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EVERY DAY, TheJournal.ie brings you nine things you need to know with your morning coffee.
1. #SLAVES: Four members of a family of Travellers are due in court in England this morning on various charges relating to the detention of 24 people from a halting site in Bedfordshire. The 24 people were suspected of being held against their will, though the BBC reports that nine of the men discharged themselves from hospital and are refusing to help police.
2. #LIBYA: An Amnesty International report into Libya’s civil war has called on the National Transitional Council to prevent revenge attacks on Gaddafi loyalists, after uncovering human rights abuses on both sides of the dispute.
3. #COURTS: A 65-year-old woman from Co Offaly insists she still won’t allow the ESB and Eirgrid to come onto her land to install a power line – despite yesterday being jailed for the refusal. Teresa Treacy told reporters she was in good health and would be able to cope with prison. She is to remain in prison until she purges her contempt.
4. #WELFARE: Social Protection minister Joan Burton has launched details of a new drive against welfare fraud, which she hopes can save the State as much as €625m next year.
5. #CELIBACY: A former Bishop of Derry has urged the Church to reconsider the idea of celibacy among the clergy – believing priests should have the right to marry. The comments are in Edward Daly’s memoirs which are to be published next week, and of which extracts appear in many of today’s papers.
6. #NORTHERN IRELAND: Northern Ireland is set to lose some of its representation at Westminster under the terms of a proposed revision to its constituencies. A commission wants to reduce the number of MPs from 18 to 16 – with the DUP and SDLP likely to lose out, while Sinn Féin stands a chance of making relative gains. The moves could also mean a reduction of the membership at the Stormont Assembly.
7. #GUNMAN: An inquest into the death of Raoul Moat has heard that the gunman was so hungry during his time on the run from police in Northumbria last year that he ate dead mice to stay alive.
8. #LAST RESORT: Italy has kicked off talks with China, trying to secure some new investment in the country as it continues to fight off the risk of needing an EU-IMF bailout. Bloomberg reports that a government official said bonds were not central to the discussion.
9. #LATE LATE LATE SHOW: Last Friday’s edition of the Late Late Show drew an audience of 577,000 – a further decrease on the 650,000 drawn the week before, according to the Irish Independent’s Ken Sweeney. While RTÉ has insisted it is happy with the viewership, the increase will put further pressure on host Ryan Tubridy, who had blamed the poor showing two weeks ago on an Ireland soccer match.
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The Late Late Show this season is hopeless.I’d rather watch Bosco at least he kept us entertained.
Tubridy has to go, I can’t watch him!
Great publicity for ESB n eirgrid, hope their proud of themselves
Bord Gais orders another 100 cumfy chairs
*comfy*
‘Teresa Treacy’ our new hero….. I hate bullies and especially one’s who are spoilt and got used to gravy…
Putting a 65 year old woman in jail for any refusal reason, while developers and politicians roam free after bringing the country to its knees does not make sense. As I heard someone say yesterday; ‘The world isn’t half settled’ !
On story number 7- the gunman must’ve been hiding somewhere nearby my local kebab shop..
Re: Slaves. Unfortunately, those charged will get off. But if you drive your car without tax…..
On no.5 – It’s well overdue that this is done in the Catholic Church. If they take an oath to poverty (which they do) surely they shouldn’t be worried about wives inheriting posthumously?
regarding the third story, she is stopping the upgrade of the tullamore power supply. esb/eirgrid already have planning permission to do this work. she is not giving them access to the land because they will have to remove trees to erect the new power lines, and have offered to replace every tree they have to remove. she hindering the the process of upgrading our infrastruture… i can understand her issue, but i’m afraid i don’t agree with it.
To be honest, I have some sympathy for her. I’ve seen first hand what the ESB do when fixing power lines that cross over wooded ground. In one case, on my family’s land in Westmeath, they destroyed an antique gateway that was blocking them from entering. In another case, their vehicles drove right over a load of young trees…
They have a habit of hiring in contractors that completely and utterly lack respect for private property. I wouldn’t let them inside any land that I’d have, unless I was there on site to supervise them, and photograph any harm that they did!
I understand from an article in the Irish times, she agreed if the ESB put the wire underground, but they refused. Beggars can’t be choosers it’s her land.
Please sign the petition to free Teresa Treacy
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-teresa-treacy-the-woman-who-stood-up-to-eigrid-an/sign.html#se
Let her out and replace her with the real law – breakers – sorry! I made a mistake! – Let her go home and get the developers to build a new Prison for all the crooks and themselves – corrupt Govn. officials, High ranking Bank officials- their pals, greedy developers and their facilitators in Govn. would have a great time housed under one roof – they mightn’t like having to eat SAUSAGES three times in one week for Dinner but hey! they might be intrigued by the change in diet. Highly paid E.S.B. management might think of forgoing their bonuses to contribute to the alternative route of those power lines – only a thought!!!
Re: ESB The bottom line is that it is her property! Nobody should have to right to build anything on your land without your permission. Many people have been refused permission to build on their own land with draconian planning restrictions. Why the he’ll should a semi Tate be allowed to do w hat they like or face the Gestapo!
It’d have sounded a bit stranger if he’d been eating live ones…
I don’t get how wives or children of priests could inherit church lands anyway. The land belongs to the church not the priest. The priest is merely a caretaker of the church. He doesn’t own it. It would be like the wife and children of a barman trying to lay claim to the pub the barman worked in before he died.
Absolute shameless putting an old lady in jail for refusing to let esb onnher land,this country and its citizens need to stand up and make there voices heard,in relation to these injustices,ordinary decent taxpaying families having to pay off debts incurred by the hypocritical power hungry animals i e sean fitzpatrick bertie ahearn michael lowry to name a few,ireland wAke up and revolt hear hear.
The legal system here is in serious need of reform. In Ireland, you have to be of the right family and political party to become a judge! Neutrality is not an option!
Please sign the petition to free Teresa if you also think this is an absolute travesty of justice and thank you to all who have signed:
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-teresa-treacy-the-woman-who-stood-up-to-eigrid-an.html
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