Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

Sorry, I said something on a radio programme. I was asked about a policy and whether it was the final solution. I replied that I hoped and prayed that it was, which was a colloquial term. The presenter picked me up on that issue. As I noted, one often uses phrases such as "please God" or in Irish one often would say "is cuma sa diabhail", all of which use religious iconography. However, it was the Deputy who started to denigrate me because I happened to use the word "pray" in a sentence but I will leave that to the Deputy. She obviously is highly sensitive about Labour Party-----

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