city held to ransom

rx8

City Centre has been at a standstill for about 45 minutes now due to a sit down protest on oconnell bridge. A mix of anti austerity and IRA /sinn fein sympathisers.
Cops just standing there watching.
Hose the ****ers out of it.

bad2dabone

rx8 wrote: »

City Centre has been at a standstill for about minutes now due to a sit down protest on oconnell bridge. A mix of anti austerity and IRA /sinn fein sympathisers.
Cops just standing there watching.
Hose the ****ers out of it.

Stuck on a bus thanks to these ****

youcancallmeal

Talk about alienating people. I just want to go home!

SimonQuinlank

Walk then,they have a right to protest.

My cousin is in there protesting about special needs cuts that affect her two autistic daughters,she is neither a IRA sympathiser or an anti-austerity loon.

P_1

Protesting outside the Dail = grand knock yourselves out, tis your democratic right and all.

Blocking O'Connell Bridge and preventing people from getting home = get up and away you bunch of traitorous fools

EyeSight

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Walk then,they have a right to protest.

My cousin is in there protesting about special needs cuts that affect her two autistic daughters,she is neither a IRA sympathiser or an anti-austerity loon.

They don't have a right to block the bridge. There are certain rules in place for how you can protest(e.g. throwing paint/eggs at a politician has gotten people arrested).

It also harms their cause. They will get negative PR from this

chopper6

Yeah it's much better to do nothing...let the govt keep on raping the country sure as long as we get home for coronation st.

Royal Legend

rx8 wrote: »

City Centre has been at a standstill for about 45 minutes now due to a sit down protest on oconnell bridge. A mix of anti austerity and IRA /sinn fein sympathisers.
Cops just standing there watching.
Hose the ****ers out of it.

Are you a politician?
If so they have managed to lock you out of your front room for a while, win, win for the crusties.

All is well now, they win, you lose, austerity is over. rejoice

if you are not a politician, then I suggest you get out of your car, go to the boot, remove your car jack and then proceed to the bridge and beat the living shte out of these idiots.

chocksaway

Its not the government raping the country its self centred idiots out to look after themselves. People refusing to pay their taxes meaning those that do have to pay the price

Celly Smunt

Did anybody notice an influx of abandoned parked cars in the middle of roads today or was i just unlucky to walk past 3 abandoned cars?

Redpunto

Tis absolutely mental out there, took me over an hour to get from baggot street to harcourt street.

IQO

Why are they not arresting these people? There's only about 5 people sitting on the ground, as said the rest are mostly bystanders. Of course they can protest, but how does this help Ireland and its economy? My apartment has a view on the bridge, looks like to want to make this Dublin's Tahrir square/Gehzi park

Twitter is going nuts in the meantime: https://twitter.com/search?q=o%27connell&src=typd&f=realtime

Right they are.. the traffic jam on the quays and surrounding areas is huge. Good luck if you're still trying to get home.

Noopti

SimonQuinlank wrote: »

Walk then,they have a right to protest.

My cousin is in there protesting about special needs cuts that affect her two autistic daughters,she is neither a IRA sympathiser or an anti-austerity loon.

Get real. So they have a right to protest, and screw everyone else? I have just as much of a right to not have to walk home as they have to sit on a bridge during rush hour.

Idiots.

Nino Brown

The government should promise a full time job to everybody on the bridge at 7pm, that would clear them wasters off pretty F'ing quickly.

Celly Smunt

Nino Brown wrote: »

The government should promise a full time job to everybody on the bridge at 7pm, that would clear them wasters off pretty F'ing quickly.

Then they'd protest that the jobs they were given weren't tax free.

chopper6

chocksaway wrote: »

Its not the government raping the country its self centred idiots out to look after themselves. People refusing to pay their taxes meaning those that do have to pay the price

Ah..I thought it was the Bank guarantee imposed by the govt following excessive speculation by wealthy property developers. ..

Nino Brown

chopper6 wrote: »

Ah..I thought it was the Bank guarantee imposed by the govt following excessive speculation by wealthy property developers. ..

Don't forget the people who bought houses they couldn't afford in the hope that it's value would increase, that's also speculation.

shortstuff!

Waiting on my bus for 45mins, move the f*ckers!

Busted Flat.

