People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy said the use of the word was"non-acceptable".
Independent TD Mattie McGrath compared Covid-19 emergency legislation to"apartheid" when speaking in the Dáil on Wednesday .Addressing Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney on the topic of extending the emergency powers, McGrath said the move would be"beyond comprehension".
"To think that you want to hold on to this power grab for another three months till this Christmas as well when communities and families and business people have suffered so much and they're trying to get up off their knees and you want to introduce this.
Ass
Except it is apartheid. I speak dutch, it literally means 'a state of exclusion'. The problem here is with the proponents of modern medical apartheid, who do not like to be confronted with accurate labelling of their disgraceful, backward, illiberal policies.
Good man Mattie
i wonder how many people mandela and his friends murdered
Imagine writing for a publication with a wide circulation and not knowing what the word 'rival' meant.
Wow lots of anti vax nutters in the comments.Their tweets should be deleted but that’s Twitter for you.
Ridiculous comment by you people . Am I a rival now
As someone who is an active victim of this discrimation. I feel the use of apartheid is appropriate. Of course the cheerleaders of discrimination are going to condemn it. They are the same people who would have told Nelson Mandela to accept his status.
Good man
Pity his 'rivals' weren't so quick to condemn other politicians noopposition
“Even his rivals”.....are his rivals not the most likely to unite in condemning him? Who writes this drivel? Good man Mattie for calling out clear discrimination.
Segregation and discrimination, the division and exclusion of any person, for any reason, whatsoever, is apart hood or in Afrikaans apartheid. Well done mattiemcgrathtd for saying it how it is. These vax passes are as bad as the dompass (dumb pass) once used in SA.
Tipperarys finest only outdone by that other Tipp man Lowry, well done Tipp
GROAN
People having their land, political rights, sometimes separating from their children, work rights and being plundged into poverty etc. is exactly the same as not being allowed in the pub 🙄 Jesus wept !!
To be fair, mattiemcgrathtd isn’t the brightest bulb in the Dáil and probably doesn’t know how to spell apartheid, never mind its dark history. The man is a national embarrassment and should be ashamed of his ignorance.
What an absolute tool Mattie McGrath is.