Any culchie or jackeen could have done better

THE thugs involved in assaulting the gardaí, as well as the looters, vandals and drunks deserve severe censure and careful analysis of their backgrounds.

All true democrats must defend the right of all the people to protest within the law and equally to uphold the freedom of expression.

However, we must be careful to avoid premature judgement. We should demand that we get the truth and not spin from the Government, the Garda Commissioner and the intelligence sources on the failures that resulted in the debacle that shamed Dublin