{"id":5020,"date":"2019-01-13T08:01:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-13T13:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2019-01-13T11:02:25","modified_gmt":"2019-01-13T16:02:25","slug":"yellow-vest-protestors-call-for-taoiseachs-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5020","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Yellow Vest&#8217; Protestors Call For Taoiseach&#8217;s Resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/YellowVestProtestDublinDec2018b_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5022\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/YellowVestProtestDublinDec2018b_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/YellowVestProtestDublinDec2018b_large-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Yellow Vest protesters say they will not stop until the Taoiseach has resigned and a general election is called.<\/p>\n<p>The movement, which has held demonstrations in Dublin every Saturday for the past five weeks, has this weekend staged additional protests in towns and cities around the country.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds took to the streets yesterday in Dublin, Galway, Limerick, Wicklow, Waterford, Donegal and Belfast.<\/p>\n<p>The movement is named after the high-visibility vests \u2013 gilets jaunes \u2013 that motorists in France must keep in their cars.<\/p>\n<p>It subsequently widened into an expression of broader anti-establishment sentiment in both France and elsewhere in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>The Yellow Vest Ireland group says it has 18 demands, which covers issues ranging from the CervicalCheck scandal and mortgage debt to medicinal cannabis and vulture funds.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-5020\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5020&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-5020\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5020&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-5020\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5020&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=5020\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yellow Vest protesters say they will not stop until the Taoiseach has resigned and a general election is called. 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