Slugger O'Toole

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1. Comment on Mary Lou tries her best
   on 16 January 2010 at 4:11 am

   Her brief appearance on RTE this evening was nothing short of pathetic. SF are going the Bertie / Haughey route with every hamfisted attempt they make to talk themselves out of trouble.

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2. Comment on UUP’s Jo-Anne Dobson takes 64 per cent of the Lurgan vote…
   on 15 January 2010 at 2:52 am

   I heard somewhere that the election was caused by the resignation of a TUV councillor. Why did he / she resign ?

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3. Comment on Killian Forde and the Moguls of Irish politics
   on 12 January 2010 at 3:59 am

   Marcionite, I think the days of worrying about where McManus and de Rossa stand in relation to the use of violence are long gone. They’ve more than shaken off the past. Not too sure about this new guy but he seems to be amongst the new generation of shinners for whom the ” conflict ” was history.

   There are many SF’ers in the South as well who still struggle to look beyond the ” conflict “, as support for it was their sole position as party members.

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4. Comment on Arthur Morgan Watch: Day 19…
   on 11 January 2010 at 6:36 pm

   He wouldn’t be undergoing psychiatric treatment by any chance ?

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5. Comment on An Insider’s view: Sinn Féin has become “bloated, slow and predictable…”
   on 11 January 2010 at 3:59 am

   This guy is going to feel right at home in the Labour Party and here’s why :
   An extraordinary meeting of the Administrative council was called in the 70′s ( they were almost weekly events then ) to ” save ” the party after a poor election result.
   Frank Cluskey was the leader. Before it started , it was noted that Michael D.Higgins ( one of the greatest debaters ever in Labour ) was missing.
   When Cluskey was asked where the comrade was , the reply was :
   ” Ah , Michael had to choose between a conference abroad about saving the planet and this meeting, he chose the easier option “

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6. Comment on “We would like to know what happened”
   on 9 January 2010 at 1:38 am

   It seems extraordinary that they wanted it returned to them on another flight !

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7. Comment on Spotlight showing 10.35pm…
   on 8 January 2010 at 1:27 am

   It must have been the half Jedward hair style that did it !

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8. Comment on “the incident will be dealt with through diplomatic channels.”
   on 6 January 2010 at 12:19 am

   RTE radio reported about 40 minutes ago that the guy was set up by Slovakian authorities testing security at one of their airports. 8 items planted, 7 detected. Czechs reported to have sent a ” telex ” to Dublin airport, but not either received or acted on. The passenger has been released from Garda custody , completely innocent.
   Curioser and curioser.

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9. Comment on British-Irish relations have come a long way in 30 years
   on 5 January 2010 at 5:42 pm

   Stunning Steve, if you had been responsible for the deaths of thousands in India and still free , you would probably be detached from reality as well.

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10. Comment on British-Irish relations have come a long way in 30 years
    on 5 January 2010 at 12:08 am

    For all his faults, Lynch did more than many to get British administrations to accept that there had to be an Irish dimension to any settlement in Northern Ireland.

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