Anti-austerity movement in Ireland

Anti-austerity movement in Ireland
Part of the Eurozone debt crisis
Thousands of students marched down O'Connell Street (pictured above on a quieter day in 2008) in protest against the reintroduction of university fees after the fallout of the 2009 emergency budget.
Date	22 October 2008 – 23 February 2015
Location	Republic of Ireland
Caused by	Unemployment, corruption, austerity, social protection, financial crisis, banking crisis, arrival and presence of the IMF in the country, bipartidism, particracy, democracy deficit
Methods	Demonstrations, occupations, civil disobedience, Internet activism
Status	Ended

The anti-austerity movement in Ireland saw major demonstrations from 2008 (the year of the Irish economic downturn) to 2015.^[1]

The protests began during October 2008 after the Fianna Fáil–Green Party coalition of the 30th Dáil oversaw the implementation of the bank guarantee, and were given further impetus by the late 2010 intervention of the European Union/European Central Bank/International Monetary Fund troika and the collapse of that government early the following year. Protests continued during the Fine Gael–Labour coalition of the 31st Dáil.