An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Seanad Éireann — 2023-11-28
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John McGahon (FG), Cultural and Educational Panel

I accept where we are in the legal process and I take the Leas-Chathaoirleach's guidance on that.
The point that I am trying to make is that this was not just one community going out looting and causing problems and hassle. It was people who came to an area of violence that had kicked off. They were people from different communities, backgrounds and socioeconomic backgrounds who came to cause one thing and that was trouble. However, some people in the media and elsewhere or just in general Irish society would have us believe that this was just one geographical section of the country kicking off when that is really not the case and it is not fair at all.
I will not have a chance to mention what I was planning to say. I will save that for tomorrow. I am really looking forward to hearing all sides of the debate in our discussion about it tomorrow night.

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Sitting date: 2023-11-28