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Joan Burton Mark Stedman/Photocall Ireland

Joan Burton was (very briefly) blocked from leaving Clondalkin this morning

There were no public order incidents or arrests.

Updated 12.57pm

TÁNAISTE JOAN BURTON’S car was briefly blocked from leaving an event in south Dublin this morning.

Burton was at the Musgrave Retail Partners in Fonthill in Clondalkin where she was attending a ‘Skills for Work Week’ event on the day that the unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 10.1 per cent.

After the event her car was blocked by a small number of protesters as it attempted to leave the area but the incident ended after around 10 minutes, it’s understood.

Gardaí confirmed that they attended the scene of a small protest in Fonthill at 11.45am.

They said the Tánaiste was present and the protesters blocked her exit for a short period of time.

There was no violence, no public order incidents and no arrests were made. Burton and her advisors are now on their way back into the city centre.

Last November, the Tánaiste was blocked from leaving an event in Jobstown for some three hours with her and her advisors subjected to verbal abuse by protesters. A water balloon thrown was also thrown at Burton.

Gardaí investigating the incident have made a number of arrests in recent weeks, including the Socialist TD Paul Murphy who was later released without charge.

This afternoon, a spokesperson for Burton played down the incident: “The only significant event this morning was that the Tanaiste visited Musgrave’s to see at first hand an important career development initiative – as part of a collaboration between Government and industry – that will benefit 350 young jobseekers.

“In that context, it should be noted that latest figures this morning showed a 10.8% year-on-year decrease in the number of people on the Live Register, with almost 43,000 fewer people on the Register now than at this time last year.”

- additional reporting from Michelle Hennessy

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    Mute Connachtabu
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:23 PM

    Joan, you are making a habit of this – your attention seeking will have to stop!

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    Mute David Higgins
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:43 PM

    Paul Murphy is the real attention seeker.

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    Mute Diolúin Ó hUigínn
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:54 PM

    David, sure he wasn’t even there today

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:00 PM

    Got a crush on him eh .

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    Mute Matthew Donoghue
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:07 PM

    It doesn’t matter, its still all Paul Murphys fault the fecking socialist!!!

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    Mute Hermes
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:27 PM

    Jesus was a socialist …
    Joan Burton is not – she’s a capitalist – didn’t hear here bemoaning the H.SB.C. 350 …..

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    Mute ciaran mccall
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:39 PM

    hey hugh how big are you and would you call yourself average?…need to know

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    Mar 4th 2015, 5:11 PM

    When is the next big water protest???

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    Mute Thomas Maher
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    Mar 4th 2015, 5:48 PM

    21st March

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    Mute ciaran mccall
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:19 PM

    enda Kenny blocked in on o Connell st after lights changed halting him and advisors, gardai are investigating

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:24 PM

    Joan seems to have very quickly lost her popularity.

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    Mute Inanimate Carbon Rod
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:35 PM

    She be losing her seat in Dublin Mid West pretty soon too if the opinion polls are to be believed

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    Mute Tony Skillington
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:56 PM

    True..the ole Moany Bounce has been reduce to bumping along the floor

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:01 PM

    Shes ” bouncing ” herself out of a job .

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:49 PM

    she will have a lovely pension though, who will have the last laugh?

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    Mute D H
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    Mar 4th 2015, 3:48 PM

    Patjoe therein lies the problem, and the fact that that delights you shows that if you are not actually a member of this government then you are an absolute imbecile for her bloated pension will be paid for from your pocket too

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 4:09 PM

    ive no problem paying the pensions of civil servants, she is getting a right hefty lump, laughing for years into her retirement. some people do not like that idea, me i personally wish her well

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    Mute D H
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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:02 PM

    Like i said patjoe either a member of government or an imbecile…..or both

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    Mute Seth Cheffetz
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:53 PM

    Yeah… This is news, and yet i haven’t seen a single mention on the levy the government is planning to charge people over age 35 if they don’t have private health insurance.

