Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Fine Gael)

Once the Green Party saw the black and white tiles of Government Buildings — I do not know what colour the carpet is, but it is plush — and stood on them, there was no going back. The party's Deputies might not have liked the coffee, but they liked what they saw. I do not necessarily blame them, but I accuse them of collective hypocrisy. They masqueraded as something different on this side, but they are no different from the rest of us.

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