United Left Alliance TDs call for release of Teresa Treacy

Will attend protest organised by supporters at ESB HQ in Stephen’s Green today at 12pm noon

Will attend protest organised by supporters at ESB HQ in Stephen’s Green today at 12pm noon

Responding to the sentence being served by Teresa Treacy for breach of an injunction taken out by the ESB the United Left Alliance TDs said the following:

It is a scandal that a 65 year old woman who has worked all her life can be jailed at the behest of a semi state company who want to erect a power line across her property.

The double standard whereby time and again whether it is the bin tax campaign or Shell to Sea to Teresa’s situation we see that ordinary people standing up for themselves can find themselves landed in jail in a matter of days whereas the crooked bankers and speculators roam free.

We call on ESB to apply to the court to have Teresa released and for a workable solution be found to reroute the power line.

In the meantime we support the protest being organised today by Teresa’s campaign.

Total
0
Shares
Previous Article

Socialist Party / United Left Alliance by-election challenge

Next Article

US: OccupyTogether spreads - despite repression!

Related Posts
Read More

Joint leaflet for Irish Protest during European Week of Action

Across Europe, working people are being hammered with hundreds of billions of euros of cutbacks. The result is a slashing of living standards, deteriorating public services, lower wages and over 23 million unemployed in the eurozone. To help build a unified fight back across Europe the Socialist Party together with other left groups in Ireland have endorsed the European Wide week of action initiated by Joe Higgins MEP and 15 other left wing MEPs. Here we post the text of the joint leaflet.

Read More

Anti household tax campaign national organising drive

200+ people from 12 counties gathered in Dublin on 9 September for a national meeting of the Anti Household and Water Tax Campaign. Attendees included members of left parties, community activists and people angered by the governments policy of austerity including some from Donegal who have been agitating agains the proposed tax on septic tanks.

Read More

Why this really is an Austerity Treaty

The opening salvos of the debate about the Fiscal Treaty from the right-wing political parties and the establishment media have attempted to ridicule the argument that this is an Austerity Treaty. Leo Varadkar called on the Socialist Party not to "lie about the treaty and what it's about" (quite a serious charge, especially considering it's over a week since I wrote to him seeking a public debate and have received no reply!).