest, do it in a democratic manner.

These unions and workers campaigns and so on are giving me a pain in the backside.

Ooh, let's have a protest, have a speech where we say we will do loads, and then do f all.

antomorro-sei

Viva la Revolution

fontanalis

antomorro-sei wrote: »

Viva la Revolution

yeah, with any luck Ireland will be like the island paradise of Cuba.