The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Matt Reed’s 15 points off of the bench helped lead Tulsa to a 93-48 victory against Mississippi Valley State on Saturday night. Reed also added nine rebounds for the Golden Hurricane (5-7). Tyshawn Archie scored 14 points and added five rebounds. Dwon Odom had 12 points and finished 5 of 5 from the floor. Antonio Sisk led the way for the Delta Devils (2-10) with 15 points and two steals. Arthur Tate added eight points for Mississippi Valley State. Donovan Sanders also recorded seven points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Who are former PM Manmohan Singh's daughters: Know their professions, education and achievements
India mourns the loss of Dr. Manmohan Singh, a man who not only transformed the nation’s economy but also demonstrated unparalleled personal integrity and devotion to public service. Known for his intellect, humility, and steady leadership, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s contributions to the country extended far beyond his economic policies. His personal life, marked by simplicity and deep dedication, resonated with the same values he brought to his work. He played a key role in launching the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act . He epitomized an element of inclusive growth along with the welfare of the poorest of India’s citizenry. Born in 1932 in Gah, now in Pakistan, the early life of Dr. Manmohan Singh was shaped by the challenges of partition, but it also instilled a deep sense of resilience within him. His academic brilliance led him to pursue economics at the University of Cambridge, followed by a doctorate in economics. Despite his global recognition as a leading economist, Dr. Manmohan Singh lived a life of remarkable humility. He was known to be a private and dignified man, who avoided the media and preferred policy over publicity. In his personal life, he was a devoted family man, deeply committed to his wife, Gursharan Kaur, and his two daughters. Personal warmth and modesty, by contrast, stood stark against the often dramatic world of politics. Colleagues and friends remember him for his kindness, sincerity, and integrity—which made him not only a respected leader but also a person of profound moral character. His personal values of honesty, hard work, and empathy were reflected in his policies. He was a man by nature quiet, but his action spoke volumes about the great commitment to lifting the country out of poverty and fostering economic equity. Also Read: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Passes Away At 92, Breathes His last In Delhi AIIMS One of the most important legacies of Dr. Manmohan Singh is the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, a program that was designed to provide guaranteed employment to rural households. The program, launched in 2005, became a cornerstone of Dr. Manmohan Singh’s government, reflecting his deep concern for India’s rural poor and his belief in the power of employment as a tool for development. Dr. Singh knew that economic growth would not bring the severe disparities in urban and rural populations together in India. Economic liberalization brought prosperity to most of the people, while millions of rural Indian people remained backward. According to Dr. Manmohan Singh, MNREGA is his vision, which aims at providing a right to work to millions of poor and marginalized citizens, particularly rural people. MNREGA aimed to offer a safety net for the rural population by guaranteeing 100 days of wage employment to every household that sought work. The act sought to address not only poverty but also issues like underemployment, migration, and rural distress. Dr. Manmohan Singh viewed this as a means to promote social justice and dignity, ensuring that work was not just about earning money but also about empowering individuals and communities. Still, the implementation of the program was not easy. While MNREGA has been appreciated for relieving rural poverty and creating employment for millions, its implementation was criticized for being inefficient, corrupt, and beset with bureaucratic bottlenecks. But Dr. Manmohan Singh always held on to the dream of rural empowerment through employment and often emphasized that this was an integral part of India’s development strategy. This was part of his wider vision for inclusive growth in economics. Dr. Singh’s work with MNREGA wasn’t a policy role only but, rather a testament to the larger empathy of India’s poor. While most of his other reforms were liberalization, trade, and global