It was a day of many emotions and opinions outside the GPO. As word spread that anti-Islam group PEGIDA intended to hold a recruitment rally on Dublin’s O’Connell Street, a counter-demonstration was planned. The numbers of the counter-protest far outweighed those of PEGIDA themselves, and the anti-Islamic group were nowhere to be seen. There was […]
10 years ago
Tense scenes in the city centre. Anti-Islam group PEGIDA held a protest rally in Dublin city centre this afternoon and it was disrupted by a counter-protest group made up of up to 300 people. According to our reporter on the ground, PEGIDA supporters were forced to run for cover in a building on Cathedral Street […]
10 years ago
A strong garda presence. Up to 30 gardaí with batons are blocking off Cathedral Street in Dublin city centre at Anti-Islamisation group PEGIDA’s rally this afternoon. A counter protest made up of approximately 300 people also took place on O’Connell Street and it’s believed that both groups came into contact before the gardaí stepped in and […]
10 years ago