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Sat 11 Nov 2002Binchy calls for trespass law repealThe controversial trespass legislation allowing gardaí to seize and impound Traveller caravans without a court order is unjust and should be repealed, according to Prof William Binchy.A member of the Irish Human Rights Commission, Prof Binchy was speaking at a seminar yesterday in Ennis aimed at identifying a solution to the Traveller accommodation crisis in Co Clare.