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Mountjoy Street Eviction Update.

In Blogby Fedayn

Activists from the Irish Housing Network have barricaded themselves in with four families facing eviction from numbers 54 and 55 Mountjoy Street, Dublin 7. The group is calling for support as they expect a second attempted eviction at 5pm. “There was an attempted forced eviction at 10 with unidentified heads breaking open a door and removing property including kids passports. The property was taken back by activists. People here are expecting … Read More

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Inside The Grangegorman Squat.

In Blog, Uncategorizedby Rashers Tierney 1 Comment

    Reader Sean Fitzgerald just sent this in. It’s an hour long recording of a discussion where the Grangegorman squatters outline their vision for the occupied space to members of the broader community and talk about activities in the space. The chat covers topics as diverse as guerrilla composting, free theatre and how you can build a 2 bedroom modern appartment with underfloor heating (powered by horseshit and wood chip) … Read More

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Grangegorman Resists Eviction.

In Blogby Fedayn13 Comments

The moment an eviction contractor smashes a resident's leg with a metal bar in #Grangegorman @WSMIreland @wearerabble pic.twitter.com/VpDTKhylE5 — Julian Fitzsimons (@fitzsij) March 23, 2015     The residents of the Grangegorman squat in Dublin 7 are winding down around the heat of their bonfire following a day that lurched from apparent defeat and loss of their home to apparent victory – for the time being at least.   Bailiffs … Read More

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A Battle Fought Before.

In Uncategorizedby Donal FallonLeave a Comment

In recent months there has been a plethora of housing action campaigns established, all wishing to raise awareness around the issue of working class housing (or the lack of it) in Ireland today.  Donal Fallon takes us back to the crowbar brigades and squatting tactics of the 1960s’ Dublin Housing Action Campaign. The 1960s witnessed very real agitation on the issue of housing, with the establishment of the Dublin Housing … Read More

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Ruin Fetishism: Documenting Europe’s Derelicts.

In #rabble8, Blog, Culture, Politicsby Stephen Bourke Leave a Comment

With the number of ghost estates across the country estimated at over 900, Stephen Bourke talks to photographer Lisa Furness about her work documenting derelict buildings & squatting in Ireland, London & Spain. The big criticism of Urban exploration and the like is that it’s ‘ruin fetishism’. How do you respond to that? I see a lot of pictures that make empty buildings look dramatic and exciting. I see a … Read More

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Greens Get Kicking Over Eviction.

In Blogby Rashers Tierney4 Comments

A squatted school set up to support refugees has been evicted in Berlin after a police lockdown.   Police moved in, under the auspices of demands from local authorities that the asylum seekers move into official accommodation. Official accommodation like those pictured earlier today? The Gerhart-Hauptmann School in Berlin’s Kreuzberg district was squatted two years ago. The German Greens are coming in for particular bashing around the eviction.  Their Kreuzberg mayor Monika Herrmann ordered police in to dismantle a … Read More

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My Little Squatty Watty: Grangegorman Update.

In Interviews, Politicsby Squatter2 Comments

An update from one of the squatters in Grangegorman after their first day of eviction resistance. Today was very quiet; there was no eviction attempt. We were prepared for the worst, but no cops called around, nobody claiming to be the owner, nothing. An update from one of the squatters in Grangegorman after their first day of eviction resistance. Today was very quiet; there was no eviction attempt. We were prepared … Read More

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Grangegorman Squat Eviction Imminent

In Blog, Interviews, Politicsby rabble22 Comments

Back in April, rabble reported from a squat eviction protest on Manor St.  This morning we received details of another eviction attempt, this time a stones throw and a skip away in the Grangegorman area of D7. The squatters reported that Gardaí arrived down to the row of occupied empties in Lower Grangegorman last Thursday and Friday. The dilapidated houses are in an area that is expecting serious changes as … Read More

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#rabbleReels : A Whole Load Of Squat.

In Blog, Culture, Historyby Rashers TierneyLeave a Comment

  Not to detract from our bits on Boston, but after Stoneybatter today here’s a few flicks to awake the womble in ya. I was nearly going to make my own list, but this Youtube playlist here more or less nailed all the major ones. If you have any more, why not share them with the rest of the rabble on our wall on Facebook, on Twitter using #rabbleReels or … Read More

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Squat’s That All About? Quick Report From Manor Street.

In Blog, History, Politicsby Rashers Tierney10 Comments

 Word broke out around three o’clock today that there was an eviction taking place on Manor St. This rabbler slurped down the last of his coffee and sprinted over to the hipster side of D7 to find out what was going on. Not much to be honest  when I got there. The cops had long since gone, having came round earlier in the day – but they left with an … Read More