.ICCLtweet has today written to An Garda Síochána and urged them to facilitate tomorrow's climate change protest
Students went on the first of several strikes last March. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie Students went on the first of several strikes last March. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS say they plan to go ahead with a climate action protest in Dublin city centre tomorrow despite being told by gardaí that its members wouldn’t facilitate the event.
FridaysForFuture is a movement inspired by Swedish teenage activist Greta Thunberg after she began protesting her government’s lack of action on the climate crisis. Doherty said around 1,000-2,000 people were expected and that stewards would be provided, adding that a small stage would be erected outside Leinster House with an accompanying sound system.In response – which has been seen by TheJournal.ie – a garda in the events unit at Pearse Street said that “following on from previous protests the location of your planned meeting point is not suitable and unable to facilitate the 1000-2000 participants”.
As the strike will be going ahead on Friday, we want to have the best working relationship possible with An Garda Síochána before and during the strike to ensure health and safety. She said that as theirs was a “student-led movement”, supervision of students couldn’t be guaranteed outside of school.
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