Sinn Féin candidate who told cops he’d shoot them in drunken rant pulls out of election race – Independent.ie

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  1. He didn’t lash out because he was upset they were nicking him for something, he just wandered up to some cops who were minding their own business and told them he wanted to murder them.

    Those aren’t the actions of a drunk adolescent, those are the actions of a little IRA LARPer who’s upset that the Troubles ended before he got an excuse to kill a few protestants. It’s the SF version of those dweebs who fantasise about being in the Knights Templar or some shit and it should absolutely hang over him.

  2. Love all the lads trotting out the “ah sure, he was a young lad who made a mistake”.

    He was an adult in his 20s who threatened to kill cops.

  3. If your first thought while drunk or sober is to threaten to kill anyone you really shouldn’t be standing for the anthem never mind public office.

  4. It’s all about judgement..do you want someone with that kind of judgement making laws. I don’t. Sinn Fein let him get through far enough to be a candidate though. They didn’t mind until other people’s judgement told them it was not on.

    They just aren’t ready for govt here. At the least they need another big party to share power with them, like they do in NI.

  5. Dude was 22, drunk and it was six years ago. 🙄

    He was wrong but this is a nakedly political story from the nakedly political Indo

  6. As you do of course.

    Who hasn’t randomly threatened to murder people before? Must be a boring life if you’ve never tried it yourself.

    /s

  7. Some good advice for the various ‘RA loving children of this sub from the judge

    >“You were three years old when the Good Friday Agreement was signed. How much personal experience do you have of the Troubles?”

    >A sheepish Lyttle replied a simple “none”, to which the judge asked, “So what gives you the right to make such comments about police officers?”

    >Shame-faced Lyttle replied: “I don’t have any.”

  8. The big issue for SF is finding candidates who aren’t a complete liability. They wouldn’t last 6 months in government with the amount of dirt on some of them.

  9. Look, I’m a SF fan but this is just fucking pathetic. If you’re running in an election, don’t threaten people. And if you get like that when you drink, stop drinking while running. On top of that, it was just childish to do anyway. Absolute moron.

  10. If Sinn Fein get elected, it will be Ireland’s Trump moment.

    These scumbags were refusing to condone the murders of two children in Warrington when I was a teenager, to think they’ve wised up since then requires a lobotomy

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