EyeSight wrote: »

They don't have a right to block the bridge. There are certain rules in place for how you can protest(e.g. throwing paint/eggs at a politician has gotten people arrested).

It also harms their cause. They will get negative PR from this

This could be a bridge too far.

chocksaway

Nino Brown wrote: »

Don't forget the people who bought houses they couldn't afford in the hope that it's value would increase, that's also speculation.

This is the crux of the issue. People bought over priced houses they couldn't afford, companies closed for what ever reasons, people lost their jobs and defaulted on loans, banks went bust and now no one wanta to pick up the pieces. Everyone says its someone else's fault.

chopper6

Nino Brown wrote: »

Don't forget the people who bought houses they couldn't afford in the hope that it's value would increase, that's also speculation.

The ones who now want the taxpayer to pick up the tab for thier foolishness?
I love this country...we blew up a bubble and called it a boom,payed back the bond holders out of our own pockets and have been subjected to pay cuts and tax increases without raising a voice in protest. Then when anybody dares to try and highlight issues by protesting the 'me feiners' are calling for them to be baton charged off the streets so as not to interfere with' their' schedule....we're like lobsters pulling each other back into the pot.

IQO

Protest is moving on now, they're walking towards Trinity. No sit-in at O'Connell Bridge anymore.

Nino Brown

chopper6 wrote: »

The ones who now want the taxpayer to pick up the tab for thier foolishness?
I love this country...we blew up a bubble and called it a boom,payed back the bond holders out of our own pockets and have been subjected to pay cuts and tax increases without raising a voice in protest. Then when anybody dares to try and highlight issues by protesting the 'me feiners' are calling for them to be baton charged off the streets so as not to interfere with' their' schedule....we're like lobsters pulling each other back into the pot.

We don't need a bunch of clowns sitting on O'Connell bridge to tell us the country is in trouble. Right or wrong, we are in a tough financial position now, the only way out is grow the economy and pay our debt. These people don't have any solutions, they just want to complain about the problems, meanwhile the people who are solving the problem by working and paying taxes are the only people to suffer from this protest.

AnonoBoy

chopper6 wrote: »

Yeah it's much better to do nothing...let the govt keep on raping the country sure as long as we get home for coronation st.

The choice isn't between doing nothing or blocking O'Connell Bridge.

Protesting is fine. I'm all for it. Yes we should make our voices heard but doing it where they've chosen to do it is stupid. It's affecting the ordinary working people who are just trying to get home after a day's work. Do you think there's a politician sitting on the 46a now thinking, "Oh no! I better change that austerity plan!"


They're actually irritating and inconveniencing the people they're supposed to be protesting on behalf of.

bumper234

Pepper spray the lot of them and if any want to stay after that.....release the hounds!

Mrs OBumble

Are there helicopters buzzing overhead watching them? I'm sitting in the main library and was fancying I could hear some ...

Mmm ... might stay a bit longer now I know!

P_1

Some enterprise coming as a result of this farce I guess...

chopper6

AnonoBoy wrote: »

The choice isn't between doing nothing or blocking O'Connell Bridge.

Protesting is fine. I'm all for it. Yes we should make our voices heard but doing it where they've chosen to do it is stupid. It's affecting the ordinary working people who are just trying to get home after a day's work. Do you think there's a politician sitting on the 46a now thinking, "Oh no! I better change that austerity plan!"


They're actually irritating and inconveniencing the people they're supposed to be protesting on behalf of.

So in your opinion it's better to do nothing? You think being delayed for half an hour on the bus is worse than paying taxes to support non working people,bank shareholders,politicians fat salaries and nearly a billion in ' overseas' aid?

SirDelboy18

They made me late earlier. They can **** off.

SirDelboy18

Is it still impossible to get through the city?

MightyMighty737

Any pics? Nothing coming up on Twitter.

Nino Brown

chopper6 wrote: »

So in your opinion it's better to do nothing? You think being delayed for half an hour on the bus is worse than paying taxes to support non working people,bank shareholders,politicians fat salaries and nearly a billion in ' overseas' aid?

It is better to do nothing. Unless the protesters have a viable solution to put forward, all they are doing is making the problem worse, blocking one of our busiest streets slows the economy and costs a fortune to police.

