Green Party Subversives!?

national | miscellaneous | other press Thursday March 09, 2006 20:17 by anon

McDowell flings shit in Dail again. What drugs is McDowell on?

McDowell accuses Green Party supporters of vandalism

Minister for Justice Michael McDowell tonight accused Green Party supporters of being involved in vandalising his Progressive Democrats party offices during the Love Ulster riots last month.

Protesters smashed the windows of the central Dublin premises during three hours of unexpected violence on February 25.

Mr McDowell was replying to a question in the Dáil from former Green Party leader John Gormley on the riots when he said: “The Indymedia website produced footage of the Progressive Democrats’ offices being ransacked from the outside by Deputy Gormley’s type of people.”

An angry Mr Gormley immediately called on Mr McDowell to withdraw the remark.

He said: “That is way out of line. I’m sorry but the minister cannot abuse Dáil privilege in that fashion to make very serious allegations against me. I would not condone any such behaviour.”

Mr McDowell added: “The anoraked group that descended upon the office, would be the one which most people, including myself, would most closely associate with Mr Gormley’s party and his viewpoint.”

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