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Sat 11 Nov 2009Tens of thousands in capital for largest protest
DUBLIN:TENS OF thousands of people marched through Dublin city centre yesterday in the largest of the demonstrations organised by the Irish of Congress of Trade Unions to oppose planned Government cutbacks.
Gardaí estimated the attendance at 30,000 but the organisers insisted that some 70,000 had taken part in the march from Parnell Square, across the Liffey to Merrion Square.
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