Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I was shocked when I read that the Minister's billionaire buddy from Ryanair thinks he is playing a stormer. I remind the Minister that this man caused a lockout in Dublin Airport in the mid-1990s because he refused to recognise trade unions.

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It is extraordinary to see him and the Minister on the same side of the pitch fighting ordinary working class people. What people on the picket line are saying about the Minister is that he is literally stepping aside, which is what he is passionately there to defend, namely, Stepaside.

What happened last Friday might have shook the Minister to his toes. He went on "Morning Ireland" with a compulsive reaction to condemn people who are present today to witness what he has to say about them. What they did last Friday was important. Otherwise, the Minister, the rest of the Government and the company would be ignoring what has been happening for 13 days. Shut down the capital and everyone wakes up and smells the coffee.

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