Protests against home help and child benefit cuts

More than 1,500 people took to the streets in Cork today to protest against Home Help cutbacks.

Protests against home help and child benefit cuts
Sat, 03 Nov, 2012 - 20:22

More than 1,500 people took to the streets in Cork today to protest against Home Help cutbacks.

Participants in the SIPTU-organised rally called on the Health Minister Dr James Reilly and the Health Service Executive to end what they claimed was a short-sighted policy of slashing Home Help services.

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