Garda block planned anti-war protest

A GROUP of anti-war protestors have been barred from walking up Grafton Street in Dublin today while the FCA use army vehicles to collect for a children's hospital.

The Irish Anti-War Movement (IAWM) were told by gardai yesterday they would not be allowed stage a planned protest march from the Central Bank to the American Embassy via Grafton Street and Stephen’s Green.

They were told the decision was made on safety grounds and that they would be arrested if they defied the order despite a previous walk along the same route last September passing off peacefully.