September 2010 Leinster House incident

The September 2010 Leinster House incident occurred on 29 September 2010 at 7:15 am when 41-year-old Joe McNamara rammed his cement lorry into the guarded gates of the Dáil at Leinster House in protest of the estimated €29.3 billion Anglo Irish Bank bailout. Joe McNamara, a property developer who previously identified himself as the "Anglo Avenger", then proceeded to climb atop the vehicle to continue his protest against Anglo Irish Bank. The lorry, which McNamara had rendered immobile by cutting the brakes and electrical cables, was removed by a specialist tow truck before 10 am on 29 September 2010. No one was injured and the gates suffered only "minor paintwork damage." The licence plate was replaced with the word "Bankrupt".<ref name="avenger1"/> The cement truck had previously been used in an April 2010 demonstration outside the Anglo Irish Bank on Forster Street in Galway, where the truck was abandoned.<ref name="avenger1"/>

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