The Irish Times – Friday, August 26, 2011
LORNA SIGGINS, Western Correspondent
SOCIALIST Party MEP Paul Murphy says he intends to lodge a complaint with the Garda Síochána over his treatment at a Corrib gas protest in north Mayo yesterday.
Mr Murphy says he was assaulted by gardaí as he participated in a sit-down protest on a public road close to the Corrib gas terminal at Ballinaboy.
I was punched in the head, I had my pressure point targeted as in my ear was deliberately twisted to a point of excruciating pain and my stomach was repeatedly poked and prodded at very sensitive points, Mr Murphy said.