Council criminalised householders
CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO HOW CITY COUNCIL CRIMINALISED HOUSEHOLDERS Limerick City Council is engaging in a campaign to criminalise people simply because they fail to respond to a questionnaire on refuse, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein said today. Joe Lynch of Beechgrove Avenue in Ballinacurra Weston, said that people in the area have been shocked to discover that they have been brought to court by the City Council over their failure to reply to a letter. This type of carry on is typical of Big Brother and the novels of George Orwell where bureaucracy is gone mad, he said. The Council claim that people did not respond to a questionnaire on disposal of household and because they failed to respond, they were brought to court. In one case the person is fully paid up to a refuse collection service so the scene is now set for a legal showdown with the City Council. It would be quite easy for the City Council to track those who are contracted to a refuse collection service simply by requesting the list of customers. It now appears the Council have gone beyond themselves in this latest action against householders and we are now calling for a full investigation into how innocent people can gain criminal records at the behest of the Limerick City Council.
CALL FOR INVESTIGATION INTO HOW CITY COUNCIL CRIMINALISED HOUSEHOLDERS Limerick City Council is engaging in a campaign to criminalise people simply because they fail to respond to a questionnaire on refuse, a spokesman for Republican Sinn Fein said today. Joe Lynch of Beechgrove Avenue in Ballinacurra Weston, said that people in the area have been shocked to discover that they have been brought to court by the City Council over their failure to reply to a letter. This type of carry on is typical of Big Brother and the novels of George Orwell where bureaucracy is gone mad, he said. The Council claim that people did not respond to a questionnaire on disposal of household and because they failed to respond, they were brought to court. In one case the person is fully paid up to a refuse collection service so the scene is now set for a legal showdown with the City Council. It would be quite easy for the City Council to track those who are contracted to a refuse collection service simply by requesting the list of customers. It now appears the Council have gone beyond themselves in this latest action against householders and we are now calling for a full investigation into how innocent people can gain criminal records at the behest of the Limerick City Council.