Uriel.

chopper6 wrote: »

So in your opinion it's better to do nothing? You think being delayed for half an hour on the bus is worse than paying taxes to support non working people,bank shareholders,politicians fat salaries and nearly a billion in ' overseas' aid?

So you're saying that tomorrow all is gonna be good and we can spend to our hearts content?

Get real.

How much is this going to cost the taxpayer today - extra garda resources, lost taxes, hiring of barricades, etc.

Whether we bailed the banks or not, we're spending more than we earn. Not sustainable. End of story.

AnonoBoy

chopper6 wrote: »

So in your opinion it's better to do nothing? You think being delayed for half an hour on the bus is worse than paying taxes to support non working people,bank shareholders,politicians fat salaries and nearly a billion in ' overseas' aid?

Did you read what I said?

You're making it out like the only two choices are DO NOTHING or BLOCK O'CONNELL BRIDGE.

You do realise there's plenty of other places in the city to protest at, plenty of more significant and apt places that will still get attention and won't p*ss off the working people of the city don't you? :rolleyes:

It's not the protesting that's p*ssing people off - it's the location of the protesting.

This standard response of "Oh it's better to do nothing then is it? That's why the country is in the state it's in." is lazy, boring and to be honest completely stupid in a black-and-white juvenile way. Just because you're protesting for something good doesn't mean you have the right to do it wherever you want at whatever time you want.

AnonoBoy

MightyMighty737 wrote: »

Any pics? Nothing coming up on Twitter.

http://www.thejournal.ie/oconnell-bridge-protest-1089586-Sep2013/

chopper6

Uriel. wrote: »

So you're saying that tomorrow all is gonna be good and we can spend to our hearts content?

Get real.

How much is this going to cost the taxpayer today - extra garda resources, lost taxes, hiring of barricades, etc.

Whether we bailed the banks or not, we're spending more than we earn. Not sustainable. End of story.

So...it's better to do nothing?

FortuneChip

P_1 wrote: »

Some enterprise coming as a result of this farce I guess...

Pretty smart going on their behalf!
Hell, I'd nearly go in to town for the 10% off!!!

Uriel.

chopper6 wrote: »

So...it's better to do nothing?

Honestly, if the choices are this farce today or maintain the status quo... Then it's an obvious answer.

But as you rightly know, they aren't the only options available.

How about some of these fnucks put together a policy book on viable alternatives so that people can get behind it?

No they won't do that because they're only answer is burn everyone, tax the rich and give more to to the scrotes.

Dilusional stuff

chopper6

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Did you read what I said?

You're making it out like the only two choices are DO NOTHING or BLOCK O'CONNELL BRIDGE.

You do realise there's plenty of other places in the city to protest at, plenty of more significant and apt places that will still get attention and won't p*ss off the working people of the city don't you? :rolleyes:

See people like you whinging that you've been inconvenienced on a public board means the protest had some effect.
Why should everybody wave placards at the entrance to govt house? That's old hat and nobody takes any notice.
Might I remind you that the Easter rising was largely unpopular with the citizenry as it stopped them going about their business and many of them were of a similar opinion to you...

Dravokivich

chopper6 wrote: »

See people like you whinging that you've been inconvenienced on a public board means the protest had some effect.
Why should everybody wave placards at the entrance to govt house? That's old hat and nobody takes any notice.
Might I remind you that the Easter rising was largely unpopular with the citizenry as it stopped them going about their business and many of them were of a similar opinion to you...

Had an affect, but one that misses the bloody point.

AnonoBoy

chopper6 wrote: »

See people like you whinging that you've been inconvenienced on a public board means the protest had some effect.

I'm not inconvenienced at all. I'm not trying to get home right now.

And I'm not saying it didn't have an effect. It clearly has. The effect is that they've p*ssed off half the city.

But they've p*ssed off the people who have no control over the things they're protesting about. There's members of the government over in the Merrion hotel right now probably having a laugh about the f*cking eejits stopping the regular working stiffs from getting home after a hard day's slog. Those laughing c*nts in the Merrion are the people they should be inconveniencing - not the poor sods who are working hard every day to try and pay their way and raise their families.

I'm just pointing out that your 'it's do nothing or do exactly this' attitude is hugely flawed and juvenilely black and white.

