COUNCIL WARNS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY RISKS AT CITY OCCUPY CAMP
Date Published: 08-Mar-2012
The Occupy Galway camp must be dismantled and removed due to the serious health and safety risks it currently poses.
That's according to Acting City Manager of Galway City Council Joe O'Neill, who says the site has been investigated for compliance with health and safety regulations.
A formal request was made this afternoon by council officials and the gardai to have the camp removed.
It comes on foot of a joint operation in Dublin this morning involving upwards of 100 Gardai who cleared the Occupy Dame Street camp.
The Galway encampment now consists of 8 tents and has been located on Eyre Square since last October as part of a worldwide movement against corporate greed.Acting City Manager Joe O'Neill says although the right to protest is respected, this is an occupation which poses certain risks.
He says the council has called on the occupiers to move out voluntarily as legal action will be a last resort