It's been a day of protest in Dublin, with reports of 100, 000 to 120, 000 taking to the streets over the cuts in public sector pay. The Christian Solidarity Party handed out our leaflet condemning cuts in vital areas, and instead calling for cuts in areas like pointless government trips abroad, outside the Divine Word conference.
When you hear the word "demo" you usually think of idealistic students with Arafat scarves and five o'clock shadow. But both my parents are civil servants, and this morning I had the surreal experience of hearing these two respectable, middle-aged people call "We're off to the demo now. There's some soup in the fridge if you want to heat it up."
Strange times!
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