OUSTED OCCUPY PROTESTORS HOLD CITY ASSEMBLY
Date Published: 16-May-2012
The ousted city occupy protest camp is holding a group assembly in their former Eyre Square camp around now to discuss its next steps [1pm].
It follows the removal of the camp just after 4 this morning by a team of 40 Gardai and council officials.
The camp has been in Eyre Square for seven months and as of last evening was the last occupy movement in the country representing a campaign against corporate greed.
Six protestors were removed and a man in his 20s was arrested for failure to comply with the order but has since been released from custody.
The scene was cordoned off , to allow council staff dismantle the 300 square metre encampment, consisting of hundreds of wooden pallets, smaller tents and signage.
City Councillors Padraig Conneely, Michael Crowe and Terry O'Flaherty have welcomed the removal of the camp.