Limerick County Hall Occupation – Day 3
Updated at 2100 hrs. Scroll down for more
Live 95FM reports that protesters from Palliskenry and Kildimo have spent a second night sleeping within the County Hall building.
The county Council has obtained a court order from the high court giving them permission to remove the protesters.
No doubt, there will be more developments as the day goes on.
Ed Myres will be covering the protest on Limerick Today. a live webstream of the programme will be available at live95fm.ie from 0900hrs (0800 UTC).
From Live95fm.ie
Director of Water Services at Limerick County Council, Paul Crowe, says the Council has acted honourably in its attempts to deal with the issue.
Doing your thing at 2 o’clock in the morning was a tactic used initially by US troops using Shannon Airport, it was also a tactic used by the department of Justice when they executed deportation orders. The reason being that it would avoid protesters.
Also carrying out works when they are the subject of a court review isn’t very honourable.
The Limerick Post reports that the water protesters have been removed from County hall
Looks like the Post got it wrong. The sit in is still ongoing according to Live 95FM.
The case of the protesters was before the High Court again this afternoon, where representatives for the council told the court that two protesters left of their own free will, while two remained in the Council building.
The Council is seeking an order to jail the two remaining protesters.
From RTE.ie
Five people are continuing to occupy the public hallway at Limerick County Council’s offices in a row over their local water supply.
The council secured a temporary injunction at the High Court last night compelling them to withdraw from the offices.
Lawyers for the council told the High Court this evening that two protesters have since left and that two are in breach of the court order, they are believed to be Donal O’Brien and Kenneth McCarthy.
They will now be issued with notice of the council’s application for orders to jail them and the matter is back before the court on Friday.
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Protesters leave council building – Irish Examiner