Representatives of the People’s Movement are picketing the Dáil today as part of a pre-Budget protest.
Members of the movement, which says it defends Irish sovereignty, also protested outside the EU Commission offices in nearby Molesworth Street.
At a press conference earlier, artist Robert Ballagh, a patron of the movement, said it had advanced an analysis of Europe which, if listened to, would have helped prevent the Irish economic shambles.
“With every treaty we signed with Europe, we sacrificed an element of our national sovereignty and democracy,’’ he said.
“Now we find ourselves coming to the end of that road with practically all our sovereignty lost.’’