integration, MNREGA stands out as an example of his commitment to bridging the gap between India’s rich and poor. He understood that growth needed to be inclusive and that a nation’s strength lay in the well-being of all its citizens, especially the most vulnerable. The very quiet moments of Dr. Manmohan Singh were filled with discussions and talks about giving dignity to every citizen and equal opportunity, regardless of origin. He knew that his country could only grow further as its development story would not be able to reach the rural section, which forms the crux of the country’s population. MNREGA was not just a program for providing jobs; rather it was a statement of the belief in equitable growth. Dr. Singh’s personal life and professional achievements are intertwined with a legacy of compassion and dedication to public service. As much as his work as an economist and his role in opening up India’s economy in the 1990s hogged the headlines, the focus on welfare and social equity shaped the lives of millions, especially through initiatives like MNREGA. Leadership by Mr. Manmohan Singh was always the antithesis of the self-promotional agenda rather than an agenda that assuredly India’s growth brought into the lives of the ordinary person from there. His quiet determination in favor of the underprivileged in rural India would leave one of the enduring parts of his legacy for history. Dr. Manmohan Singh was a reminder that truly leading men is not about who roars the loudest but is, instead, about whom one hears most. It would do India well to remember him for more than just his economic reforms; it would be a fitting tribute to his quiet force of compassion. Dr. Manmohan Singh was a man who believed in the power of inclusive development, and his legacy—especially through MNREGA—will continue to impact generations to come. Also Read: Nation Mourns The Loss Of Manmohan Singh: A Leader, Mentor, And Architect Of Economic Revolution Written By Aditya Mallick Updated By Aditya MallickNEW YORK (AP) — Top-ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday after its governing body agreed to loosen a dress code that got him fined and denied a late-round game in another tournament for refusing to change out of jeans . Lamenting the contretemps, International Chess Federation President Arkady Dvorkovich said in a statement Sunday that he'd let World Blitz Championship tournament officials consider allowing “appropriate jeans” with a jacket, and other “elegant minor deviations” from the dress code. He said Carlsen's stand — which culminated in his quitting the tournament Friday — highlighted a need for more discussion “to ensure that our rules and their application reflect the evolving nature of chess as a global and accessible sport.” Carlsen, meanwhile, said in a video posted Sunday on social media that he would play — and wear jeans — in the World Blitz Championship when it begins Monday. “I think the situation was badly mishandled on their side,” the 34-year-old Norwegian grandmaster said. But he added that he loves playing blitz — a fast-paced form of chess — and wanted fans to be able to watch, and that he was encouraged by his discussions with the federation after Friday's showdown. “I think we sort of all want the same thing,” he suggested in the video on his Take Take Take chess app’s YouTube channel. “We want the players to be comfortable, sure, but also relatively presentable.” The events began when Carlsen wore jeans and a sportcoat Friday to the Rapid World Championship, which is separate from but held in conjunction with the blitz event. The chess federation said Friday that longstanding rules prohibit jeans at those tournaments, and players are lodged nearby to make sartorial switch-ups easy if needed. An official fined Carlsen $200 and asked him to change pants, but he refused and wasn't paired for a ninth-round game, the federation said at the time. The organization noted that another grandmaster, Ian Nepomniachtchi, was fined earlier in the day for wearing sports shoes, changed and continued to play. Carlsen has said that he offered to wear something else the next day, but officials were unyielding. He said “it became a bit of a matter of principle,” so he quit the rapid and blitz championships. In the video posted Sunday, he questioned whether he had indeed broken a rule and said changing clothes would have needlessly interrupted his concentration between games. He called the punishment “unbelievably harsh.” “Of course, I could have changed. Obviously, I didn’t want to,” he said, and “I stand by that.”
