2010 student protest in Dublin

Austerity protest in Dublin, Ireland January 2013 November 2020 2010 student protests in Dublin Anti-austerity protests in Ireland 2010 student protest in Dublin.jpg Mounted members of An Garda Siochana confront student protesters outside the Ministry of Fiance building 3 November 2010 Dublin, Ireland The 2010 student protest in Dublin was a demonstration that took place in the centre of the city on 4 November 2010 in opposition to a proposed increase in university registration fees, further cuts to the student maintenance grant and increasing graduate unemployment and emigration levels caused by the 28th Government of Ireland.http://www.usi.ie/press-archives/65-2010/1546-thousands-of-students-expected-at-usi-protest-march.html Over 25,000 Students Expected at USI Protest March 3 November 2010 Union of Students in Ireland dead 13 November 2010 21 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110721135212/http://www.usi.ie/press-archives/65-2010/1546-thousands-of-students-expected-at-usi-protest-march.html thumb|200px|Poster by the Union of Students in Ireland advertising the march Organized by the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) and students unions nationwide, it saw between 25,000 and 40,000 protesters on the streets of central Dublin during what The Irish Times described as "the largest student protest for a generation".Flynn, Seán http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1104/1224282635055.html 25,000 protest against fees increase 4 November 2010 The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 13 November 2010 11 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111023000/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1104/1224282635055.html live The protestors came from all over Ireland – students from most third-level colleges featured, as did some protestors from Queen's University BelfastPearl, Aine http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-517840?ref=feeds%2Foncnn Irish Student Protest 11 November 2010 CNN Turner Broadcasting System 13 November 2010 20 July 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110720033404/http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-517840?ref=feeds%2Foncnn live – with many travelling to the city by coach. It took more than an hour and a half for all the protestors to walk from Parnell Square to Government Buildings in Merrion Street, a short distance.http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=47453&locID=1.2.&pagename=news Thousands of students expected to protest 3 November 2010 TV3 News TV3 dead 13 November 2010 29 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042436/http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=47453&locID=1.2.&pagename=news Some protestors and gardaí engaged in clashes following the protest, with an unidentified number of people being wounded and three gardaí sustaining minor injuries; two arrests were made.http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1103/education.html Gardaí, students clash in Dublin 3 November 2010 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 13 November 2010 13 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101113055258/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1103/education.html live The two men who were arrested were in their twenties and charged with criminal damage and a breach of the peace respectively. The Department of Finance was occupied by protestors for a time, and 36 complaints of police brutality were made of which just over half were admitted;http://www.gardaombudsman.ie/GSOC/121110-Complaints-arising-from-incidents-associated-with-the-student-protest-in-Dublin-on-3rd-November-2010.pdf Archived copy 2010-11-23 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110721124428/http://www.gardaombudsman.ie/GSOC/121110-Complaints-arising-from-incidents-associated-with-the-student-protest-in-Dublin-on-3rd-November-2010.pdf 21 July 2011 these led to a further march by students seven days later with the intention to "end garda brutality". Presseurop wondered the day after thousands of students marched on the streets of Dublin: "Has Ireland awoken?" and said the protest had "Giv[en] the lie to general opinion that the economically stricken nation has taken swingeing austerity measures with passive resignation".http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/376801-has-ireland-awoken Has Ireland awoken? 4 November 2010 Presseurop 4 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110722012634/http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief-cover/376801-has-ireland-awoken 22 July 2011 dead Similar events occurred across Europe with the 2010 student protest in London happening one week later.http://www.thejournal.ie/sound-familiar-student-protest-in-london-turns-nasty-2010-11/ Sound familiar? Student protest in London turns nasty 10 November 2010 thejournal.ie 13 November 2010 12 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112012929/http://www.thejournal.ie/sound-familiar-student-protest-in-london-turns-nasty-2010-11/ live Background The BBC's Ireland Correspondent Mark Simpson noted that most demonstrations in Ireland had been "angry rather than violent". One example he alluded to occurred two days before students demonstrated when Minister for Health and Children Mary Harney was successfully pelted with red paint by an opposition politician in a protest intended to highlight the "blood budget" which "will result in the unnecessary and avoidable deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of people over the coming years"; this incident occurred while she