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Is it time for a massive protest?

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  • 05-02-2009 2:47pm
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    lb163
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    Has the time come to hold a massive protest in Dublin to send a clear signal to the people that run this country that we are not happy with the way things are here right now. No clear plans have been outlined by anyone as to how we get out of this mess. :mad:


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    mike65
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    A little snippet from the old days
    On 2nd March 1979 the Bricklayers Union wrote to the Dublin Council of
    Trade Unions calling for a one-day strike in the Dublin area because, while the
    Government failed to implement any of the demands for tax reform of the trade
    union movement, it had bowed to farmer pressure on this small levy. Over 150,000
    people participated in a march organised by the Dublin Council of Trade Unions on
    March 20th and many thousands also marched in different centres throughout the
    country. The following year, prior to the 1980 Budget, the largest protest m the
    history of the State took place, when approximately 700,000 marched in 37
    different centres.

    www.tara.tcd.ie/bitstream/2262/7828/1/jssisiVolXXV27_35.pdf

    It didn't make a blind bit of difference to policy at the time.


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    irish_bob
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    lb163 wrote: »
    Has the time come to hold a massive protest in Dublin to send a clear signal to the people that run this country that we are not happy with the way things are here right now. No clear plans have been outlined by anyone as to how we get out of this mess. :mad:

    your post is extremly vague and over loaded with generalitys , who specifically are WE and what specifically are WE unhappy about


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    Fratton Fred
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    coming up with the solution to the economic crisis would be far more useful tbh.


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    Boggle
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    Has the time come to hold a massive protest in Dublin to send a clear signal to the people that run this country that we are not happy with the way things are here right now. No clear plans have been outlined by anyone as to how we get out of this mess.
    The only way to make any bit of difference would be to occupy leinster house and the surrounding area until Fine Fail resign. But that could take a while and we all have jobs to get back to... (for now - touch wood)


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    P. Breathnach
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭P. Breathnach


    lb163 wrote: »
    Has the time come to hold a massive protest in Dublin to send a clear signal to the people that run this country that we are not happy with the way things are here right now. No clear plans have been outlined by anyone as to how we get out of this mess. :mad:

    Our politicians are generally performing very badly, but I would be really terrified if the mob took over.


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