Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The news has just come through from the Central Criminal Court and I am the first to report it to the House. Deputy Paul Murphy, not guilty; Councillor Michael Murphy, not guilty; Councillor Kieran Mahon, not guilty; Frank Donaghy, not guilty; Michael Banks, not guilty; and Scott Masterson, not guilty. That is a stunning defeat for the Deputies on the Government benches and the political establishment. The political establishment in this country wanted to create a powerful chill factor, a powerful warning against anyone who would engage in serious protest against the Government, austerity and the anti-working class agenda. It has failed. I make the call that all the remaining charges in the other Jobstown trials would be immediately dropped. The Government is wasting a fortune in taxpayers' money on these cases.

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