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LAST UPDATE | 29 Dec 2018
DUBLIN’S PORT TUNNEL was closed in both directions earlier by a protest.
Demonstrators stood on the road, blocking access to the tunnel.
The Port Tunnel has since fully reopened.
The action was part of a protest and march earlier this afternoon in Dublin city centre. The protest began at Custom House Quay, and protesters moved on to briefly block the the East-Link bridge.
The majority were yellow high visibility vests, similar to the French gilets jaunes movement.
The Yellow Vest Ireland movement describes itself as a “protest against the disproportionate burden of the government’s tax and reforms that are failing the working and middle class citizens of Ireland”.
In a Facebook live video streamed by a page calling itself the Irish Citizen Army, protesters could be seen walking through the Port Tunnel.
They then stood at one entrance, where protesters could be seen holding a “Yellow Vest movement Ireland” banner, an Irish flag, and a banner with details of ClimateChangeAgenda.com, a website with promotes chemtrail conspiracy theories.
There was a garda presence at the protest, with officers on bikes following the protest.
Meanwhile in France, police fired tear gas at demonstrators in Paris but the turnout for round seven of the popular protests that have rocked France appeared low.
Several hundred people wearing the symbolic vests had gathered near the offices of France Televisions and the BFM TV channel in the centre of the capital shouting “Fake news” and calling for the resignation of President Emmanuel Macron.
Protesters spilled on to tram lines and lobbed projectiles at police who replied with tear gas grenades and detained several people.
Tear gas was also fired in Nantes, western France, and protests were expected in Lyon, Bordeaux and Toulouse.
In the southern city of Marseille, police said 900 protesters turned out, amid cries of “Macron out”.
The official turnout numbers have plunged with the passing weeks. The government recorded 38,600 demonstrators on December 22 compared to 282,000 for the first major demonstrations on November 17.
But leading figures within the movement that has flourished outside of trade union and political groups, say the low numbers are due to the holiday season and January will bring a resurgence of the street protests.
The focus of the protests has morphed from anger over fuel taxes to a broad rebuke of Macron, accused by critics of neglecting the rising costs of living for many in rural and small-town France.
Additional reporting by AFP.
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Here’s some interesting headlines from 2019:
“Sinn Féin defends right to hold $500-a-plate US dinners after criticising Fine Gael fundraiser”
“Sinn Féin fundraising passes $15 million total in America after New York dinner”
Another from 2021:
“$1,000-a-plate golf fundraiser in US not a ‘Galway tent scenario’, says Sinn Féin TD”
@honey badger: Ah it is perhaps just designed to protect the miscreants who were sent offside.
Kiddie fiddlers like Meehan and the rest? Talk to me Mary. Mc G and others don’t feature in your rhetorical bullmanure
Ther was no sign of Mary Sue at the latest march for Palestine last weekend in Dublin yet she turns up in London at one. She seems to be dodging a lot of marches on Ireland letely
SINN Fein – a party not even in power, and already they announced that they won’t accept the will of the voters in the upcoming referendum.
Why are we not surprised.
@DGQ: The PIRA murdered 338 Catholics. If you’re a big fan of their work, don’t be ashamed of that work. Own it.
SF going to see president Joe in the White House on St Patrick’s day then turn on the crocodile tears for the Palestinian people when they get back to Ireland . Hypocrites .
An Irish Unity summit in New York…..bring the begging bowl.
hi mary, are ye goin to give us up north a tv licence amnesty too?
Of course it’s a fundraising trip!
Why was it not held in Iceland or somewhere else. My question is what is why do SF need all the funds for??
Has the money from the Northern Bank heist run out? Is Shergar still alive? Some Sire!! Have Eddie and
Rose spent all their ill gotten gains? Is Naomh Fionbarra really a sports club?
Teams and Skype exists.
It wount be long now!
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