if they actually gave a toss they would camp outside the bankers developers solicitors and developers gaffs but that wouldnt suit them because they couldnt just pop across the road for a pint. Jokers the lot of them. The cheek of them not to remove their tents for paddys day.

It’s Thursday they where down the dole office

Ye sitting on dame street doing Noting is the way to get back working …

Never said every one on the dole was a waster …. I’m saying people sitting on the side of a road since October are wasters ..

Gary, are you not grateful that some people on the dole, in a recession, are willing to spend their time protesting against a corrupt banking system? I am. I’m happy to pay taxes to pay their dole.

Only if you call it something stupid like “The Oireachtas”…

And i Suppose chuck you believe ghost estates were built by ghosts??

What on earth has that got to do with my comment?

Sounds like you just wanted any excuse, no matter how tenous, to use that “clever” little play on words you thought of

Well the ghost estates were built by developers that were handed money through a system of inadequate financial regulation through the central Bank.

Cupids Daughter at it again, never has anything usefull to say

I like you Cupid’s Daughter. You’re a bit zany but it’s nice to stand out from the norm. God knows we’ve too many conformists already. ;)

Maybe Tea and Toast will refresh your memory mr. Hayes.

You inviting me out then!

No definately not Michael. The toast is a reference to all the toasts that were performed during the celtic Tiger that saw away with sanity. And the tea well thats just barrys.

Their point? Let me ask u something. If someone robbed u of 25 grand, would u demand justice? Cause thats what happened to every citizen in this country. Where is the justice? There is none because the establishment in this country protect them, not you or i.

No they wouldn’t coz the Government would give them a free house!!!

If you read my comment, you would see that I levelled no criticism at the movement. I just pointed out that this tactic is not working. They were treated the same way as anyone who decided to set up camp on dame street. That stage of protest is over, learn and grow from the experience. You perceive an injustice has occurred, I’m not disagreeing, I just have my own opinions.

id like to see them goth/emos that used to hang around there get evicted too !

Give over! These people werent Social workers, or drug addiction therapists, or guards, or teachers. It wasnt a river that lulled them to sleep each night. And camp fires with marshmallows….

The point Alan is making is that to garnish support they needed to engage with the public, simple really….to most anyways

Yes very simple Michael. Like garnishing a feast as your meat decays.

Maybe the truth of light captured in a Digital device thats powered from sunlight thats centuraies old while the same star still shines brightly today.

Enda Kenny and the rest of Europe I’m sure, though without democracy. Happy with that??

@cupidsdaughter – please answer honestly, are you a bot? A lot of what you post is kinda random, so are you just scanning posts for key words and generating random statements? If so, I’d like to meet the programmer. Turing would be proud!

Do not comute. Although taking the steps of a viewing tower and looking through a window at the spire of St. Nicolai one would seek justice in history repeating.

Just about the answer I was hoping for. Ah well, first sunny day in a while, hour more of work and then it’s time to visit Ahoi.

I know, those guards should be ashamed of themselves .

Its hard to capture an image of Febreeze, but it needs to be illustrated how much of it will be needed down there…

Kevin, you truly are an absolute flake. You are the kind of “Ordinary citizen” that resulted in us being in this situation.

That’s a lovely thing to say. Flakes are lovely. :D

It’s comments like this that show the anti-occupy crowd, sorry “General Public” to be complete tools – there are half a million people “sponging” off the dole now most of them through no fault of their own, there are nowhere near enough jobs for all those people and looking for a job isn’t going to stop bondholder payouts and destructive austerity programmes.

Class warfare is well and truly under way. Just remember, no matter how big you think you are, somebody better above is always ready to shit on you.

Corrupt Bankers 100,000,000,000, “Hippy Peasantry” – Relegated, to the cheers of the apparently braindead general public.

Go on Denis, keep that clamouring for attention up!

What makes you think there will be support? There’s nothing to even suggest there will be other then your baseless speculation.

In the many months that the Occupy movement has been operating in Ireland we’ve seen the camps go from being semi-occupied during the night to no occupation at all, the Waterford camp is dead after 9pm each evening and its a state on the main street in Waterford.

What little support this movement did have has dropped line a stone, its full of crazy loons and fringe groups so it can’t be taken seriously even if it does have any sort of sane thoughts behind it.

I would think in 2-3 years the current global economic situation will be a distant memory.

“what makes you think there will be support”, well for a start people who lose their jobs in the next 2-3 through no fault of their own because of greed, yes it is speculation, we’ll just hav to wait and see…..in 1916 the rebels had no support from the general public and a few years later look what happened, just saying

Yeah. It will be wiped out Adam.

pacahill, did you just compare the occupy dame street movement to the 1916 Easter rising….seriously…..seriously?

