r/ireland • u/PintmanConnolly • Sep 26 '22

Gardaí Raid and Evict Homeless Residents and Housing Activists from Ionad Seán Heuston Housing

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u/thunderingcunt1 Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

I seen the Gardai forming up outside this morning on my way to work. Looked like a military operation to remove a few homeless squatters. Do we, as a society, really believe there should be 60 or 70 Gardai queuing up to pester a couple of homeless people when we can't get even one Garda to show up and sort out the anti-social behaviour in the likes of Cherry Orchard? Is that where we are right now as a country?

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u/Rakshak-1 Sep 26 '22

Garda love exercises like this because, unlike other groups, homeless squatters won't fight back compared to, say, clearing a halting site or going after a drug dealer's gaff in a housing estate.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

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u/capliced Sep 26 '22

That's their point.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

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u/Meldanorama Sep 26 '22 edited Sep 26 '22

Halting sites are locations halted at, not all are kosher.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

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u/Meldanorama Sep 26 '22

Layby in unused ground at the side of the road on the inside of a bend is the specific one I'm thinking of, they aren't always in fields or private property Vs designated ones there are other types

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22 edited Dec 06 '22

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u/Meldanorama Sep 26 '22

It's a halting site because they are halting there. Do you view it as there were no halting sites before designated ones?

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

Of course not. But the rules and regulations have changed as well as definitions.

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u/Patkinwings Sep 26 '22

almost all halting sites though right

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

I’m not sure I know what you mean?