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18/11/2014
Protesters Attack Car Carrying Taoiseach
A group of anti-water charges protesters have attacked a car carrying the Taoiseach Enda Kenny.
Mr Kenny was at the Sligo Park Hotel to address a Fine Gael regional meeting when a group of protesters attacked the car he was a passenger in. Gardaí said that people surrounded the car, kicking it and hitting it with placards. One man had to be removed after climbing on the bonnet.
Right2Water, who had organised the protest, are understood to have continually urged the crowd to be peaceful, but when the car arrived a small group broke away and attacked the vehicle.
No one was injured in the incident and no arrests were made, according to garda.
(MH/IT)
Mr Kenny was at the Sligo Park Hotel to address a Fine Gael regional meeting when a group of protesters attacked the car he was a passenger in. Gardaí said that people surrounded the car, kicking it and hitting it with placards. One man had to be removed after climbing on the bonnet.
Right2Water, who had organised the protest, are understood to have continually urged the crowd to be peaceful, but when the car arrived a small group broke away and attacked the vehicle.
No one was injured in the incident and no arrests were made, according to garda.
(MH/IT)
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