Day 189 - 20 Nov 95 - Page 29
1 Q. Who was running that meeting?
2 A. Steve Copeland. I mean, it was between -- the
3 discussion was between Steve Copeland and, well, basically
4 myself and whoever was around.
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6 Q. What happened? What did you say?
7 A. I got a bit fed up. I felt like we were being just
8 ripped off, the whole thing, and I just told him. So
9 I said: "Ireland may be a green country, but the people in
10 Ireland are not green" -- words to that effect. That was
11 it. I was very annoyed with him at that stage, and I did
12 not want to talk to him any more.
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14 Q. Did you see Steve Copeland in any other capacity?
15 A. Yes. He used to -- he was around for a good portion of
16 the dispute, and he used to go upstairs and in McDonald's
17 -- they have like a bay view window, like a semi-circle of
18 glass, and he used to take photographs of us through that.
19 Then I saw him talking to another American gentleman, who
20 was -- I think he was -- they had like a vigilante group in
21 McDonald's in America. He used to wear a beret. He looked
22 like -- I do not know.
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24 Q. So, was he security or something?
25 A. Maybe, yes.
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27 Q. What did you feel about him taking photographs?
28 A. I felt it was intimidation.
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30 Q. We have heard a lot about the strike. At the end of the
31 strike, what happened to you?
32 A. Well, we went back to work. Shortly afterwards, I was
33 waiting for a colleague, a girl, outside the locker room,
34 and one of the management said: "What are you doing
35 outside the locker room?" I said: "I am just waiting for"
36 -- it was a girl, Maria Wall, I think, at the time.
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38 Q. Sorry?
39 A. Maria Wall I think I was waiting for at the time, who
40 was a girl who was working there. I think it was her. It
41 was a girl, anyway; I cannot remember her name. But,
42 anyway, an argument had developed between me and the
43 management, because he started saying: "There has been a
44 number of thefts", and so he was implying that I was there
45 to steal. So I got very annoyed and very angry.
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47 Q. What did you say?
48 A. I asked him, if he was sure I was there stealing, call
49 in the police here and now, and if he wants to search me,
50 search me. That was it. I was fuming at that stage.
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52 Q. Did that incident have any effect on you?
53 A. Yes. I felt very unsure of -- I thought that they are
54 going to try and plant a theft at that stage, or something
55 like that.
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57 Q. Was there ---
58 A. It was very worrying.
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60 Q. Was there any other incident?
