Let’s have the rule of law at Bellanaboy — not the rule of the baton

THE Taoiseach said the “rule of law had to be implemented” when responding to questions about events in Co Mayo on November 10.

This is ironic given what we witnessed on our TV screens that day. As a taxpayer and a law-abiding citizen, I was appalled at what I saw. Since when has the rule of law in this State become supplanted by the rule of the baton.

If it is alleged that when a law is being broken, the proper way to deal with it is through judicial procedures in an open court of law, not at the end of a truncheon.