Síle Seoige responds to 'gaslighting' talk show apology over comments about the Irish language
Ivan Yates made comments about Gaeilge on the show last week which caught backlash from Irish speakers.
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Ivan Yates made comments about Gaeilge on the show last week which caught backlash from Irish speakers.
Ivan Yates and Virgin Media television presenter Brian Dowling have been heavily criticised from comments they made on the Irish language last week.
Appropriately enough for a programme whose title references driving, The Hard Shoulder(Newstalk, Mon-Fri 4pm) gets a quick start on the competition every weekday, zooming out of the grid half an hour before Radio 1’s Drivetime and The Last Wordon Today FM.
"I just felt so inadequate because there was absolutely nothing I could say. I couldn't tell him it would be OK, because it wasn't going to be. He was only 57. He had never seen any of his kids get married or have any grand-kids and he was looking back with such regret, while realising he didn't have a future. It was the utter humanity of it all…" Yates has often said he has spent the rest of his life trying to please his father. If he had his father back for a moment, what would he say? He takes a deep breath: "He never once told me he loved me."