Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Members of the Garda Síochána are not the enemies of anyone, they are the guardians of the peace and protesters have a perfect right to be treated lawfully and respectfully and not to be flung against a bollard. This is a limited number of members of the Garda Síochána but we must be consistent in our view that all protesting and demonstration must be absolutely peaceful and peacefully policed.

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