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Showing posts with label Irish economy. Show all posts
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Monday, November 29, 2010

PHOTO-REPORT from ICTU's mass rally in Dublin, Nov 27



We've posted
photos from the mass rally outside the GPO on Saturday on our Facebook page.
For the record, our estimate of the numbers who took part are: 70,000 people on O'Connell Street and approx 100,000 who took part at one point or another in the march.
The speeches included powerful and well-received contributions from Siobhan O'Donoghue, Fintan O'Toole and Christy Moore among others.
Christy sang a song for Joe McNamara, about the only person who faces charges due to the banking crisis - he was the man who parked up his cement mixer outside the Dail when it returned after the summer recess.

Captions:
Top image: Fintan O'Toole addresses the rally outside the GPO.
Lower image: Minimum wage cut protesters call for the return of the Irish pound.
Photos copyleft 'Changing Ireland': - meaning you can use the photos but you must name the source.


Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Cuts of €35m over 4 years to Dept of Community, Rural & Gaeltacht Affairs

Cuts of €35m are planned for the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs from 2011-2014.
The chart below covers some details of the cuts for the coming year, 2011. It comes from the Government's official four-year plan which is
downloadable from this page.
The Community Workers Co-op have published a 7-page response to the budget from a Community viewpoint:
http://www.cwc.ie/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/CWC-Community-Work-Updates-November-2010.pdf

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