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Updated 11pm
AN IMPERSONATION OF a constituent in Dublin West by the Fine Gael candidate Eamonn Coghlan saw his name trend in Ireland last night and left more than a few criticising the former Olympian.
TV3′s Vincent Browne programme hosted a debate for the Dublin West by-election featuring all of the candidates with things pretty heated throughout.
But there was a bizarre intervention from Coghlan, a sitting senator, where he began an animated impersonation of a man he met in the constituency this week.
After bizarrely imitating the man’s anger towards him, Coghlan went on to claim that he told the man he met that he did not come to see him looking for his vote but rather just to introduce himself.
The former World Champion runner’s name later began trending in Ireland:
And Coghlan was ridiculed by more than a few people on Twitter from opposition politicians to the ordinary punters and critical viewers:
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First published 9.48am
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That’s so sad. RIP.
I know that that lady and her husband have spent every waking moment of the last 16 years trying to find their baby boy. It’s a compounded grief now that she is going to her grave not knowing what happened to her beloved son. And somebody out there knows something. Completely devoid of any humanity to allow that to happen.
I don’t know about an afterlife but at times like this I truly hope that there is one and that Nancy is reunited with her baby boy again, forever. RIP x
There is nothing. Nothing. Worse in life than this. Rip dear lady.
That’s very sad, losing a child is the worst nightmare a parent can experience in life.
So so sad, RIP
So terribly sad. I’m sure he was waiting to meet her…..
God love that poor family, they have been through hell. It breaks my heart that lady never found out where her son is. My condolences to her family.
And the terrible thing is someone knows… someone is hiding a terrible secret.. poor lady. Heart goes out to her
That’s is so sad .heart goes out to the family
I hope and believe she is reunited with her darling son tonight.. May God help her family who are grieving tonight for their mam and for Gussie too for all these years.
A lovely lady – rest in peace Nancy. I hope Bob and his family can get some closure in this sad case, somebody out there knows! Please come forward and bring an end to the heartache….
God rest her.i hope herself and gussie are together now.
All our thoughts are with the family , she sounds like one in a million
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