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It is unclear if this or the ballots of the ASTI and Teachers’ Union of Ireland — open until November 7 and 14, respectively — will be used by the country’s 60000 teachers as a protest vote against the budget. ...
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An independent TD (Member of Parliament), Finian Mcgrath, who had been supporting the main Fianna Fail party in parliament for over a year withdrew his support in protest at the 2009 national budget which was announced last week. ...
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The protest coincided with a Dáil debate on the Government’s Budget cuts that began at 7pm and will continue tomorrow morning with the vote at noon. Teachers unions and branches from right across the State were out in force, ...