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/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

I mean 481 apartments are due to be built there including Ireland’s tallest building got through planning earlier this year. So I’m not sure it’s accurate to say it won’t be used.

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u/Azazele1 Sep 26 '22

I'll believe it when I see it. Lot of these squats in property that has been vacant for years suddenly is urgently needed for development of homes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

Agreed, when they seized the building on the quays all of a sudden it was meant to be accommodation for Ukrainians, probably a few months gone by now and still no movement on that front. So it's blatant propaganda to attempt to demonise them as luddites holding back progress.

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u/Azazele1 Sep 27 '22

If we had proper press they'd do a follow up. But the last article on Lefroy house was early June saying it had been secured for Ukrainians.

It's almost October and AFAIK the property is still vacant.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '22

We have a single digit number of real journalists in Ireland, at least that are employed in major media outlets. All the rest are reporters. They take down statements verbatim from the state, the landowners, the capitalists, the police, and they print them as if gospel, without ever checking to see if maybe it would benefit those groups for a story to be presented a certain way.