BALTIMORE (AP) — Toby Nnadozie had 20 points in Coppin State's 68-60 victory against Navy on Saturday. Nnadozie added three steals for the Eagles (1-12). Jonathan Dunn scored 13 points while going 4 of 13 from the floor, including 1 for 3 from 3-point range, and 4 for 6 from the line and added eight rebounds. Julius Ellerbe had 11 points and shot 3 for 9 (1 for 4 from 3-point range) and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line. The Eagles snapped a 12-game skid. The Midshipmen (3-9) were led in scoring by Austin Benigni, who finished with 23 points. Jinwoo Kim added 13 points and three steals for Navy. Jordan Pennick finished with 10 points. Coppin State took the lead with 3:38 to go in the first half and never looked back. The score was 28-22 at halftime, with Dunn racking up eight points. Coppin State outscored Navy in the second half by two points, with Nnadozie scoring a team-high 13 points after halftime. Coppin State plays Saturday against Georgetown on the road, and Navy visits William & Mary on Sunday. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .Teen actor Hudson Meek, who appeared in ‘Baby Driver,’ dies after falling from moving vehicleOttawa city councillor concerned over sprung structure debate as protests continue
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Micah Parsons forced to clarify Mike McCarthy remarks after Dallas Cowboys star’s comments about under-fire coachPhiladelphia 76ers star Paul George will miss the team's next two games due to a bone bruise in his left knee before he'll be re-evaluated on Monday, according to ESPN's Shams Charania. The 76ers also revealed that George underwent an MRI on his left knee that revealed no structural damage (h/t Derek Bodner of PHLY Sports). The 34-year-old exited in the third quarter of Philadelphia's 117-111 loss to the Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday night after hyperextending his knee. It's concerning that George suffered the injury to the same leg that caused him to miss the first five games of the regular season due to a previous hyperextension, but it's still a relatively encouraging sign for his long-term outlook that there wasn't any structural damage. The nine-time All-Star has dealt with inconsistency to open his first year in Philadelphia, averaging just 14.9 points and 5.4 rebounds to go along with 4.8 assists per game. He's also shooting a mere 38.3 percent from the field and 27.8 percent from behind the arc. It's been a disappointing start for George, especially after signing a four-year contract worth $212 million to join the organization in July. The 76ers currently sit in last place in the Eastern Conference standings with a record of 2-12, as injuries have defined the early portion of their 2024-25 campaign. George, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey have all missed at least six contests due to their respective injuries and the team hasn't been able to rally in their absence. Philadelphia has struggled to score with the star trio's lack of availability, owning the worst offensive rating in the association (via NBA.com ). George has now been ruled out of the 76ers' matchups with the Brooklyn Nets on Friday and the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday, meaning that his earliest chance to return will come against the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Johnny Zuagar said he tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he weighed how much to spend on Christmas presents. “I’ve got to keep a poker face,” Zuagar, a statistician at the U.S. Census Bureau, said when thinking about his boys, ages 14, 12 and 6. “You’re just trying to take that worry off of your family.” Like thousands of federal workers, Zuagar had been navigating the holidays with the spirit of the season overtaken by an air of gloom and uncertainty. The efforts in Congress to reach an agreement on keeping the government open had cast a cloud over the holidays for many federal workers facing the prospect of furloughs in the days before Christmas. But Congress passed a three-month spending bill early Saturday, just after the midnight deadline, and President Joe Biden signed it into law hours later. There was no shutdown. Many federal workers were already anxious about the possibility of future workforce reductions under the incoming Trump administration. Zuagar, who is president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 2782, which represents federal workers at the census, has lived through shutdowns before. This time, the uncertainty came as Trump and his allies have promised sweeping cuts in the federal workforce. “We really don’t know anymore," Zuagar said during a telephone interview Friday. “Again, the rhetoric out there is that federal employees are the problem.” The contentiousness of the current debate has left him wondering: "Are we the scapegoat for every ill and grievance in America?" He said federal workers are also worried about what will happen after Trump takes office. “They’re fearful of what’s to come, like this is the beginning of something, or they don’t care about us," Zuagar said. Jesus Soriano, president of the AFGE Local 3403 representing workers at the National Science Foundation and several other agencies, also said the budget clash felt different this time around. “Americans need to decide what type of services the government should provide, whether we are talking about national security, the safety of our borders, the safety of our food, Social Security or others," Soriano said in an interview in Chevy Chase, Maryland.Swiss National Bank Sells 2,100 Shares of Olin Co. (NYSE:OLN)
