Wiffy code: Fidelma Healy Eames says she was pronouncing French word for ’WiFi’

A gaffe-prone politician claims she was speaking in French when people thought she was mispronouncing the word ’WiFi’.

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames has spoken out about the attention her unusual pronounciation of the word 'WiFi' has received over the last few days.

While discussing the country's dependence on freely available internet in her discussion of the proposed Harmful and Malicious Electronic Communications Bill 2015, Healy Eames confused many people by talking about a 'wiffy code'.