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Joyriders, Drumcree Deadlock & Manchester City’s Charges

The Tonight Show

Show Notes

Following Joyriders, Ireland’s Lucky Dip Gang on Virgin Media One, our panel examines mobile gang terror, the fallout from the M9 crash and what can be done about joy-riding teenagers.

Plus, the Garvaghy Road standoff enters its third day as Nationalist residents and the Orange Order remain deadlocked in Drumcree. What will break the impasse?

And Manchester City fans get the Blues as the Premier League champions are found guilty of all charges relating to alleged financial rule breaches.

Presenter Shane Coleman was joined by: Barry Ward TD, Fine Gael Matt Carthy TD, Spokesperson on Justice, Sinn Féin Robert Cullen, Criminologist and Former Prisoner John Joe O’Connell Vice President, GRA Martina Devlin, Columnist and Novelist Claudia Savage, Ireland reporter for PA based in Belfast Miguel Delaney, Chief Football Writer at The Independent Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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