Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

In his written statement, Mr. McWilliams stated when one speaks against mainstream views, there are three phases, first, the open ridicule phase, second, the violent opposition phase and, third, everyone pretends they were on your side all the time phase. It reminds one that, apparently, 15 years after the Easter Rising, it would have taken Croke Park to accommodate everyone who claimed they were in the General Post Office that Easter.