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'Bintifada' Continues: Joe Higgins and Clare Daly jailed

category dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | feature author Monday September 22, 2003 01:59author by Editorial Group - Indymedia Ireland

The Campaign against Bin Charges in Dublin continued ouer the weekend of 20th/21st September with a number of protests taking place in local areas in response to the jailing of Joe Higgins and Clare Daly. Bertie Ahern was also heckled at a Robert Emmett Commemoration on Saturday by anti Bin Charges campaigners. A major protest is planned for the evening of Monday 22nd starting at the Garden of Remembrance at 7.30 pm.

Jailings will only intensify the protests against the Bin Tax: Latest Fingal Anti-Bin Tax Campaign Press Release

Background: Why Dublin's workers are up in arms about the bin tax: The Service Charge Con

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author by conor (wsm personal capacity)publication date Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:10author address author phone

Newstalk reports blockade in East Wall in the City Area and on The main depot for Fingal blocking in 10 trucks -
(Monday morning 9 am)

March to Mountjoy tonight meet 7 pm Garden of remembrence

beir bua and ignore the trollers !

Conor

Related Link: http://www.stopthebintax.com
author by Anonymouspublication date Mon Sep 22, 2003 11:45author address author phone

A crazy & outrageous move by the establishment. Many of the papers have been running biographical features on who Joe Higgins is. If the country did not know who Joe Higgins or the Socialist Party is - they sure know now!! Joe's seat is secure for the next hundred years!!

Great personal sacrifice by Joe & Clare - but this stupid move by the establishment will greatly help to advance the left in Ireland. Maggie Thatcher must be behing the controls!

As Conor says, get your ass's to the Joy this evening for Joe & Clare!!

author by free the bin tax twopublication date Mon Sep 22, 2003 13:04author address author phone

That march is at 7.30pm tonight, not 7pm. Will probably be leaving the Garden of Remembrance on Parnell Square around 8pm to walk to the gates of Mountjoy.

author by Anonymouspublication date Mon Sep 22, 2003 13:18author address author phone

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author by Tompublication date Mon Sep 22, 2003 13:55author address author phone

There will be a demonstration in solidarity with the jailed Dublin anti-bin tax campaigners Joe Higgins and Clare Daly in Cork this evening. It will be held at City Hall (Anglesea Street entrance) from 5-7pm.

I'm not sure who's organising it but it will be representative of various groups in the city including the Householders Against Service Charges group.

author by Killianpublication date Mon Sep 22, 2003 18:38author address author phone

Short solidarity blockade was held this morning at St Donaghs Road in Donaghmede. Very good reaction from bin workers, the truck was blockedd for half a hour and then allowed to proceed. This was the first DA in Dublin North East with the anti-bin tax battle.

author by Kevpublication date Mon Sep 22, 2003 23:08author address author phone

saw on the 9 oclock news that cops est. 2500, organisers saying 5000 - so that would make it about 4000???

Great to see (even if only briefly on the telly). I also heard that Rosie Kane (SSP) and Dave Nellist from the English SP were speaking.

Anyone hear Lawlor on Joe Duffy this avo? That man makes my skin crawl. As me da says, he just oozes sleaze.

Related Link: http://socialistparty.net/bintax
author by Precision Manpublication date Tue Sep 23, 2003 00:27author address author phone

Story on the RTE site says that the gardai said 1,500 - 2,000. I was there, am quite tired (and a bit stiff). In so far as it is possible to count these things, I thought it was somewhere between 4,500 and 5,000. When we got to Mountjoy there were a few hundred more waiting there.


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