Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am not inviting them. I did not interrupt anyone tonight. I have sat here all night. The Leas-Cheann Comhairle was in the Chair and other Members chaired this debate.

I hope the Minister will reflect on the terrorist remark, and that other people will do so as well, otherwise we will have to be forced to take another route to make him to apologise. That route would be a costly one. Tá an tAire ag gáire anois. I am not going to allow my name to be besmirched or to allow anyone describe me as a terrorist. I have been elected by the people of Tipperary for the time being thankfully. As long as they continue to elect me, I will represent the constituency, as Dan Breen and many other good people did before me. Dan Breen was not a terrorist either, he was a freedom fighter.

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