Public Meeting: Limerick, Thur 26 April
What is NAMA and how to identify its buildings.
Would you like to know what NAMA buildings are in your city or community? Could they be used to benefit everyone, instead of being just sold off to developers or just left empty? What do you think should happen to places like the Opera Centre on Patrick Street and countless others in Limerick?
Unlock NAMA, a campaign to use NAMA buildings for social and cultural processes. was launched o the 28th of January with the occupation of a NAMA building in Dublin's city centre. At this workshop the group wil talk about their campaign, what NAMA is all about and how to identify a NAMA building in your area.
Date: 26th April
Time: 8pm
Place: Faber Studios, 19 Henry Street, Limerick.
Interview with Moira Murphy on Liffey Sound FM
Interview with Moira on Liffey Sound FM. The interview happened shortly after the Unlock NAMA occupation in Great Strand Street and in the interview Moira goes into detail about the background to the action and what happened on the day. One of the difficult things with NAMA is accessing good information as NAMA is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act. NAMAwinelake commended Unlock NAMA on the quality of its research around the Great Strand Street building.
Unlock NAMA video
To coincide with the Unlock NAMA public meeting held on Thur 29 March in Wynn's Hotel an Unlock NAMA video was launched explaining some of the aims and objectives of the group. In the video Moira Murphy explains "Unlock NAMA is a campaign to put vacant NAMA properties to use for social and community purposes". Mick Byrne, another member of the group adds that "It's about challenging everything that NAMA centers on." And Mark Hoskins emphasizes the directly democratic nature of the campaign because it believes "the NAMA buildings should be controlled in a democratic manner by the communities where those buildings are."
