"I don't apologise for reflecting back on the hunger strikes, and if people looked at the full contribution of the speech it was to my own friends, my family, my supporters."
Sinn Féin TD @davidcullinane reacts to his controversial 'up the ra' remarks. #TonightVMTV #GE2020 pic.twitter.com/jJE7Zd52Vj
— The Tonight Show (@TonightVMTV) February 11, 2020
Tonight.
Earlier…
Here’s the longer video of David Cullinane of Sinn Fein. pic.twitter.com/NRYP1vk0dO
— Niall O’Connor (@NI_ALLO) February 10, 2020
Sinn Fein’s @davidcullinane reacts to questions about a video showing him shouting “Up The Ra” #GE2020 @rtenews pic.twitter.com/uvS0hphrMZ
— Aisling Kenny (@KennyAKE) February 10, 2020
This evening.
Waterford Sinn Féin TD David Cullinane (above), who was elected yesterday after receiving the biggest ever first preference vote in the Waterford constituency with 20,569 votes, responds to journalists’ questions about comments he made in a Waterford pub last night.
Mr Cullinane was recorded as saying “Up the Ra” (top) as he addressed a crowd of people in the pub while celebrating his electoral success.
Meanwhile…
Sinn Fein leader @MaryLouMcDonald says she is not SF members’ “mammy” and that she cannot control what members say #GE2020
— Aisling Kenny (@KennyAKE) February 10, 2020
Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane defends shouting ‘Up the ‘Ra’ after election (The Irish Times)
Cullinane will have to explain ‘Up the Ra’ video – McDonald (RTÉ)