Presidential Election.

Why not show the whole speech rather than an out of context portion. The written speech is available in the Oireachtas debates. What was said before is this:

"The attack on this man and his daughter, and the effect on the policeman and the other people there, was appalling."

How desperate are her opponents getting? 😁

She continued on to state, in the context of people in Britain and the EU suggesting that we should spend much more money on arming ourselves against Russia:

"In Ireland, 104,000 people who have a job are living in poverty while a total of 780,000 people live in poverty, of whom children make up the largest group at 26.5%, or more than one in four. Yet we have this document from four MEPs, two of whom are female, that tells us that Ireland should spend more money. They tell us that the biggest threat is from cyberspace and from those people out there who are different from us. The threat, however, is from poverty, lack of justice, war pushed by the United States of America, the EU and Russia, and climate change. None of these threats is mentioned in the discussion document, just threats from people who do not look like us, do not act like us and do not speak like us. The document says that we need to defend fortress Europe against those people and those barbarians. That is the basis of that document. It does not contain one single analysis of the real threat, which is our failure to show leadership and to stand up and say there is a different way and that it is the way we are going to push, and not play games that are Tadhg an dá thaobh."

If she criticises the rush to spend on arms by some then she'll find an attentive audience in a VERY pro-neutrality Ireland.

Nope. Because an edited clip can signify anything whereas the full speech gives an entirely different picture where she's talking about resisting expensive weaponry purchases. You've not read her speech and only heard two sentences. You also obviously prefer the attempted smear.

Is this how desperate FF & FG & those further right have become? A great sign. CC's camp will be delighted. 😁

Yep, it's misleading and it makes a fool out of anyone unable to realise there will always be a context that's missing. She was replying to a TD who said in response to the Salisbury attack that we should vastly increase our arms spending. If you watch a ten second clip and assume that is everything then I can help you no further.

What if you make a speech of forty sentences and someone misleadingly focuses on three out of context. Then you can explain yourself. They're terrified of CC. They're gunning for her. The fear is palpable.

It ain't working. 😁

@Hotblack Desiato is the one who referred to Ursula Ní Shionnain having a conviction for terrorism and then ran away when challenged on it.

Several others have sought to similarly scaremonger on this. She had a conviction for possesion of a gun. She was jailed. She was released in 2018. She has had no trouble since.

It reflects badly on those seeking to peddle falsehoods and make more of it than is there.

Anyway, time for anightcap and moore productive hobbies. Night night y'all.