Anti-austerity marches on as debt anger remains

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions expects that, despite Thursday’s promissory note deal, tens of thousands of people will still turn out for today’s anti-austerity march because of the anger that Ireland is still burdened with a €64bn banking debt.

ICTU general secretary David Begg admitted that the total turnout — which before Thursday had been predicted to reach 100,000 — could drop due to the “spin” around the promissory note deal.

“What the Government has managed to do is put a car-jack under one corner of this huge weight of debt.