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6th October 2011

Teresa Treacy was freed following 22-days spent locked up in Mountjoy Prison after a judge ordered her release.

 

Ms. Teresa Treacy (65) of Woodfield, Clonmore, Tullamore, Co. Offaly, Ireland, was jailed on the 12th of September 2011  for failing to comply with court orders permitting EirGrid and the ESB to run power line with pylons through her property.

 

Determined to fight for the welfare of forestry on her land, Ms Treacy refused to purge her contempt and was taken to the Dóchas Centre at Mountjoy Prison on September 13th.

 

A number of demonstrators have vowed to continue the fight on her land.

 

Letters of support to Teresa Treacy, can be sent to her at:

 

Teresa Treacy,

The Dochas Centre,

Mountjoy Prison,

North Circular Road,

Dublin 7,

Republic of Ireland.

 

Alan Shatter, the Irish Minister for Justice, can be contacted at minister@justice.ie or info@justice.ie

 

 

 

 

Family:

 

Elder sister Mary, her brother Patrick (62) and his three daughters, Edel, 30, Ann, 29, and Audrey, 26.



Support Groups:

 

Teresa Treacy

http://www.teresatreacy.com/

 

Teresa Treacy Support Group

http://vimeo.com/user8683071

 

Petition - FREE TERESA TREACY, WHO STOOD UP TO EIGRID & THE ESB

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/free-teresa-treacy-the-woman-who-stood-up-to-eigrid-an.html

Petition for the Release of Teresa Treacy - Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Petition-for-the-Release-of-Teresa-Treacy/273021952722030

 

Teresa Treacy - Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Teresa-Treacy/164471736970470

 

Free Treacy Treacy – Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Teresa-Treacy/252971501410556

 

Free Treacy Treacy – Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Free-Teresa-Treacy/275465865811440

 

 

 

Video Links:

 

Gridlocked

RTE Prime Time 4th October 2011  http://www.rte.ie/player/#!v=1115399

 

Free Teresa Treacy

29th September 2011 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYpdIdM0PWU

 

Vigil For Teresa Treacy

23rd September 2011 http://vimeo.com/29562255

 

Woman jailed for blocking ESB

TV3 12th September 2011 http://www.tv3.ie/article.php?article_id=62615&locID=1.2&pagename=news

 

 

 

Press Reports:

 

Pensioner released but vows to continue tree protest

Irish Independent 7 October 2011 http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/pensioner-released-but-vows-to-continue-tree-protest-2899402.html

 

Woman jailed over power line stance freed

Irish Times 7 October 2011 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1007/1224305389269.html

 

Teresa Treacy released in trees v power lines row

Irish Examiner 6 October 2011 http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/teresa-treacy-released-in-trees-v-power-lines-row-523367.html

 

Concern Grows For Teresa

Tullamore Tribune 6 October 2011 http://www.tullamoretribune.ie/articles/news/23567/concern-grows-for-teresa/

 

Family of jailed woman express distress over case

Irish Times 5th October 2011 http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/1005/1224305257177.html

 

Treacy offered compromise by Eirgrid

Offaly Express 5 October 2011 http://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/local/treacy_offered_compromise_by_eirgrid_1_3119752

 

United Left Alliance TDs call for release of Teresa Treacy

Socialist Party 04 October 2011 http://www.socialistparty.net/component/content/article/797-united-left-alliance-tds-call-for-release-of-teresa-treacy

 

ESB picketed over jailed pensioner

Belfast Telegraph 4 October 2011 http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/republic-of-ireland/esb-picketed-over-jailed-pensioner-16059024.html

 

Meet Ireland’s most unlikely martyr: The little old lady sent to prison for trying to save her trees.

MailOnline 18th September 2011 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2038740/Teresa-Treacy-Irelands-unlikely-martyr--sent-prison-trying-save-trees.html

 

65-year-old sent to jail over refusal to let ESB work on her property

Irish Examiner 13th September 2011 http://examiner.ie/ireland/crime/65-year-old-sent-to-jail-over-refusal-to-let-esb-work-on-her-property-167284.html##ixzz1Y84V7Z7c

 



 

 

 

Last update: 08 October 2011