Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Many parents tell me they feel forgotten, vulnerable and afraid. They are angry.

Incredible work was done to get the children back to school. I acknowledge múinteoir Pól Hansard and his staff.

It has to be asked, in the immediate aftermath of this attack, where was the emergency response from the Government? Only days after the stabbing of three of their classmates, and as Leanne Flynn lay in her hospital bed, it was back to business as usual for the area surrounding Gaelscoil Choláiste Mhuire - strangers street drinking and not a garda in sight.

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