'Bintifada' Continues: Joe Higgins and Clare Daly jailed

The Campaign against Bin Charges in Dublin continued ouer the weekend of 20^th/21^st 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 22^nd 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

• Week 1 Bin Trucks Grounded in Fingal (Wednesday 10^th)
  Report and pics on Grangegormon picket (Thursday 11^th)
  Cabra activists blockade bin truck in soldiarity with Fingal | Finglas Against the Bin Tax blocks 2 trucks | Blockades continue in Fingal / Legal Situation (Friday 12^th)


• Week 2 Fingal: Campaign to move into the areas of most support (Sunday 14^th)
  Massive anti-bin tax meeting in Cabra (Monday 15^th)
  Report on Anti-bin tax protest in Ringsend (Tuesday 16^th)
  Bin tax protesters in Cabra blockade two trucks | Anti-Bin Tax Public Meetings | Fingal County Council serves attachment and committal proceedings on Bin tax protestors | Bin Tax Battle Reaches Decisive Stage (Wednesday 17^th)
  Meetings in Balinteer/Dun Laoghaire (Thursday 18^th)
  Tallaght to protest against the Bin Tax on Saturday | Successful first bin truck blockade in Stoneybatter | Joe Higgins and Clare Daly sentenced to 1 month in prison (Friday 19^th)
  Blanchardstown Protest Photos (Saturday 20^th)

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