“I am writing to you today in total disgust,” a member of the public wrote to Mr Varadkar on January 6th. “When do you plan to hold the Oliver Cromwell commemoration?” queries another correspondent, according to documents released to The Irish Times. Members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) in Waterford in 1917. Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan was forced to postpone a commemoration for the RIC and the Dublin Metropolitan Police. He was called a fascist, a muppet, a moron, an idiot and “a dirty traitor”.

Source: The Irish Times February 12, 2020 02:48 UTC