Overheard in the House

Mick Wallace, Ming Flanagan and Shane Ross caught on microphone during a vote in Dáil Eireann on July 12 2011.

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Mick Wallace
• Dáil
• Ming Flanagan
• Shane Ross
• Mary Mitchell O'Connor
• Muppets
• Maman Poulet

[suzybie]

@TheIrishLegand You can see all the options here for listening and watching on the oireachtas website - you can even listen on the phone - I have several clips here and on my vimeo channel. Have used different apps to record including audioboo and soundtap

[TheIrishLegand]

Susiebie...where did u get this recording from?????

[suzybie]

@TheIrishLegand From the live audio feed provided on the Oireachtas.ie website. 

[kiancaster]

banter!

[chickenfillets74]

Who gives a shit. Every person on earth talks about others behind their backs. It's a joke that even the slightest shit is being given. Who cares? And I have to laugh at the comment below where the word WOMAN is highlighted. What difference does it make if she's a woman you ignoramus. It holds no relevance. The finger should be pointed at the person who leaked this.

[simplythecoolest31]

@chickenfillets74 you guys should stop the arguing

[simplythecoolest31]

@theantilast gay

[chickenfillets74]

@AMD1989

Go on so, tell me how it's sexist. She was called Mrs.Piggy??? what on earth is sexist about that. If a woman called a man Mr.Piggy would that be sexist?? No. The fact that sex was brought up is daft. Why is it that this is being looked at Man v Woman? Why isn't it being looked at as Person v Person. The fact that sex is being brought up, is sexist in itself. They are being criticized more than they would be because they are men. If someone can't see that, then......they're dim.SIMPLES

[chickenfillets74]

@conorucd

Well now look at that. I thought you were "ending this discussion". What happened?

[AMD1989]

@chickenfillets74 Asserting that its not sexist whist giving no reasons and then asserting that if anyone were to disagree with you they must not be very intelligent isn't exactly the most intelligent way to put an argument across. How come people almost never make these kind of comments about men?

[conorucd]

@chickenfillets74 insult my intelligence and then call it hipster. whos stupid now? do you even know what a hipster is?

[chickenfillets74]

@conorucd

Hipster response, how university of you. end of discussion.

[conorucd]

@chickenfillets74 insult to intelligence, slick. end of discussion.

[chickenfillets74]

@conorucd

1. In no way is it sexist. If you think it is sexist, than your intelligence levels aren't very high.

2. Just because she's a td and a person, does not excuse her from being mocked.

3. It's been established that it was un-proffessional, but that's the only thing wrong with it. They should have kept their banter for outside of the Dail, but the banter itself does not warrant the attention it's getting. I think it' snide and manipulative of Mary Mitchell to bring sex into the equation.

[conorucd]

@chickenfillets74 they are not in the pub and they are hardly young and naive. im not talking sexism, although it clearly is rude and sexist but if they werent in the dáil it would be just some banth in most peoples eyes but they were in the dáil and shes a td and a person like them