Might I remind you that the Easter rising was largely unpopular with the citizenry as it stopped them going about their business and many of them were of a similar opinion to you...

At least they had a plan in place and they started it on a holiday weekend not at rush hour on a weekday! :pac:

chopper6

Dravokivich wrote: »

Had an affect, but one that misses the bloody point.

Which us what? Others have made our bed for us and we should just bloody well lie in it?

Nino Brown

chopper6 wrote: »

See people like you whinging that you've been inconvenienced on a public board means the protest had some effect.
Why should everybody wave placards at the entrance to govt house? That's old hat and nobody takes any notice.
Might I remind you that the Easter rising was largely unpopular with the citizenry as it stopped them going about their business and many of them were of a similar opinion to you...

There was purpose to the Easter rising, they had a goal, something they were working towards. They didn't just block the place up and shout "Brits Out", which is basically what these protesters are doing. Voicing their displeasure, without any type of coherent plan, or viable alternative.

Uriel.

chopper6 wrote: »

Which us what? Others have made our bed for us and we should just bloody well lie in it?

If these gob****es had popular support, there'd be a bigger turn out.

Amongst the other crazy sh1te it's simply an attempt to protect the welfare setup that allows people to do **** all and blame everyone else for making them do something

IrlMonk

The comments on this thread are disgraceful, you lot sound like a right bunch of idiots and are self centred gits. Open your eyes yeas fools, they have every right to protest.
Countries all over this earth are in tatters because of Governments that manipulate the people and have turned them into slaves.
The person that has opened this thread is an outright eejit.
Slaves to the multinationals and when they have had their fill they will pack up and leave, then what?

Dravokivich

chopper6 wrote: »

Which us what? Others have made our bed for us and we should just bloody well lie in it?

Its very hard to say. All they apparently did was block the road. All people are talking about, is them blocking the road. What were they protesting, roads?

If you think that's a bit of a brash and ignorant comment for me to make, well you'll be on target there with that. Because I've no idea what they were protesting against. What their agenda is. No one is talking about the specifics of their cause.

That's what I meant by "missing the bloody point." Their protest is ineffective as such, other than being disruptive.

chopper6

Nino Brown wrote: »

There was purpose to the Easter rising, they had a goal, something they were working towards. They didn't just block the place up and shout "Brits Out", which is basically what these protesters are doing. Voicing their displeasure, without any type of coherent plan, or viable alternative.

I think the 'goal' of today's protest was to let people know that not everybody is so concerned about themselves that they'll allow the govt to do what it likes. It seems to me that the culture of ' I'm alright jack' is alive and well with a good dose of 'keep yer head down,toe the line' thrown in.

AnonoBoy

IrlMonk wrote: »

Open your eyes yeas fools, they have every right to protest.

Of course they do. But it's the stupid place they've chosen that's p*ssed everyone off.

Nino Brown

IrlMonk wrote: »

The comments on this thread are disgraceful, you lot sound like a right bunch of idiots and are self centred gits. Open your eyes yeas fools, they have every right to protest.
Countries all over this earth are in tatters because of Governments that manipulate the people and have turned them into slaves.
The person that has opened this thread is an outright eejit.
Slaves to the multinationals and when they have had their fill they will pack up and leave, then what?

That's a ridiculous argument, the right to protest doesn't give you carte blanche to do what you want. What mutlinationals are you talking about? You have a tin foil hat on, don't you?

Uriel.

IrlMonk wrote: »

The comments on this thread are disgraceful, you lot sound like a right bunch of idiots and are self centred gits. Open your eyes yeas fools, they have every right to protest.
Countries all over this earth are in tatters because of Governments that manipulate the people and have turned them into slaves.
The person that has opened this thread is an outright eejit. H
Slaves to the multinationals and when they have had their fill they will pack up and leave, then what?

Perhaps you'd rather be on the dole.?
You'd swear things were so bad in this country.

AnonoBoy

chopper6 wrote: »

I think the 'goal' of today's protest was to let people know that not everybody is so concerned about themselves that they'll allow the govt to do what it likes.

The protest did that very well all day. Why the need to block O'Connell Bridge to end it all?

It's the "I have to be noticed but have no useful suggestions myself" attitude of those few protestors (not the majority mind) who blocked the bridge that has rightfully drawn the ire of people.