Slugger O'Toole

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Scáth Shéamais has commented 221 times (4 in the last month).

1. Comment on The PUL Community and the Peace Process: An Audit
   on 21 May 2013 at 5:01 pm

   Dr Aaron Edwards has a background in researching loyalism

   Is there any chance that Aaron Edwards is the PRO of the PUP?

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2. Comment on Gerry Adams (and Sammy Wilson) putting on a Poor Mouth over £4 Billion of ‘elusive’ cuts?
   on 17 May 2013 at 12:55 pm

   £4 billion was cut from the Six-County budget as a result of George Osborne’s spending review of October 2010. These cuts were factored into Stormont’s Budget 2011-15, which I believe Sinn Féin voted in favour of.

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3. Comment on Billy Hutchinson: talking at rallies and protests doesn’t necessarily make you a leader
   on 17 May 2013 at 9:28 am

   Bill is leader of the Progressive Unionist Party but always refers to himself as a loyalist. How does he distinguish between the two? Is there actually a difference between them, aside from paramilitarism perhaps?

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4. Comment on Political Drama: What Drama?
   on 24 April 2013 at 4:56 pm

   I’d have thought the event being hosted as part of the Belfast Film Festival might have been worth a mention.

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5. Comment on Why is the BBC ghettoising NI regional outputs?
   on 30 March 2013 at 1:47 pm

   I think Kate Adie’s statement, quoted in the original piece, points toward the reason for this ‘ghettoisation’ – people in Britain just aren’t interested in hearing about the North of Ireland, especially when it’s conflict-related. Added to that the the disinterest of network (i.e. London) in “regional” programming – especially Scottish, Welsh and of course Irish.

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6. Comment on Meath East: We’ve seen it all before
   on 30 March 2013 at 1:43 pm

   The last time the party [FG] defended a seat at a by-election and lost was 1968.

   Actually I think it was December 1970.

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7. Comment on Imagine … TEDx talks by Peter Robinson, Martin McGuinness and others … under the gaze of Lord Craigavon
   on 28 March 2013 at 12:34 pm

   Take Joceyln Bell Burnell out of the equation, and John D’Arcy too, and it doesn’t seem much of a line-up. Half a dozen politicians, a few journos, and Gary Lightbody – just the kind of dangerous new thinkers we need.

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8. Comment on “processing it through their stunted, trivial prism of partisan loyalty…”
   on 12 March 2013 at 3:10 pm

   I’ve little time for Rand Paul or his politics, but he did contact the Attorney General directly on this issue and found his responses to evasive and unforthcoming. After his filibuster, Paul said he finally got the answer he was looking for from Eric Holder.

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9. Comment on Sinn Fein steps in at the last minute to call an end to the Stopes farce…
   on 12 March 2013 at 2:18 pm

   Fair play to Sinn Féin and the others who have moved to stop this bill.

   Barney: Their apparent support of the Marie Stokes should not be seen as an advocation of the private sector.

   Unfortunately, Martin McGuinness used that exact line of attack against Dawn Purvis when the Marie Stopes clinic first opened.

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10. Comment on Alliance Party Conference preview #apc13
    on 1 March 2013 at 3:08 pm

    Someone should’ve told Chris Lyttle to unclench his jaw for that video.

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