Letters to the Editor: Accepting consequences is a crucial part of being a good person

When someone takes on the role of minister, they take on responsibility for the actions of government in the area they are assigned.

Taoiseach Simon Harris has had protesters outside his family home recently. Picture: Damien Storan

Sarah Harte’s article (‘Right to peaceful protest can’t be at a cost to human rights of others’, May 8) on protests expresses a common argument about what is and isn’t acceptable when protesting.

As such, there is a common counterpoint to it. That is, when you place limits on protesting, those limits apply to all protesting and can be used to suppress the voice of the people.