| Anti-austerity movement in Ireland | |
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| Part of the Eurozone debt crisis | |
 Workers march through Dublin against the government's response to the financial crisis, 2009 | |
| Date | 22 October 2008 – 23 February 2015 |
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| Caused by | Unemployment, corruption, austerity, social protection, financial crisis, banking crisis, arrival and presence of the IMF in the country, bipartidism, particracy, democracy deficit |
| Methods | Demonstrations, occupations, civil disobedience, Internet activism |
| Status | Ended |
| Anti-austerity protests in the European Union |
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The anti-austerity movement in Ireland saw major demonstrations from 2008 (the year of the Irish economic downturn) to 2015.[1]
The protests began during October 2008 after the Fianna Fáil–Green Party coalition of the 30th Dáil oversaw the implementation of the bank guarantee, and were given further impetus by the late 2010 intervention of the European Union/European Central Bank/International Monetary Fund troika and the collapse of that government early the following year. Protests continued during the Fine Gael–Labour coalition of the 31st Dáil.
- ^ Dunphy, Richard (2017). "Beyond Nationalism? The Anti-Austerity Social Movement in Ireland: Between Domestic Constraints and Lessons from Abroad" (PDF). Journal of Civil Society. 13 (3): 267–283. doi:10.1080/17448689.2017.1355031.