David Ervine

Bobbyjo

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RTE news just started their 9pm bulletin reporting the death of David Ervine. By the end, they had established he was in a critical condition.

Either way a sad state of events and you would imagine that the chances of him pulling through this are very slim.

Sure, like a lot of people involved in the conflict, he had a shady past [and there are stories out there waiting to be told] but he put it behind him to be an example. The commendable aspects of the agenda of an organisation like the PUP was always going to ensure that they were periphery figures in the North. But they had their hearts in the right place for their communities.
 
A great PR man for the Good Friday Agreement. It needed people like him to get behind it to make peace a lasting reality.
 
According to the news he is still critically ill after two heart attacks and a stroke and they are reviewing his case today.Can't believe RTE did obituary while hes still alive,huge mistake on someones part.
 
He's dead now...

Apparently the excuse offered for RTE's mistake last night - and I feel bad for making light of it - is that their Northern editor Tommy Gorman pointed out that his only reliable source for all stories involving the PUP is Ervine himself....
 
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