DUBLIN (AP) — A cement truck plastered with anti-bank slogans blocked the entrance to the Irish parliament Wednesday as tensions mounted over the country’s debt crisis and enormous bank bailouts.
At least one police guard narrowly escaped being hit as the truck drove up to Leinster House about 7:15 a.m., one lawmaker said. The truck stopped as it touched the entrance’s ornate wrought-iron gates but caused no significant damage.
Police arrested the 41-year-old driver, who climbed out of the truck cabin’s skylight. The doors of the cement truck — which has been used before in anti-government demonstrations — were welded shut and its windows covered in metal grills to prevent police from gaining access.
Wednesday’s protest came several hours before Dail Eireann, Ireland’s parliament, was scheduled to convene for the first time in more than two months. Trade union leaders planned to march in protest to the parliament gates as lawmakers arrived in the afternoon.
Public hostility to the government is running high amid surging debts, a series of emergency budgets and a soaring bill for propping up the nation’s debt-crippled banks.
Those tensions were writ large on the truck itself. It displayed the slogans “All politicians should be sacked” and, in huge capitalized red letters, “TOXIC BANK,” alongside the corporate logo of government-owned Anglo Irish Bank.
The Dublin lender — which borrowed tens of billions from foreign banks to invest in property markets in Ireland, Britain and the United States — was nationalized last year and now looks likely to cost Irish taxpayers more than euro25 billion ($33.6 billion) driving up Ireland’s EU-leading budget deficit.
It took three hours to remove the truck from the parliament entrance because its brake lines were also cut to make the move difficult.
One of the few lawmakers in the building when the truck arrived, Fergus O’Dowd, said it nearly hit a police guard.
“If it had been later in the morning, staff could have been killed, the public could have been killed,” he said.
But later inspections showed the truck did not ram the gates, which were locked loosely with a padlock and chain and were undisturbed.
Ireland has been mired in recession since the country’s decade-long property boom went sharply into reverse in 2008, dragging banks down with it. Anglo Irish owes euro72 billion ($97 billion) to depositors worldwide, but its loan book faces heavy writedowns.
Ireland initially said Anglo’s rescue would cost just euro4 billion and now estimates it will cost euro25 billion. But independent analysts say the ultimate cost could top euro35 billion ($47.1 billion) — a fifth of Ireland’s gross domestic product.
The government is expected to offer updated cost estimates of the Anglo bailout later this week. It is planning a third straight emergency budget in December expected to slash more than euro3 billion ($4.04 billion) from 2011 spending, an effort that has cut wages and raised taxes across this nation of 4.5 million.
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 6:37pmRemember remember the 5th of November!!
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 3:27pmtext wall spamming…. its purpose is to annoy and break up real communication
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 2:52pmI remember standing up at a Tea party meeting early on to encourage them to consider that what was happening to our country was only a part of a much larger picture. Every democratic nation is under attack by communists, radical muslims and anarchists (whose real aim is global govt). After becoming aware of the Club of Rome and some of the BIG fish like Soros, I knew the stage had been set. If you read Psalm 2 you will see it all. This One World agenda is that of certain leaders, not the people. I felt this coming 5 years ago on the National Day of Prayer as I prayed I sobbed for this country. Only God can stay this…….please pray…..and pray….and pray…….
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 3:07pmI will pray,and do for the people of the world and this country, but if it is written , can it be changed by prayer ?
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 2:23pmRegister to vote.
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 2:21pmSame truck but into the progressives agenda, the truck reading Faith Hope and Charity.
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 1:42pmis there a way to summarize = this is your brain on _______ wow it got a kick that’s for sure.
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 1:27pmscuba….maybe she is already on that ledge, and looking for a gentle p u s h or n u d ge.
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 1:15pmshouldnt you be out on a ledge somewhere?
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 1:03pmyou are a nut
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 12:51pm“The world is transformed and we enter a period of understanding and harmonious coexistence where there is social justice and equality for all. It is a new way of life. With a new social order there comes a time of freedom where we can move like the clouds, without limitations, without borders. We will travel like the birds, without the need for passports. We will travel like the rivers, all heading towards the same point the same objective.” ~ Don Alejandro Oxlaj
GEW
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 1:25pmSounds like the discription of the after alife….I kinda want to wait a while for that!
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 2:19pmThe next sound you hear will be from the Socialist that you admire so much as he shoots you in the back of the head. Have a nice dream….
Report Post »GOTT-EM-MAUSER
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 7:57pmNot exactly, for my .02 worth, you have whose “Heads” it will be and who the “Shooters” will be reversed, same sound though.
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 10:29pmyou got to lay off the coffee…got that bite feeling on your ankle right after you posted that didn’t you??…your attempt to end-light-end us is kind of strange?? I don’t think copy and pasting excerpts on a message board is a real good way to get a point across. If you want people to see what you see they must WANT to see you see. Put this on a separate website then link it, give a teaser to the link. thx
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 12:43pmthe Vera-Cruz had four altars, three of them are very decent, iron and other pulpit. All temples of this village are environment, except for two, and them the Church of the Holy Vera- Cruz lies more in the Centre, and site more lead others, and expressed earlier is very frequented faithful… Its afianzamientos and its economic relief speaks the same inventory:
… It is property of this brotherhood area today cited Hermitage, (…), as a small house next to the Hermitage that has your room the capiller her… Apart from the magnificent image of the crucified, mentioned in the relationship: an image of the Virgen de los Remedios, and others in St. Helena, St. Francis of Paola, San Isidro Labrador and San Giovanni in Laterano, enseres silver for the exorno own chapel and images, chalices, patens, lanterns, banners, crosses, books with its history, the last of these dates in 1699
In 1755, Lisbin earth quake occurs, the Chapel is the most damaged by the earthquake arahalense religious building. Made momentous, since months, specifically on 11 April the following year, the chapter officers takes the dissolution of the historic Corporation agreement. From a historical perspective, we see that this sudden death from any cause, was surprisingly common cruceras associations. Most of them saved in the pages of their history after periods of splendor, stages where languidecieron, in many cases to disappear forever.
