Wednesday’s protest – 24/7 Frontline Services Alliance

fsa-protestAccording to the Irish Times, around 3,500 off-duty frontline services workers from the 24/7 Frontline Services Alliance marched from Parnell Square to Dail Eireann where they handed in a letter expressing concern over potential cuts in pay, allowances and changes in working hours for frontline public service workers ahead of next month’s budget.

Members of the protesting group included Gardai, nurses, fire fighters and prison officers.

Led by a marching band, the protest passed quietly and almost unnoticed.

My demo counter hits 16.

To find out more about the FSA here’s a quick video they’ve published online:

Frontline Services Alliance from DCTV on Vimeo.

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‘Get Up Stand Up’ march in Dublin

A video from last Friday’s march in Dublin organised by ICTU as part of their Get Up Stand Up campaign, who has a great website up and running at getupstandup.ie.

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Today’s protest: SIPTU & the traveller community

Protest Sept 8thBeen a while since anyone has taken to the streets of Dublin to voice their dissatisfaction but today saw a return to marching form with a sizeable crowd heading for Kildare St this afternoon in full voice.

From the view I had it appears to be SIPTU and groups representing the travelling community – if anyone has more info, do pass it on or pop it in a comment below.

Will we be seeing more of the same with NAMA and the annual budget on the horizon?

Protest counter goes +1 to 15.

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