Widows take cuts protest to Dáil

HUNDREDS of hard- pressed Irish widows are to descend on Leinster House in Dublin tomorrow to protest against the avalanche of welfare cuts and tax increases faced by their members and others.

The protest, due to begin at noon, will highlight the abolition last year of the Christmas bonus as well as swingeing cuts to social welfare benefits and disability payments.

“We will be registering our objection to continual cuts,” said Ena Bunyan, the PRO of the National Association of Widows in Ireland.