Dublin Riots
That's all Dublin has been talking about in the last couple of days. Riots are less than common here, the Irish are pretty laid back in general, and the Troubles-related issues are usually confined to the North.
I got a few pics here and there:
I got a few pics here and there:
Pretty bad, as you can see. Here's a webcam shot of O'Connell Street in the aftermath:
It happened right in the city centre, leaving from Parnel Square, down O' Connel Street, Westmoreland St and Nassau St. Couldn't get more central than that. Bricks were thrown at the Gards, cars set alight and shops looted...
The beauty of the Authorities is that not once did it hit them that organising an Orange march on a street in the process of being refurbished implied there was a need to clear the road from all the roadworks material (fences, bricks, wheelbarrows, all laid there, waiting to be used as weapons).
I wasn't in town at the time but saw the extend of the carnage in the 9 o'clock RTE news.
Brought to you by Sandrine @ 8:25 pm
2 Comments:
On se croirait dans une banlieue parisienne :-D
Une révolte anti Ordre Orange ? C'était organisé par SFR ? ;-)
pour les nuls en anglais (comme moi), Une version "french"
http://www.lepetitjournal.com/content/view/4185/1179/
"It's the same old theme, since 1916
In your head, in your head, there are fighting"
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