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
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
Glen Hansard
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Glen James Hansard was an Irish singer-songwriter and actor. From Ballymun in northern Dublin, he busked from his teens. In 1990, he co-founded the Irish rock band the Frames, which he fronted. The ba
Squatting in Ireland
…the Christmas period. The occupation drew considerable national attention in Ireland and drew the support of many high-profile Irish artists such as Glen Hansard, Christy Dignam, Jim Sheridan, Kodaline, Hozier, Damien Dempsey, John Connors and Saoirse Ronan as well as political parties such as Sinn Féin. In…
Hansard in 2015
Hansard and Markéta Irglová playing at Cool Discs record store, Derry, Northern Ireland, April 2006
Hansard live at Vicar Street, Dublin, 31 December 2006