Alan Dukes’ comment on people from the Border reveals a particularly Fine Gael partitionist mentality
Former Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes. Photo: Gerry Mooney
Liam Collins
Former Fine Gael leader Alan Dukes has rather crudely evoked the Troubles to speculate that people living along the Border are “more easily” prone to violence, a tendency that is “in their blood”.
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