Talk:David McSavage

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the savage eye[edit]

Should it have its own article ?--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht ^Talk/_Stalk 18:32, 22 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yep. Ceoil 18:50, 23 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

No? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Doopa (talk • contribs) 18:34, 13 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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I have added in the following relevant information together with the appropriate reliable sources. In relation to the first paragraph which refers to McSavage's family, this has been added in by multiple editors on multiple occasions but removed by others with no explanation. This information is pertinent to the article and should be here as to wiki guidelines and should not be removed without a valid explanation

McSavage is the son of Annette Andrews and David Andrews,former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Foreign Affairs.^[1] He is brother to Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil MEP for the Dublin constituency, Sinead (who works for the charity organisation Goal), Clare and Mary.^[1] Former Fianna Fáil TD and MEP Niall Andrews was his Uncle, while his cousins include Chris Andrews, Sinn Féin TD for the constituency of Dublin Bay South and Ryan Tubridy, Irish television and radio personality and presenter of the The Late Late Show on Ireland's national broadcaster RTE.^[1] His grandfather Todd Andrews was active with the Irish Republican Army during the Irish War of Independence and his grandmother Mary Coyle, was a prominent member of Cumann na mBan.^[1] McSavage grew up in Blackrock, Dublin and he attended Willow Park School where he played the lead in plays and then Blackrock College where he was also involved in drama.^[1] He spent time in the United States, and then taught English language in Japan.^[1] He appeared as a street performer in Temple Bar.^[1]

During the 1986 Edinburgh Festival, he was arrested for profanity but the charges were subsequently dismissed in court, following his argument that the word war was more profane than penis.^[1]

In April 2016, McSavage was in court for not paying for a TV licence. He argued in his defence that he had genuine concerns of how, the national broadcaster, RTE spends the taxpayers money, whereby the judge rejected his argument and gave him the option of paying the outstanding arrears of €115 owned on his TV licence by June or face a fine and a conviction.^[2] However, McSavage failed to pay the arrears by June and was subsequently convicted and fined €125 (out of a possible €1,000 fine for a first offence) for failure to provide an up-to-date fully-paid TV licence and €50 for legal costs.^[3]^[4]

McSavage in 2017 and 2018 described his difficulties overcoming addiction to Alcohol and paying his rent due to unemployment.^[5]^[6] 79.154.37.64 (talk) 18:34, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

McSavage is father to two sons.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Siblings: Barry Andrews & David McSavage". The Irish Times. 12 February 2005. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ Tuite, Tom (22 April 2016). "David McSavage had no TV licence due to 'concerns' about RTÉ's spending". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ "Comedian David McSavage convicted and fined for not paying TV licence arrears". TheJournal.ie. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ "Comedian David McSavage convicted and fined over unpaid TV licence". Irish Examiner. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
^ Lynch, Donal (5 February 2018). "David McSavage on addiction, sex and why resentment fuels him". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
^ O'Connor, Siobhan (17 August 2017). "Irish comedian David McSavage admits: 'I'm struggling to pay the rent'". Irish Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

they mostly look fine to me. Ceoil (talk) 18:56, 19 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

[it-siblings-barry-andrews-david-mcsavage-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Siblings: Barry Andrews & David McSavage". The Irish Times. 12 February 2005. Archived from the original on 22 December 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[2] Tuite, Tom (22 April 2016). "David McSavage had no TV licence due to 'concerns' about RTÉ's spending". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[3] "Comedian David McSavage convicted and fined for not paying TV licence arrears". TheJournal.ie. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[4] "Comedian David McSavage convicted and fined over unpaid TV licence". Irish Examiner. 16 June 2016. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.

[5] Lynch, Donal (5 February 2018). "David McSavage on addiction, sex and why resentment fuels him". Irish Independent. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

[6] O'Connor, Siobhan (17 August 2017). "Irish comedian David McSavage admits: 'I'm struggling to pay the rent'". Irish Mirror. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.

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