David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I had not intended to contribute this morning. I did hear the news item about the women who were killed and injured in Clondalkin, but there was an added horror when Senator Clifford-Lee indicated that it was a women's refuge. I had not realised that at all. It is a particularly shocking thing that women should flee from a violent environment and end up dead as a result of an electrical misadventure. I just want to register my shock at that, and particularly on International Women's Day. I cannot say they were women, because one adult and two children tragically died and another adult woman and child are critically ill in hospital. That is a very sad start to International Women's Day. I just wanted to register that, a Chathaoirligh.