ABSTRACT
Shortly after the start of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) in New York City, a number of people set up similar camps in Dublin in early October 2011. Following Dublin’s lead, Occupy-style campaigns were soon established in some of the Republic of Ireland’s major cities such as Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford. 1 Though varying in size and in intensity — the occupations lasted from between several weeks in the case of Limerick to seven months in that of Galway — protesters in each of these cities occupied public spaces in community-like encampments and mounted rallies and demonstrations attended by citizens numbering anywhere from several dozen to several hundred people.
