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Travellers described as 'terrorists' by head of Irish Vintners Ass.

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday August 01, 2002 14:02author by LD

Chief executive of the Irish Vintners Ass Tadgh O Sullivan has come out today and backed a proposal by publicans in Westport to impose a blanket ban on Travellers in Westport pubs. The language used by O'Sullivan to describe the travelling community is inexcusable.

"invasion", "terror", "violence" were just some of the words O'Sullivaan used to describe the Travelling Comm. Thomas Mc Cann of the Irish Traveller Movement described this proposal as illegal under the Equal Status Act.
He continued by asking "why aren't people being arrested for something by local gardai? The Chief Exec of the Vintners Ass said he would back other towns or villages who may also wish to impose this Blanker ban! Mr. O'Sullivan said he would go to jail to protect these publicans from "terrorist" travellers!

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