David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

This is a quite extraordinary thing. He went on to talk about Arnold Schwarzenegger hosting a TV show. The man obviously suffers from what the late Provost Mahaffy called verbal diarrhoea accompanied by mental constipation, but spreading the idea of fake news is extraordinarily dangerous.Alternative facts are just lies. This is the world of George Orwell's newspeak. Yesterday an Irish-American spoke on Newstalk and described the mass grave in Tuam as fake news and lies. This is the astonishing degree to which the matter is being taken. The man seemed to be completely unfazed by the fact that many hundreds of children had apparently been tossed into a sewage tank. It is the most repulsive thing of all. Despite the fact that President Trump is unlikely to be following our proceedings today, it is important to take note of the standards to which we expect people to adhere in public life.