Ógra Shinn Féin targeted Sunday’s decisive GAA national league match, Tyrone v Mayo at Healy Park in Omagh, to build up popular opposition against the Lisbon Treaty.
Several thousand information leaflets where handed out to the thronged crowds attending the match, and a banner stating ‘No! 2 Lisbon ’ was erected at the front gate and also inside Healy park when the match kicked of.
Throughout the course of the ‘No! 2 Lisbon ’ campaign, Ógra Shinn Féin will be targeting GAA matches, as well as other significant sporting events across Ireland .
Speaking at Healy Park , National Organiser of Ógra Shinn Fein Barry McColgan said,
“The Lisbon Treaty would have a hugely negative affect on Ireland and its people. It would reduce our powers in Europe considerably; it would erode our neutrality, undermine workers rights and damage public services.”
“Ógra Shinn Féin will be targeting GAA matches and significant events throughout the course of the campaign, and we targeted today’s match to highlight the Lisbon Treaty to the thousands in attendance, and to urge the hundreds of travelling Mayo fans to vote No!”
“We received a hugely positive response from the crowds at Sunday’s match, and with proactive work on the ground, popularising opposition against the Lisbon Treaty, we can win the vote. In the months ahead, the message will be very clear at GAA matches, No! 2 Lisbon !”
7 comments:
Brilliant. Keep it up. This is the sort of stuff we need to be at! Joanne
Glad to see Mayo fans being met with a No 2 Lisbon. Not so glad to see Tyrone win :(
Jim
The banner drop on O'Connell street and the targeting of GAA matches are 2 great initiatives. The most exciting aspect of the SF campaign ive seen yet. Keep up the good campaigning Ogra. Lead the way!
C
Regarding accompanying photographs, if there is one thing that generally pisses me off, it is having leaflets stuck under my car's wipers. The offending piece of paper are sure to be stuck to the window on a wet day, and left in such a state that it turns to mush.
Handing out leaftlets to people and politely interacting with them is a better option. In our area we abandoned the easy put pointless and annoying option of sticking leaftlets on car windows long ago.
It really does get up the noses of many people and gives the opportunity to opponents to say that their wipers were interfered with.
Excellent street activity, though I tend to agree with the points made by Save the Wipers.
It's hard for those Ógra groups in the north to do localised initiatives on Lisbon, so this is great. One thing groups in the 6 could look towards doing is demanding that the referendum be held in the 6 Counties as well, there would even be support among Unionists for that.
Keep er lit.. GAA matches North and South should be targeted. No 2 Lisbon. H
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