Protesters tear down controversial fencing along the Grand Canal

Barriers were erected along the Grand Canal after asylum seekers who could not get State or private accommodation started camping there.  Picture: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

Controversial fencing along Dublin’s Grand Canal, erected to stop people camping, was ripped down by protesters on Thursday evening.

The fencing was referred to as “hostile architecture” by Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) which helped organise the protest to call for Waterways Ireland to remove the fencing.