Talk:David McSavage

the savage eye
Should it have its own article ?--— ⦿⨦⨀Tumadoireacht Talk/Stalk 18:32, 22 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Yep. Ceoil  18:50, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

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

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McSavage is the son of Annette Andrews and David Andrews,former Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is brother to Barry Andrews, Fianna Fáil MEP for the Dublin constituency, Sinead (who works for the charity organisation Goal), Clare and Mary. 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. 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. 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. He spent time in the United States, and then taught English language in Japan. He appeared as a street performer in Temple Bar.

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.

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. 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.

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

McSavage is father to two sons.


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