Irish State jailed 276 for not paying debts 2008.

[IrishWorker]

06/07/2009 - 12:00:24
Some 276 people were imprisoned for not paying their debts last year, according to a report published today by the Free Legal Advice Centre.

The centre says the figures underline the need for urgent reform of Ireland's "Dickensian" laws on debt enforcement.

It says the process of debt collection in Ireland almost seems designed to exclude the debtor from having a role and from understanding what is involved.

FLAC's call for reform is being supported by the Irish Banking Federation, which says the current process causes unnecessary distress and wastes resources.

http://breakingnews.ie/ireland/276-jailed-for-not-paying-debts-417609.html#ixzz0KUc6qx9s&D

http://breakingnews.ie/ireland/276-jailed-for-not-paying-debts-417609.html

[Communist Theory]

Hmm debtors prisons making a comeback I see...

[IrishWorker]

This article is disgusting I felt ashamed to be Irish after reading this how can 21st century society continue this draconian type of enforcement.
Burn Dail Eire to the ground and Hang every judge in the land.

[PRC-UTE]

I was unaware of this. Really shocking to hear.

I remember a recent article, it was here on revleft about people being imprisoned for debts in the USA, I believe.

[IrishWorker]

I was unaware of this. Really shocking to hear.

I remember a recent article, it was here on revleft about people being imprisoned for debts in the USA, I believe.


Shocking stuff chara.
Taking a step back and looking at some of the legislation in the 26 counties its a glorified police state "offences against the state" "jail for debt" big fucking changes are needed in this kip.

Bad News about Eddie Johnny and Neil chara.

[Pogue]

Disgusting.

[khad]

FLAC's call for reform is being supported by the Irish Banking Federation, which says the current process causes unnecessary distress and wastes resources.

http://breakingnews.ie/ireland/276-jailed-for-not-paying-debts-417609.html#ixzz0KUc6qx9s&D

http://breakingnews.ie/ireland/276-jailed-for-not-paying-debts-417609.html

Holy crap.

[The Deepest Red]

There was a recent case of a woman being jailed for a month for failing to pay a debt of 5,000 euro she owed to the Credit Union, of all places.

[Rjevan]

Really shocking! And if you kill some children heaven and earth is moved to reduce your penalty as much as possible but if you don't pay debts or even taxes, hoho, good lord!

[cyu]

This article is disgusting I felt ashamed to be Irish
You should only be ashamed if you are one of the Irish capitalists who is using your control of the government to push this policy. If instead you're on the other end of the stick like everybody else in Ireland, I wouldn't be ashamed, I'd be angry.