‘Thuggery’ at children’s event slammed

Justice Minister Alan Shatter has condemned protesters who forced the Tánaiste and the children’s minister to abandon a children’s event in Dublin yesterday.

Eamon Gilmore and Frances Fitzgerald arrived at the Base, a youth centre in Ballyfermot, to promote the children’s referendum but abandoned the event when their car was attacked by protesters.

Supporters of republican group Éirígí and People Before Profit surrounded the car, which was egged, kicked, and rocked.