Clare Daly and Mick Wallace lodge High Court case for defamation against RTE

Why have I never seen a picture of these pair where they don't look like a pair of Hobo's ;)
 
And Kermit and Miss Piggy have lodged proceedings complaining they were likened to Wallace and Daly.
 
Er, they're both muppets. Don't overthink this.

BTW it was Wallace (ably assisted by fellow Muppet Ming) who referred to another female TD as Miss Piggy while sniggering to each other in the Dáil chamber.

www.thejournal.ie

Mick Wallace labels Mary Mitchell O'Connor 'Miss Piggy'

Wallace is recorded in conversation with fellow independents Luke Ming Flanagan and Shane Ross.
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Brendan Burgess said:
And equating a man with a frog? That is not right.

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Call someone a frog isn't exactly a well known insult Brendan as you well know. Calling someone a pig is. Equating a woman with a pig even more so again...

It's your site. It's obvious the posting guidelines only really count when they suit you. But when did calling anyone 'Muppets' become acceptable?

It's all very funny lads (And I bet all of us are men). By all means have a go at them for their attire and it's suitability for certain occasions but laughing at peoples appearance in a general sense on the back of a picture is infantile and puerile.

And then the comeback is well Mick called someone Miss Piggy........ Seriously like a school yard
 
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Sunny said:
Equating a woman with a pig even more so again...
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Why choose to make this a gender thing? Pigs come in both genders and men are frequently labled as such.

Frog is often used as a slur, particularly based on ethnicity, they are considered slimey and unattractive, but interesting you chose to ignore that.
 
Sunny said:
Calling someone a pig is. Equating a woman with a pig even more so again...
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Nobody has called anyone a pig. The two politicians have been renamed as TV or film comedy/cartoon characters, like Tom & Jerry, Speedy Gonzales & Roadrunner, Laurel & Hardy, Cha & Moya, etc. Gather some sense of perspective about yourself, for crying out loud. This is Shooting the Breeze; consider it shot.
 
That is a really great piece of investigative journalism.

A 10-month investigation by The Irish Times to track the international footprint of the two MEPs has revealed their outsized profile in the state-controlled media operations of various authoritarian regimes.

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Request to bar reporter from parliament​

Daly did not respond when approached for comment about the contents of this article outside the voting chamber of the European Parliament. When asked specifically whether she stood by her praise of the PMF, she did not respond, and walked away.

Wallace said “No thanks”, and subsequently remained silent other than to occasionally laugh in response to questions.

The MEPs then called security and requested the Irish Times reporter be barred from European Parliament, this newspaper was informed. The reporter currently remains accredited with access to the parliament.

The two MEPs did not respond to follow-up calls and emails.

Daly and Wallace have a growing reputation among Irish journalists as combative figures to cover, who use complaints and the implied threat of legal action to quash reporting.

This week the MEPs both separately lodged High Court proceedings against the broadcaster [broken link removed] concerning alleged defamation. The details of what it regards have not been released.

A report on RTÉ’s Drivetime programme about their activities in the European Parliament was pulled from public access following a complaint last year.
 
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