Radio: Shane Coleman and Ciara Kelly run the gamut from children’s sleepovers to John McGuirk’s bellicose language
can get exercised at the prospect of sleepless nights. On Wednesday, however, the pair aren’t concerned about any insomnia of their own; rather they’re at loggerheads at the thought of children being up all night during sleepovers, as nocturnal play dates are so inaccurately called. On the face of things, it’s the kind of minor time-filling talking point that makes you wonder why the presenters bothered getting up in the first place, but it yields a surprisingly lively discussion.
Likewise, the clinical psychologist Dr Malie Coyne steadfastly maintains that staying over with friends is a positive rite of passage for children, while for parents it’s “a hell worth paying for”. Coleman remains doubtful – “My experience is they never go to sleep,” he laments in exasperation – but he’s unable to convince either colleague or guest. On the upside, he’s unlikely ever to be asked to host a sleepover again after this.
One takeaway is that such inflammatorily confrontational language is now part of the mainstream discourse on a charged subject. That should be enough to keep anyone awake at night An articulate speaker, McGuirk is completely entitled to express his opinions however he likes. Whether they merit an easy hearing on a national radio show is another matter. McGuirk’s provocative description essentially goes unchallenged by Kelly, which is disappointing given that it’s anti-immigrant extremists, not the Government, who plunged the nation’s capitaland have carried out arson attacks on refugee centres.
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