The Real David Norris

He received 16 years of disability payments as a Trinity lecturer -I am not sure it was ever properly diagnosed,some rare form of hepatitis but was still capable of carrying out full time duties as a senator earning in excess of €60,00 per annum.

The man is an absolute fraud but I am sure his latest disgraceful comments will be partially excused by his recent ill health.

Sounds like the OP had no joy with the Senator. I agree with that last line 100% though.

A hideous individual ...and to think the Irish people were once warming to the idea of making him President!

It looks as if the betfair police are active again ...opening lines of this thread missing , in action no doubt , can someone fill me in on what was said...thanks...

Sickening listening to Senatress Ivana Bacik soft-pedalling on the loathsome Norris -even after he blatantly insults a woman in a national forum and hasn't got the decency to apologise properly ( no surprise there).
The upside is that people might see this as yet more reason to abolish that monstrosity of an institution that provides a cosy platform for a bombastic boor like Norris.

I thought as much Wildmanfromborneo , MIND YOUR BACK , freedom of speech can be regarded by some as a threat ....

wildmanfromborneo , A REAL GOOD POST FROM BUZZER OVER ON G/BETTING CALLED A LITTLE LIGHT READ , I ONLY READ THE FIRST COUPLE , VERY INTERESTING RE GAMBLING ....

MIND YOUR BACK

post removed due to the obvious insult to all us UCD alumni.  mr norris, naturally, an all time trinity man.
the delicious irony we get with most liberals unmasked yet again, he promotes all sorts of tolerances and denounces bullying and abuse, nonetheless when his real skin is revealed we find an intolerant bully prepared to take a cheap shot at a relatively unknown lady. anyone who says they are a liberal are generally a liberal only when it suits.

THANKS THE GOTCHEE , I find myself agreeing with you there keen leader , i sense in the shifting of the sand  , They are starting to look over their shoulder , Their spokesman has been found out....AGAIN....

kl---> bullseye.
Mr. Norris' mask has well and truly slipped ...though  I always sensed he was an odious toad.

His so called apology made very interesting reading!Ivana Bacik's reaction might have been slightly different if it were Michael Healy Rae who made the comments!!

Norris has been shown as what he really is. Many of us have known this for years but the RTEs and Dublin fours have pushed his agendas for years. It also just says it all about the Seanad. A complete waste of money. Has the Seanad ever achieved anything. Good riddance.

i like ivana,she has got the smarts....a very bright,passionate woman!if she had the looks ,she would be dynamite to a full blooded male like myself!

I wonder what John Inverdale would say if he met Ivana!

yeah!i guess i am a bit of a sexist!...brains and looks,u might marry them....brains and no looks u might give her a bit of a dart depending on how much drink has been taken and scarper but i tell ya sport,i wanted both and i make no bones about it.

Surely if he was disabled , and receiving benefit from the state  , at the same time as working as a senator and receiving a salary .   The state should inquire if they are entitled to redress ...