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Tuesday December 18, 2007 16:14

by Fintan Lane - ISN

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Pat Allen, known to many as "Pat the Picket" (because of his tireless social justice campaigning), is today sitting in Cork Prison following a protest against homelessness in the city.

Pat on protest duty on the Old Head of Kinsale, August 2007

Pat on protest duty on the Old Head of Kinsale, August 2007

Yesterday, Pat held one of his regular protests outside Cork City Hall - this time to condemn the local authorities relative inaction on the issue of the homeless. He highlighted the number of homeless who have died in the past few years.

Dressed as Santa Claus, he was aiming to contrast the goodwill around Christmas time with the distress endured by the city's homeless.

As Pat was protesting, the Gardai intervened and ultimately arrested him for alleged criminal damage. He was later remanded in custody to Cork Prison and is expected to appear in the District Court again on Thursday.

Phone callers to the Prendeville Show on Cork's 96FM voiced their concern this morning about the imprisonment of Pat the Picket, a colourful, popular and much cherished character in the city.

At present, I have no more details, so anybody with updates, please post below. One hopes Pat will be released soon, if it hasn't already happened.

Anybody who is available should also try to get to the District Court on Thursday morning to show solidarity with Pat.

Pat the Picket (right) at an anti-war protest in 2004

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Comments (40 of 40)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Pat	cropbeye	Tue Dec 18, 2007 19:25
2	endangered health	Chrissie	Tue Dec 18, 2007 22:27
3	What would Pat do?	gravy	Wed Dec 19, 2007 03:43
4	Request for postal address	Ciaron	Wed Dec 19, 2007 05:16
5	Support Pat Allen - he supported us!	John Jefferies	Wed Dec 19, 2007 07:44
6	Pat has been there for everybody else	Fintan Lane	Wed Dec 19, 2007 09:32
7	Pat is the essence of solidarity	Mary Kelly	Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:39
8	protest to much	jerry 2623	Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:26
9	Thank you	Fintan	Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:39
10	patism	leesider	Wed Dec 19, 2007 12:48
11	nice one	Con Carroll	Wed Dec 19, 2007 13:12
12	Leesider	me	Wed Dec 19, 2007 14:02
13	Support for Pat	Aragon	Wed Dec 19, 2007 15:25
14	Time of Court Appearance	Fintan Lane	Wed Dec 19, 2007 15:39
15	show us the work	leesider	Wed Dec 19, 2007 18:24
16	Support Pat	Biker	Wed Dec 19, 2007 18:35
17	free pat now !!	Rion	Wed Dec 19, 2007 20:42
18	Solidarity from Rossport	JM	Thu Dec 20, 2007 00:51
19	Give it a rest	another leesider	Thu Dec 20, 2007 09:25
20	Question	Statin the Obvious	Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:26
21	strategy	lulu	Thu Dec 20, 2007 10:45
22	Pat is out	Fintan Lane	Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:05
23	Rock on Pat! Glad you are outside!	Mary Kelly	Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:55
24	Welcome Back to Minimum Security Pat!	Ciaron	Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:07
25	Brief court report and photos	John Jefferies	Thu Dec 20, 2007 12:55
26	Well done Pat	Cathal	Thu Dec 20, 2007 18:15
27	Welcome Out Pat.	Niall	Thu Dec 20, 2007 22:27
28	protest to much?????????????????	g	Sat Dec 29, 2007 18:16
29	thank you dearly friends	Pat the Picket Allen	Fri Jan 11, 2008 23:46
30	Final hours.	Paul allen	Mon Nov 08, 2010 13:27
31	RIP	Éire Gaelach	Wed Nov 10, 2010 20:44
32	Pat the Picket Allen RIP	John Jefferies	Wed Nov 10, 2010 21:10
33	slán a chara.	gav	Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:17
34	Ar Dheis Dé go raibh a Anam..	anon	Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:24
35	slán a chara.	corkonian.	Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:43
36	good causes	simon	Fri Nov 12, 2010 20:53
37	Slán anois , a Chara.	Sharon.	Fri Nov 12, 2010 23:11
38	Sympathies	Ciaron	Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:04
39	Pat the picket	cropbeye@yahoo.com	Sat Nov 13, 2010 16:34
40	Rest in Peace	Deirdre Clancy	Mon Nov 15, 2010 12:31

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