Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

Today, she brazenly comes in here and continues to stand over the hounding of an entire working class community. These actions will definitely backfire. People will boycott the water charges, which is essentially what this is about. The Tánaiste is trying to demonise protestors at a key time in the battle against water charges, but this will rebound. I have no doubt that the Tánaiste will be gone in the next election, and probably the entire Labour Party with her, and so too will the water charges.

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