John McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I was going to hold my comments about what has happened in the last week until tomorrow night's debate but I will follow on from the points made by Senators Fitzpatrick and Ruane, both of whose views I respect immensely. I am not from the north inner city. I have family connections there and know it well to a certain extent, but I am conscious that I am speaking about it from a completely different part of this island of Ireland. One thing that has frustrated me at times in the last couple of days is the narrative around this being the north inner city uprising and the north inner city pushing back perhaps because of some of the points made by Senator Ruane. I accept that is certainly part of the issue.

I actually looked at the addresses of the 50 people who were arrested and brought to court over the weekend. We might look at the addresses, which include Dún Laoghaire, Churchtown, Dundrum, Longford, Navan, Malahide, Crumlin, Finglas and Drogheda. There were other addresses as well from the north inner city. I will-----