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THE HEAD OF a group that represents Irish publicans has said that there is a risk a violent attack in a pub could prove fatal.
Padraig Cribben, the chief executive of the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland (VFI), the group that represents Irish publicans outside of Dublin, has issued the warning in today’s Examiner.
This follows a statement earlier this week encouraging tougher sentences to be introduced for those who carry out attacks on publicans.
“Many of our members are feeling vulnerable and exposed. We receive calls on a weekly basis about assaults right around the country,” he said.
“Publicans are being left with serious injuries and premises are being destroyed on a regular basis.
We estimate that such attacks have increased by 40%-50% in recent years. This is a wholly unsatisfactory and intolerable situation.
He went on to say that publicans had sustained facial injuries, broken noses and cracked ribs. Beyond the physical violence, many pub workers had been affected by “mental trauma”.
He pointed to “stronger sentencing” as the solution to the problem, and that without it, “acts of violence are likely to continue”.
Cribben went on to call on the judiciary to take a tougher stance when it came to attacks on publicans.
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How could anyone put more obstacles in Trying to Find The Truth
@pat seery: because there are those that don’t want the truth to be uncovered. Political parties and the church for starters.
@pat seery: because they may be entitled to recompense
@pat seery: it’s like shaken the money tree
Sad that we cannot trust those in power to do the right thing on this that all people can agree must be excavated and babies identified . All political parties imo this applies to . In this case the right thing is obvious.
Still flaffing about with this. The Government can introduce laws and bills and get them passed quickly enough when it suits them.
Set up to fail!
Burials Bill. Undertaker in Tombstone.
Government(don’t worry about who suffered,just cover it up).com
“The views of the relatives of the deceased” are the only reason they are purposing this removal apparently and that local “residents might be burdend and it wouldn’t pass the proportionality test” .
I think if they put it to a public vote they would find out its a lot more than relatives of the deceased want this
The government still want ro keep the truth hidden. They don’t want those remains examined in case they find out they were killed by the nuns
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