Electricity is of huge national strategic importance to this State. It is time to make the deliberate “pulling of the plug” a criminal offence, with serious consequences for anyone involved, including those who incite the action.

There are plenty of ways ESB workers can get at the company if they want to prove a point, holding this State to ransom should simply not be one of them.

Except for Retail Excellence Ireland (REI), all commentators from the organisations mentioned in the various newspaper article seem to have an “Oh woe is me” if this happens attitude. It’s time to really represent their member and camp out in the various Ministers Offices until the Government takes away the EBS workers annual winter “Give us more money or we will pull the plug” goody bag

There are comments like “turning out the lights”, as if lighting a candle was all we had to do. That was the Seventies, people need to think about this, in 2013, no electricity, NO ECONOMY

This is a leadership issue. It is up to the government to bring in immediate legislation to prevent this.

If they don’t, and the plug is pulled, all this talk about getting our sovereignty back on 16th December will be just another load of wishy washy hot air.

Justine McCarthy said it well in her recent article in The Sunday Times (17/11) “Kenny must show he is more than just a Taoiseach in name”
To address the issue of Ministers in the media talking about the ESB in the third person, as if they had no responsibility. With a holding of 95%, ESB is majority owned by the Irish Government. (not the State, The Government) The remaining 5% is held by an Employee Share Ownership Trust

Just to say that again, “The “Government” owns the ESB” This strike is their responsibility