26 June 1997 Edition
Irish Centre stand-off
By Peadar Whelan
SIX MEMBERS OF THE Liverpool Irish Centre co-operative which has been closed by receivers acting on behalf of Scottish Courage brewery have spent the last week on the roof of the building as part of a peaceful protest against the closure.
The six say they will stay on the roof until the future of the centre is secured.
Sheila Coleman, chairperson of the co-operative, has called on the receivers to remove a ``security firm'' which is at present occupying the building and to allow the co-op staff and management back in to run the centre.
Coleman accused the receivers of wanting the centre closed as a co-op so that they could sell it into private hands, a move that would ensure the importance of the centre as a community centre would be gone.
The rooftop protesters are calling on people to boycott McEwans lager, which is owned by Scottish Courage. They also called on community, trade union and political bodies to contribute ``in any way they can to our struggle to secure our community's future''.
SIX MEMBERS OF THE Liverpool Irish Centre co-operative which has been closed by receivers acting on behalf of Scottish Courage brewery have spent the last week on the roof of the building as part of a peaceful protest against the closure.
The six say they will stay on the roof until the future of the centre is secured.
Sheila Coleman, chairperson of the co-operative, has called on the receivers to remove a ``security firm'' which is at present occupying the building and to allow the co-op staff and management back in to run the centre.
Coleman accused the receivers of wanting the centre closed as a co-op so that they could sell it into private hands, a move that would ensure the importance of the centre as a community centre would be gone.
The rooftop protesters are calling on people to boycott McEwans lager, which is owned by Scottish Courage. They also called on community, trade union and political bodies to contribute ``in any way they can to our struggle to secure our community's future''.