Posted by Campaign Reporter on Feb 2nd, 2012
Up to 200 people turned up for the meeting. Conor Mac Liam chaired, Gregor Kerr was the main speaker with Emmett Farrell taking up the Septic Tank issue. The first question from the audience was ‘Why don’t council tenants have to pay, they get all the services?’. It only got better after that. At one point later a man called “Ok, so who is not going to register?” and a sea of hands went...
Posted by Campaign Reporter on Jan 30th, 2012
About 30 people attended a meeting in Bakers Corner pub on Tuesday night last (24th Jan.), the first public meeting in the area since the publication of the legislation. The meeting was chaired by Cllr. Hugh Lewis (People Before Profit) and addressed by Cllr. Melisa Halpin (People before Profit)and Gregor Kerr (Workers Solidarity Movement). The meeting was determinedly opposed to the tax and from...
Posted by Campaign Reporter on Jan 30th, 2012
Here we publish window posters
Posted by Campaign Reporter on Jan 10th, 2012
The third monthly meeting of Kerry Against the Household Charge was held on Monday January 9th. in the Imperial Hotel, Tralee with almost twenty people attending. Some travelled over thirty miles to attend. After a lively discussion the main decisions taken at the meeting were as follows:
1. To continue canvassing households in Tralee with a view to future canvases in nearby villages such as...
Posted by Campaign Reporter on Dec 19th, 2011
500 protesters against the introduction of septic tank and household taxes marched in Eyre Square, Galway today. At the end of the march, about 100 protesters crowded into the Galway County Council Chamber to demand from the councillors, their position on where they stand in relation to the incoming double taxes. Some councillors left, stating that they did not like being questioned by the people...