News Wrap Special – The Neighsayers

The Neighsayers

“People died for your freedom — don’t throw it all away” states one of the anti-Lisbon treaty posters scattered around dublin. Another has those see-no-evil monkeys – ‘The new EU won’t see you, won’t hear you, won’t speak for you’.

So who are these guardians of our nation’s liberty?

The organisation behind them, Cóir, are believed to be the same people behind the “Hello Divorce: Goodbye Daddy” posters, 13 years ago. Their aim is to “protect Irish sovereignty and the Constitutional rights of every Irish person”. They’re also the people who hand out flyers at church warning against the dangers of homosexuals adopting children. Yes, them.

They recently claimed legalised abortion could be introduced in Ireland if the treaty is passed, and have an informative website (www.lisbonvote.com – they’ve blocked links, so you have to type in the address directly) on that empire of darkness, the EU, with details provided by the Irish Family Press, a right-wing Christian rag with close links to ‘Youth Defence’, who Cóir just happen share an office with.

Youth Defence?

Yes, that’s the name of a group of homophobic “pro-life” whack jobs, (also known as ‘The Mother and Child Campaign’) with one of the nuttiest websites around (www.truthtv.org), with headlines such as ‘”Leak: Cóir says government guilty of treason”. Coir have denied any connection wth YD. Hmmm.

More on Youth Defence: http://flag.blackened.net/revolt//darg/appendix_18sept_yd.html

Let’s name them, shall we:

Head honcho: Justin Barrett

“accountant” Niamh Nic Mhathúna,

“Eircom employee” Una Nic Mhathúna,

“GP” Dr Sean ó Domhnaill,

“Lift engineer” Peter Murphy

“Addiction counsellor” Maurice Colgan. http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2001/12/16/story651129728.asp

Cóir is clearly a cover, so expect ‘The EU kills babies and homosexuals eat them’ posters soon.