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Some 350 people took part in a protest in Dublin city centre today calling for action on climate change in advance of the summit to be held in Copenhagen this month.

The Stop Climate Chaos Coalition held the action to coincide with simultaneous actions in Belfast, Paris, London, Glasgow, Brussels and Berlin to create a giant “human wave” to call for a fair and safe deal.