Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of the Social Democrats I voice our revulsion at, and condemnation of, the horrific and mindless attack in Nice last Thursday evening. The horror of the attack is all the more poignant in view of the day on which it took place, France's national holiday. We can all visualise what it must have been like for those families out celebrating a very important national day and families on holidays. The attack was executed in such a way as to cause maximum destruction and harm. Eighty-four people died and countless others were seriously injured. We in this country are very conscious of our close ties with the French people. Many of us have been on holidays in Nice and can only just start to visualise what that scene must have been like along the prom in Nice. The Social Democrats join with other parties here in extending the deepest sympathies of the people of Ireland to our colleagues in France for what was an appalling situation.

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