Recent actions at Tara, Eire

planned action went ahead on mon­day 20.4.09 at the ard­sal­lagh bridge project at the boyne… pro­tes­tors entered site imme­di­at­ly stop­ping all work but this did not last for long as with­in only five min­utes the guards and nine jeeps from M3 work­ers had arrived on site. it was a total set up. per­haps this is proof of phone mon­i­tor­ing. pro­tes­tors retreat­ed to the pub­lic road where a block­ade sit­u­a­tion quick­ly unfold­ed. this stand off last­ed well in excess of an hour as M3 work­ers had gar­dai inves­ti­gate some ‘bent steel’ all activists were ques­tioned all names were tak­en, mean­while M3 work­ers con­tin­ue to block pub­lic road infu­ri­at­ing locals. after all was said and done the guards escort­ed us back to the hill and wait­ed in the carpark at maguires eat­ing the tara spe­cial…

enjoy the video

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Fan­cy dress dig­ger-div­ing, 25.3.09 — video

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Action 3.3.09 video

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action 12.2.09
THE NEXT DAY OF ACTION for Tara, this wednes­day 18th feb. Meet­ing tues­day night
at Vig­il Farm, for actions ear­ly and all day wednes­day.
Come pre­pared — bring sleep­ing bag, torch, water­proof warm clothes, cam­eras,
ban­ners, cos­tumes, musi­cal instru­ments etc etc

*All wel­come, please tell lit­er­al­ly every­one. Protests can­not con­tin­ue
unless we have the num­bers to sup­port us.
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If you can­not make it on wednes­day but would like to help out, we need help
with:
Press releas­es
Ban­ner mak­ing mate­ri­als
Cam­eras
Food
Any­thing else you thing that could be help­ful!
Tara is call­ing, the days are get­ting longer and warmer. Protest­ing is
great cra­ic, it’s nev­er to late for TARA
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Video of dan­ger­ous dig­ger-div­ing action, 29.1.09

Protests continue…see youtube for more past actions…