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Irish Wheelchair Association workers protest

category national | miscellaneous | news report author Thursday June 12, 2003 13:47author by Cleaver

Workers and service users of the Irish Wheelchair Association are protesting today about a 33% cut in FAS funding which will result in over half of their current staff being let go in the next 12 months. A number of people with banners were parading down O’Connell St. at lunch time, followed by a fleet of IWA coaches to protest at these cuts. I presume they were on their way to the Dail to register a formal complaint there. It seems a bit ironic as Ireland is hosting the Special Olympics over the coming weeks that yet again the most vulnerable sections of society are being hit by funding cuts.

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this post wont be of much interest on indymedia
author by indymedia yuppiepublication date Thu Jun 12, 2003 16:55author address author phone

you see most of them have private health insurance, and they dont worry about these issues that effect the lower orders

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