Home Sweet Home vow to continue and activists have stated that they “won’t be backing down”.
The comments come in advance of a court hearing today in which receivers for Apollo House are seeking an injunction requiring the homeless and activists to vacate the building.
Spokeswoman Rosi Leonard said: “We plan to keep working as normal”.
“We are hoping the needs of people will be put before the interests of receivers who want to see a building vacant and put homeless people back on the streets. No-one can doubt that Apollo House has lit a spark in people all over the country that isn’t going to go out. We won’t be going away and we won’t be backing down.”
A statement from Nama appointed receivers Tom O’Briem and Mazers yesterday claimed that the building had lost its fire insurance cover since the occupation began last week.
They said the sheltering of the homeless in the building raises
“health and safety concerns” and it could not continue.