Late in December 2023, the former top editor of The New York Times’ editorial page, James Bennet, dropped a bombshell in an article for The Economist. “The leadership of the New York Times is losing control of its principles,” he wrote, saying slanted coverage at the institution is “pervasive.” In the article, Bennet talked about the pressures driving what he called “liberal bias” at one of the world’s most influential newspapers. While recounting his final days at The New York Times – he resigned amid controversy in 2020 over an op-ed by Republican Senator Tom Cotton – he also discussed what economists call demand- and supply-side factors behind the rise of media bias. Demand-driven bias happens when newspapers offer slanted news to appeal to readers. Supply-driven bias stems from the ideological leanings of owners or employees. Bennet indicated that both had influenced decision-making at The New York Times. To be fair, not everyone agreed with Bennet’s diagnosis – not least the current leadership at The New York Times. But people across the political spectrum tend to agree that media bias is a problem, and not just at the Times. I wanted to understand which cause of bias mattered more: supply or demand. So I did an experiment. Why I ‘read’ 100,000 articles As an economist who specializes in the economics of digitization, I’ve long been captivated by how new technology empowers editors with unprecedented control. For example, in the old days, it was nearly impossible for newspapers to update their “front pages” after they had been laid out; if you wanted to make a change, you needed to literally stop the presses. But the rise of digital platforms lets editors make updates on a minute-by-minute basis. That helps certain stories remain in the spotlight, subtly guiding public discourse. So, together with my colleague Koleman Strumpf at Wake Forest University, I looked at how this plays out in two of America’s leading newspapers: The New York Times, which people commonly believe leans left, and The Wall Street Journal, which is often viewed as leaning right. We analyzed more than 100,000 articles from both newspapers, as well as 22 million tweets linking to them, to tease out the factors that influence how long articles remain on digital homepages. By controlling for demand-side preferences – as measured by the number of times each story was shared on Twitter, which we used as a proxy for reader interest – we found that supply-side biases were a big factor behind articles being kept on a homepage. In other words, newspapers kept stories prominently placed based on their own political preferences rather than because people were reading it. Two examples from The New York Times Using a machine learning approach, we assigned political scores to each article, with the most Republican-leaning articles scored as “zero” and the most Democratic leaning as “one.” We found that both tweet counts and a publication’s ideological leanings affect how long a given article is kept on the homepage. To illustrate, consider two stories from The New York Times. The first, “For Many Who Marched, Jan. 6 Was Only the Beginning,” published on Jan. 23, 2022, had a clear liberal-leaning tone, describing the event as the “worst attack on American democracy,” garnering it a “pro-Democrat” score of 0.93. The article was published at 3 a.m., featured on the homepage by 6 a.m., garnered around 200 tweet shares by noon, and stayed on the homepage for more than two days. Contrast this with the second article, “At Least 46 Migrants Found Dead in Tractor-Trailer in San Antonio,” published on June 27, 2022. This piece had a more conservative-leaning tone, highlighting Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s criticisms of President Joe Biden. The story, which got a “pro-Democrat” score of just 0.22, was published at 9 p.m., immediately featured on the homepage, and received more than 600 tweet shares within two hours. However, despite its strong engagement, it was removed from the homepage within the next hour. Media bias as a larger phenomenon Of course, unrelated issues like competition from breaking news could have affected how those two articles were placed. But they weren’t isolated cases. We found that on the whole, articles aligning with the political leanings of their respective newspapers – liberal for The New York Times and conservative for The Wall Street Journal – tend to remain on the homepage longer, even after accounting for their popularity. This is clear evidence of supply-driven media bias. Editorial choices aren’t just a response to reader demand; they reflect a publication’s ideological leanings. This influences which stories get highlighted, and which narratives dominate public discourse. (The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal did not respond to requests for comment as of publication time.) Determining whether media bias is caused by supply or demand issues isn’t just an academic game. It has profound real-world implications. Most important, it can help the public understand how competition in the media industry affects bias. If bias is mostly about publications responding to demand, more competition could actually make the problem worse, as outlets vie to cater to the specific preferences of their audiences. On the other hand, if bias is largely supply-driven, competition could be a corrective. That’s because in a competitive market, media outlets have incentives to appeal to the broadest possible audience, which means bias is bad for business. The recent waves of consolidation in the media industry, coupled with the noticeable rise in perceptions of media bias over the past decade, seems to support the supply-side argument. As fewer companies control more of the media landscape, outlets have less of an incentive to maintain a broad, unbiased approach. Tin Cheuk Leung is Associate Professor of Economics, Wake Forest University. The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.Guest Column | Dowry deaths: The desensitisation of society to silent sufferingSaints hope to ride the Rizzi factor back to relevance after their bye week
