1. Most protestors were local but people from Belfast, Cork, Derry, Dublin and other areas attended. 2. The protestors were peaceful, and the police Decided not to interfere. 3. As the Autumn fox hunting season gets underway, animal rights protestors have been holding one of the biggest demonstrations seen in the region. 4. BUT a week later, two women have chained themselves inside the pit, and protestors are still outside the locked gates. 5. Anti-fascist demonstrators had said they would demonstrate outside the centre but there were no protestors. 6. Before dawn this morning the protestors were again out in force, ready and waiting for the demolition men. 7. But on the street outside the hotel, several dozen protestors were less sanguine about the brightening prospects of a second Bush presidency. 8. But the protestors are just as adamant. 9. Most protestors were not combative, but some were. 10. One group of demonstrators was hit with pepper spray, but the protestors were generally peaceful. |