was attempting to open a mental healthcare facility in Dublin.http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_598214.html Irish minister pelted with paint 1 November 2010 The Straits Times Singapore Press Holdings 13 November 2010 6 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101106051910/http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/World/Story/STIStory_598214.html livehttps://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=12022960 Irish Health Minister Pelted With Paint Over Cuts: Ireland's health minister pelted with red paint as protesters decry plans to slash health jobs 1 November 2010 ABC News The Walt Disney Company 1 November 2010http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1101/harneym.html Councillor quizzed over Harney paint incident 1 November 2010 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 13 November 2010 2 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101102151337/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1101/harneym.html live But Simpson also wrote that "It is unlikely that their [students] demonstration will make any difference. [...] They [the Irish government] will be hoping that young people will eventually accept [that Ireland has no money]. After all, most students know what it feels like to be broke". March and further events According to The Irish Times, the protest was "powerful, uplifting – and very peaceful".Nihill, Cían Flynn, Seán http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1106/1224282790865.html What our reporters saw 6 November 2010 The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 13 November 2010 20 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101120075303/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1106/1224282790865.html live It commenced from Parnell Square at 13:00.Nihill, Cían Flynn, Seán http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1104/1224282635068.html Student march: timeline of events 4 November 2010 The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 13 November 2010 11 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111192921/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1104/1224282635068.html live T-shirts bearing slogans such as "Education not Emigration" were worn by many protestors.Simpson, Mark Mark Simpson (Ireland Correspondent) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11689264 Irish government comes under fire from students 3 November 2010 BBC News BBC 24 September 2021 10 February 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210210220806/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11689264 live Students from Queen's University Belfast joined their counterparts on the streets of Dublin for the protest in return for support given to their own protest at Stormont two days earlier.Rutherford, Fiona http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/south-belfast/news/qub-students-join-dublin-fees-protest-14995288.html https://archive.today/20130419194131/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/community-telegraph/south-belfast/news/qub-students-join-dublin-fees-protest-14995288.html dead 19 April 2013 QUB students join Dublin fees protest 4 November 2010 The Belfast Telegraph 4 November 2010 Forty minutes later, some protestors left the march route at Nassau Street and approached Dáil Éireann's front gates on Kildare Street. Some scaled poles and items were thrown through the gates. March organisers sent them back to the main protest. Several dozen protestors entered the Department of Finance's lobby at 15:00 and commenced occupation. Authorities removed some and barricaded the remainder inside. More students gathered outside the entrance where authorities lined up to separate them from those inside the building, while horses and vans were deployed to split those outside into two. A sit-down protest ensued among those who were outside. Riot police arrived on the scene and authorities removed the rest of the protestors still inside the building, some of whom had "evidence of a beating on their faces" (The Irish Times). Riot police then forced those outside to move backwards, eventually charging at them followed by horses and dogs until they reached the Shelbourne Hotel. A second charge by the authorities forced those in the vicinity back to Anglo Irish Bank. Many of those left outside the Department of Finance then joined a peaceful sit-down protest which was occurring outside Dáil Éireann. Free Education for Everyone then organised a march to Pearse Street garda station, thought to be the destination of those who had been arrested. They collected there and demanded the release of anyone who had been arrested. Complaints of police brutality Two female protesters were reported to have been pulled out of the Department of Finance "by their ankles" and one by her hair. One bespectacled male student was trampled upon by a horse. A female was kicked and knocked to the ground by a horse. Another who said she was engaging in a peaceful protest was told by police to "get the fuck off the street" before being batoned.http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/student-protest-brings-chaos-to-dublin-streets-14995269.html https://archive.today/20130419203032/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/student-protest-brings-chaos-to-dublin-streets-14995269.html dead 19 April 2013 Student protest brings chaos to Dublin streets 4 November 2010 The Belfast Telegraph 4 November 2010 A male sitting peacefully on the ground with his hands out was reported to have been "rammed" by four garda horses. Blood and facial injuries were a