GARDAI ESCORT ROWDY PROTESTORS FROM CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER

Date Published: 09-Jan-2012

A meeting of Galway City Council had to be adjourned for a time this evening after a number of protestors stormed the Council Chamber.

The protest got underway around 3p.m. organised by the United Left Alliance branch in Galway against the household charge.

It started off peacefully outside city hall but became rowdy when protestors entered the chamber and raised chairs as Gardai removed them.

After 15 minutes of an adjournment, the meeting resumed and is wellunderway at City Hall now. The protestors have also left the vicinty.