McDonald warns against protests at politicians’ homes

A politician’s family home should be off limits to anti- property tax and water charge protests, Sinn Féin’s deputy leader has said.

Mary Lou McDonald was speaking during a visit to Cork, where several people linked to the Cork Campaign Against Household and Water Charges have said they plan to mount more protests outside the homes of local and national politicians over the coming months.

“I would have a reservation about campaigners, no matter how well-intentioned, no matter how angry they are, to be presenting themselves at the family home of a politician,” she said.