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

The Garda had to be called to Blackpool, on Cork's north side, this morning when an attempt was made to physically disrupt the start of the working day at Múin Preschool on Brocklesby Street. The disruption took the form of the erection of a blockade comprising a van and cones at the entrance to the site where the school is based, the diagonal parking of a car on the site where the school staff normally park their cars, and the parking of a truck extremely close to the entrance to the school. The actions involved the owner of the site and the school building, who wants to sell the site for development and apartments, which would involve knocking the school building. The school has legal rights as the tenant of the site. It is under no obligation to vacate in the immediate future. Will the Taoiseach join me in condemning these bully-boy tactics employed against a group of female teachers and the young children they teach?

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