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Draft Article (#8): MISUSE OF LANGUAGE BY POLITICIANS AND JOURNALISTS.

19/7/2014

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Interviewed recently on RTE about her divided GAA loyalties regarding support for Tipperary, where she was reared or Dublin, where she currently resides, Mary Hanafin, former Irish Minister for Education, revealed her linguistic shortcomings by saying she was somewhat “schizophrenic” about this vital issue (*). Again, in a satirical piece about the Irish President’s GB visit, and the high profile presence alongside him of a Northern Ireland politician, a local writer referred to the latter gentleman as “your (i.e. Official Ireland’s) schizophrenic sibling” (**). Perhaps you, dear reader, are reasonably comfortable with the use of psychiatric language when discussing the GAA and/or Irish politics: I’m afraid I’m not.
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