Some photos of Friday 18th August 2000
march through Cork city to ESB office in Academy street.

2pm crowd begins to arrive.

The march sets off en-route.

marching ... on

The March Carries on through Cork City creating traffic chaos for over 2 hours at rush hour on Friday evening.

Here's how it was reported in the Southern Star

Over 200 angry Cork Harbour protesters took over the streets of Cork on Friday which were full of afternoon shoppers. The 200 persons looked small in comparison to the expected 1,000. The crowd were very angry and carried placards showing “No More Pylons,’ etc. They seemed to get their message across and handed in a report showing hundreds of signatures of people to the ESB customer services personnel in their offices on Academy Street. Angry chanting continued outside.

The local T.D.s were conspicuous by their absence. The ESB are supposed to be getting ready to start work in Cobh in the next few weeks.

The ECO warriors were on the march as well and it was they provided the music. They are tunnelling into lands due to be crossed by the pylon scheme. Ronan Luis who was involved in the Glen of the Downs protest earlier this year, stated there were ten members camped in Cobh and a further five in Raffeen and he expected about twenty more to join them in the next few weeks.

The spectacle drew plenty of attention from shoppers and tourists alike on the main streets of Cork, let us hope the ESB will take as much notice.

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