The Five Demands

Il leader del Sinn Fein istiga il conduttore del Late Late Show trasmesso da Rté

Gerry Adams ha scatenato polemiche facendo osservazioni riguardanti l’appartenenza del nonno del conduttore Ryan Tubridy, alle file dell’Irish Republican Army.
Il tutto è accaduto lo scorso venerdì sera, all’interno dell’intervista al leader del Sinn Fein, sul suo coinvolgimento nel conflitto in Irlanda del Nord.
“Avete mai perso una notte di sonno a causa delle attività dell’IRA?” gli ha chiesto Tubridy.
“Penso che sarebbe comodo ammetterlo” ha risposto Gerry Adams.
“Alcune persone che stanno guardando il programma stasera staranno pensando ‘che quell”uomo ha le mani sporche di sangue’, hai il sangue sulle mani?” ha continuato Tubridy.
“No, non ce l’ho, e si potrebbe anche dire che tuo nonno aveva le mani sporche di sangue”, ha detto Adams.
Il leader del Sinn Fein ha giusticato la sua ‘uscita’, sostenendo che è ovvio il motivo di orgoglio nell’avere un nonno membro dell’IRA, di quell’IRA che si oppose al trattato.
Tubridy è subito intervenuto sostenendo che suo nonno aveva servito l’IRA “in un’epoca molto differente.”
“Direi che se guardi verso il pubblico, per alzata di mano si potrebbe notare che almeno un terzo di esso aveva parenti appartenenti alla vecchia IRA”, ha concluso il conduttore affermando che non sia corretto fare alcun tipo di paragone, suscitando l’approvazione delle persone presenti.

Chat show Tubridy riled over Gerry Adams IRA remarks (Belfast Telegraph)
Gerry Adams’ appearance on RTE’s Late Late Show sparked controversy after he made remarks about host Ryan Tubridy’s grandfather’s connections to the IRA.
The Sinn Fein leader made his comments about the show’s host’s family during an interview on the programme on Friday night.
The Sinn Fein leader made his comments about the Late Late Show host’s family during an interview on the programme last night.
Mr Adams appeared on the show to discuss the allegations of abuse levelled at his brother Liam, as well as the abuse suffered by his own siblings at the hands of their late father.
After this was discussed, Tubridy quizzed him on his involvement in the conflict in Northern Ireland.
“Did you ever lose a night’s sleep because of the activities of the IRA?” Tubridy asked him.
“I think that’s a glib way to put it if I may say so,” the Sinn Fein leader replied.
“Some people are watching tonight saying ‘that man has blood on his hands’, do you have blood on your hands?” Tubridy continued.
“No, I don’t, and you might as well say that your grandfather had blood on his hands,” Adams said.
“I was wondering were you going to bring that up, if you want to go glib Gerry, let’s go glib,” Tubridy replied.
Later in the interview, Adams told Tubridy the reason why he brought up his grandfather in the course of the interview.
“I wasn’t being glib when I was talking about your grandfather, because you’re obviously proud of your grandfather he was a member of the IRA, he opposed the treaty,” Adams said.
Tubridy said that his grandfather had served with the IRA “in a very different time.”
“I’d say if you looked into the audience, you could do a hands up and find at least a third of them had relatives that were in the old IRA.”
“I don’t think the comparison is remotely fair,” a statement which drew applause.