Commotion breaks out in European Parliament chamber – Sinn Fein’s Matt Carthy insists @PhilHoganTD has not answered his questions #PhilHogan
— Independent.ie (@Independent_ie) October 2, 2014
Hearing commences here
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I’ve been watching this online – there was no commotion really. The Indo is being ridiculous.
Hogan has done well, kept with cool and not risen to taunts from Flanagan or McCarthy. The format is strict – MEPs ask brief questions and the Commissioner-Designate answers. It doesn’t lend itself to debate and the Committee chair turns off MEPs mikes if they keep talking.
I find that keeping calm and collected is a skill many of the best liars have.
Also vegetarians and corner forwards.
Gwan Big Phil – shove it up them murderers!
Ück you
Join the peace process RW.
Well, considering they just dug up another IRA murder victim yesterday, I think there’s no harm in reminding ourselves what kind of people they are and where they came from. The Peace Process doesn’t require us to develop collective amnesia. We just have to tolerate them.
It’s probably just the photo, but Matt looks like the kid at the end of the film ‘Big’ when he’s still wearing the suit
http://i.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/article/3/7/7/33377.jpg?v=1
Stop making sense.
He looks like the “After” guy in a Slim-Fast ad…
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This is probably not going to go down well here but Big Phil is extremely well suited for this Ag Com role…. As an experienced enforcer, he’s perfect to deal with the French, the Brits, the Germans and the Yanks…..
You mean he’s good at ignoring democratic processes.
Being an EU Commissioner does not require adherence to many ‘democratic’ processes. More Imperial Czar So yeah. And he’d be pretty good at it….
That’s rich, coming from a shinner.
Guy sitting behind him is playing trumpet.
It’s an over weight Jerry Springer picking his nose with a fork.
*snortle*
Or sticking a fork up his nose
God damn Bobby! *Shakes fist angrily at Bobby*
A Sinn Féin/IRA member not respecting democratic procedures. Shocking.
There is no IRA. Join the Peace Process.
Did you just try use the force ?
nearly choked on my coffee!!!
There is a long tradition of psychical-force republicanism on this island, and it must be respected.
And there’s no bodies either. Nope. None at all! What are you talking about!?
Oh, well there’s that one obviously. But sure what’s a corpse or two amongst friends??
(As someone said above – “peace process” doesn’t mean “forget-that-these-guys-are-still-hiding-the-bodies process”)
+1
No mainstream political party would ever assist in the murders of anyone. The IRA got no help from the Gardaí when they murdered Harry Breen and Bob Buchanan.
Gardaí RUC
Hahaha… Phil, look at him there, the new ‘blue’ suit an’ all, it’s a wonder he didn’t get a yellow tie as well.
Gimpy self-serving muppet.
And there’s a “there’s always one” behind McCarthy
Doing well, taking the spoofers to task.
tbf, Matt Carthy got pwned. Rolled on. Forked.
Nice €1000 suit there Phil, looking sharp for a big oaf.
and the bit at the beginning, his comment to Mairead McGuinness. Before he realised the stream was live.