11 December 1997 Edition
Back issue: Put up your Dukes
One of Fine Gael's certainties for an important cabinet position in a forthcoming coalition government is the Kildare deputy Alan Dukes, who has been presented as one of the party's bright young intellectuals since entering Leinster House last year.
As assessment of his extraordinary capacity can be made from a discussion he had with Athy Sinn Féin councillor Paddy Wright during the recent general election campaign.
Wright was making the point to Dukes that, as an elected representative, he objected to being banned from RTE under Section 31 and went on to point out the anomaly of the fact that most people in the South could see republican spokespersons on BBC.
Dukes: ``I'm not interested in the BBC.''
Wright: ``Well your leader, Garret FitzGerald, seems very interested in getting on the BBC.''
Dukes: ``Would you ever fuck off?''
As assessment of his extraordinary capacity can be made from a discussion he had with Athy Sinn Féin councillor Paddy Wright during the recent general election campaign.
Wright was making the point to Dukes that, as an elected representative, he objected to being banned from RTE under Section 31 and went on to point out the anomaly of the fact that most people in the South could see republican spokespersons on BBC.
Dukes: ``I'm not interested in the BBC.''
Wright: ``Well your leader, Garret FitzGerald, seems very interested in getting on the BBC.''
Dukes: ``Would you ever fuck off?''