Flying traffic cones last night outside Leinster House
Further to the melee outside the Dáil last night,
And following reports that a female garda was knocked unconscious,, Labour Senator Mary Moran and Anti Austerity Alliance Councillor Michael O’Brien spoke to Seán O’Rourke on RTÉ Radio One this morning.
On the matter of the female garda, this is what both contributors said:
Senator Mary Moran: “I must say the the scenes last night were nothing short of horrific, Sean, as I was leaving Leinster House. A female garda standing close to my car last night, it was unbelievable, traffic cones came across the car and hit the girl who was standing in a protective cordon and she dropped like a ton of bricks on to the ground. Now that was absolutely horrific, she was knocked unconscious. To me what was absolutely worse, after that was the fact that people seemed to think that this was funny and came up and started videoing it and laughing around it. I mean that girl was, seriously, to see somebody crumble. You know standing one minute and lying unconscious in the next minute was absolutely unacceptable I think last night.”
Anti Austerity Alliance Councillor Michael O’Brien: “I didn’t see the garda collapsing. I did see a cone travel over the garda lines and land on the car. That much I did see. I did see the garda in question being led in to an ambulance some half an hour after the incident and I don’t stand over the throwing of objects whatsoever.”
Listen back in full here – from 1.37min (Moran) and from 7min (O’Brien)
Earlier: About Last Night
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Meanwhile…
Wayne F writes:
This photo is from last nights water protest outside the Daíl! Garda deploying Baton Penis with sex face and hip thrust