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FOR A MOMENT in the Dáil today, it seems like Mattie McGrath TD knew something that the rest of us didn’t.
The Independent TD, who has become renowned for his heckles in the Dáil, momentarily got confused over exactly which magazine Taoiseach Enda Kenny appeared on the cover of last week.
The Tipperary South had been speaking for several minutes in the Dáil chamber on the Fiscal Responsibility Bill when he began to talk about kite-flying by government ministers in the run-up to December’s Budget – and he was not impressed.
“The most sickening thing last week was to see the Taoiseach on the front page of Playboy magazine,” he told the Dáil chamber.
I wish him well, as I voted for him as Taoiseach. However, I had expected a lot more from him.
McGrath was gently corrected by Fine Gael TD Paudie Coffey who interrupted to say that it had actually been the cover of Time magazine.
“The Deputy must read the other magazine,” said Fine Gael TD Mary Mitchell O’Connor.
McGrath immediately apologised: “I am sorry,” he said. “I meant to say he was like a playboy on the front page of Time magazine”.
Easy mistake to make.
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Jaysus, I hope he didnt think Rosanna Davison was on the cover of Time.
Poor poor Mattie. Easy mistake I suppose! :P
It takes more than one tit to get on the cover of playboy
@ Kevin O’Sullivan
Mattie McGrath knew exactly what he was saying. He spoke his thoughts. Because that’s what he thinks of Kenny. Many of us believe that a lot of that crowd in the Dail think they are celebrities. They love the attention, good or bad.
christopher – you deserve more than 187 green thumbs for that one
And possibly 2 to stay there lol and remember Enda does not even have a pair of b***s
Comment of the week me thinks Christopher! Mint!
It’s Playtime…Yippee!
Now we know why they’re all flying kites…
Now that is a playboy cover I never want to see
Confusing Time Magazine with Playboy? Cleave it to that tit Mattie McGrath to have his mind on things like that. He has some front and has really made a major boob of himself here. Has he no support? It’s emBRArassing and chest not good enough in this day and age to have a public repbreastsentative’s mind wander to such trivial mammers
@David Kennedy
HHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! Post of the week. Thanks for the laugh, needed it!
This sums up the men we have leading the country, lets hope they don’t stick too many crayons up their noses when doing the budget, the Ralph Wiggum guide to politics
Seriously Desmond get a life, a slip of d tongue can happen to d best of us! Very funny…. Sure if u can’t take a joke!! In fairness to Mattie he’s one of d few that speaks without a script and says it as it is so if a few mistakes here and there makes it more interesting! IMO
Hi #, maybe you should consider getting a life, have a good look at the men and women elected to represent us, there is a serious lack of common sense evident in Dail, it was a funny comment but I would question how much of it did this ape meant as a joke, there is one man in the Dail that can walk the walk and talk the talk and thats Stephen Donnelly, the rest are lucky to have jobs, a lot like a mule with a spinning wheel, no one knows how they got it and are damned if they know how to use it!
Monorail!
Haha i can picture a 15 year old mattie up in his room with a stash of Time magazines wondering “i dont get why all the other lads in school love these – there’s no girls in here at all!!”
I’m surprised he can even read, suppose playboy suits his intellect
There are actually quiet good articles in Playboy. Wild hormonal rages are part of the human condition. Like you never googled over porn.
AH…but it was Tastefully done :-)
With a bit of luck his Time will soon be up and we will use the page to wipe you know what.
Ok Jimmy….who do we replace him with? We are not exactly spoiled for choice here. Martin? Adams? Ming? Mick?
Here here.
And as for the comment above;
How about the citizens of Ireland start a party with one representative from each town and put their ideas together , instead of letting the people who are in charge now rob us from everything we have and charge us for natural resources????
http://www.change.org/petitions/supporting-the-irish-nation-step-down-from-government
#Catherine -where exactly do you think our present TD’s came from? The people of Ireland did get together and sent people from each county. It’s called Democracy.
Ireland isn’t a democracy; it’s a republic.
Got an exclusive look from the Playboy Publishers folks. Its the front cover of the next edition. Whoah! http://alturl.com/sdhjf
Classic ha ha ha…
Enda has got his knockers
This story made me laugh, thanks Mattie, its not often I get to laugh at what is said in the Dail :-)
Me too, I think he said it just to wind Edna up !! They took the bait and Mattie went then for the kill with his. “I meant to say he was like a playboy on the front page of Time magazine”. :) A harmless bit of fun !
