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Farmers & Peace Protesters

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Thursday March 04, 2004 16:46author by Paul O'Donnell Report this post to the editors

Gardai adopt different attitude

Am I the only one to notice the huge difference in the way gardai are approaching the farmers blockade in Leitrim and their heavy-handed tactics at anti-war demos, particularly at Shannon?

While I have every sympathy for the Leitrim farmers, who are fighting to save the Teagasc research laboratory at Ballinamore, I just can't help noticing that they've been allowed blockade the facility for the last four days. They have prevented the removal of animals and equippment.

While a few names have been taken, the gardai have only made the feeblest attempt to end the blockade.

Contrast this garda attitude to the riot shields, horses, dogs, helicopters and stormtrooper tactics employed by the boys in blue at the most recent major demonstration at Shannon Airport on December 6th. (not forgetting their arrest of Owen Rice on trumped up charges).

On other occasions in the past the farmers have unloaded herds of sheep and herded them into the Department of Agriculture headquarters, blocked traffic with their tractors in Dublin and major cities and dumped milk (highly poisonous to fish, etc) into rivers.

It would seem there is one law for farmers and another one entirely for anti-war activists.

What do other people think?

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   This is why....     David    Thu Mar 04, 2004 16:55 
   Not forgetting the bin tax     Joe    Thu Mar 04, 2004 16:55 
   There's a big difference....     Al    Thu Mar 04, 2004 16:58 
   Aww David     Joe    Thu Mar 04, 2004 16:59 
   Al - Hoisted by your own petard     Bin Tax Activist    Thu Mar 04, 2004 17:05 
   Another factor for the 'softly, softly' on farmers is...     Jimbo    Thu Mar 04, 2004 17:07 
   OK... here's the real answer then....     David    Thu Mar 04, 2004 17:08 
   I'm sorry but I don't understand.     Al    Thu Mar 04, 2004 17:16 
   Farmers     observer    Fri Mar 05, 2004 10:10 
 10   Remember the brickies...     jeff    Fri Mar 05, 2004 12:41 
 11   trickle down economics? more like running down your leg Jeff.     $=€    Fri Mar 05, 2004 13:00 
 12   good man     howard hughes    Fri Mar 05, 2004 23:20 
 13   man it's the fingernail thing.     hetty green    Sun Mar 07, 2004 14:20 


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