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

All of our hearts go out to the five-year-old girl and her carer who were the victims of a horrendous and tragic event. However, the expressions of bewilderment from the Government or An Garda Síochána about how the unfolding events could have happened are, to be honest, quite staggering. People, and not just us but others, who are watching the far right have been warning how dangerous these people are, and the agenda of violence, hate, racism and division they are actively trying to stoke. They are out for blood. What we saw the other day is a warning - a chilling warning. These people want to take it to the next level. Tens of thousands of workers who keep our health service going, who work in the shops and supermarkets, on building sites or driving buses are now living in fear. Working people are living in fear of these so-called patriots who do little or nothing to actually stand up for working people or engage in the fights they should be having over housing, the cost of living and health. No, their answer to every question is to target innocent migrants, people of different skin colour or sexuality or those who may be vulnerable in some way. They are preachers of hate and division. Our society needs to recognise that. It is not about new legislation. It is about recognising the specific and worrying threat of the far right and its fascist ideology.

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