Joe Brolly doubles down on Claire Byrne Live with Joe Biden 'Brits' tweet

Gaelic football analyst, Joe Brolly, continues to stoke the fiery war of words between himself and Irish journalist, Claire Byrne, who booted him off 'Claire Byrne Live' on RTE earlier this week after he accused the DUP of "homophobia" and "racism".
Andrew Quinn
By Andrew Quinn
Published 26th Mar 2021, 13:17 BST
Updated 26th Mar 2021, 13:21 BST
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On Thursday evening Mr. Brolly tweeted a clip of US President, Joe Biden, describing how at the time of the Great Famine, "the Brits" left his Irish ancestors with no choice but to leave Ireland for America to survive.

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'Claire Byrne Live', an Irish current affairs programme, devoted all of Monday evening's show to discussing Irish unity.

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Mr. Brolly, who is from Dungiven, was removed the programme after he accused East Londonderry MP, Gregory Campbell of "short-termism" and of "laughing at the Irish language and Gaelic sports"

Programme host, Claire Byrne, interrupted Mr. Brolly, who took part in the debate via video link, asking him to stop, explaining she felt it was unfair as the DUP politicians he was referring to were not in the studio to defend themselves.

Mr. Brolly was not brought back on but did however respond to what happened via social media.

"Really, really, really sorry. Apologies again to ⁦@RTEOne⁩ and the DUP," tweeted Mr. Brolly sarcastically on Tuesday morning.

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Mr. Brolly attached graphics to some of his tweets. These graphics detailed comments made by DUP MLA, Jim Wells, concerning gay couples appearing on BBC1 flagship entertainment programme, 'Strictly Come Dancing', and DUP MP, Sammy Wilson, supporting so-called gay conversion therapy.

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Gaelic football pundit and All-Ireland Football Championship winner, Joe Brolly.Gaelic football pundit and All-Ireland Football Championship winner, Joe Brolly.
Gaelic football pundit and All-Ireland Football Championship winner, Joe Brolly.

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