'Freeze prices not people': Thousands line Cork streets in cost of living protest

'I am angry. I am working full time. I have done everything the right way. I have gone to college. I pay my taxes. I work hard. Now I feel I am bleeding money just to survive.'

Crowds on St Patrick's St, Cork, today for a protest organised by the Cork Cost of Living Campaign. Picture: Larry Cummins

Up to 3,000 people attended a cost-of-living protest in Cork City today, with many attendees warning that they face the stark choice of deciding between “heating or eating” this winter.

Friends Annette O’Mahony, 62, and Sheila Hegarty, 64, who live in Mahon and Dublin Hill, respectively, say they are terrified about the uncertainty surrounding rising heating bills this winter.