Maximum traffic disruption is being planned for today by a group of protesters who claim asylum seekers being housed at a former ESB office block in East Wall are being accommodated as “intolerable”.
The East Wall Committee, who are into their fourth week of protests over the “inappropriate housing” of 380 people, have called on Amnesty International to carry out inspections. The protesters have now decided to move their traffic blockades from the Port Tunnel to the iconic Five Lamps in Amiens Street - one of the busiest commuter routes in the city centre.
The blockade is to take place at 5pm with “maximum disruption planned until the Government houses the asylum seekers in better accommodation and in a humane way, conditions are intolerable” said Nigel Murphy, a spokesperson for the Committee. “Our protests have nothing to do about not wanting asylum seekers in our area, it's about treating them suitably and giving them accommodation which is suitable.
