Up To 50,000 People March In Dublin Over Budget Cuts - IrishTimes

[WillyT]

Up to 50,000 people march in Dublin over budget cuts
IRISH TIMES REPORTERS
Saturday, November 27, 2010, 15:56


Protestors gather outside the GPO in Dublin as part of a demonstration organised by unions
against the Government's handling of the economic crisis. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire

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Approximately 50,000 people marched in Dublin this afternoon in a protest organised by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (Ictu) against the Government’s austerity plan. The protest started on Wood Quay at noon, before crossing over to the north quays to Ormond Quay, continuing on to Bachelors Walk and then onto O’Connell Street, arriving at the GPO at 1pm.

Addressing the crowd on a podium at the GPO Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole said the Government is doing a deal with people who were never elected. He said the country was paying billions to bail out the banks and that the Government had declared war on the poor. He said Irish people were not subjects, but citizens, and wanted their republic back.

ICTU president Jack O'Connor told protestors the country had been brought "to its knees" by the Government and bankers. "Several generations of Irish men and women" will have to foot the bill, Mr O'Connor said.

Congress general secretary David Begg said that Dick Turpin at least wore a mask when he robbed people. He also told the crowd that 100,000 people had joined the march, although gardaí were unable to confirm this.

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Link: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1127/breaking3.html

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[leftstreet]

1. K&R

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

2. The sheep are discovering that the shepherds are feeding them to the wolves.

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3. Irish people were not subjects, but citizens, and wanted their republic back

Sounds vaguely familiar doesn't it. Shades of *. :(


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[Joanne98]

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[WillyT]

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