Mattie McGrath. A turncoat happy to ride the Fianna Fáil train into the ditch along with the Irish economy and our sovereignty before jumping off rat like when the end was nigh. Makes me sick some of the comments about him on here. Explains why we are where we are….
A turn coat he my be but at least he has a name.
Mattie McGrath the type of Irish politician who is actually quiet intelligent but insists on being dumb as fuc5.
Oh the irony…..*quite.
Like Dame Enda – a politician who is dumb as fckuk who insists on being …. ummmm dumb as fckek
What!! Totally anonymous comments now!! Not even a username??
Karl
I was just about to remark on this phenonomon myself ….
Journal @ What is the story with this ? How is it that totally annonymous comments can be left on here ?
Thank you .
Strange, I’m logged in via twitter but it won’t show my name?! It’s nothing I’m doing at this end!
They usually keep the c–ts for the middle pages in Playboy.
Hahaha brilliant!
#ang- when do you feature so?
Ah in fairness, Playboy was on his mind like… :)
was that gimp actually on the cover of time?! i thought that was a joke
It’s true. Check out the time magazine website.
Yes Wes,
the leader of your country was featured on the front of a very widespread magazine, and the article was very positive about the country and what he is doing to bring us back from the Fianna Fail bankruptcy
Why not try supporting for a change
Wes
It was the European edition ….. Unfortunately !
your alright jim, i’ll save my support for someone who deserves it
Sadly, yes, it’s true.
Jim
If it was true im sure it would get plenty of support.
Sadly…..
Yes he was. Incredible how so few cretins on hear noticed how positive the story was about Ireland and how sorely needed it was. Typical malcontents who get off talking down the country.
#Eileen- do you think you should pay all your taxes before commenting on the Taoiseach. If you’re not going to pay for state services I’m not sure what right you have to voice an opinion on them.
Cretins man or woman with no name? Possibly those who are commenting are living in the real world and know exactly what is going on in Ireland and what conditions some people are living under. But sure if your happy that Kenny gets his picture in Time magazine that’s fine but it would be better if you put some kind of name to your posts and that way I’d know I can ignore them in the future.
BTW I suspect if you read the constitution you may find it makes no suggestion that personal circumstances may decide if you are allowed to vote or not. Also those “state services” are already payed for through our taxes we all know the additional revenue will go to paying bondholders back
How can anyone respond to the posts here when there are no names on them ….
I have no doubt who they are in favor of and like their leader can only be accused of being
too bl**dy cowardly to face their accusers .
When was the last time Edna was in any form of public tv debate ?
That’s your problem, Kerry. You don’t understand the bigger picture. Just want to whine. That’s all you do on here. Were the Taoiseach to adopt your “the end is nigh” sentiment in a Time interview it would dissolve confidence in the country, put off investment and increase our borrowing rates. Now is that really that hard to understand? You need to read some papers that dont have a red banner headline. By the way, you don’t get to pick & choose which taxes you pay.
That’s your problem, Kerry. You don’t understand the bigger picture. Just want to whine. That’s all you do on here. Were the Taoiseach to adopt your “the end is nigh” sentiment in a Time interview it would dissolve confidence in the country, put off investment and increase our borrowing rates. Now is that really that hard to understand? You need to read some papers that dont have a red banner headline. By the way, so you know- you don’t get to pick & choose which taxes you pay.
I recognise you now …..
You’re the Hog ….Oink oink ! \ /
Two posts aimed at me repeating the same thing. Has Enda discovered the internet?
That’s the best retort you have, Kerry? Thought so.
Eileen- how can I put this: your opinion on the services I’m paying for means absolutely nothing to me when you’re not paying your share.
Your opinion is worth nothing as it is annonymous … So go away and turn off the computer it is way past your bed time ….
Ha ha ha …
I’ll do just that Eileen. I’ve a job to go to in the morning.
well if being a cretin means believing enda kenny and his lot are a bunch of knobs then i guess i am one!
it’s people like you (no name) giving these idiots support that has the place the way it is.
ps, don’t go using fancy words like cretin and malcontent if you cant spell the small ones, it’s here not hear.
Enda Kenny – Playboy of the Western World
My blood runs cold
My memory has just been sold
My ENDA is a Centrefold!
