Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

On behalf of People Before Profit-Solidarity, I extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to all those who lost family members and friends and to the wider Creeslough community. What that community has suffered with the events on Friday is utterly unspeakable. No words we can say can possibly compensate for the shocking loss and tragedy they have experienced, but they deserve tribute for the incredible dignity and heroism they have demonstrated in the face of this horrendous, unspeakable tragedy.

As others have done, I also pay tribute to all the emergency services, who have done such heroic work. I know our words cannot compensate, but I hope the solidarity, the wishes and the thoughts that are being sent not just from this House but from all over the country can play some very small part in trying to comfort the family members and friends who have lost loved ones, as well as the community of Creeslough, at this dark time for them.

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