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    Mute Denis O Brien
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:44 PM

    or they pay by weight bin system due to come in soon.

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    Mute Tom
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:53 PM

    OMG….you’re going to be charged for using stuff? Call Amnesty International. All shit should be paid for by someone else forever.

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:55 PM

    Tom neither of the commentators have suggested anything for free, so what type of idiocy are your trying to start?

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    Mute Frank Carty
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:07 PM

    pay by weight bin system, thats a great idea! force people to recycle more and cut down on landfill.

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    Mute Hermes
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:31 PM

    Fortce people to pay more for a product that now has commercial value – do the dutch that own a generating station from rubbish in Ireland get our rubbish for free ?
    Dutch political councils at that !- Funny how Enda and co. couldn’t organise that for the benefit of Eire – or maybe it isn’t funny at all – I think this planning permission may need an investigation and the councillors that voted for it to be checked to make sure they weren’t off-shore too often – The noose tightens !
    John Tierney was all over Poolbeg !

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    Mute William Boyd
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:32 PM

    Norman our good Tom is most likely a member of YFG their version of the Hitler youth.

    I’m sure Daddy’s boy didn’t have to worry about paying for college and Daddy’s boy got plenty of pocket money instead of him having to go through the indignity of signing for his Social Welfare with the great unwashed and sully the family name.

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    Mute Dermot Mc Loughlin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:35 PM

    Haha Tom.
    You’ve been found out again.

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    Mute Seth Cheffetz
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:35 PM

    @Tom I’m pretty sure the taxes I pay from my job are supposed to pay for it… This levy is the first step in privatizing health care. It’s coming soon enough.

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    Mute Paul Lane
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:53 PM

    The fools don’t seem to realise that this is discrimination under ECHR law; article 14 and protocol 12 and is another empty bully boy stupid tactic by this uneducated government to force in private health insurance, which is another attack on the poor and will be defended

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    Mute Shayno O'Donnchadha
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    Mar 4th 2015, 4:22 PM

    I watched Eco Eye. In Denmark they get €20 per 150 cans…
    We’re being ripped off and generating their profits..
    Only in Ireland can we allow such abuse.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:36 PM

    Ah now Frank the dogs in the street know it all goes into landfill

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    Mute Denis O Brien
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    Mar 4th 2015, 9:14 PM

    I don’t mind paying for services. no problem at all. but how about forcing suppliers to use more recyclable materials. or cut down on packaging, government seem to be able to tackle cig packets why not other area’s . There is only so much recycling one person can do.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 10:11 PM

    Shayno Eco Eye are pro government anyway…

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    Mute InJustice Silligen
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    Mar 5th 2015, 2:45 PM

    you’re taking the p”**, in the past year every man woman and child in Ireland has paid almost 8k to water. That’s BEFORE the corrupt IW sends out a bill. We pay everything in tax. Even if there’s a tax in another country similar, we pay THAT tax AND through central taxation. We pay for Health Insurance through income tax, but now we’ve to pay highest premium Private Health SErvice as well, because the Govt has wasted 16 Billion a year on the current set up we have for Health, a waste of money, there are only 5 million of us, some even in rude good health!! We pay LPT, in UK that’s enough, but here we pay for bins as well. We pay TV licence and RTE gets revenue anyway, against EU regulations, from advertising. We pay for water through Motor tax, VAT, Property Tax, and other taxes, then we pay as well. Then we have the least usable ‘stuff’ such as Health Service and WATER.
    We pay for shit, and here in Arklow we’ve a river full of it due to no sufficient sewage, where DID that 1.2 billion a year go for water and sewage, where did the funding from Europe go which we campaigned to get for the past 30 years. There’s any amount of free shit too being spouted by recipients of the Govt largesse, ie taxpayers’ money lining cronies’ pockets. But one thing is sure we ALL pay for this shit.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:22 PM

    It`s a pity she was not blocked from entering Leinster House

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    Mute Tom
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:54 PM

    Yeah. Imagine allowing an elected TD into the Dail.

