Any post-budget protest must not tarnish the cause we aim to serve

IT is being widely rumoured that the Government is preparing for civil disturbances in the aftermath of the budget.

Gardaí, it is said, are in weekly training and contingency plans are being prepared in the event that people throughout Ireland decide to follow the people of France.

That’s how bad things are. Would it surprise any of us if some of the more extreme measures that are being speculated about at the moment really were to be the straw that broke the camel’s back?