A-Infos (en) Ireland, Dublin. Secret police get excited by embassy picket

This evenings picket of the Spanish embassy in Dublin 4 had a pretty good turn 
out considering it was called at less than a days notice. No less than 15 
anarchists turned up as well as perhaps a dozen uniformed cops and four secret 
police. The secret police were so friendly they insisted on taking everyones 
name and addresses. ----- This level of attention from the Irish secret police 
for an embassy picket is to say the least a little unusual. Normal such affairs 
are a question of standing around for a dull hour in leafy suburb while 
oblivious cars pass you by. ----- What warranted the level of attention this 
evening? The subject seems pretty unthreatening, the demand for the release of a 
man jailed over 22 years ago for bank robberies that took place in the 1980's. 
In Ireland, north and south, those who robbed banks that long ago are more often 
found in government than in jail.

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The picket was in solidarity with Amadeu Casellas an anarchist prisoner of the 
Spanish state who is approaching his 70th day on hunger strike - see 
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88865

Pictures at:
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/88874

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They just kept arriving

These look a bit embarrassed by it all

The back gate

The front gate

A cop helping some kids across the road (this is D4 after all)
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