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Good luck, babe! Paul Gogarty has moved on from Deputy Stagg by quoting Chappell Roan in the Dáil

“You’re standing face to face with I told you so.”

INDEPENDENT PAUL GOGARTY quoted uber-popular American singer Chappell Roan as he challenged the incoming government in the Dáil this afternoon. 

The Dublin Mid-West TD quoted the singer as he gave his prediction of what the country will be like in five years’ time.

Addressing the govenrment, Gogarty said:

“What comes to mind is Chappell Roan, painting a picture of what it’ll be like in five years: ‘When you think about me, all of those years ago, you’re standing face to face with I told you so’.

He added:

“It doesn’t have to turn out that way, though. If we work constructively, we might have better options.”

He added that the government needs to “get moving” on key issues, such as housing, homelessness, and health. 

The list, he says, is “endless”.

Chappell Roan has soared to stardom in the last year. The quote shared by Gogarty today comes from her hit Good Luck, Babe. 

It’s not Gogarty’s first iconic Dáil moment – he previously gained notoriety for his 2009 interaction with then-Labour Party TD Emmett Stagg.

Gogarty – a former Green TD who lost his seat in 2011 – was re-elected in last year’s general election. 

Aside from a brief detour into his own attempted musical career under the stage name ‘His Sweet Surprise’, he’s worked as a full-time public representative since gaining his council seat in 2014, including a spell as Lord Mayor of South Dublin County Council. 

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    Mute David Cotter
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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:04 PM

    Ahh Paul gogerty ….reminds me of Nelson Mandela..such a statesman

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:17 PM

    He should’ve given him the Deputy Stag treatment

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    Mute Louis Jacob
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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:38 PM

    Another good thing to come out of this is that FFG tds all over the country have had the rug pulled out from under them. It would be a good time to five them a call if you need something. They’ll be hard at it.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:43 PM

    Puppets with string dangling tailbacks, of yes sir no sir.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:17 PM

    Seriously how the hell did this plum get elected! Again FFS

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:28 PM

    @joey toomey: How the hell does Lowry keep getting re-elected ?

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 3:09 PM

    @Mr Inbetween: By people voting for him, we live in a democracy Wallace was elected after he evaded tax and stole from employees pension fund, loads of examples.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 3:16 PM

    @Paul O’Mahoney: Another good example is Bertie, people still voted for him despite the fact that his explanation for how he gathered wealth ( he said he won his bungs in the bookies and didn’t have a bank account despite being Minister for Finance) is the biggest porkie ever told by a politician in this country.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 3:25 PM

    @joey toomey: Because for his constituency it’s gold to have crook like him in The Oireachtas. And good luck to them. The way things are; you can’t blame them for that. The big question is how he ended up as kingmaker in such a complicated national interest negotiation. What is the story there?

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 3:45 PM

    @Mr Inbetween: The was NO BANK BAILOUT

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:02 PM

    Muppets quotes muppet, breaking news

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:04 PM

    @pee wee: He didn’t quote you

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:07 PM

    @Brian D’Arcy: hilarious, slow hand clap etc

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:20 PM

    @Brian D’Arcy: bravo

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:48 PM

    It’s a sad day in Irish politics when even the Greens don’t want you Gogarty.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 3:18 PM

    @Dog Tired: The man works hard for his constituents, especially those less privileged, so the reward was that they elected him. Also he walked from the greens and stood by that decision.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 3:05 PM

    Thankfully guys like this are irrelevant

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 2:17 PM

    That is most unparliamentary language.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 7:55 PM

    The Dublin electorate have found their Healy Rae’s

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 10:15 PM

    Just a talentless plank quoting another talentless plank. Nothing to see here folks, just more signs of how basic intelligence is rapidly reducing with every new Dáil composition that comes into existence. You get what you deserve and that’s clearly the case with the Irish electorate considering we continually vote incompetent, bumbling idiots into office. Gone are the days where the ideas of serious intellectuals would be quoted during debates.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 3:56 PM

    This is incredibly cringey. God I hate these freaks.

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 9:19 PM

    That Gogarty guy gives me the creeps…

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    Jan 23rd 2025, 10:23 PM

    He should have called out stagg for his car trips to the Phoenix Park wink wink

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    Jan 24th 2025, 10:17 AM

    In the most unparliamentary language…. F u deputy stagg, f u. Best Dail quote ever

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