Protestors with Occupy Dame Street have said they will camp outside the American Embassy in Dublin this afternoon.

The organisers said the move is a show of solidarity with Occupy Wall Street protestors in New York who have been removed temporarily by police in riot gear from the financial district while the area is being cleaned.

The mayor of New York has told them that they can return once the area has been cleaned.

At about 1am local time today, police handed out notices from the owner of Zuccotti Park, Brookfield Office Properties, and the city saying that the park had to be cleared because it had become unsanitary and hazardous.

Fifteen people have been arrested.