Máire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will try to do a Senator David Norris and bring a bit of culture to the discussion. I got the following poem from Palestinian women on the recent International Women's Day. It is called Here We Will Stay. It reads:In Lidda, in Ramla, in the Galilee,

we shall remain

like a wall upon your chest,

and in your throat

like a shard of glass,

a cactus thorn, and in your eyes

a sandstorm.

We shall remain

a wall upon your chest,

clean dishes in your restaurants,

serve drinks in your bars,

sweep the floors of your kitchens

to snatch a bite for our children

from your blue fangs.

Here we shall stay,

sing our songs,

take to the angry streets,

fill prisons with dignity.

In Lidda, in Ramla, in the Galilee,

we shall remain,

guard the shade of the fig

and olive trees,

ferment rebellion in our children

as yeast in the dough.

Here we shall stay.

Go raibh maith agaibh.