The destroyed Church existed another brotherhood called del Rosario and charity with the poor dead, with own altar to the front door. The primary purpose of the Corporation was:
… take the Rosary through the streets of this villa premium night singing the Angelica, lecture (…) and bury the corpses of solemnity poor… This brotherhood, leveraging the devotion that enjoyed the Vera-Cruz Christ and be very recognized social work being conducted, in1780 claiming alms unto the people, undertook the reconstruction of the temple. The new central building, is a unique sample of the Baroque Seville late, especially emphasizing its facade of carved brick. Later in1805, don Jose’ Soriano Fontiveros became protective patron of the Church and kept open for worship. In the fateful 1936, was sacked and burned their images and furnishings, including the crucified holder that brotherhood retains a part of a foot and a hand.
Small overview of the history of the current Vera-Cruz brotherhood In 1988 a group of brothers of the town, set up the idea to form a new brotherhood to this people, to serve a new space, with different forms and renewed purposes, without forgetting the references to the cultural and generous that former Corporation spirit. Thus on May11,1989, the gentlemen Jose Manuel Camacho Cintado, José Francisco Gago Bohórquez, Juan Carlos Lobato Cala and Francisco Cano Mena, meet at the home of the first formal, to launch the project, drafted a letter to don Jose Quiros Rodriguez, pastor of St. Mary Magdalene, whereby you are characteristics of the company and the specific foundational purposes being received by the parish priest of St Mary Magdalene in the month of August. A week later, promoters; Rafael Lobato García, Juan Carlos Gago Bohórquez, José Francisco Gago Bohórquez, Jose Manuel Bermúdez Rodriguez, Juan Carlos Lobato Cala and Francisco Ortiz Calero, become reunited and rises the Association members by Brotherhood of the Holy Cross. A few months later held a more broad Assembly and it is elected the first Management Board, which constituted by Mr Juan Carlos Lobato Cala, Francisco Cano Mena, Manuel Bermúdez Rodríguez, José Francisco Gago Bohórquez, Romuald Fernández Parejo.
On , once restored the iglesía of Veracruz, is dedicated to the cult by the cardinal Friar the same day is blessed image of Holy Mary of the Rosary in his Dolorosos mysteries.
Cults of the brotherhood Every year in the first week of lent, is held solemn Quinario in honor of Holy Christ of the love and our mother and Lady of piety, finishing sixth day with Service Chief of Institute.
The Friday before the Friday of Dolores venerable image of our mother and Lady of piety, is exposed in Devoto Besamano throughout the day.
The Friday of passion will be exposed in devout besapié the Holy love Christ, making the conclusion of this solemn transfer of the Lord to his step output.
Given that brotherhood commemorating the passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ, held solemn and devout station of penance every year the Holy Wednesday, being the main Act of external worship it. The brothers that he save the greatest recollection, composure and piety to give authentic testimony of faith take care.
In October in the feast of our Lady of the Rosary, brotherhood celebrates solemn function and Besamano in honor of Holy Mary of the Rosary in his mysteries Dolorosos.
1-MARY-1
Posted on September 29, 2010 at 12:39pmDuring the MIDDLE AGES hospitals served different functions to modern institutions, being ALMSHOUSES for the poor, hostels for PILGRIMS, or HOSPITAL SCHOOLS . The word hospital comes from the LATIN hospes, signifying a stranger or foreigner, hence a guest. Another noun derived from this, hospitium came to signify hospitality, that is the relation between guest and shelterer, hospitality, friendliness, hospitable reception. By METONYMY the Latin word then came to mean a guest-chamber, guest’s lodging, an inn. Hospes is thus the root for the English words host (where the p was dropped for convenience of pronunciation) HOSPITALITY, HOSPICE, HOSTEL and HOTEL. The latter modern word derives from Latin via the ancient French romance word hostel, which developed a silent s, which letter was eventually removed from the word, the loss of which is signified by a CIRCUMFLEX in the modern French word hôtel. The German word ‘Spital’ shares similar roots.
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 11:57amThis is the second article like this that I’ve seen today. America, this is our future and we must be on alert. I encourage everyone to read a new posting at http://www.blackquillandink.com The article discusses the possibility of social violence happening in America and the fall-out from this occurence. See: “EXTRA: Obama Suspends Civil Liberties”
Black Conservative Blog: http://www.blackquillandink.com
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 2:42pmThank you for directing me to blackquillandink. This is on par with Thomas Sowell and Walter Williams. Bravo and God Bless You!
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 2:56pmThis is an awesome site and I recommend to all!
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Posted on September 29, 2010 at 8:03pmWhatever the “Violence” will be called is still up for debate. However the occurrence of it, is a forgone conclusion. A matter of “When not If” as they say. The 10-27-2012 used in the article is a bit optimistic, jump off is a bunch closer than that.
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