Magnificent Seven and the Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight under fire

IS Eamon Dunphy grateful to Gay Mitchell? He should be. He should be SO grateful. There Dunphy was yesterday, in the Newstalk studios, having been turned down by a bunch of presidential hopefuls he had invited onto the programme.

Out of the Magnificent Seven, he had Martin McGuinness and Gay Mitchell, full stop. His loyal listeners would have been looking out at the dire weather and resigning themselves to more presidential hopefuls being presidential.

“Being presidential” means standing four square behind enterprise, volunteerism, community effort and whatever you’re safely having yourself.