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Former President interview

Summary

The Leader said the former President had been reluctant to enter political debate out of respect for the Government and Taoiseach.

I think the Leader was looking for the word "comprehensive".

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I was going to use the word "specific". I heard the conversation with the former President Mrs. Robinson this morning. I must say I thought it was a very measured conversation. I must go back and listen to it again. I thought I was listening to a different station.

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That is the problem.

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People who are conditioned by the media do not hear the hard questions. They are living in a bubble.

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Denis O'Donovan An Cathaoirleach Fianna Fáil

As I gave the Senator great latitude, I ask him to allow the Leader to continue, with interruption.

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One thing that struck me during the interview was the reluctance of the former President to engage in a political discourse out of respect for the Government and the Taoiseach, which I thought was very interesting.

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