100,000 protest in Dublin over economic crisis

100,000 protest in Dublin over economic crisis

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LONDON - Around 100,000 people filled the streets of the Irish capital Saturday in protest of the government's handling of the country's economic crisis, police said.

The march through the heart of Dublin — organized by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions — was meant as a warning shot to the government, which wants to cut public sector pay even as it pumps billions of euros into its troubled banks.

The government has argued that wage reductions are needed to keep Ireland's ballooning deficits under control and reassure international markets that Ireland isn't spiraling toward a default.

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This effects 350,000 workers there.

I think the world is headed for a sharp turn for the better.

Who do they these people think they are anyway?

Protests...yeah that will change things.

They need to do it like we do in the United States.....DO NOTHING and hope it all gets better!!

It's been working great so far!

Get your crap together Ireland...do it like the good old U S of A.

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We need to find some videos on this...

S&F

This link has a video:
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Picture:


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[edit on 21-2-2009 by David9176]

I've been scouring the net...can't find a decent length video as of yet...if I find one I will post it.

There is an already existing thread on this topic here.

Please contribute any further questions and/or comments to the above linked thread.

Thank you.

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