Protest rallying call over cuts against elderly

A rallying call has gone out to elderly advocacy groups to gather the troops and start making banners for a massive protest in Dublin next week over budget cuts against elderly people.

The protest is being organised by the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament as grey anger mounts over “attacks on senior citizens” in last Tuesday’s budget.

The rally, on the fifth anniversary of the protest which led to a reversal in Fianna Fáil’s planned cuts to elderly medical cards, will take place at the Dáil.