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    Mute An Observer
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:20 PM

    Violent,evil,reprehensible monsters. Arrest them at their houses immediately and line them up at the gallows. Poor Joan…she doesn’t deserve this horrible treatment at €171,000 a year.

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    Mute Contro Versial
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:27 PM

    All joking and politics aside, if you honestly feel that an admittedly excellent salary is recompense for a 66 year old woman being trapped in her car then there’s something wrong with you.

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:24 PM

    ‘Trapped’ in her car for three hours, surrounded by several Garda. Reading the paper and on the phone smiling, I really hope she can get counselling for the suffering she experienced.

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    Mute B9xiRspG
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:24 PM

    Maybe if she did her job properly she wouldn’t be trapped in a car…

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    Mute Fergus Flanagan
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:47 PM

    Attacked with mild inconvenience! Won’t somebody please think of the chldren!

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    Mute See My Vest
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:48 PM

    And how did she get that job Jim?

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:51 PM

    She lied to her electorate as did a significant amount of Labour TD’s, hence the 7% approval rating.

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    Mute ThE DucKz NuTz
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:33 PM

    A Jaysus will ye leave this poor woman be she is going to be out of a job in the next year and will only have a massive pension to collect for the rest of her life even though shes no where near the pension age…….

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    Mute Bill
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:16 PM

    Joan is 66 almost 67 when last I heard that is as close to pension age as you will get

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    Mute Paul Lane
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:54 PM

    I would bring the pension age down to 12 years of age to get rid of this government

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    Mute John Ward
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    Mar 4th 2015, 5:49 PM

    @Bill:
    666 more like!

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    Mute Were Jammin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:26 PM

    Obviously another (to quote FG TD olivia mitchell ) ‘act of terror’ from the ISIS/terrorist/sinister fringe/etc.

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:09 PM

    exactly

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    Mute Dziadek Uncaged
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:54 PM

    Acts of terror, says the IRA apologist.

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    Mute Hermes
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:44 PM

    What about the loyalist apologists in R.T.E. who kept putting the now suspected paedophile Ian paisley on the television while Irish Catholics – being tortured and murdered in cold Blood by Elizabeth Saxe Co’Burg’s armed oppressive force ?

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:52 PM

    we really did care about all those petty british squabbles ye had alright. it was massive news in this country absolutely massive, we were so outraged we as a nation rushed north to help…. oh wait

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    Mute Ivan Murphy
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:38 PM

    OH MY GODD…… poor Phonie Joanie, ‘Kidnapped’ again.

    Dawn raids followed by a firing squad is the only solution for these sinister ‘IS’ fringe.

    Well done all, keep the pressure on until they drop this privatisation attempt!!!

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    Mute Bobby Neary
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:17 PM

    Oh god I hope she is okay and the government police force weren’t called out in the hundreds

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    Mute Malachy
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:36 PM

    Local Creche is under surveillance.

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    Mute AlanHarte
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:40 PM

    Ingenious.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:11 PM

    I hope someone rang the hostage negotiators this time.

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    Mute Thomas Maher
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:23 PM

    Great now we get to listen to moanie Joan. Go on and on and on and on and on again. About being traped in her luxurious state car with driver and garda escort. All compliments of the state. Snacks and other refreshments included.

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    Mute Dot Com
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:45 PM

    Was the old sinister element present again.

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Mar 4th 2015, 10:09 PM

    How was her brieflies afterwards lol.

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:23 PM

    They should assign a squad of rangers to guard the poor mite , any pesky plebs walking in front of her should be roughed up and sent to spike island, Ireland’s new GITMO run by young FG .

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    Mute Darren Bates
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:20 PM

    Hugh: the area is called “Fonthill” not Foothill. It has quite a large residential, commercial and industrial area as well as a rail station on the Dublin to Portlaoise line; I shouldn’t have to correct you.

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    Mute Contro Versial
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:33 PM

    I’ll bet your name was never used to tease you, was it master bates?

