Mattie McGrath storms out of Eighth Amendment committee

Independent TD Mattie McGrath has stormed out of today’s Oireachtas Eighth Amendment Committee hearing. The committee is tasked with weighing up the arguments for and against the retention of the Eighth Amendment. Just before leaving, the pro-life Tipperary TD had called the committee a “charade” and its chair “biased” before exiting the room. In the moments before he left, a witness to the committee Professor Veronica O’Keane, Professor of Psychiatry at TCD, had said that she was uncomfortable with the questions McGrath was putting to her, as they were outside her area of expertise. Then followed a back and forth between the chair of the committee, Senator Catherine Noone, and McGrath about the processes of the committee, what was and wasn’t allowed, and whether there was a bias present. TheJournal.ie is an Irish news website that invites its users to shape the news agenda. Read, share and shape the day’s stories as they happen, from Ireland, the world and the web. Submit your clips to [email protected] Stay up to date with all of the latest videos by subscribing to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/thejourna... Download our free iOS app: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/app/thejo... Download our free Android app https://play.google.com/store/apps/de... Twitter: twitter.com/thejournal_ie Facebook: facebook.com/TheJournal.ie Instagram: instagram.com/thejournal_ie Snapchat: thejournal.ie