David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

They were rotten in my opinion. I also wish to point to the decision in Britain which was followed by an Irish court on the Greenham Common women. Those women disabled a plane because they felt they were saving lives. They were acting in a humanitarian way and supporting the civil and human rights of people in the Middle East.

We cannot be surprised at the kind of attacks that are being perpetrated, regrettably, against people in the west when we put them into the context of the dreadful interventions of the United States and Britain, particularly in this area. I salute Deputies Mick Wallace and Clare Daly and think they were right in their actions. I heard people saying last night on the radio that they did the crime and should pay the fine. Why should they? This is an honourable and reasonable method of protest. It is a non-violent civil protest and I applaud them for it.