Cianan Brennan: Tent City is gone but underlying problems are still there

The tents on Mount St near the International Protection Office have been removed, but the accommodation crisis will persist

From 7am, the diggers came for tent city. From 8am, as the daily commute picked up pace, curious people were drawn to the barrier hastily set up and stretching from Holles Street Hospital to the end of Mount St.

There was little sympathy evident among the onlookers who chose to gather at the barricades, though there was little indication that indifference was racial in tone.