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Updated 6pm.
A PROTEST GOT underway in Dublin this afternoon demonstrating against the jailing of five water protesters on Thursday.
Three were sentenced to 28 days in prison and two were handed down 56 days.
It’s now understood that two prisoners, Derek Byrne and Paul Moore are on hunger strike.
The Dublin Says No Facebook Page has released a statement on behalf of Derek Byrne which states that they have been locked up for the past three days ‘on complete lock down’ in Wheatfield Prison.
We have taken the steps to go on hunger strike and have been on hunger strike since yesterday, If we are not moved back to Mountjoy Training Unit as we were told we would be then on Monday morning we will be taking it further and refusing fluids until we are moved back to Mountjoy. It is harder for our families to make the journey to Clondalkin to visit us
A spokesperson for the Irish Prison Service told TheJournal.ie:
“The Irish Prison Service does not comment on individual prisoner cases.
Thousands attended today’s march which was organised by a number of local campaign groups.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
A Facebook page called ‘Release the five! Stop political policing! March To Mountjoy‘ stated:
This is for the release of the five jailed protesters, against the continuing dawn raid arrests of peaceful protesters, the political policing and demonisation of water charges protesters across the state, and against the water charges. It will march to Mountjoy prison.
Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy said the protest is to “stop political policing”.
Meanwhile another protest got underway outside the Fine Gael Conference in Mayo.
The protest appeared to be organised by the People Before Profit movement with several people wearing luminous PBP branded bibs and councillor Brid Smith among those present.
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Brilliant idea.
True, but the retailers ain’t gonna like it!
Can I bring my heart? Someone broke it…
Sounds a bit like the Mens’ Sheds idea, the more of these things that spring up the better IMO. People have got used to the throwaway society but there is great satisfaction to be had from repairing things.
Can I bring irish water ?
Idiot
Why would you want to fix that ?
Not exactly the type of cafe from Amsterdam I was hoping for but its a start.
This is a great idea and frankly one that should be adopted countrywide. I would love to learn new skills that would give many old items a new lease of life . We really need to move away from the throwaway culture. When I could afford it I always tried to buy better quality items that are repairable . I am a big fan of upcycling too and would love more techniques on that. The attitude of maintains and repairing and caring for what you own us the ONLY good thing to come out of this recession I think .
Me too, Catherine. I’d rather buy good quality secondhand than bad quality new.
Excellent idea, Fixing stuff when it broke or mending the odd rip in your clothes ( patching your jeans before it became fashionable not to) was taken for granted in my youth. Even taking things apart before they broke, ya know just in case it did break in the future.
A little excess money tends to negate the necessity which of course is the mother of all invention.
A great idea for those people that just need a kickstart to get going,I learned to do repairs many moons ago when I bought my first car,a late sixties Morris minor that had pop up indicators that got stuck, I not only do a lot of my own repairs but also like a lot of DIY addicts learned to recycle and invent new solutions to problems, thereby saving large amounts of dosh in the process, it’s neither compulsory nor is it desirable to pay through the nose for everything, there are alternatives but you do need a good tool kit.
It’s a good idea, would you have to sign a disclaimer that if you got a shock from a broken lamp etc that you wouldn’t sue otherwise I could see the council shutting it down.
I’m not sure they would advocate a lay person doing electrical repairs . You need to be RECI certified for to attempt those.
Well, how did it go?
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