f* you Deputy Stagg! F* you!"

Morlar · 11-12-2009 05:48PM #1

And so it begins. . . .

Government TD in foul-mouthed outburst in Dáil

A Government TD has today launched a foul-mouthed attack on a member of the Opposition during the Dáil debate on the Social Welfare Bill.

Green TD Paul Gogarty admitted that he believes the Bill, which makes cuts in allowances to the blind and carers, is grossly unfair.

He also said the Government should have taken some money off the old age pension, rather than make cuts in the Budget for the blind.

But when Labour's Emmet Stagg accused Mr Gogarty of being insincere, he immediately launched a foul-mouthed attack on the TD.

Gogarty said: "With all due respect, in the most unparliamentarily language, f*** you Deputy Stagg! F*** you!", before immediately withdrawing and apologising for his comments.

http://breakingnews.ie/ireland/government-td-in-foul-mouthed-outburst-in-dail-437918.html

drdeadlift · 11-12-2009 05:50PM

Fair play lol

PauloMN · 11-12-2009 05:54PM

Best thing a Green has done in government so far imo. I suddenly have a tiny bit of respect for them now after Gogarty showed a bit of bottle.

Newstalk played the clip a couple of times already. It's not just a muted "f**k you", there's real vigour behind it. You can imagine bits of spit flying out of his mouth as he says it.

Mossy Monk · 11-12-2009 05:54PM

http://media.newstalk.ie/extra/353

Audio there.

EKRIUQ · 11-12-2009 05:55PM

Deputy Stagg once got in trouble for other ****ing things

ScumLord · 11-12-2009 05:55PM

That's ****in' tellen the *****! Man yerself.

mikom · 11-12-2009 05:55PM

Should have looked closer to home if he wanted unleash an outburst.

Flyer1 · 11-12-2009 05:56PM

Fair F**ks to him

Morlar · 11-12-2009 05:57PM

mikom wrote: »

Should have looked closer to home if he wanted unleash an outburst.

''H-you whill whithdraw that stitement''

I love the way he avoids the banstick by immediately withdrawing the comment. If only that worked on here

"F**k you I immediately withdraw that comment and apologise unreservedly you F***ing bastard again I immediately withdraw . . . . ."

(* not a direct quote)

admiralofthefleet · 11-12-2009 05:57PM

stagg will go to the pheonix park to 'calm' down after it

jumpguy · 11-12-2009 05:58PM

Savage. I love the emphasis on "****" when he says it. If only he did that yesterday with the country watching...

GLaDOS · 11-12-2009 05:58PM

That was pretty heroic

Cadiz · 11-12-2009 05:58PM

Why 'lol' and 'fairplay'??

He sounds so ignorant. He sounds like he was jarred. Sad.

Euro_Kraut · 11-12-2009 05:58PM

mikom wrote: »

Should have looked closer to home if he wanted unleash an outburst.

As in beat his children?

PauloMN · 11-12-2009 06:01PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

stagg will go to the pheonix park to 'calm' down after it

He'll probably catch Gogarty afterwards in the Dáil bar, call him over and quietly whisper in his ear: "you know earlier, when you said about f**king, well I was just wondering.... you and me, the Park, 20 mins.... how does that sound?"

G_R · 11-12-2009 06:04PM

If there was more of this kind of thing on oireachtas report i'd watch it

Hootanany · 11-12-2009 06:05PM

PauloMN wrote: »

He'll probably catch Gogarty afterwards in the Dáil bar, call him over and quietly whisper in his ear: "you know earlier, when you said about f**king, well I was just wondering.... you and me, the Park, 20 mins.... how does that sound?"

I wonder whos the Giver

fintonie · 11-12-2009 06:05PM

now 100 more like that and we might get something done,

I can see it now them all gettin stuck in kickin the fook out of each other like the chinese

Mr E · 11-12-2009 06:07PM

His parents must be so proud of him now.

Meeja Ireland · 11-12-2009 06:09PM

"I am outraged that thomeone dareth quethtion my thincerity on thith ithue!"

He sounds like a mincing eunuch, and a little fit of swearing doesn't disguise the fact that he is part of the worst government in the history of this state. And they're not even there on principle. They are there to slide one greasy inch of buttock onto the seat of government at any cost to their dignity and the lives of the people they pretend to represent.

So **** you, Deputy Gogarty, and the piss-green bike you rode in on.

ejmaztec · 11-12-2009 06:11PM

A Green turning the air blue and blasting a hole through the ozone layer? Hypocrite.

kincsem · 11-12-2009 06:15PM

My guess is Stagg's comment hit the mark, and hurt because it was accurate. Why else would he react?

The_Minister · 11-12-2009 06:18PM

Video Clip

Brilliant.

I like that he acknowledges that his seat is gone.

bertie4evr · 11-12-2009 06:21PM

About time someone said something.

On a side note did you see googles new feature?If you search his name it'll show you live twitter feeds about him.

admiralofthefleet · 11-12-2009 06:24PM

in all fairness he should be sacked

My name is URL · 11-12-2009 06:26PM

Why did he withdraw it so quickly? Seems kind of premeditated to me.. he wanted to cause a furore

The_Minister · 11-12-2009 06:26PM

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

in all fairness he should be sacked

For telling another Dail member to **** off?

That gets you sacked?

woodzyx · 11-12-2009 06:26PM

unparliamentary language

From Wiki:

In Dáil Éireann, the lower House in the Republic of Ireland, the Ceann Comhairle has ruled that it is disorderly for one TD to describe another as a brat, buffoon, chancer, communist, corner boy, coward, fascist, gurrier, guttersnipe, hypocrite, rat, scumbag, scurrilous speaker, or yahoo; or to insinuate that a TD is lying or drunk.

I think some of those are great

in particular 'guttersnipe' and 'yahoo'

orourkeda · 11-12-2009 06:27PM

Havent we little to be worrying about than some TD dropping a few F Bombs.

The country is almost bankrupted and here are people moaning about this.

Eviledna · 11-12-2009 06:27PM

bertie4evr wrote: »

About time someone said something.

Why does using unparlimentary language mean that he has "said something". It is part of this guy's job to maintain his composure, debate the issue and uphold the rules of the dail in doing so. He has lowered the standard of debate today to childish namecalling. Everyone in that room feels like saying f-off to everyone else but in order to progress beyond schoolyard politics they have to keep it in.

Saying Fúck does not a valid point make.

seamus · 11-12-2009 06:28PM

EKRIUQ wrote: »

Deputy Stagg once got in trouble for ****ing other things

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