Profile of Mattie McGrath: Pro-life in the fast lane

McGrath’s political opponents say he is much more comfortable opposing policies than proposing them

Factfile

Name: Mattie McGrath

Age:59

Appearance: grey-haired, bespectacled, terrier-like

Newsworthiness: the independent Tipperary TD will be getting a lot of airtime as one of the few TDs willing to publicly voice his opposition to repealing the Eighth Amendment

At one point, Mattie McGrath had ten vans with his name on them travelling around Co Tipperary. He would drive to a funeral in one of them, so that even if the mourners did not ...