In pictures - Right 2 Water Protest 10 Dec 2014

dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | photo-essay Sunday December 14, 2014 19:03 by Luke Eastwood

Ireland is waking up... Despite what RTE and others may say, anyone who was there knows that there were over 100,000 people present. Half of Dublin was brought to a standstill as a result of the rally as ordinary citizens spent the day on the streets, along with the hundreds of homeless people in evidence.

Despite what RTE and others may say, anyone who was there knows that there were over 100,000 people present. Half of Dublin was brought to a standstill as a result of the rally as ordinary citizens spent the day on the streets, along with the hundreds of homeless people in evidence.

This is not the end of the story... this is the beginning of the end of civil war politics, the beginning of a new era where the public actually demands and expects something more from its politicians. Ireland is waking to the possibility of a new political landscape that requires something other than endless broken promises, smoke and mirrors and brown envelopes.

Update: last 10 pics are courtesy of the WSM photo stream