Protesters campaign against Joan Burton’s visit to Dundalk in February
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will travel to Dundalk on Thursday but he may not feel very welcome with at least two protests planned to coincide with his visit.
The Dundalk Campaign Against Property Taxes and Austerity (DCAPTA) will be busing people out to the Ballymascanlon Hotel for 10.30am with just under 100 people having confirmed that they will be attending so far on Facebook.
DCAPTA were the group responsible for running Social Protection Minister Joan Burton out of Dundalk in February and they are hoping for a similar result this time around, telling The Dundalk Democrat: ““We hope that this event will be as successful as the last and hope Enda will beat Minister for Social Protection Burton’s world record for leaving Dundalk in a hurry.”
Meanwhile, Dundalk IT Students’ Union will also hold a protest against the government’s decision to cut the income threshold for the maintenance grant by 3% when the Taoiseach visits the college.
See below a video from the Marshes Shopping Centre when DCAPTA protested to Joan Burton in February
Source: Group plan to sting Kenny visit (The Dundalk Democrat)
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