Roof top protest at office of Noel O'Flynn TD

A group of five Ógra Shinn Féin activists today mounted a roof top protest against growing youth unemployment on the roof of the constituency office of Cork North Central TD Noel O'Flynn.

The protest lasted for approximately two hours at the constituency office on the Old Mallow road in Cork. After the Gardaí were called to the scene for the second time, the activists agreed to leave the roof on condition that Noel O'Flynn agreed to a public debate on the issue of unemployment, which he did.

Ógra Shinn Féin National Organiser Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, felt that the protest had been a success.

“We succeeded in highlighting the issue of youth unemployment, both on air and in person, and the protest also had a positive outcome with Noel O'Flynn agreeing to a public debate on the topic, which we look forward to.”

He added “People, especially young people are feeling angry at the Government’s lack of action on jobs and we are taking direct action to highlight this failure. We are calling on people to fight back against this government.

“We hope to build on the success of the recent protests, and we intend to continue our campaign over the coming time.”