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Feighan: “I have the right to defend myself. I have the right to defend the Taoiseach.”
Kind of puts his so-called ‘apology’ in context.
I have a felling the only thing Feighan is genuinely sorry about is that he didn’t check to see if the camera was on him before he assaulted an elderly man.
Give him a week and he’ll be talking about how he saved Kenny’s life.
Sounds like a ninja warrior al-right. Fool and as for the FG candidate wanting to draw a line is she happy that a FG TD is being investigated for an alleged assault ?
Kerry she’s hoping people will move on, forget and vote for her.She hasn’t a hope it’s between FF and Ming’s candidate.
Well in fairness to her who needs enemies when you have friends like Frank.
Feighan has destroyed her chances of getting elected.
Only problem is ‘she’ is a he.
The best” legal advice ” Feighan can get, is to resign. He’s on the out-tray anyway!
The election candidate for FG is a she.
Fluich … you are confusing this story with the Seanad debacle.
Mis read the situation, can happen, he might have thought the elderly man was an elderly assassin , but this scuffle headline is still bugging me, you need two to scuffle, one guy digging the ribs out of another, is an assault, of course it sounds so un TD like, so we must play it down.
He ll defend himself and Taoiseach .. Wtf Why doesn’t he try defending the people of this country for a change !
Why can’t there be consequences for this man behaving like an total knob????
- You wouldn’t even see it from the irritating gang of 15 year old tracker teens hanging around outside the Spar shop FFS.
eh no… only hired guns of security, usually garda, have that right to defend your taoiseach, not you feighan, nor should you have the right to take the law into your own hands, espeically when you’re on camera. not a good move. sack him! throw him to the lions.
Somehow I think Feighan didn’t know he was on camera.
And one has to ask why it was being recorded – unless of course they wanted to create an incident.
RTE wanted to create an incident?, seriously try harder.
LOL! The minions are really clutching at straws over this….
RTE offers the most servile, limp-wristed approach to interviewing Government ministers and TDs; to suggest that RTE, of all people, wanted to create an incident that would make things awkward for the Fine Gael and the Government is beyond clutching at straws, it’s a pathetic attempt to defend the indefensible.
To be defending himself and the Taoiseach he first has to be under attack, he wasn’t. The guy was just standing beside him and he (Feighan) attacked the elderly man by striking him multiple times in an unprovoked attack.
Assault.
2.—(1) A person shall be guilty of the offence of assault who, without lawful excuse, intentionally or recklessly—
(a) directly or indirectly applies force to or causes an impact on the body of another, or
(b) causes another to believe on reasonable grounds that he or she is likely immediately to be subjected to any such force or impact,
without the consent of the other.
(2) In subsection (1) (a), “force” includes—
(a) application of heat, light, electric current, noise or any other form of energy
NON-FATAL OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON ACT, 1997
harm” means harm to body or mind and includes pain and unconsciousness
Assault causing harm.
3.—(1) A person who assaults another causing him or her harm shall be guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding £1,500 or to both, or
(b) on conviction on indictment to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years or both
Feighan is not a close protection officer, he should should stick to pretending to be a TD!
Irish politicians are the laughing stock of Europe – for corruption, cronyism and skirmishing.
They do all three in Dail, often at the same time! And this story is widely reported.
Next – Enda punches Twink, in the gob? On the way to mass….
And decapitates her bouler with a hurley during the half time show in the camogie final!!
A desperate attempt to ingratiate with An Taoiseach and pick up a juicy Junior Ministry. “I sorted him out for you Taoiseach, ohh glorious leader.”
Actions of a thug,not fit for public office
Nasty and unacceptable behaviour by Feighan. Being a TD does not confer a special privilege to act as a thug.
I wonder if we are now seeing paranoia and a sensecof siege mentality.
The McNulty fiasco suggests a sense of a Party anf Government losing touch.
Don’t think it’s paranoia Tony more like arrogance and the belief they are above everybody else.
This Government has proven that they cannot be embarrassed. Stroke politics, scamming money from charities…sorry I meant lobbing fees. Millions on “consultancy fees” being pushed around for external companies to finance the privatization of our water supply without our consent. Women dying in maternity units because of some hokus pokus primitive belief system forbids medical care for women during pregnancy.
