Mick Clifford: Irresponsible rhetoric from some Independent TDs is adding fuel to the fire

Various speeches give the impression that government are acting contrary to the wishes of the vast majority of citizens for some nefarious reason

Authorities move asylum seekers who had been sleeping in tents on Mount Street in central Dublin, beside the city's International Protection Office. Picture: PA 

Something very ugly is going to happen if things keep going as they are now. Recent incidents include the gathering of men in balaclavas with offensive posters at the home of Minister Roderic O’Gorman. The family of Justice Minister Helen McEntee had to be evacuated from their home on foot of a bomb warning. Last weekend, a clip of a racist thug abusing former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar as he sat enjoying a coffee went across social media. A threat to the life of Paul Murphy, the People Before Profit TD, was daubed on a wall near his home. For the first time since he was elected Taoiseach, there was a gathering of people with placards outside the home of Simon Harris.