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17th Nov 2014

Video: Tánaiste Joan Burton was hit in the head with a water balloon over the weekend

The incident happened during protests in Jobstown...

Joe Harrington

Joe Harrington

Video: Tánaiste Joan Burton was hit in the head with a water balloon over the weekend

The incident happened during protests in Jobstown…

A video emerged of Tánaiste Joan Burton being confronted by angry Irish Water protesters in Dublin over the weekend.

Now a second video has surfaced showing Burton being hit with a water balloon at that protest. She’s clearly rattled but she manages to regain her composure pretty quickly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYuBbt8wFw8

YouTube credit: Seamus Conboy.

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