TDs getting it wrong about trans issues again in Ireland

And, kudos to Sharon Keogan.

What a travesty if it does! Amazing how this self identified paragon of something or other appears to be using their privileged position to smear Irish citizens.

Solidarity with the lads, more like. The views towards women, which gave rise to the mother and baby 'homes' and the Magdalen Laundries have now been dickied-up as progressive. No wonder these fellows lap it up.

Good for Sharon Keogan!

That's good to hear. The more people that get to see his dingbat behaviour the better.

The Independent Republic of Cork are hearing all about it with Mick Clifford's brilliant article in the Irish-Cork Examiner 😀www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/arid-40877765.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

It basically would, as an statements even knowingly false ones would not be actionable by a person named in a Dail speach by a TD. It would be up to the rules (eg if it is made to mislead the House) and the other TDs to take corrective action.

However the male child sex offender and the male who is currently up in court are both recorded in the Dail record as being held in the Womens Prison.
Thats 3 (out of 800ish) to date held in Limerick during his time as TD and any woman jailed for poverty related crimes in his constituency would likely be sent there rather than to Dublin.

Is he in agreement that a legal female penis-haver in the general prison population of the Womans Prison is not an ongoing problem?
Is he agreeing that a female Prison Officer should be obliged under her terms of employment to strip search a male?
Or that a male Prison Officer should be obliged under his terms of employment to strip search a female? Because the Prison Officers are not happy about that.

Would he stand up and confirm that he agrees with the legislation to place a legal male vagina-haver in the general prison population the Mens Prison?

The State paid for a whole medical assessment which concluded that a person, who met a individual with gender dysphoria decided to use that individuals clinical diagnosis as an "identity" to minipulate others.
That's one of those things which never happen.

The State also proved that having a history of violence with a criminal record is no barrier to filling out paperwork and being issued GRC. New name, new passport etc. I can trust that eg a child sex offender would give both names on a Garda vetting application.

€5,000 fine for a haircut which without a GRC would not have been actionable. Male/female and want to engage in sexually harrasssment in a work place .....

Women reduced in law to people who bleed with needs. But its all about proper sex education in schools.

@Mandodari did he really think that when examining the invasion of a recently independant nation that the general Irish public would support the invading nation?
In Cork?
The Independant Republic of CORK???? 🙄😂🤣🤣🤣

I think he did make the claim in the Dáil before he made the tweet, does that let him off scot free so?

Yep consitutional protection for a country at war or at peace.

Handy if you admitted you stole from the public purse or were caught pissed and driving.

But a speaker would have to be carefull upon repeating themselves

13 The members of each House of the Oireachtas shall, except in case of treason as defined in this Constitution, felony or breach of the peace, be privileged from arrest in going to and returning from, and while within the precincts of, either House, and shall not, in respect of any utterance in either House, be amenable to any court or any authority other than the House itself

@Solidarityovercharity You're right he is in Solidarity. Their sole TD. For now.

Thanks, that's a great read . Wow what a mess

Long read, but a very good insight into how Barry got himself into this situation.

grahamlinehan.substack.com/p/timeline-of-a-blunder?r=1hsp8e&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

Have a look atThe Countess and see if they have any recommendations about contacting TDs.

thecountess.ie/is-the-proposed-hate-crime-bill-fit-for-purpose/

Yes but they are also very pragmatic. If they get negative feedback from working class or rural voters they will park this. They won't die for Barbie. Whereas PBP are just a clique of paid hobbyists.

Abhannmor a lot of trans bill are coming from Fintan Warfield, who is a Sinn Féin politician. Sinn Féin want the GRA extended to children and non binary identities.

www.sinnfein.ie/contents/57257

Is there no one gc other than Sharon Keoghan? I've nothing against her but she's pro life and that doesn't help the cause

I've actually voted for Mick Barry in the past, I'm really disappointed to read this

Abhanmor SF are signed up to the trans bandwagon too and committed to lower the age for children to get a gender recognition cert with or without parental consent. Although like any other political group I don't know how much they'd push for it if they actually had power

My understanding, and am happy to be proven wrong, is that parliamentary privilege would only cover him if he had made the claim in the Dail prior to publishing the tweet.

The Minister for Completely Unrelated Abstract Nouns.
Mick Barry could take it on.
Seriously though , I voted for PBP in 2011. I was rather annoyed to lose my job - permanently - and be forced to bail out greedy speculators whose bets went sour.

Now , like many here and in the UK also , I am politically homeless. I'm more of a socialist than a Shinner but something tells me Mary Lou x co will sniff the wind and freeze out the gender loonies . After all , they hedged their bets on water charges - and were late to the game on abortion and equal marriage.

You can see why trans stuff appeals to FF / FG though. They get to look progressive without spending the billions needed to fix housing , health et al. As for the bould Mick , is he hiding behind parliamentary privilege and does that cover tweets?