Paul Murphy TD: ‘Protesters should apologise’ for abusive remarks towards President Higgins

Anti-Austerity Alliance TD Paul Murphy has called on the protesters who shouted personal insults at President Michael D Higgins to apologise.

The move comes after the TD was engulfed in controversy after he told the Irish Examiner the President was a legitimate target for protest because he signed the Water Services Bill into law without sending it for review.

The demands for apologies go much further than the TD’s initial remarks on the matter that calling President Higgins a “midget” was not nice, and “ableist” — offensive to people of restricted growth.