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# Tony Rochford

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# Courts
Man who damaged M50 toll gantry with angle grinder before threatening gardaí jailed for six months
It was the second time that the accused had damaged an M50 toll gantry.
# Public Order
First arrest for blocking water meter installation
Trim resident, Tony Rochford, blocked Irish Water vehicles from exiting a cul-de-sac.
# Tony Rochford
Former Dáil hunger striker ends sit-in at Dublin bank
Tony Rochford had chained himself to a counter at the Blanchardstown Ulster Bank.
# Protest
Crowd gathering at 'Lock the government out of the Dáil' protest
The plan had been to form a human chain around the entrance to stop TDs getting in but gardaí have pushed the demonstration back.
# The Iceman cometh
The leader of Iceland's 'Kitchenware Revolution' reckons we have a thing or two to learn about protests
Artist and musician Hördur Torfason is the man who sparked the 2008 popular protests in Reykjavik. He’s been invited to Dublin to help plan a demonstration for this Wednesday, organised to ‘lock the Government out of the Dáil’.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Friday
Everyone’s talking about Lucinda Creighton, drownings and a train crash in Paris.
# Property Tax
Tony Rochford ends hunger strike after doctor’s report
Property tax hunger striker Rochford had not eaten for 23 days before last night.
# Tony Rochford
Property tax hunger striker: Meeting with Taoiseach must happen soon
Tony Rochford is on his 23rd day without food and feels his right to work is being denied.
# Property Tax
Property tax hunger striker: 'I'd say I won't last too long'
Tony Rochford hasn’t taken food for 11 days – but insists he will not end his strike unless the property tax is repealed.
# Property Tax
This man says he's on hunger strike to oppose the property tax
Tony Rochford from Trim in Co Meath says he has been refusing all solid foods for over a week now.