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The September 2010 Leinster House incident occurred on 29 September 2010 at 7:15 am when 41-year-old Joe McNamara rammed his cement lorry into the guarded gates of the Dáil at Leinster House in protest of the estimated €29.3 billion Anglo Irish Bank bailout. Joe McNamara, a property developer who previously identified himself as the "Anglo Avenger", then proceeded to climb atop the vehicle to continue his protest against Anglo Irish Bank. McNamara was subsequently detained overnight under under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984 at the Pearse Street Garda station due to “damage that was done to the front gates of Leinster House.” On 1 October 2010 at 10:30 am he made his appearance in court. The lorry, which McNamara had rendered immobile by cutting the brakes and electrical cables, was removed by a specialist tow truck before 10 am on 29 September 2010. McNamara was remanded on bail until 25 November on the condition that he does not come to the attention of the gardaí. No one was injured and the gates suffered only "minor paintwork damage." McNamara, who has said that he is indebted €3.5m, stated that “I don't do this for publicity: I do this to get it out of my system because I'm furious about Anglo."

Fergus O'Dowd stated that: "At least one garda or more had to jump out of the way of this truck. If it had been later in the morning staff could have been killed."

Several slogans were written in red across the barrel of the cement truck, including “Toxic Bank Anglo”, “All Politicians Should Be Sacked”, "‘€500k for golf", and “€1,000,000 on golf". The licence plate was replaced with the word "Bankrupt".   The cement truck had previously been used in an April 2010 demonstration outside the Anglo Irish Bank on Forster Street in Galway, where the truck was abandoned.