Carthy family solicitor and former Ombudsman outline concerns about ‘Abbeylara’ amendment

 Diary Notice of public meeting

www.kangaroocourts.net  

 What:

A public meeting to outline the key reasons why people should vote NO to the proposed 30^th amendment to the constitution (Oireachtas inquiries).

 Who:

• Dr Maurice Hayes. A former Northern Ireland Ombudsman and Boundary Commissioner, Maurice Hayes served as a member of the Patton Commission on Policing, was a member of the Irish Senate and until recently was Chairman of the National Forum on Europe.

• Peter Mullan. Joint Managing Partner in the solicitors’ firm Garrett Sheehan and Partners. His practice is in all areas of criminal law, and he has handled a large number of cases in the Special Criminal Court, Ireland's non-jury higher criminal court. He is involved in all areas of litigation, acting for both Plaintiff and Defendant in High Court jury and non-jury cases, and judicial review matters.

          He is the solicitor for the family of the late John Carthy who was killed in Abbeylara on 20 April 2000.

 Where: The Seminar Room, National Library, Kildare Street, Dublin 2

 When: Tuesday, 25 October at 1:30 PM sharp. (A short address by speakers will be followed by a Q & A for members of the electorate and journalists).

For further information, and to arrange interviews, see the note below, and/or contact:

 Walter Jayawardene

Communications Manager

Irish Council for Civil Liberties

9-13 Blackhall Place

Dublin 7

Ireland 

Tel. + 353 1 799 4503

Mob: +353 87 9981574   

walter.jayawardene@iccl.ie
 

NOTES TO JOURNALISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS:

 (Photos will be sent to newsdesks by Collins photo).

 The ‘No Campaign’

 The ICCL Association’s ‘Vote No to the 30^th Amendment’ leaflet is available online HERE and via the campaign website www.kangaroocourts.net

The ‘No to the 30^th Amendment’ Campaign was launched on Friday 21^st October 2011 at The Westbury Hotel, Grafton Street, Dublin 2 at 1pm on Friday 21 October 2011. The campaign is being led by the Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) Association.

On Monday 24 October 2011), a letter from 8 Attorneys General calling for the NO vote appeared in the national press today and is available at this link: http://www.irishtimes.com/letters/index.html#1224306388648

 A ‘No to the 30^th Amendment’ Campaign mobile billboard roadshow and poster campaign was launched on Monday 24 October 2011 at a photocall on Dublin’s Kildare street featuring campaign volunteers and ‘Kangaroos’ leafleting passers-by. Mobile billboards will be covering a total of 1200 miles around Dublin, Cork, Limerick and Galway warning citizens of the dangers of ‘kangaroo courts’ if this amendment is passed.