Mick Clifford: Banning the Wicklow tech gathering would hand a victory to right-wing populists

Calls to ban or arrest controversial visitors risk weakening the democratic principles critics claim they are defending

Peter Thiel, co-founder and chairman of Palantir is due to lead a conference at Powerscourt Estate next month. Picture: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via Getty 

There was a woman on the telly the other night suggesting some millionaires who are not wanted for any criminal activity should be arrested.

The arresting, Niamh Ní Bhriain told The Tonight Show on Virgin Media, should be done by the Government.