Shock moment Garda ‘shoves' Danny Healy-Rae in front of All-Ireland final crowd as Kerry TD vows to complain
The 71-year-old politician was preparing to support his home county at the
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Danny Healy-Rae was entertaining Kerry supporters before he was 'pushed'
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The Garda appeared to push Mr Healy-Rae in the video
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A video shows Mr Healy-Rae entertaining
A uniformed
But, as Deputy Healy-Rae walks by the officer, the garda appears to
The crowd reacts by booing the garda and Mr Healy-Rae -
who was wearing a
hat and lanyard
- turns to talk with the garda before walking away.
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Speaking to The Irish Examiner, Healy-Rae claimed the garda also "effed and blinded" at him during the alleged incident and vowed to make a formal complaint about the "isolated" event.
He said: "I don't know what happened. I was walking here, minding my own business and the next thing this garda shoved me.
'He needs to be brought to account for it."
Healy-Rae told how he has a lot of respect for An Garda Siochana and acknowledged they have a "tough job", claiming that what happened to him yesterday afternoon was a "very, very isolated incident".
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And the Deputy told how he had been inundated with comments from other Kerry fans who saw the incident or footage of it.
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Footage of the incident was caught on camera yesterday and has since gone viral - being reposted across multiple pages and being viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
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In the match, Healy-Rae's home county of Kerry secured their
as they
Some 82,300 fans from Donegal and Kerry travelled from the furthest reaches of the country to make it to the match in Croke Park.
Kerry's star man
lit up
with 0-9, as Joe O'Connor's stunning goal capped a
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Meanwhile deflated Donegal boss Jim McGuinness
- and cursed their mistakes as Kerry fired FIVE two-pointers to their none.
He said: 'We are a wee bit raw. We didn't perform, Kerry did perform. That's the bottom line.
"They started very early in the game and they got a foothold in the game."
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Danny claimed the garda 'effed and blinded' at him during the alleged incident
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Danny Healy-Rae has vowed to file a complaint following the alleged 'pushing'
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