Picket a Traveller Eviction

cork | crime and justice | news report Wednesday June 30, 2004 00:33 by Dave McCarthy - Traveller Visibility Group, Cork. tvg at indigo dot ie 11 Comeragh Park, The Glen, Cork. 021 4503786

Support needed on Wednesday

Gardai have given notice to three Traveller families in Blackpool in Cork that unless they leave their camp by Wednesday June 30th, the 2002 Anti-Trespass law will be used against them. They got the notice (verbally) on Monday night. Under the 2002 legislation, their trailers and cars can be seized and sold if the families refuse to move. Some local people are prepared to support TVG in protesting against the eviction, to draw public attention to this brutal practice.

Gardai have given notice to three Traveller families in Blackpool in Cork that unless they leave their camp by Wednesday June 30th, the 2002 Anti-Trespass law will be used against them. They got the notice (verbally) on Monday night. Under the 2002 legislation, their trailers and cars can be seized and sold if the families refuse to move. Some local people are prepared to support TVG in protesting against the eviction, to draw public attention to this brutal practice.We will not know the exact time of the eviction until Gardai arrive. If you are prepared to picket and show solidarity with the families, please phone your number to me at 086 2853531. In the meantime, the families would be glad to receive a visit from people who are sympathetic to their position. They are on Seminary Walk, a narrow hill across Thomas Davis Street from Maddens Buildings.