Taoiseach: Hounds descended on Burton

Anti-water charge protesters "descended on the Tánaiste’s car like hounds after a fox", Taoiseach Enda Kenny insisted in fierce Dáil exchanges.

Taoiseach: Hounds descended on Burton

He demanded an apology from Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy over the treatment of Joan Burton at the weekend.

The Taoiseach said Mr Murphy, who was at Saturday’s demonstration, would not like being “hemmed in by a baying mob for two-and-a-half hours” as Ms Burton was.

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