Are you a fan of the Late Late Show on RTÉ? If so, you probably heard Patrick Kielty’s pre-show monologue where he linked Mary Lou McDonald’s name with the show ‘Traitors’. RTÉ says it was satire; SF’s Louise O’Reilly says it is a phrase used by those on the far right and that it had been. used in a death threat to her Party leader. Whaddyatink?
It’s almost certain that an election will be held in the twenty-six counties at the end of November. Will the electorate vote with a disapproving memory of Sinn Féin’s series of much-criticised moments?Or will they figure that getting somewhere to live is more important than whether Michelle O’Neill did or didn’t look at Michael McMonagle or if a Shinner committed the sin against the Holy Spirit when s/he damaged the painting of a former Belfast City Lord Mayor?
William Crawley interviewed Rev Harold Goode during the week, and was keen to know the details of the IRA decommissioning he witnessed. What Crawley didn’t do was raise the question of loyalist decommissioning. So here’s your starter for 10: did loyalists ever decommission?And if not why not, and why are politicians on all sides screaming their indignation? Or maybe it happened while we were all asleep??
All this and, as always, much much more…
if they have problems transitioning, any time a member of drug gangs is caught, cut their testicles off. Obviously they can provide their own drugs
Steven – ouch! Maybe just a wee bit excessive…
Sinn Fein can’t even solve the high child poverty levels in West Belfast, despite all the years they’ve represented the area. What makes you think they can solve the problems in the whole of Ireland?