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Medical Card Protest in Dublin - Photo Story

category national | rights, freedoms and repression | news report author Thursday October 23, 2008 20:42author by Richard Whelan - none

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Medical Card Protest in Dublin
A protest by mainly the elderly at the budgeted means-testing for medical card for the over-70s.

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A protest by mainly the elderly at the budgeted means-testing for medical card for the over-70s.
The climb-down on the issue of the over-70s medical cards did not stop over 15,000 pensioners taking part in today's historic march outside the Dail to keep the universal Medical Card for the over 70's.

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