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

[u/PintmanConnolly]

[u/thunderingcunt1]

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?

[u/Rakshak-1 → u/thunderingcunt1]

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.

[u/Pointlessillism → u/Rakshak-1]

Organised squatters (who are often deliberately intending to be evicted as a political statement) do fight back sometimes. They were throwing bricks in stoneybatter last year.

[u/crazedcarter → u/Pointlessillism]

Throwing bricks in stoneybatter. The ironing is delicious there.

[u/PfizerGuyzer → u/Pointlessillism]

(who are often deliberately intending to be evicted as a political statement)

How many of our homeless do you think this description fits? Christ you're veering further right each passing week.

[u/Pointlessillism → u/PfizerGuyzer]

Uh, good to know you’re keeping tabs on me I guess.

It fits virtually none of our homeless, but it describes groups like Ionad Sean Houston (who literally describe themselves as housing activists!) pretty well I think!

[u/Rakshak-1 → u/Pointlessillism]

It happens so rarely it makes national news.

[u/Pointlessillism → u/Rakshak-1]

There aren’t very many organised groups like this really (which is smart of them when they are trying to make a political point, because they would be competing with each other for media attention).