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Lunching Rabbitte gets an ear-bashing for dessert
independent.ie
MINISTER Pat Rabbitte was on the receiving end of verbal abuse while having lunch in Buswells Hotel in Dublin on Friday afternoon, which led to a man being arrested by gardai.
The Communications Minister was enjoying a business lunch with another suited gentleman in the hotel opposite Leinster House when he was castigated by a member of the public.
The man in his 50s had been protesting earlier that day outside Savills auctioneers on Molesworth Street over the sale of a Kildare stud farmer’s land because he could not repay an Anglo Irish Bank loan.
Following the demonstration organised by People for Economic Justice, the protesters moved to Buswells Hotel for refreshments and encountered the minister and another businessman in the hotel’s bar.
Video footage of the incident shows a man in his 50s verbally berating the minister for issues ranging from the sale of gas and oil to mercury levels in water.
The enraged protester continually asks Mr Rabbitte, who remains calm and aloof throughout the barrage of abuse, if he thinks he is “following in the footsteps James Connolly“.
He then shouts: “Four suicides a week in this county by people who have been robbed and pillaged by the banks”, to which he receives a rapturous applause.
Mr Rabbitte’s friend tries to reason with the man, only to have his English accent mimicked by the demonstrator.
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2012-08-27 10:39:32
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