Anti Fianna Fail Posters Removed in City

dublin | bin tax / household tax / water tax | press release

Friday October 17, 2003 18:20

by WCA - Working Class Action

workingclassaction at eircom dot net

PRESS RELEASE

WCA PRESS RELEASE

Anti Fianna Fail Posters Removed in City

Posters critical of Fianna Fail, produced by the Working Class Action (WCA) Group, have begun to disappear from part of the Dublin Central constituency.

Large numbers of the posters have been ripped down (and taken away) in the North Inner City. The posters have now been erected, removed and replaced on two occasions across North Strand, East Wall and Sheriff Street.

The posters were produced to refute the claim from Bertie Ahern that ordinary working class people were ‘spongers’ for opposing the Bin Tax.

The eye-catching posters describe Fianna Fail as ‘Criminals, Drunk Drivers and Tax Cheats’. It goes on to list recent large price rises for basic services, which must be paid by PAYE tax payers.

These include:
VHI increased by 44%
ESB increased by 13.5%
Eircom bills increased by 6.3%
Bus Fares increased by 9%
TV licence increased by 40%

Members of the WCA have been erecting the posters in areas across the Northside over the past week. They have also been carried by protestors on Anti-Bin Tax marches and pickets.

Campaign Co-ordination Eoin Candon said:
"We accept that Fianna Fail may not be very happy with our direct approach, but we felt it important to bring these price rises to the attention of the public. No one from Fianna Fail has contacted us about the posters, even though the WCA phone number is printed on the posters.

Public reaction to them has been excellent and many people have contacted us asking for posters to put up in their own communities."

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