Irish Examiner view: Threats to politicians affect us all
Tánaiste and Fine Gael party leader Simon Harris TD, second from left, with deputy leader Helen McEntee TD, left, party parliamentary chairman Micheál Carrigy TD, and enterprise minister Peter Burke TD at a think-in at Mullingar Park Hotel, Co Westmeath. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA
The charge by Tánaiste and Fine Gael leader Simon Harris that the political system is not taking matters of security and threats against politicians “seriously enough” is very worrying.
Mr Harris admitted yesterday that he had to “dig deep” to show up at the Fine Gael think-in in Mullingar after it emerged that he and his young family had been subjected to what he described as a series of “sinister and subversive” threats in the past week.
