Colm O'Regan: Donie O'Sullivan has that expert flow, that sureness of his fact, but in a very Irish way

Colm O'Regan: Donie O'Sullivan has that expert flow, that sureness of his fact, but in a very Irish way

Donie O’Sullivan. A classic name. The name of a fella who has the keys of the Hall, the fella who lines a GAA pitch, owns jump-leads, has a bag of raffle ticket-books in the boot.

But now it’s the name of a CNN intrepid reporter who calmly talked to the world while Trump supporters skittered past excitedly after attempting a coup. He was like some sort of post-apocalyptic Marty Morrissey doing the pre-match build-up outside Croke Park.

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