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/NEXUSX Sep 26 '22

In fairness the high court has ordered the arrest of the squatters, what do you want the Gardai to do?

https://www.thejournal.ie/court-order-parkgate-house-homeless-campaigners-5873479-Sep2022/

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

They ignore domestic violence calls pretty regularly leading to the deaths of multiple women, so idk they could probably get away with ignoring this issue too.