I think one would find it very difficult to embarrass a person that belongs to such a heartless bunch of self serving pension collecting liars.
Any reporting on the Edenmore 9 protesters court case Daragh?
Currrently being spun out of existence on newstalk/today fm. News reporting it as Edenmore protesters facing further legal action by gmc/sierra, instead of edenmore protestors being cleared by judge.
Easy seeing that the same person who owns both stations owns gmc/sierra.
Blatant conflict of interest here.
Probably owns the judge too!
Buyable Judges in Ireland surely not! There have been no favours shown to the bankers or politicians, mind you garlic was never an issue here. Only a ruthless zeal to protect ordinary politicians, bankers and venture capitalists is evident among the judicial classes.
What’s his name???
Seems to me the whole incident was a breach of security protocol more than anything else. The only person who should have been standing that close to the car door when Enda was about to exit is one of the the protection team not some TD. They did spring in to action in the end but it was all a bit to late then.
The security team were busy keeping the ‘flowerpots’ under surveillance, after that rogue flowerpot attacked Enda during Ursula Halligans interview.
Please ,please,please ,this is a load of codswallop ! Also ,he did not mis-bloody-read the situation . ‘HE’ wanted to open a door that Enda himself was opening .
Maura Hopkins look awe full lonely in that picture….a phrase comes to mind ” with friends like Frank Feighan who needs enemies ? “
Who is Maura Hopkins FFS ?
Another example of the ignorant amateurish folk we walk the walk with.
He want’s to draw a line under it ….. He should be charged with assault..
what the hell was John Mc Dermot doing? pushing from behind deserved a fair shoulder in return… handbags
Try looking at the full footage.
“Deserved a fair shoulder in return”?? Did you experience difficulty seeing the FG thug forcefully connecting his elbow four times into the senior citizen? Climb back into your handbag
Emer, you like the tough stuff?
Goalkeepers truly are a protected lot.
I can just see Frank running alongside Enda’s motorcade.. Clint Eastwood eat your heart out
It’s a public path .He has the right to stand there !!!
As Pat Rabbitt would say “that’s what u would say coming up to an election”
mr feighan what do u mean u had 2 defend urself,mr mc dermott was standing on public place,u sir overeacted,like u always do.it seems 2 me politions can get away with anything these days.And again he will get out of this one.
The man is an ignorant arrogant pig. He like that pox Kenny will if there is justice in this world be on the political scrap heap after the next election -
I am usually simply too lazy to comment on articles that appear here, but this one takes the biscuit!
Who the hell does this paid public servant Mr Feighan think he is?
Feighan: “I have the right to defend myself. I have the right to defend the Taoiseach.”
Then go and do what any forward thinking person should do, set up a cordoned off area, which clearly highlights to all bystanders what area of the vicinity they may and may not populate. It’s not rocket science!
Instead we see a self-appointed “Chief Rambo of Roscommon “ in full swing!
I watched the video several times., It is clear that Mr. McDermott´s positioning on the footpath in relation to the passenger door of the car was better timed, which clearly resulted in nothing more than a bully boy outburst, unbecoming of a person holding a current TD position in Dáil Eireann.
We all make mistakes and no one is perfect, but we can all have the common decency to know when a mistake was made and make applicable amends
He’s got nothing left to defend .
As someone who voted for Finna geal
Horrified speechless at this thug who seems to think that he can trow his weight around . Old style bully bit tactics shame on fg . They must go now because of this debacle !?
He was subjected to years of harassment by the action committee group because him and his folks lied when they said that their aim was to keep hospital in Roscommon. Simple as that!!!!??!!!! …. Liars. They are all the same :-( They did the same thing in Monaghan
“I’m not a politician, I’m a community person,” best quote ever
FG Muppet !
I say we all take Franks example and throw an elbow into the ribs of the next Fine Gael TD you see. They don’t mind at all at all, just ask Frank. All is fair in politics, even throwing an elbow in the gut!
It’s possible that Feighan wrongly believed that he was going to be attacked. Therefore, he can argue that he acted in self-defence.
Ciaran, aren’t you the bloke who was also making excuses for the Israelis blowing up those children on the beach because they believed they were targetting Hamas?
Yes thats our Ciaran
It’s the defence that Garda Donal Corcoran used when he was on trial after the Reclaim the Streets riot of 2002. He was acquitted.
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