A GARDA sustained minor injuries during a Sinn Féin protest in Dublin yesterday marking the one-year anniversary of the IMF bailout. About 40 protesters gathered outside European Union House on Molesworth Street and chained the front door shut.
In an attempt to open the door, the garda 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 Mac Aodh, who organised the protest, said it was an accident that the officer sustained a bloodied lip.
“The guard came in when we were standing at the door,” he said. “They thought we were going to go inside but we never were. They were holding us back from going nowhere.”
Mr Mac Aodh said the group had apologised to the garda.
He said more peaceful and creative protests would be held in the run-up to budget day on December 6th.