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Sunday, 08 June 2008 |
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Teams of Libertas volunteers have hit the streets of Ireland today in a final push for votes ahead of Thursdays' referendum.
In the centre of Dublin, 30 people hit Grafton Street over lunchtime, before departing with Declan Ganley for Croke Park, where they will canvass supporters of Dublin and Louth. A Libertas aircraft will also circle the stadium during the match.
In Tallaght, 15 people attended a meet&greet in the town square, meeting voters and distributing leaflets.
In Cork, over 20 people canvassed on Patrick Street.
Large numbers of volunteers went door to door in Ennis, Donegal and Sligo.
In the west, Libertas volunteers are distributing material in the Irish Language on the Aran Islands, which will cast their votes earlier than the rest of the country,
In Kildare, teams of volunteers are hitting the streets of Celbridge, Maynooth, and Leixlip, where they will deliver approximately 8,000 pieces of literature.
Speaking from the campaign trail in Dublin, Libertas chairman Declan Ganley said that the Libertas campaign would be unrelenting over the final days:
"The response we are getting from the public is reflected in recent polling. While we are taking nothing for granted, there has been no perceptible shift in the public mood over the past few days.
Huge numbers of Libertas supporters and volunteers are giving up their free time over the next few days to ensure that we get the maximum number of people out to vote "no" on Thursday.
As we enter the home strait, our message to the public is very clear: We can do better than Lisbon. It is a message that is resonating, and I am confident that on Friday morning, Brian Cowen will have a very significant mandate from the Irish people to go back to Brussels, and do his job." |
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Friday, 06 June 2008 |
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"This morning's opinion poll results, while encouraging, should be taken with a grain of salt. There are 5 full days of campaigning still to go in this campaign, and the referendum is still there for the taking by either side.
We intend to fight for every vote over the coming days. We believe that there is a strong feeling amongst the electorate that Ireland needs to retain its EU Commissioner, and secure a protocol on matters of taxation.
We fully expect that over the next few days, we will see a very cynical campaign from the other side to try and destroy their opponents. They are losing the battle of ideas, and if they try and make it a battle of personalities they will lose that too.
We need a full and frank discussion of the Lisbon Treaty in the coming days. This would be much easier of course, if those on the other side had actually read it". |
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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The IFA's last minute U-turn on the Lisbon treaty was "disappointing, but totally to be expected" Libertas Executive Director Naoise Nunn said this evening.
Mr. Nunn said that IFA President Padraig Walshe had been eager to "avoid the blame" for a "No" vote:
"The fact of the matter is that the position of ordinary Irish farmers is exactly the same now as it was this morning. Nothing happened today to reassure farmers that their future is secure.
If there is a "yes" vote, and in ten years time, Irish farming is in its death throes, people will look back at June 3rd 2008 as the day the IFA signed the warrant for its own execution.
There is no veto right on WTO talks. The IFA may have chosen not to believe this now, but in the next few months, if the treaty is passed, they will come to see exactly what we mean". |
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