Letters to the Editor: Comments show Mattie McGrath has a poor grasp of history
Mattie McGrath’s comments in the Dáil have caused considerable pain to the Jewish community. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Is it truly possible that Mattie McGrath doesn’t understand how painful and offensive his analogy between the prospective Covid passport legislation for access to indoor dining and the enforced wearing of the yellow star by German Jews in the 1930s is?
When Mr McGrath castigated the government in Tuesday’s Dáil debate by querying “are we back to 1933 in Germany? We’ll be all tagged in the yellow and the mark of the beast will be on us”, it showed a breathtaking lack of historical understanding and empathy.
