Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The nub of the Deputy’s comment is at the very end when he said that is why there will be protests at this forum. I am sure that Deputy Barry will be outside there in Cork himself with his megaphone and placards which is his right to so do if he wishes, and I respect that while I disagree with him.

There is no stitch-up here. Even Deputy Barry must realise that the geopolitical situation across the world, but particularly here in Europe, has changed in the past 16 or 17 months even though he was slow to admit that at the time. I am not sure if his definition of “imperial powers” also includes the Russian Federation.

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