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120K Protest 'Economic Treason' in Dublin

By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 21, 2009 6:53 PM CST

(Newser) – As many as 120,000 marched through Dublin today, enraged over a government plan to repair the economy by freezing worker pay and taxing pensions, the Irish Times reports. Calling the strategy "economic treason" in a speech to the crowd, union leader David...   Read full story »

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