Daniel McConnell: No gurriers or guttersnipes - the (long) list of banned Dáil insults

Did you know that calling someone 'corrupt' in the Dáil is not allowed? Yet Paul Gogarty’s “F**k You, Deputy Stagg” outburst in 2009 broke no rules.
Daniel McConnell: No gurriers or guttersnipes - the (long) list of banned Dáil insults

Did you know that calling someone 'corrupt' in the Dáil is not allowed? Yet Paul Gogarty’s “F**k You, Deputy Stagg” outburst in 2009 broke no rules.

A TD can certainly not call any other a “gurrier, a guttersnipe, a hypocrite, a bloody hypocrite or a rat”.

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