Mary Lou just called Patrick Kielty Paddy?!

Never mind the Pope this is the real big news of the week.

Must be about two years ago when she announced that there would be a "United" Ireland within five years, only three to go now . . .

Who are these people?

What's the show like? More misery?

I don't know, one seems a lot closer than the other

https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/republic-of-ireland/opinion-poll-will-decide-when-theres-referendum-on-irish-unity-nio-minister/a1121720396.html

Lots of support for a united Ireland until the gory details are examined.

Pointless having a referendum without going into the pros and cons.

I always thought he was known as Paddy Kielty.

Correct, he is known professionally as Patrick Kielty and this is how he is practically always addressed. However he has had many many northern nationalists, and other Irish nationalists, on his show, and no surprise he had Mary Lou McD on the show and gave her a very easy interview which was so smooth and slick and un-interupted it could have been scripted and rehearsed. Did not take her calling him Paddy to know the mask had slipped. Switched channels after 5 minutes as it was obvious he was agreeing 100% with everything she said and was egging her on. I only ever seem to tune in for a few miutes per week of the Late Late …a week ago she had Francis Black on. I was at a Francis Black concert some decades ago and she praised and glorified pIRA prisoners between a few songs, so we know where her loyalties laid too.

Never realised that about Francis. Never rated her singing and won't be voting for her now

She called him "paddy" to create a false intimacy and bonhomie with him as if she was one of his mates and so he wouldn't ask her any awkward questions or pressure her too much. Like I'm Mary Lou so treat me nice not like Michael Martin or Simon Harris who are only mere politicians