RTÉ chiefs compared to Vladimir Putin as payments scandal inquiry goes berserk
It’s all coming out today. Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called for a Gardai investigation into the RTÉ payments scandal, claiming that the broadcaster is taking the public “for patsies and fools”. “It’s unbelievable,” he told the Oireachtas Committee on Wednesday. “I mean, Putin wouldn’t get away with some of the tricks you got away […]
2 years ago
QUIZ: Get ready for a tricky time with this General Knowledge Quiz
Are you ready for the challenge? Oh yes indeed, it’s time once again for a fiendishly tricky but also terrifically enjoyable JOE General Knowledge Quiz. As ever, you’ll find 15 questions across a range of subjects, from movies to music to sport to geography and more. There’s even a question about Mattie McGrath. Where else […]
4 years ago
Stephen Donnelly slams Mattie McGrath for “Nazi” comments
“You’re a great man for throwing out horrendous insults, but you can’t take it.” Stephen Donnelly slammed Mattie McGrath for insensitive comments made about the Government during the course of the pandemic. The Minister for Health criticised the Independent TD during a debate on the Health and Criminal Justice Bill 2021 on Wednesday (8 December). […]
4 years ago
TD Mattie McGrath compares pandemic emergency legislation to “apartheid”
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy said the use of the word was “non-acceptable”. Independent TD Mattie McGrath compared Covid-19 emergency legislation to “apartheid” when speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday (5 October). Addressing Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney on the topic of extending the emergency powers, McGrath said the move would be “beyond comprehension”. […]
4 years ago
“Spare me the history lecture” – Mattie McGrath and Micheál Martin in Dáil row over Nazi Germany comparisons
“You consistently make ridiculous assertions in this house that insult and are offensive to people.” TD Mattie McGrath and Taoiseach Micheál Martin engaged in a heated row in the Dáil on Tuesday over McGrath’s controversial comments comparing Covid certificates to life in Nazi Germany. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, McGrath refused to answer whether he […]
5 years ago
Auschwitz Memorial offers TD Mattie McGrath course on Holocaust after he compares Covid vaccine rollout to “Nazi Germany”
They said the “instrumentalisation” of the tragedy by the TD was a symbol of “moral and intellectual decline”. The Auschwitz Memorial site has offered Independent TD Mattie McGrath a course on the history of the Holocaust after he compared the Covid-19 vaccine to “Nazi Germany”. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, McGrath refused to answer whether […]
5 years ago