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by John SpainJohn doesn't mince words, and uses the unminced words to talk about Ireland's problems.
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Ireland Calling for November 2011
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 08:39 AM
Probably the most talked about story here over the past week has been the allegedly racist comments made by a local politician called Darren Scully, the mayor of Naas, a large commuter town about 20 miles from Dublin in Co. Kildare.
Scully said in an interview last week on a local radio station that he had a problem with black African immigrants who are now living in the Naas area and who were coming to see him about issues like housing and welfare benefits.
