SIPTU offers condolences and calls for solidarity in response to Paris attacks
SIPTU General President, Jack O’Connor, offered the union’s condolences to the families and communities of those killed in the series of terrorist attacks in Paris on 13th November.
“Even as we absorb the scale of the violence we must also be vigilant,” Jack O’Connor said.
“We cannot allow these attacks to be exploited by the xenophobic right to create the circumstances for accelerating the cycle of violence and division. To allow that is to afford those who perpetrated them a degree of success.”
He added: “Key to bringing an end to these horrors is not more violence. We must instead react with solidarity and increase the vigour with which we search for just solutions to our shared social and global problems. We must remain committed to the true path to defeating terror which is building societies which are based on mutual respect and understanding of all cultures and traditions.”
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