5,000 expected at protest in Sligo on Good Friday

sligo | rights, freedoms and repression | press release

Friday April 10, 2009 01:23

by Killian McLoughlin - 'Save Sligos Cancer Services' group (SCSS)

saveourcancerservices at gmail dot com

Thousands expected at Good Friday protest in Sligo as demands are delivered to Sligo General Hospital.

This is a copy of the press release sent out regarding the 'Save Sligos Cancer Services' (SCSS).
The group are organising a huge protest in Sligo this good friday, they are marching on Sligo General and demanding that the management choose whether they are going to represent the people of the Northwest or the private interests and agenda of Mary Harney and the HSE. The SCSS have stated that their memmbers are sick and tired of teh duplicity and lies of both the management in Sligo and the HSE and are no longer willing to accept it.
The people of the northwest are taking back their health services, starting with Sligo General Hospittal, this Good Friday 10/04/2009

Poster for Fridays protest

From the 'Save Sligos Cancer Services' group (SCSS)
At Least 5000 are expected at a Good friday march in Sligo to Stop the transfer of Cancer Services to an overcrowded, under resourced UCHG under Mary Harneys failed cancer strategy.
Demands of full co-operation from the management of SGH will be delivered to the hospital today at 6pm.
We are expecting the management to clearly and publicly state whether they are representing the patienst of the Northwest or the interests and private agendas of Mary Harney.
Friday 10th of April at 5pm starting on O'Connell St, Sligo, marching to Sligo General hospital

To whom it may concern,

Due to the sheer level of frustration and anger at the lies and deceit of Mary Harney, the HSE and management of Sligo General hospital in recent times, particularly in relation to the removal of cancer serivces in Sligo to UCHG's 'Chamber of horrors', the people of the northwest have decided to march on SGH this Good friday.
Groups along with our own who are sick and tired of having their health facilities stripped away and angry at watching their families suffering as a result of the Irish Governments apathy and incompetance in managing our health services are taking to the streets again.
We are now demanding our rights as Irish citizens as laid out in the Irish constitution and are taking back our health services from the HSE, Mary Harney and her private interests.
The message is clear now to the management of Sligo General Hospital andto the HSE and Mary Harney:
We will not accept any more lies and deceit from those of you paid 6 figure salaries to run OUR hospitals, you now have a very clear choice to make:
Either represent us, the people of the Northwest or Mary Harney and her private interests because you can no longer pretend to do both.
We will accept nothing else other than full, honest co-operation with patients groups across the area.
We will also actively oppose any group, political or otherwise who try to oppose or block our efforts in any way.
Our written demands will be delivered today (Friday, April 10th) at 6pm to the hospital.

Save Sligos Cancer Services (SCSS)

Attached is an unedited recording taken 4 weeks ago of teh Tanaiste describing how she knows the opinions of dead people and a lot of other nonsense that she continously spews out.