Any day now Simon Cowell will have him on as a judge on ‘Economy Idol’ alongside Shane Ross (we can’t tax our way back to prosperity), Bertie (it wasn’t my fault) & David McWilliams (I said this would happen. Didn’t I? Didn’t I???).
Eimear,
Give us one for Eddie Hobbs!!
And have FIVE people on a panel? Talk about too many cooks eh? Come on Sheila, we wouldn’t want to look stupid! *cut to photo of Enda playing golf with a whisk & remote control*
He’s on the cover of Time! That must mean everything is going to be OK. Oh thank you Enda for saving the country!
Ahhh just imaging Enda in a thong, winking at you with those Take Me Now eyes. Bet you won’t asleep tonight now…
Time is a magazine, read with both hands…
its about ‘time’ he would f**k off.. drumcondra mafia, part ll… “this time, its…. same cronyism, spineless, spin, backhander shite!” l mean did you read what he said today after AIB have put up their interest rate again?! that the ‘taxpayers should not be make this shortfall’ and backing the bank, in so doing?! are we nuts in this country or wat, complete hipocrite!
And who are the mortgage holders??????????? ENDA KENNY I wish for lots in life but as for the wish I have for you to get lost and stay lost I would give up ALL my other wishes gladly Enda Kucf fof
Actually would he not have been on the cover of PLAYGIRL?? (Sound of me shuddering…)
I’m surprised nobody has accused Mattie of making a Freudian slip. How times have changed. Imagine the furore if a politician had made such a slip, say thirty years ago. I think much moral questioning would have been directed at him then. Thankfully, we now inhabit a much more relaxed world regarding sexuality, and the faux moral outrage is conspicuous by its absence.
Now we know what FFer’s have been reading since the Irish Press went tits up
His missus already has it framed in the dining room at home…….oh dear you look like a white Obama .
LOL
I’d love to see Enda’s ugly mug on the back of a milk carton??
You’re no oil painting yourself. #sourthemilk
In fairness tho.
What the hell can the rest of Europe learn from him??
It’s amazing what the Americans fall for like.
Tell them come to an ordinary citizen of Ireland who is suffering the cuts, the taxes, the charges etc. etc, etc and see what they have to say.
And secondly he is NOT a prime minister, he is the Taoiseach. (More,s the pity)
Greece, Spain, Portugal could learn a whole lot from Enda Kenny. So to Brian Cowen, Bertie Ahern, Charlie Haughey.
It wasn’t the US edition of Time. Wrong again there, girl.
He’s not a backbencher.
Collins Dictionary defines a backbencher as a member of parliament who does not hold office in the government or opposition (i.e. Cabinet member, minister, or opposition spokesperson) so McGrath would fall into that category. It’s slightly more of a grey area because he’s not affiliated to a party but Independents have held positions too (e.g. Mary Harney during some of the last government) so they can be backbenchers too.
Definitely a backstabber, if not a backbencher
Christine
What is the story with all the annonymous comments here this evening , no names on them …..
Sorry for the delayed response on this one, Stephen. Our tech team is looking into it. Very strange.
Thanks, Christine. I stand corrected.
Can we not just ask Enda to leave through the exit on the left.Barrow boy Bill.meat factory with 160 jobs gone.what will he do to save them.if bill cant do it .Enda cant.can we the people call a general election .
Yes Audrey. A meat factory closure is obviously the Taoiseachs fault. After all, he inherited a sparkling economy with massive growth and doing roaring trade. Off with his head, I say!
Nah don’t want Kenny to loose his head. I just want him to resign or be removed from office for saying in the Dail that banks are more important then the citizens of Ireland that he was elected to in theory represent.
Yes, we can call for a general election but I think we’d need to take to the streets in massive numbers. I’m sure if this was done there certainly could be a change of government.
eh, a big cock on the front of playboy?
Playboy has many tits on the cover, time only had one.
Time and Playboy, just read them for the articles.
I would like my photo on Time magazine and I wonder if Enda could put a word in for me?
Haha gas!! Enda could do it really he is a tit!!
Stick Leo varadkar beside him and you’d have a huge pair of tits
Thanks Mattie, I really needed that image in my head of Enda on playboy.
God imagine if they did put him on playboy the magazine company would be gone in to recession from lack of sales!!!!! I’m still chuckling away as to what mattie said it so funny!!!,
If he was in Playboy you wouldn’t be able to close it with the big pr8ck in it.
I’ve never felt more like using the cover of time magazine as toilet paper lol
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