Celebrities At The "Occupy" Protests

Protests were held in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Roscommon, Letterkenny, and in Belfast. The Irish Times described the movement in the following terms: The group has no hierarchical structure, has set up a Facebook page and Twitter account – with the social media links attracting a very mixed, and sometimes critical, reaction. The protest in Dublin was organized by the "Real Democracy Now! Ireland," and "Occupy Dame Street" protest, set up outside the Central Bank of Ireland in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. On 22nd October is was reported that over 2000 people took part in the Occupy Dame Street demonstration.
• United Kingdom
As part of the 15 October 2011 global protests, protesters gathered in London, Bristol, Birmingham, Glasgow and Edinburgh. The London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square was the initial target for the protestors of Occupy London on October 15, 2011. Attempts to occupy the square were thwarted by police. Police sealed off the entrance to the square as it was private property, a High Court injunction had been granted against public access to the square. 2500-3000 people gathered nearby outside St Paul's Cathedral, with 250 camping overnight. The canon of St. Paul's, Reverend Giles Fraser, said he was happy for people to "exercise their right to protest peacefully" outside the cathedral and an indefinite encampment was established. Additional smaller protests occured in Nottingham. As of 17 October an indefinite encampment had also been established on College Green in Bristol.
In Northern Ireland, Occupy Belfast initiated its protest outside the offices of Invest NI on Friday 21 October. Occupy Belfast has now taken residence at Writer's Square, in the Cathedral Quarter.. It is expected that an Occupy Derry/Londonderry will take place in the near future.