Sam McBride

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527 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard yesterday

Sam McBride’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 2 in all, peaking in Sep 2026 with 1.

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The High Court ruled on this in the early hours of Sunday morning to say, no, there is no legal problem with this whatsoever. voice-verified

They have the right to march. voice-verified

And so what we saw then was Michelle O'Neill denouncing judges. voice-verified

Now, her pledge of office says that she has to support the rule of law, has to support the courts. voice-verified

We now have full control of the Northern Ireland justice system devolved to Stormont. voice-verified

That was not something which everybody signed up to at the time, but it is something that is there. voice-verified

It's under the remit of the devolved system. voice-verified

And then you had the first minister herself leading an illegal process. voice-verified

March, police announcing over a Lloyd Healer, this is an illegal march. voice-verified

You're not allowed to be here, or rather a group of people in the street as an assembly, which was unlawful. voice-verified

And the First Minister is there herself, organising it, encouraging people to be part of it. voice-verified

Other Sinn Féin MLAs are part of this. voice-verified

I mean, that is a very dangerous situation. voice-verified

We may not like the courts. voice-verified

We might not like a decision. voice-verified

We might have our view this way or that way. voice-verified

But to have a government minister, the joint leader of this government, standing in defiance of what a court has decided... voice-verified

I can't think of any precedent of that anywhere in the UK or Ireland. voice-verified

I mean, going all the way back to the start of the 20th century, it's an extraordinary situation to have. voice-verified

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