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    Mute Neal Ireland Hello
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:39 PM

    According to my (admittedly aging) Ordnance Survey map, there is a area in or Fonthill called Foothill, which would seem to make sense as it’s in the foothills.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:57 PM

    @Darren Bates:
    Boot Hill for Phoney Joan would be more appropriate!

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:00 PM

    I bet he never heard that one before smarty pants!

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:43 PM

    Just incase he missed it Masterbates

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    Mute Dermot Mc Loughlin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:30 PM

    Actions like this serve no purpose other than remind Joan why her Labour party is bottom of the pile….(in a country that has fine gael, fianna fail and sinn fein as the three remaining main parties being bottom is quite an achievement)….and gives the trolls here more ammo to throw at legitimate protest and an excuse to use their pathetic “Looney left” hashtag.

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    Mute Gearóid Ó Briain
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    Mar 4th 2015, 5:33 PM

    Loonies are the people in the minority, we are not tge minority any more.

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    Mute Alan Driscoll
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:44 PM

    Well done to all involved , let there be no hiding place for Joan, Enda and there minions. Jail bankers not protesters. # free the five

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    Mute Noel Griffith
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:55 PM

    Prepare for a raft of arrests for these “facist” protesters..ya cant be delaying Joan from her very important work…

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    Mute Paul Circle
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:54 PM

    Áine wlor on the News at 1 said the protest was ………… peaceful although a bit noisy ……

    So can we have quiet protests that don’t cause any inconvenience to government limos ….maybe ..

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:00 PM

    dun dun dunnnnnnnnnnnn…………..will somebody please think of the children and moan joan and whatever other crap the media and political class will come up with cos we all feel for joan and any other politician who are getting 150k a year plus expenses and nice big fat pensions, maybe we should set up a trauma fund for politicians and the political class so they can suck more tax payers money that we get told all the time we have to borrow to pay for stuff. If you can stand the heat then get out of the kitchen or better yet out of government

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    Mute Conn Rogers
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:52 PM

    Why is this news, Hugh? Are you going to report on my delays getting to work this morning?

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:12 PM

    its a very serious matter. i they are all arrested and jailed for their crimes

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    Mute Noel Mull
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:39 PM

    FFS patjoejoe123 – You know well they will never jail Enda or Joan for their crimes.

    Jog on Troll….

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    Mute Roman Pinčiuk
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:31 PM

    There was like 10 people outside..

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:51 PM

    Kendog/McGooley…..you must have more ropey mobile numbers than Graham Dwyer to keep getting back on here!!!

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:54 PM

    Tiger, I understand that drug dealers and other criminals keep an ample stock of pay as you go phones with which to conduct their business. Maybe some of them have political aspirations?

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    Mute Dermot Mc Loughlin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:38 PM

    RTE will say its on going and the UN are sending in observers, the FBI have contacted and are sending over one of their most experienced negotiators despite him having only two weeks to retirement.

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    Mute Michael Graham
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:22 PM

    Where were these people when Fianna Fáil were destroying the country?

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:30 PM

    People thought they could vote for change and are now sorely disapointed.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:35 PM

    Bang on Sean, bang on!

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    Mute OggieThe4th
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:02 PM

    “Where were these people when Fianna Fáil were destroying the country?”
    That has to be up there with ‘why didn’t you go out and protest the property tax?’ #iwassomewhere

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    Mute Deco James Connolly
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:21 PM

    Are you talking about Fg and lab , i think they were silently enjoying the pay rises they were awarded by the FF led government.
    Silently being the key word , weak in opposition , now weak in government .

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    Mute Thomas Maher
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:44 PM

    They weren’t silent, they were criticising fine fail that there wasn’t enough tax cuts, that the give away budgets weren’t giving away enough, that the tax relief for property developers wasn’t enough etc etc..

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    Mute Purple hair
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:19 PM

    cant go anywere can she poor deluded woman still doesent know why labour fine gael out ,out,out free the 5 #

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    Mute Jacinta
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:52 PM

    RTE are saying it was blocked for half an hour!

