The Dublin Housing Action Committee was a 1960s protest group formed in response to housing shortages in Dublin, Ireland's capital city. It quickly moved to direct action and successfully squatted bui
20 Mountjoy Square in 2020
Squatting in Ireland
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Squatting in Ireland is the occupation of unused land or derelict buildings without the permission of the owner. In the 1960s, the Dublin Housing Action Committee highlighted the housing crisis by squ
Dublin Housing Action Committee
…a picket on Limerick Prison after several members of the CHAC were imprisoned for protesting; the picket was led by the LHAC's chairman, Liam Gleeson. Squatting in Ireland Comment by a founder member…
Photograph capturing the moment when the Garda Siochana arrive to carry out evictions at the Grangegorman squat
Apollo House during its brief but high-profile occupation in December 2016