SF activist with 23 previous convictions is jailed for robbing pensioner

Interesting take.

Average punter: "What is your opinion on a man who was convicted for 12 years for torturing an innocent man - reduced to 8 years by the Court of Appeal - and who is due to be tried in relation to a murder"

SF answer: "eh, The courts. The courts are bad. Yeah, we shouldn't have special courts"

Average punter: "but what about his crimes. Would you be able to say he might not be a very nice man?"

SF answer: "eh- mainstream media......anti-SF agenda"

Average punter: "No, I'm asking if you think he is a good man or a bad man. I can't make it any simpler. Do you think he did wrong"

SF answer: "Paging HQ. feck no. They havent' told me what to think on this one. panic panic panic. Eh eh eh. Charlie Haughey. Something about punts back in the 1980s. Leo Veradkar did something bad once as well - eh eh eh. "

Yes a sizable chunk of their membership may be made up of people with a dubious legal past but at the end of the day Sinn Fein have a secret plan to solve [Insert whatever you are concerned about here] and better still they will make someone else pay for it all for you. Just vote for them and they will make all your problems disappear.

I'll invite you to give your opinion on the man Blaaz.

I wonder if it will be a repeat of Dowdall - when I asked you what you thought about him you bitched about the courts.

And now we hear that SF are fervent supporters of the SCC. Despite there being vocal opposition within their party at the changing of the party line of being vehemently against it in all circumstances only 6 months ago - must be another great example of orders coming down telling the plebs how to think.

Oh, they’re vetted all right 😬

…to quote Spock “It’s life Jim but not as we know it”

Pretty much sums up the level of debate.

Quite disgusting to see some posters trying to whitewash this crime away with references to the 1980s.

Well the posters don't know enough to form the opinion that he might not be a very nice man. You can hardly blame them, sure all they know is that he attacked a 78 year old man and also that:

ya know, like the same kind of thing that your average decent person has on their record. Who on here doesn't have a few public order offences and a few drugs charges, coupled with a charge for possessing a weapon?

You may have also missed, but an invitation from myself to another poster to give their opinion on an ex-SF councillor convicted of torturing a man, and facing charges of alleged murder, was sidestepped with something to the effect that "the politicians strategy on drugs is wrong"

Bizarre. SF is an extremely top down party - thats why about 20 Councillors left them in 2017/2018.

What? Gerry Kelly was never Justice Minister

No, he sits on the Police Board. Poacher turned Gamekeeper.

A real crony appointment too.

you should try saying that to some one who was actually in the Irish Army,

when you wake up let us know how you got on 😂🤣😂

Would you think it was considered a terrorist organization for non members or supporters?