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    Mute Michael Sands
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    Mar 4th 2015, 10:12 PM

    They should use drain cleaner then lol.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:13 PM

    It’ll give her something else to moan about now!

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:52 PM

    God she’s rotten

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:39 PM

    Ugly boot

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    Mute A. Ó Súilleabháin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:17 PM

    Protesters have a “constitutional right” to do this, donchano?

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg4uRGQierM

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:52 PM

    Why what has he done that upsets you so much?

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    Mute A. Ó Súilleabháin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:43 PM

    Norman, my dear…….I’m not upset at all.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:30 PM

    It is amazing how many Shinner types support thuggish behaviour.

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    Mute Proinsias Ó Foghlú
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:34 PM

    They were reared on it!

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:10 PM

    it’s in their DNA, poor plebs probably think DNA is a political party….

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:48 PM

    The Dublin Nationalist Alliance.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:56 PM

    You still making up your own news Reilly?

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:32 PM

    Plebs – that says everything you need to know. Has it ever occurred to you, “patjoejoe123″ (!!) that culchies are also plebs in the eyes of our Masters? Well done though, keep the urban/rural, old/young, haves and have nots divide going – that is what had us living in a paradise on earth prior to the crash.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:51 PM

    Those murdering water protesters!

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    Mute AlanHarte
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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:29 PM

    I saw one of these people blocking her in was carrying an IRSP banner- the political wing of the now defunct INLA. Charming.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:35 PM

    South Dublin…….i wonder does the journalist lives in this area!!! It’s West dublin!!

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    Mute Tina Ní Shúilleabháin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:57 PM

    247 people are leaving the country EVERY DAY!!! Then there is Jobsbrisge, Tus and other scams moving numbers around. I can’t believe this lot continue to pat themselves on the back bout the numbers of unemployed falling when it has nothing to do with Job growth/creation. Get them out!!!

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    Mute InJustice Silligen
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    Mar 5th 2015, 2:36 PM

    They lied their way in, people have had some shock with this pack of liar and extortion racketeers in. I’ve never seen so many protests. Rather than democratically listening to the People, this Govt arrests and jails their opponents. Where’s democracy? How do you shift a dictatorship? We’ve tried all the peaceful protest means and they vilify the people, it’s this Govt that should be behind bars.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:17 PM

    Quick, pass a law to jail them …

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    Mute John Ward
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:27 PM

    Why doesn’t the old witch just fly in and out again on her broomstick?
    That would free up valuable Garda resources!

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    Mar 4th 2015, 5:26 PM

    She doesn’t use the broom anymore the air conditioning wasn’t up to scratch and there was no wifi.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 5:34 PM

    Some protesters did try to melt her with water balloon. But it was unsuccessful. We are hoping that it is just a delayed reaction. But with the price of water these days there might not have been enought water in the balloon. After all as her colleague in the Senate said water doesn’t just fall from the sky.

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    Mute Em Murphy
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:25 PM

    How I HATE that woman!

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:57 PM

    you will be paying into her pension pot for years to come, I’m sure you are delighted about that, perfect karma :)

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:26 PM

    The time has come for internments and mass executions!!!!! I say this as one who has encouraged everybody to hound this woman everywhere she goes until the next election :-D. This entire Government have wilfully chosen to ignore, to completely ignore, the wishes of the electorate and protests arising over their decision to ignore the electorate. I, therefore, suggest that all TD’s are fair game for protest and should not be allowed to attend venues and occasions, intended to boost their public profile, without people there to express a contrary opinion. WE WILL NOT BE IGNORED ANY LONGER.

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:58 PM

    did someone say something?…..

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    Mute Tina Ní Shúilleabháin
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    Mar 4th 2015, 3:29 PM

    That’s the opposite of ignoring Pat….

