Every union in the country both those affiliated to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions and those not had their banners on the marches, representing workers from both the public and private sectors. Public transport came a complete standstill across the country as transport workers marched in there thousands. While thousands of building workers marched with their colourful safety jackets.

It took two hours for the march to pass along the main street in the capital. It was the biggest display by Irish workers in the last three decades and reflects the depth of anger felt by workers at the treatment of the ferry workers. It was also an opportunity to voice their opposition to the abuse in particular by Irish as well as European employers, which clearly has the support of the European Union, to use workers from eastern European as battering ram to bring down the wages and conditions, which workers right across Europe have struggle and won over many decades.

The Communist Party distributed a leaflet calling upon workers to unite both national and non-national and not to allow themselves to be turn upon each other by the employers. The Party pointed out that the only people to gain from divisions among workers were the boss class.

Communist Party of Ireland