A Garda sustained minor injuries during a Sinn Féin protest marking the one-year anniversary of the IMF bailout in Dublin today.
Some 40 protesters gathered outside European Union House on Molesworth Street, Dublin, this afternoon and chained the front door closed.
The officer was hit in the face with a prop briefcase full of fake money that was being waved in the air by a protester mimicking the European bailout bosses.
Sinn Féin’s Seonach MacAodh, who organised the protest, said it was an accident that the officer sustained a bloodied lip. Mr MacAodh said the group had apologised to the officer.
“The unfortunate thing is these guys are getting hit as well,” said Mr MacAodh.
“They are paying their taxes and they’re getting hit with the Universal Social Charge.”
He said more peaceful and creative protests against Taoiseach Enda Kenny and Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore for their support for the IMF will be held in the run-up to Budget Day on December 6th.
PA