Elderly protesters vow to tear up means test forms

OLDER people have vowed to tear up forms for medical card means tests and not give a single vote to Fianna Fáil and the Green party in next year’s local and European elections.

The partial climbdown by the Government on the medical card issues failed to calm the anger among older people who will hold a protest outside the Dáil this evening.

A group of about 2,000 elderly people gathered for a public meeting yesterday to express their fury at the Government and said they want medical card plans in the budget completely abandoned.