Interesting footage from a protest last week by Kerry Public Sector Workers. They went to protest at the clinic of Tom McEllstrim TD, a Fianna Fáil backbencher.
Tom warned them that they would face more cuts under any alternative government and he made a jibe at George Lee and also said his expenses were the lowest in Kerry, and that his job was less secure than the protesters.
Is this sort of thing happening around the country?

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I’d never heard of McEllstrim before (should I have?).
I think he’s handled himself fairly well on the topic of expenses, deflect the stare to other members.
His chatter about George Lee was completely infantile and pathetic. Does he think he’s a red top?
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