Group protests ‘Anglo’ bond payment

 

Protest at the pending payment of €1.25 billion to unsecured bondholders later this week

 

Rob Dunlop from the Occupy Dame Street camp protests outside the headquarters of the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation Ltd in Dublin today. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

 

Irishtimes.com
Monday, January 23, 2012
 
The protesters, some of whom are affiliated with the Occupy Dame Street movement, said they plan to remain at the site during the day from now until Wednesday, when the payment falls due.

Occupy Dame Street described the protest as an “event of solidarity”, which will include musical performances and talks.

Emily Hosford from Limerick said she had joined the protest because the Government was not obliged to pay the bondholders and that citizens were not even aware who the bondholders in question were.

“Part of the reason I’m here today is to support awareness and to inform people,” she said.

Another woman, who asked not to be named, said she had become involved in the Real Democracy Now movement, which had its roots in the so-called ‘15M’ movement in Spain.

She was “extremely angry” at the payment to be made on Wednesday. There was no real obligation to pay it and the Government had shown a lack of courage and leadership in its willingness to pay the sum, she said.

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