Public Meeting - Thursday June 3, 8.00pm Liberty Hall, Eden Quay, Dublin 1

national | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Friday May 28, 2004 16:49 by John Meehan - CARR

VOTE NO in Citizenship Referendum

Thursday June 3, 8.00pm
Liberty Hall, Eden Quay, Dublin 1
Speakers :
Ivana Bacik
Lawyers Against the Amendment
Gareth Kehoe
Deputy President, Union of Students in Ireland
Joanna McMinn
National Women’s Council of Ireland
Tom Ryan
President, Dublin Council of Trade Unions
Spokesperson
Residents Against Racism

“Cherish all the Children of the Nation Equally” 1916 Proclamation

Public Meeting -
VOTE NO in Citizenship Referendum
Thursday June 3, 8.00pm
Liberty Hall, Eden Quay, Dublin 1
Speakers :
Ivana Bacik
Lawyers Against the Amendment
Gareth Kehoe
Deputy President, Union of Students in Ireland
Joanna McMinn
National Women’s Council of Ireland
Tom Ryan
President, Dublin Council of Trade Unions
Spokesperson
Residents Against Racism

Organised by the Campaign Against the Racist Referendum



All Children Are Equal
At present, all children born In Ireland have equal rights, but the government wants to change that. If the citizenship referendum is passed, some children born here will be less equal than others because of their parents' origins. The constitution wil be changed to allow Racial Discrimination.

'Citizenship Tourism'?
McDowel1 the Justice Minister claims pregnant women come here to abuse our citizenship laws - but he has no figures. Being the parent of an Irish citizen doesn't give someone a legal right to live here. Many other countries have similar citizenship laws to ours, Including the USA, Canada and New Zealand.

Maternity Hospitals Crisis
McDowell claimed the Masters of the maternity hospitals pleaded with him to bring in this change. They say that this is not true. Years of government cutbacks and closures are the real cause of the crisis in the health service. The government wants to create a smokescreen to hide its failures. This is why it is pushing through a referendum to attack the rights of Irish children.

 If YOU believe we should “Cherish all the Children of the Nation Equally”
 If YOU think everyone born here is entitled to the same basic human rights
 If YOU want an Ireland free from racism and discrimination
VOTE NO
Campaign Against the Racist Referendum
clo 12A Brunswick Place, Dublin 2. 0877974622 or 087 6662060
againsttheracistreferendum @ eircom.net Account Number 10589963 Sort Code 90-13-78 Bank of Ireland, Westland Row, Dublin 2