Stop the City - Galway

national | miscellaneous | news report Wednesday April 09, 2003 13:37 by On the streets

Galway city centre traffic came to a standstill yesterday as the junction of Eglington St and Eyre Sq was blockaded by a small number of Galwegians (mostly women and kids) to oppose the presence of warmongers Blair & Bush in Northern Ireland.

While the RUC/PSNI were batton-charging people off the streets of Belfast, the Galway Gardai were taking the “sure ladies, would ye not be makin’ a mountain outta a molehill” line, as they tried to talk us onto the pavement. Passers by were pretty supportive, in particular the workmen who joined in the drumming and whistling by taking their hammers to wood. No respect to the local tourist bus ("come see the sights of Gaillaimh.....") who tried to plough through the banner nearly injuring people in the process. The blockade finished after around ten minutes to the cheers of onlookers who maybe next time may join in! Pics to follow.....................

Also today, the Global Women’s Strike will be holding a cacerolada outside Mill St gardai station at 1pm to remind the Gardai what their implicated in, to call on them to refuse to do police work in Shannon and to refuse to arrest us for civil disobedience. Bring yer own pots n’ pans and a spoon to bang them with!