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:44 PM

    Brilliant!!!! The more it happens the better. It lets he know that people just want rid of her, the rest of her useless party, and she can take FG/Blueshirts with her.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:34 PM

    This is getting as boring as it is pathetic.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:48 PM

    Enda must be loving this everybody blame labour thing, it’s taking a lot of heat of Ireland’s answer to the the Tories, the right wing, fascist leaning, do everything for the rich, Fine Gael party. Labour are finished lets concentrate on the sneaky FG foggers

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    Mute Jonathan Hanley
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    Mar 4th 2015, 3:02 PM

    There’s no mention in this article on what the crowds were protesting against. Are we to assume it’s water charges? RTE also omitted details on the issue this morning.

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    Mar 5th 2015, 3:01 PM

    They were chanting FreeTheFive and some chant saying they weren’t afraid of her and the arrests, political policing, there’s a video. They’re quite right too, it’s ridiculous, youngsters of 14 were hauled out in dawn raids by 10 Guards, water protesters jailed for being within 20 metres of meter installation. It’s fascist, corrupt BS and we need to get them out before there are more infringements on our Human Rights- if we Irish any left. Poor Irish people are like 3rd class citizens, immigrants have more groups and attention to their ‘rights’.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:50 PM

    We had better brace ourselves for another round of early morning police arrests.

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    Mute Liam Ó Séicspéir
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    Mar 4th 2015, 3:14 PM

    She should just have taken her bra off. Nothing would scatter a crowd like that.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:28 PM

    Lock them up. We need to bring back the death penalty.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:40 PM

    Anyone who red-thumbed should be locked up too.

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    Mar 4th 2015, 12:57 PM

    Ah here I hate the politicians as much as the next but the death penalty is a bit extreme maybe a long prison sentence would do

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:31 PM

    I see ye are targeting women again lads !
    And took the day off work to do it .
    Give these brave men medals !!!

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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:11 PM

    Should she be treated differently to her male colleagues then? Haven’t women fought for years to be treated equally ? It’s offensive to say she can’t be protested against because she’s a “poor 66 year old woman”

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    Mute potty o shea
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:03 PM

    What a horrible lot!

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    Mute OggieThe4th
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:04 PM

    You voted them in

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    Mute potty o shea
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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:43 PM

    I was referring to so many horrible commentators on the journal. I just cannot stand the insulting personal comments made……

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    Mar 4th 2015, 2:56 PM

    just ignore the comments from the trolls potty and you will be fine. they are easy enough spot

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    Mar 4th 2015, 3:02 PM

    You should have pointed that out,Potty .
    Why call her ‘spot’,Kenneth ?

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    Mar 4th 2015, 4:12 PM

    She will be permanently blocked soon

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    Mar 4th 2015, 5:28 PM

    Doesn’t Joan look like the mad cat lady from the Simpsons? seriously…

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    Mute patjoejoe123
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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:01 PM

    i hope they are jailed

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    Mar 4th 2015, 1:04 PM

    Yes -they have been robbing us a very long time,now :) #ironman #realgale #kenneth #mcshillhouley #enda.begrudgers #scotty :)

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    Mar 4th 2015, 7:20 PM

    Ditch the @itch

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    Mar 4th 2015, 10:16 PM

    A politician scared of protestors, is she a joke…

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    Mute J. Dunn
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    Mar 4th 2015, 4:08 PM

    ‘…on the day that the unemployment rate fell 0.2 percentage points to 10.1 per cent.’

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    Mute InJustice Silligen
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    Mar 5th 2015, 2:52 PM

    …..and 247 people a day leave the country to find work elsewhere, probably the same amount daily nationwide are signed up to some course, scheme or slave bridge. They may or may not receive 50 euro extra for 20 to 40 hours’ work. In some cases the transport and lunch for a week costs more than that, and they’re left worse off, which is demoralising and far below the poverty line. These aren’t real jobs and to think people are still emigrating after the huge exodus already is damning to any Govt. We need jobs, real jobs with reasonable income, not playing around with figures.

    To every man his wage.

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