The quotes from a Labour TD complaining that FG is always calling *them* populist are deeply hilarious to anybody who remembers the Labour-affiliated Populist Watch account on Twitter, #JobstownNotGuilty or literally *anything* about the 2011 -2016 coalition government.

Labour TD apologises for defending Paul Murphy after Heather Humphreys water protest statement First-time Labour TD Ciarán Ahern has apologised to his Labour Party colleagues after his tweet defending the People Before Profit Solidarity TD Paul Murphy caused “a lot of hurt” across the party.

It's disappointing that Labour is still a party where you have to apologise for defending the #Right2Protest of a person found #NotGuilty in a political show trial. #JobstownNotGuilty

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#JobstownNotGuilty - As everyone has now been found not guilty its very clear the real guilty were the cops who tried to frame a couple of dozen innocent people on potential 14 year sentences. And the Labour politicians and journalists who helped them in this goal.

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5. No media discussion of Garda demand for camera phone ban in #JobstownNotGuilty context even though elephant in room

All of the #JobstownNOTGuilty IrishTimes today is a outraged rant about how social media means they can no longer frame the debate