M3 protestor ‘Squeak’ willing to die if construction resumes

IN HER own little world, Lisa Feeney or “Squeak” as she is called by her boyfriend and friends, has a bottle of whiskey, a few good books, vitamin tablets and a month’s supply of food and water to keep her alive in her underground tunnel.

But she is willing to die if construction work resumes in the grounds above her tunnel where the M3 Motorway serving Dublin to Meath is planned. The 26-year-old from Co Kerry has been planning her extreme form of protest for months, according to her friends. Her parents, family and friends could not stop her as she is “rationally thinking and extremely committed” to the cause.

A number of weeks back, they began digging the tunnel, which goes 6 metres (about 20 feet) underground and has a number of branches.