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Jobstown violence

Summary

Senator D’Arcy praises the Tánaiste and Senator Zappone but condemns the Jobstown incident and rejects mob rule and intimidation.

I, too, wish to raise the issue of the incident in Jobstown over the weekend. I praise the fortitude with which the Tánaiste and our colleague, Senator Katherine Zappone dealt with a very unsavoury and unpleasant incident. Thank goodness we do not live in a mobocracy. We do not give into mob rule and the mob do not rule. It is a good thing that is the case. I am glad that the public have had a glimpse of what the mob would do and have had a glimpse of the actions of these dozens of hard-left, hard-nosed independents who are against austerity - as if anyone else is in favour of austerity. Is there any one of us who is in favour of austerity? I do not believe there is. I am pleased that we have got a glimpse of what they would do if they were in charge and if 30, 40 or 50 of them - God forbid - were elected to the other Chamber. There would be election after election, protestation after protestation and who knows who will be Taoiseach or the Tánaiste in the future.

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