Kenny urges elderly not to protest over health cuts

ENDA KENNY urged sick and elderly people not to demonstrate in the streets against health cuts which he claimed are unavoidable.

The Taoiseach was responding to opposition warnings that the Government was putting vulnerable people in danger, especially pensioners, because of its spending priorities.

Mr Kenny said he remembered the scenes of elderly people, including those in wheelchairs, protesting against proposed medical card changes in 2008 and did not want to trigger a repeat.