When Piggies Fly

Mary Mitchell-O`Connor, taking a wrong turn at Albuquerque.

I wasn't going to post anything on "Piggygate" as everyone in Dail Eireann can go and die for all I care, but the more this thing continues to go on, the madder I'm getting. This incident has done untold damage to the efforts of getting more women involved in Irish politics. It shows up how unequal things are for the sexes. Even when the woman in question wants to move on from it, the media and public deem it incorrect for a woman in Dail Eireann to "suffer" criticism, and continue to bring the topic up.

Let's take a reality check here. Six months ago the Prime Minister of Ireland was Brian "fatso" Cowen. He was openly criticised on his size and general slobbish appearance. Simon Coveny tweeted one morning that the Taoiseach sounded hungover, which was an unsubstantiated claim, and Cowen had to apologise after days of constant criticism of him. Mary Mitchell-O`Connor gets called "Miss. Piggy" over what she's wearing and the world says it's the worst thing that's happened since the Holocaust. And lets not forget, the man who made the statement, Mick Wallace, has garnered so much flack from the media and other members of the Dail over what he personally wears that new dress-code rules for the Dail have been drawn up to stop him.



To top it all off, and what got me to do this post... We are told not criticise people on their looks but on their actions, and yet when Luke Flannigan informed other TD's around him that Mary Mitchell-O`Connor was the woman who drove down a flight of steps outside Leinster house, he was criticised for "unfairly bringing up ancient history, that should be forgotten". Yeah man, fuck those penalty points people have for dangerous driving, that's all ancient history! Ancient fucking history, it happened in March!

All that said, why Mick Wallace and "da boyz" where having a big auld laugh and joke in the Dail is another thing, but at least they were present, which is unusual for Irish politicians. I, for one, shall give no special treatment to any politician, no matter what they've got dangling in their pants. All politicians are shit. That's equality right there.


Some typical Mary Mitchell-O`Connor attire... but look at Brian Hayes slipping off to the Dail bar. Slimy fuckers, the lot of them.