“Right now it’s a case of Ireland last, and every other place first. We want to put Ireland first”: Independent TDs Mattie McGrath, Michael Collins and others on the example of the Dutch Farmers Party in starting a new political party to offer rural Ireland public an “alternative” to “Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee.” #gript
“Another sell-out by this government…we lie down to the big moguls in Europe, and to Hell with the Irish”: Mattie McGrath TD on fishermen being paid to destroy their boats. #gript
“They must think that people in this country are foolish”: Rural Independent TDs react to #Budget2023, saying that the giveaway budget is merely an attempt to “win popularity” with the public.