Holly Days

On the 10th of December, we went into Grafton Street to do the 'Holly Days' collection for the ISPCC. We divided into pairs and were each assigned to a shop front on Grafton Street. I was outside Bewley's cafe. We were selling Holly pins and badges to people for 2 euro to raise money for the ISPCC. We had to wear vests over our uniforms which said we were Volunteers. People were really generous to the cause and some people bought more than one badge. It was a really good day out. When we were on the way back to the bus, we got stuck in the middle of the Water Charges. It was mad, suddenly there were thousands of people on the streets chanting about the water charges. It was as if they came out of no where. The buses couldn't get to us so we had to walk toward the buses, so we were walking through the protest. I had never been part of a protest or seen one before, apart from on TV, so it was crazy to see how many people actually showed up to voice their opinions about the water charges. Eventually, we got home at around 1:30 and then we were allowed to go home.