Anti-water levy protesters like fascists: Burton

Tánaiste Joan Burton has compared anti-water charge protesters who trapped her in a car to fascists.

Anti-water levy protesters like fascists: Burton

The Labour Party leader made the extraordinary claim in the aftermath of events last month when demonstrators besieged her car for more than an hour, and she was struck on the back of the head with a water balloon.

She also appeared to draw comparisons between alleged use of torture by the British army in Northern Ireland and the methods of some Government opponents. “I have to say at times when I was in that car I was worried about the parallels with fascism.

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