The Waterford rally commenced at 2.00 p.m. in the Glen where unions and community groups assembled and over 13,000 people joined in as the Thomas Francis Meagher Band followed by the ICTU and union banners down Summer Hill on to the Quays.
It then made its way down the quays and turned at the Clock Tower into John Roberts Square where a stage was erected along with a big screen which showed short video clips on the 1913 Lockout, the banking debt and Congress interviews with young people affected by austerity and the debt crisis.
A local Band, the Jam Tarts entertained people in the square until the march arrived.
The meeting was chaired by Michael Fitzpatrick, Chairperson of the District Committee of SIPTU and speakers included Jimmy Kelly Regional Secretary of Unite, Claire Mahon Chairperson of INMO and John McDonald a disability advocate.
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