Sunday, March 29, 2015

Green Left Weekly: Ireland: Huge water protest keeps pressure on government



Sun, 29/03/2015









Nearly 90,000 people took to the streets of Dublin on March 21, in an unprecedented fifth mass protest in six months against the introduction of water charges by the Irish government.


The sea of flags, banners and placards was addressed by a range of politicians, community activists and union leaders.


The protest was organised by the Right2Water campaign — a broad coalition of community groups, NGOs and political parties, led by some of Ireland’s largest unions.


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This article by originally appeared on socialismonline.net on March 29, 2015 at 02:56PM

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