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Fuel protesters on O’Connell Street in Dublin. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

Fuel protesters on O’Connell Street in Dublin. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

As the fuel protests gained momentum, two opposing groups watched them and thought: we’d like a piece of that action.

On O’Connell Street in Dublin, Anti-Imperialist Action distributed fliers and served tea and biccies to grateful protesters. A man walking around with a saucepan of sausages identified himself as an anarchist.