A little over ten hours ago (24th August) Turkish tanks crossed the Syrian border to supposedly attack ISIS. For the last couple of years Turkish troops and ISIS militants have been exchanging hand waves across the border as month by month hundreds of ISIS recruits have been allowed to cross it.
Monthly Archives: August 2016
Huge Grangegorman squat complex in Dublin evicted for second time
The massive complex of squatted buildings at Grangegorman was evicted for a second time in early August, this time its likely to be permanent at the plan is to build a huge number of expensive to rent student apartments on the site. The eviction was anticipated and a lot of material was moved over the […]
Protest takes place against homophobic attack in Phoenix park that the state is ignoring – video
Last night (18 August) saw a protest against homophobic attack in Phoenix park take place at the Central Criminal Court at Parkgate street.
Inside the squatted prison in Dublin – a video tour
Last night we shot some video inside the squatted Debtors prison in Dublin – the courts have ordered those living here to get out by midnight on Sunday, 11.59 to be exact. The abandoned prison in Dublins inner city has been occupied to be used as shelter and an arts space. The prison lies just behind Capel […]
Protest to follow homophobic attack in Phoenix park ignored by Garda
An important demonstration against homophobia takes place tonight in Dublin in the aftermath of a frightening mob attack on a Polish gay man in the Phoenix park at the end of last month. The protest will take place on the steps of the Parkgate street court complex because of its location close to the scene […]
Abandoned Dublin prison occupied by squatters who want to open it as art / community space – State says NO!
What may have been the largest squat in Europe, at Grangegorman in Dublin, was recently evicted for the second time. A major hardship for the 30 people living there but one that was rapidly improved on when many of them moved a kilometre down the road and occupied a long abandoned prison.