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    Mute Kevin O'Hara
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    May 20th 2023, 4:42 PM

    He is not happy with a 60%+ town returning leas than 60% candidates. He and his fellow unionists were just that wee bit silent when gerrymandering allowed for unionist control of Derry city Council for years.

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    May 20th 2023, 5:02 PM

    Knuckle draggers

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    May 20th 2023, 3:40 PM

    Considering Rihanna is loathsome, I’d probably side with the DUP farmer.

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    May 20th 2023, 4:08 PM

    Give him an unbrella ella ella :)

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    May 20th 2023, 3:35 PM

    Er is Ian óg’s comment about an umbrella movement within unionism on purpose?

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    May 20th 2023, 3:54 PM

    Fleg

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    May 20th 2023, 6:32 PM

    All DUP aren’t bad so.

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    May 20th 2023, 5:21 PM

    Good.

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    May 20th 2023, 11:11 PM

    Intransigent bigotry? Asking for a friend!

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    May 20th 2023, 6:20 PM

    It’s really great to see the constant support for the premier county from various posters on here and many other social media forum.

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    May 21st 2023, 4:55 PM

    She would have encountered pitchfork wielding hillbillies before in Appalachia.

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    May 21st 2023, 9:40 PM

    A right pair of t*ts, yjr both of them

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    May 22nd 2023, 7:13 AM

    when he told them to cover up maybe he meant cover up whatever they might find in his field . LOL

    this is Northern Ireland we’re talking about ..

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