‘We cannot afford to take any cuts’

YESTERDAY as he firmly gripped the hand of his father as they walked through the streets of Dublin, curiosity got the better of a little boy who looked no more than seven-years-old.

‘We cannot afford to take any cuts’

“What are those people doing standing there?” he asked his dad while pointing to a gang of placard-waving public servants gathered outside one of the many picketed Government departments.

His father’s response was without pause but dripping with vitriol. “They are supposed to be doing a day’s work but they’ve decided all the thousands they are gettin’ isn’t enough.”

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