Seanad debates

Tuesday, 2 December 2003

I remember when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. If a person was imprisoned in the Soviet Union following a protest we would have screamed blue murder. However, there is a Cork man in Limerick Prison for two months because he committed the offence of trespassing on Shannon Airport. He was fined €750 and in lieu of non-payment he was given two months in prison. Two months in prison is a serious term of imprisonment—

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