REACTION: Danny Healy-Rae is in trouble over his 'Noah's Ark is fact' claims

The Kerry TD was defending his views on climate change in the latest issue of Hot Press.

There has been a strong reaction to Danny Healy-Rae's

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Speaking to Hot Press for their latest Electric Picnic edition, the Kerry TD defended

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“Everyone is entitled to their view. I’m basing my views on facts. The facts are there and history proves it. We had the Ice Age. We had Noah’s Ark… Those are facts.”

The reaction on Twitter has been swift and brutal, with Danny Healy-Rae trending from earlier this morning.

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— Ken Curtin 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 (@kencurtin) August 18, 2016

You know Danny Healy-Rae is right about Noah's Ark of course, because all the unicorns died in the flood. That's why you don't see any today

— Lord Leitrim (@Breffni61) August 18, 2016

I'm sure Danny Healy Rae is having a right laugh at the D4 twitterati spluttering into their muesli this morning...

— Declan Burke (@DeclanBurke2) August 18, 2016

Oh FFS Danny Healy-Rae has done it again. pic.twitter.com/fG94WYbaFK

— :o (@MorrisseyEnda) August 18, 2016

Others defended his comments, saying he was likely just using the story of Noah's Ark as an example of stories of ancient floods.

While others such as Lorna Bogue from the Green Party argued that the furore deflects from the actual issue of climate change.

Either way,

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Other highlights from the interview include his thoughts on why gay people shouldn't be allowed to adopt and why prostitution might be a problem in Waterford, but not Kerry.