Ballyhea protesters head over to Frankfurt to instigate a reformation

The long white document, stuck with blu-tack to the glass doors of the soaring office block that is the European Central Bank, greeted the mandarins of the euro when they arrived for work.

Like Martin Luther’s Theses nailed to the door of the Church in Wittenberg almost 500 years ago, the Ballyhea protesters hope their statement will bring about a reformation, too.

The 15 protesters who had flown from Knock came from Mallow, Charleville, and Ballyhea, now known worldwide for its weekly protest march against Irish taxpayers’ money being used to pay bank debts.