Protests take place ahead of Bush visit

Protests have been taking place across the country ahead of next weekend's visit of President Bush to Ireland.
In Dublin, Christy Moore and Mary Black are among the stars who have taken part in the 'When Bush comes to Shove' concert at Vicar Street.
It is the beginning of what the Irish Anti-War Movement says will be a week long series of events organised to highlight opposition to the visit.

http://www.rte.ie/news/2004/0619/bushvisit.html


Irish cyclists launch 'bikes against Bush' tour

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"We are trying to encourage as many people as possible to get up on a bike and show how opposed they are to George Bush's terrorist regime," said Dermot Streenan, spokesman for the Grassroots Network, which is backing the ride.
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Demonstrations have been planned to coincide with his visit, on Friday in Dublin and Shannon, and in Shannon the following day, with backing from mainstream Irish politicians as well as anti-war protest movements.

Political leaders from the Labour party, the Greens and Sinn Fein, the political wing of the Irish Republican Army (IRA), as well as the main trade unions, have urged their followers to protest against Bush's presence.

An Irish concert with Christy Moore, Damien Rice and Mary Black, among others -- is planned for Saturday evening in Dublin, with the proceeds to support associations opposing the war in Iraq.

http://www.eubusiness.com/afp/040619175838.p0iuekdq

or is she too Stepford to notice?

just follow and support.....

what is he going to ireland for..... are they funding his election too....his dad got money from england.....foreign governments funding our elections seems to be over the line to me...

Bush is expected in Ireland on the 25th/26th June for an EU/US Summit which will take place in County Clare. Ireland is in a unique position in all of this. It is traditionally friendly territory for US presidents. He happens to be arriving in Shannon Airport - a place that symbolises Irish Government complicity in the illegal invasion and occupation of Iraq.

The Irish vehemently detested the use of Shannon Airport as a layover for American troops and said so in all the newspapers. Can the Irish be any more to blame for what their government did, than Americans for what their goverment did?

"Honey, they just don't like the fact that I have to make the tough decisions!"*

(* this is his usual explanation when confronted with questions about the huge protests against him. As usual, like everything he says, it makes no sense on any level...)

hasn't even informed him. Remember when he went abroad? After seeing the angry mobs he remarked to an AP reporter..."They really hate me?". If ingorance had a king, it would be monkeynuts for sure.

still exists in that Nation . ...Oscar

They get to see the results of his actions without being exposed to the viel of BS, or, at least they can see thru it.

I'd love to see a world poll to get an idea of the numbers who would come out against him on any issue.

They really didn't like having US warplanes pass through Shannon Airport. One wonders how the Irish will take to having His Imperial Majesty's personal 747 there.

Better bring some Formula 409, bu$hie. Eggs can be hard to remove from the skin of a 747.

:evilgrin:
dbt

when the snakes arive.

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Determined to keep an expected crush of protesters away from Bush, the Irish police are mounting the biggest security operation in the country’s history – which, on an island that endured a fierce 30-year Irish Republican Army insurgency, says something.
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Correspondents to the letters page of The Irish Times, a rough barometer of Irish opinion, have urged their government to bar Bush from the country. Reagan’s passing, meanwhile, inspired not sentimental reminiscences of his 1984 visit, but bitter recriminations over his policies on Central America and AIDS.
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Polls show the Irish people are overwhelmingly opposed to the American military using Shannon Airport as a stopover for troops going to and from Iraq. And Ireland’s prime minister Bertie Ahern and his ruling Fianna Fail party have been bitterly criticized for allegedly selling out Ireland’s neutrality for the Yankee dollar.
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... a survey published in February that was sponsored by the British Embassy in Dublin found that more Irish had favorable views of Britain than of America – 78 compared to 74 percent. It was the first time any study of public opinion in Ireland found the British more popular than Americans.
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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2004/06/20/the_ire_of_the_irish?pg=3

Thousands of people will attend the two anti-war gigs at Vicar St tonight and tomorrow night to prepare for the stop Bush protests.

Musicians Christy Moore, Damien Rice, Mary Black, Mundy, the Revs, Kila and more will play anti-war music and call on people to join the protests against Bush on Friday June 25 and Saturday June 26.

Damien Rice is to debut his new single Lonely Soldier tonight.
http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=43632075&p=4363z36x&n=43632365

He hasn't been within 500 miles of me!

I hope the local Media in Ireland will go after Bush. When Bush was in Reno the local media was told not to ask any questions---how Facist is that!