We have just seen very militant protests that were widely supported in society because of the acute nature of the cost-of-living crisis and the fact that people were supporting those who were having a go. A marker has been laid, and we need workers to do the same. In the couple of minutes I have, I want to highlight that there were some issues with these protests. It was noted by many people that some far-right individuals and far-right talking points emerged during the protests. There are some who should not have been let near a microphone, never mind allowed to crawl out from under the rocks they were under. Christopher Duffy, for example, used the words "F- around and find out" when Renée Good, a young woman in America, was shot dead by ICE, cheered on a rape threat against Greta Thunberg, used anti-migrant hate and is an out and out misogynist. He was involved in these protests from the outset. James Geoghegan has been widely reported as spreading anti-migrant hate. He is a tax defaulter and an animal abuser. He said the Government was bussing asylum seekers to vote in the elections in 2024. He is a climate denier. A councillor in Kildare, Tom McDonnell, said women need to breed more. That is his history. He is blaming this crisis on people in IPAS centres rather than Donald Trump and Netanyahu and the imperial adventures they are engaged in. Then there is reportedly a character, Michael McCarthy, who said that Hitler needs to be understood and that he was not all bad. He launched a GoFundMe to raise money for food and drink for the protesters. There is €150,000 in that fund, and a lot of people want to know how somebody like him was allowed to set up a GoFundMe. He has called for mass deportations. He is linked with the far-right and an organised far-right group. That GoFundMe needs to be taken down. Fascists such as Niall McConnell were interviewing some of these protesters. There is the whole issue of the far-right channels being used to promote the protests and far-right individuals controlling WhatsApp groups and pages, apparently, such as the Dublin fuel protest page. These are people who have absolutely nothing to do with rural contractors. One of them lives in Dublin 15. I know her. These people should not be allowed anywhere near a protest movement that wants popular support in society. We should call them out.

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