Coir anti-treaty posters ‘trade on people’s fears’

ANTI-LISBON treaty group Coir’s poster campaign was condemned by Minster for European Affairs Dick Roche, who said the group was “trading on mis-truths and misrepresentation of people’s fears”.

In a heated debate on RTÉ radio with Coir spokesman Peter Murphy the minster stated that “neither truth or character can be found in Coir”.

Mr Murphy said that government claims that guarantees on issues such as maintaining the illegality of abortion in Ireland received from Ireland’s EU partners following the defeat of the Lisbon treaty in June 2008 “were of no consequence”.