You’ve just lost all credibility here now,

I sure did barry, i was stating the fact that public support was against those back then and against those now…obviously these are completely different times and i would assume those camping out on the street wouldnt be prepared to giv their life for cause. I was simply stating a comparison between the two. I dont give a FUNK if i lost my credibility haha

I’m with you,I think everyone needs to have a nice piece of marmite on toast and chill out ;)

I hear you Rommel, I think some people just like giving out and will use any excuse to do so. Sad ol biddies need to relax.

Ross you obviously didn’t look at the photo or read my comment. Show me where the Guard was standing on his chest.

Ahh yes, it is his own leg.. My point still stands though. All the people charged to date in relation to Anglo have been for those protesting. There might be a sacrificial lamb but the vast majority of the perps in FF and Anglo and their mutual friends will never see a day in court.

Anglo was raided 3 years ago. It is a complex investigation no doubt, but the real problem is that the will is not there to prosecute or reform. That is the basic tenet of every FG/FF Govt. FF set out to rob the place blind for their own and their friends, while FG silently scream “nothing must change”.

A pox on both their houses and members.

I agree Ross that the level and length of time for potential prosecution in the finance sector is ridiculous. In the US anyone who did something illegal would now be doing 40 to life in jail. The thing is that a lot of those that might be indited no longer work in an office and are living off their pensions so what is the point in squatting outside the Central Bank? Those lads would be far better off outside Garda HQ in Harcourt Street, The Dail, the Aras and places that would actually make a difference. Do you think the lads in the Central Bank actually gave a shit about the shanty town on their doorstep?

As for the media footage put up by the protesters today, Dear God I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry! It is an absolute PR disaster of the highest order. No knowledge of the Law, no knowledge of how to handle the media and a bunch of people talking to a camera who appeared to be either drunk or intellectually challenged.

ross you still havent apologized for slandering that police officer you simply brushed over the inconvenient truth that he wasnt standing on a protester. Do you honestly think a bobby in blue can just knock around to Seany Fitz gaff and go right Sean your nicked, cop on its all politics the coppers would be sacked or worse by the Govt. There as much up shit creek as the rest of us.

In case you’ve been missing the news the camp did have an affect on people, what about the small business in the area affected by this camp?. What about the state they have the place in as we are coming into the tourist reason?.

if these people want to protest thats fine but they are only half arse protesting, if your going to protest and build a camp then live in the camp (which they’ve not been doing), if your not living in the camp then just show up every day with signs and clean up after yourselves each evening.

Barry, what is your problem with people taking turns at sleeping in the camp and some going home for a few hours kip? What are you doing to protest against citizens bailing out a defunct bank?

Réada Quinn, taking turns?
ah go on pull the other one.

The whole “protest” was half arsed from the beginning as they wanted the imagine of a full on protest but were not prepared to knuckle down for the long run, not just Dublin but look at other so called camps in the likes of Waterford, there isn’t a soul in the Waterford camp after 9pm each night.

And how have you knuckled down Barry? I’m only asking. I don’t mind if you haven’t done anything. I’m a live and let live kinda girl. I do wonder though why people, including yourself, have such a problem.

Depends what ‘side’ your on, which Truth do you think that these pictures are telling?

The truth is the Gardai doing their job and a bunch of people not supported by the 99% they claim to represent trying to make a state of the place again….yes the truth.

Yeah all those poor unfortunates with digital cameras and smartphones……

The photo shows a Guard with his foot resting on a protestor’s stomach. I bet that if this happened to any of you, you would be the first to claim police brutality. Remember the case of “Robocop” for the Globalisation parades?

Stephan are you blind or something? Look at the photo properly and you will see that the Guards two feet are on the ground and the occupiers foot is actually in the air. There is no foot on his chest. Duh!

David Higgins, you can a digital camera or Smartphone for around €100 nowadays and a lot of people probably bought these before they were out of a job.

but let’s not try and use reason with an FG supporter, eh?

Stephen, any apology for the guard who you accused of assaulting someone but by now have realised your stupid mistake?!

€100, the same cost of the Household Charge. Taking pics at the hippy camp take precedence over funding health and education….

What’s this Mr Higgins? The Household Tax is to fund Health and Education. Is that straight from your fine Gael mouth??? Your lot make it up as ye go along. Lol Dave ;)

My philosophy for a long time, until I gave it up!

Why not just look at the pictures and see for yourself?

Yes Bernadette they have all their numbers on and are doing their duty in a proper responsible fashion despite protesters camera phones and journalists cameras zoomed on them waiting for something to happen