Community workers begin hunger strike in protest over loss of jobs in FÁS funding cuts

COMMUNITY workers began a hunger strike outside the General Post Office in Dublin yesterday to try and convince Taoiseach Bertie Ahern that their jobs are worth saving.

The strikers, who had no problem persuading passers by to sign their petition, began their 24-hour protest at noon yesterday to coincide with the 90th anniversary of the Great Lock-out.

Terry Fagan is one of a group of 34 people affected by cuts in the Jobs Initiative Programme run in the Taoiseach's Dublin Central constituency.