Pro-life and anti-austerity groups are planning to mount protests at Fine Gael's national conference.
The party gathers in Limerick tonight and tomorrow after the defeat of the Seanad referendum and with just hours to Budget 2014.
Around 2,000 delegates are due in Limerick for this national conference. It's not an Árd Fheis as the party will not vote on any motions. But life-long learning, jobs, exiting the bailout, and health are all down for discussion.
The gathering will see a number of protests including one protesting austerity this evening - hours after Ministers meet to discuss the budget.
And Youth Defence is to mount an anti-abortion protest at the conference tomorrow evening ahead of Enda Kenny's address to the nation.
Cian Prendeville of the Anti-Austerity Alliance says their protest has been inspired by a pensioner who wrote to the Taoiseach about the property tax:
