FROM lamp-posts all over Dublin, a nice-looking woman smiled at passers-by.

在都柏林随处可见的灯柱广告上，一名面容姣好的女子向过路人微笑着。

Makeshift checkpoints sprang up, with litter bins, bricks, gates and uprooted lamp-posts used to block cars.

人们用垃圾桶，砖块，门和从地面拔起的灯杆来阻拦汽车的进入。