Say No To Austerity - Day 2

The team moved on from Dublin today on towards Limerick.

The drive was fairly lengthy and it was decided that there would be a number of stop offs in the day, including Kildaire and Nenagh.

We are being met with beeps and cheers frogo, which is encouraging.

Once in Kildaire, we set about placing Corex boards around the area, and distributed leaflets to those who were milling around the vicinity.

Our second destination of the day was Nenagh, which is also on the way to Limerick. It just so happened that when we arrived there were large crowds forming. After driving the ad van down the main high street, we parked up and took advantage of the busy high street by distributing leaflets to all the adults in the vicinity, whilst giving the children balloons. We also got the chance to watch the marching band  in action.

Once again it was back to the vehicles on the long road to Limerick, where the ad van made a e whilst memberso f the team distributed many hundreds of leaflets. Once again, people don't feel they have received enough information upto now, or that too much about the yes campaign is being publicised.

The team will spend more time in Limerick tomorrow, before heading towards Cork, then Waterford.

A few pictures:

PRESS RELEASE: MEPS CALL FOR A NO VOTE TO IRISH AUSTERITY

Calls for Austerity are set to be strongly opposed by a delegation making its way to Ireland for the upcoming referendum.

A team organised by MEP’s Nikki Sinclaire, Mike Nattrass and Trevor Colman will spend a week heavily campaigning in Ireland to support the call for the people of Ireland to reject further cost cutting exercises to the country.

The referendum is due to be held on the 31^st May, and the people will be asked to decide whether they want to ratify a new fiscal treaty.

A large delegation will depart to Ireland on the week beginning 27^th May to distribute literature and campaign on the streets to spread the word of why a No vote would be beneficial for the country.

Nikki Sinclaire is no stranger to campaigning in Ireland, as she lent a hand campaigning for a no vote on the Lisbon Treaty.

After spending time in the Republic at the start of May, Nikki is confident that a no vote is what is needed for Ireland.

Nikki said of the treaty, “Austerity measures are draconian. Slashing public spending and increasing taxes will not get Ireland’s economy moving again”.

“The only people who can benefit from his treaty are those who are bondholders or who are bankers. Austerity does not work, and examples of this are beginning to show across Europe, for example in Greece. The people who I have spoken to are worried about the future jobs for young people and those who have very little being squeezed even further”.

“The people of Ireland were promised jobs with the Lisbon treaty, yet these jobs have not appeared. I hope that if the vote is indeed a no, then there is no further interference to get Ireland to vote in the ‘right’ way”.

As reported on:

http://www.eureporter.co/2012/5/meps-oppose-fiscal-t/