common sight. After viewing video footage of the disorder MEP Joe Higgins said: "The use of Garda horses and dogs against student protesters in Dublin on Wednesday is an outrageous abuse of the right to protest. The intention was clearly to intimidate peaceful protesters and it is an utter scandal. They should never again be used against protesters".Lally, Conor http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1105/breaking43.html Complaints over protest policing 5 November 2010 The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 13 November 2010 29 January 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110129210056/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1105/breaking43.html live These events led to numerous complaints about police brutality being sent to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission (GSOC).http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1105/demonstration.html Complaints over student demonstration policing 5 November 2010 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 13 November 2010 8 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101108041431/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1105/demonstration.html livehttp://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=47578&locID=1.2.&pagename=news Ombudsman receives Garda complaints 3 November 2010 TV3 News TV3 dead 13 November 2010 29 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120329042441/http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=47578&locID=1.2.&pagename=news Lally, Conor http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1106/1224282790804.html Complaints on policing of protest to be reviewed 6 November 2010 The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 13 November 2010 22 October 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20121022132647/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1106/1224282790804.html live Within days the number of complaints had more than doubled.http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1109/education.html 28 complaints over gardaí behaviour 9 November 2010 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 13 November 2010 11 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111235928/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1109/education.html liveBlack, Fergus http://www.independent.ie/national-news/protest-sparks-28-complaints-2413761.html Protest sparks 28 complaints 10 November 2010 Irish Independent 13 November 2010 11 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101111232731/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/protest-sparks-28-complaints-2413761.html liveCarr, Aoife http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1109/breaking20.html Protest policing complaints double 9 November 2010 The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 13 November 2010 12 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101112180950/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1109/breaking20.html live Video footage taken by witnesses was to be examined.Hickey, Shane http://www.independent.ie/national-news/garda-watchdog-to-examine-footage-of-protests-2409945.html Garda watchdog to examine footage of protests 6 November 2010 Irish Independent 13 November 2010 10 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101110022505/http://www.independent.ie/national-news/garda-watchdog-to-examine-footage-of-protests-2409945.html live On 10 November, hundreds of students marched through Dublin again, this time before the banner "END GARDA BRUTALITY".Duncan, Pamela http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1111/1224283092895.html Up to 500 students protest over Garda behaviour 11 November 2010 The Irish Times Irish Times Trust 13 November 2010 18 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101118132003/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1111/1224283092895.html livehttp://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1110/education.html Students protest against garda 'brutality' 10 November 2010 Raidió Teilifís Éireann 13 November 2010 13 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101113023807/http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1110/education.html live The Irish Times stated that "While members of the Socialist Worker Student Society and the 32 County Sovereignty Movement were present at last night's protest, they made up only a small proportion of the crowd". Among the protestors was Vanessa O'Sullivan, video footage of whom unconscious was broadcast on YouTube and RTÉ. She told the crowd: "This day last week I was knocked unconscious by a gárda... All I am guilty of is walking inside a public building and sitting down". See also Free education March for a Better Way Right to education Universal access to education 2010 United Kingdom student protests 2011 England riots References External links The Irish Times – "Student march: timeline of events" "Critical views: 'I can understand cuts, but education is a stupid one'" https://archive.today/20130217230240/http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/soon-everyone-will-be-too-frightened-to-make-a-public-protest-2407202.html Evening Herald – "Soon everyone will be too frightened to make a public protest" el Student Protest in Dublin, 2010 Student protest in Dublin Student protest, 2010 Students Category:Education in the Republic of Ireland Category:History of Dublin (city) Student protest in Dublin Student protest Category:Protest marches Category:Riots and civil disorder in Ireland Category:Student protests in the Republic of Ireland