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DUBLIN — A cement truck plastered with anti-bank slogans blocked the entrance to the Irish parliament Wednesday as tensions mounted over the country's debt crisis and enormous bank bailouts.
At least one police guard narrowly escaped being hit as the truck drove up to Leinster House about 7:15 a.m., one lawmaker said. The truck stopped as it touched the entrance's ornate wrought-iron gates but caused no significant damage.
Police arrested the 41-year-old driver, who climbed out of the truck cabin's skylight. The doors of the cement truck — which has been used before in anti-government demonstrations — were welded shut and its windows covered in metal grills to prevent police from gaining access.
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Gentlemen start your engines.
DUBLIN — A cement truck plastered with anti-bank slogans blocked the entrance to the Irish parliament Wednesday as tensions mounted over the country's debt crisis and enormous bank bailouts.
At least one police guard narrowly escaped being hit as the truck drove up to Leinster House about 7:15 a.m., one lawmaker said. The truck stopped as it touched the entrance's ornate wrought-iron gates but caused no significant damage.
Police arrested the 41-year-old driver, who climbed out of the truck cabin's skylight. The doors of the cement truck — which has been used before in anti-government demonstrations — were welded shut and its windows covered in metal grills to prevent police from gaining access.
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Gentlemen start your engines.