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Article: Jack O'Connor shuffled out of Montrose studios on Monday evening a chastened man. The country's most powerful trade unionist had played dirty with Pat Kenny, branding his Dalkey home a 'trophy house'. As soon as the words had left his lips, he knew it had the potential to backfire in his face.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- November 7, 2009
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Wacko Jack O . . . or unfairly vilified?
Gemma O'Doherty hears the views of fans and foes of the SIPTU chief
Jack O'Connor shuffled out of Montrose studios on Monday evening a chastened man. The country's most powerful trade unionist had played dirty with Pat Kenny, branding his Dalkey home a 'trophy house'. As soon as the words had left his lips, he knew it had the potential to backfire in his face.
O'Connor's smart alec swipe at Kenny, which drove the broadcaster to use a rare expletive on live television, might have been met with gasps of satisfaction from his grass roots supporters who squirm at the lavish salaries paid to RTE stars.
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