Sean Doyle, one of the occupants of Lefroy House on Dublin's Eden Quay. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillA group occupying a former hostel for at-risk teenagers in central Dublin has ignored a court ruling ordering them to leave and say they have already occupied more buildings. There was no effort made by the Garda to remove those inside Lefroy House, Eden Quay, Dublin 1, when the deadline for them to leave expired at 10am on Thursday.
Mr Doyle, who ran in the 2014 local elections in Wicklow for the Éirígí party, said he and those he was with in the building were now “under siege”. They had “passed an acquisition order” to take the vacant building and offer accommodation to the homeless but the High Court had ruled that the self-styled “order” had no standing in the eyes of the courts.
However, no gardaí arrived and it was expected Garda management would liaise with those occupying the building, as well as with the leaseholders, before any effort is made to apprehend those inside and bring them before the court.
Has to be done and begs the question why the Salvation Army left it unused for so long without helping Irish homeless and all of a sudden it’s wanted for Ukrainians and not our own .
Good on them!