For Makenzie Gilkison, spelling is such a struggle that a word like rhinoceros might come out as “rineanswsaurs” or sarcastic as “srkastik.” The 14-year-old from suburban Indianapolis can sound out words, but her dyslexia makes the process so draining that she often struggles with comprehension. “I just assumed I was stupid,” she recalled of her early grade school years. But assistive technology powered by artificial intelligence has helped her keep up with classmates. Last year, Makenzie was named to the National Junior Honor Society. She credits a customized AI-powered chatbot, a word prediction program and other tools that can read for her. “I would have just probably given up if I didn’t have them,” she said. Artificial intelligence holds the promise of helping countless other students with a range of visual, speech, language and hearing impairments to execute tasks that come easily to others. Schools everywhere have been wrestling with how and where to incorporate AI , but many are fast-tracking applications for students with disabilities. Getting the latest technology into the hands of students with disabilities is a priority for the U.S. Education Department, which has told schools they must consider whether students need tools like text-to-speech and alternative communication devices. New rules from the Department of Justice also will require schools and other government entities to make apps and online content accessible to those with disabilities. There is concern about how to ensure students using it — including those with disabilities — are still learning. Students can use artificial intelligence to summarize jumbled thoughts into an outline, summarize complicated passages, or even translate Shakespeare into common English. And computer-generated voices that can read passages for visually impaired and dyslexic students are becoming less robotic and more natural. “I’m seeing that a lot of students are kind of exploring on their own, almost feeling like they’ve found a cheat code in a video game,” said Alexis Reid, an educational therapist in the Boston area who works with students with learning disabilities. But in her view, it is far from cheating : “We’re meeting students where they are.” Ben Snyder, a 14-year-old freshman from Larchmont, New York, who was recently diagnosed with a learning disability, has been increasingly using AI to help with homework. “Sometimes in math, my teachers will explain a problem to me, but it just makes absolutely no sense,” he said. “So if I plug that problem into AI, it’ll give me multiple different ways of explaining how to do that.” He likes a program called Question AI. Earlier in the day, he asked the program to help him write an outline for a book report — a task he completed in 15 minutes that otherwise would have taken him an hour and a half because of his struggles with writing and organization. But he does think using AI to write the whole report crosses a line. “That’s just cheating,” Ben said. Schools have been trying to balance the technology’s benefits against the risk that it will do too much. If a special education plan sets reading growth as a goal, the student needs to improve that skill. AI can’t do it for them, said Mary Lawson, general counsel at the Council of the Great City Schools. But the technology can help level the playing field for students with disabilities, said Paul Sanft, director of a Minnesota-based center where families can try out different assistive technology tools and borrow devices. “There are definitely going to be people who use some of these tools in nefarious ways. That’s always going to happen,” Sanft said. “But I don’t think that’s the biggest concern with people with disabilities, who are just trying to do something that they couldn’t do before.” Another risk is that AI will track students into less rigorous courses of study. And, because it is so good at identifying patterns , AI might be able to figure out a student has a disability. Having that disclosed by AI and not the student or their family could create ethical dilemmas, said Luis Pérez, the disability and digital inclusion lead at CAST, formerly the Center for Applied Specialized Technology. Schools are using the technology to help students who struggle academically, even if they do not qualify for special education services. In Iowa, a new law requires students deemed not proficient — about a quarter of them — to get an individualized reading plan. As part of that effort, the state’s education department spent $3 million on an AI-driven personalized tutoring program. When students struggle, a digital avatar intervenes. More AI tools are coming soon. The U.S. National Science Foundation is funding AI research and development. One firm is developing tools to help children with speech and language difficulties. Called the National AI Institute for Exceptional Education, it is headquartered at the University of Buffalo, which did pioneering work on handwriting recognition that helped the U.S. Postal Service save hundreds of millions of dollars by automating processing. “We are able to solve the postal application with very high accuracy. When it comes to children’s handwriting, we fail very badly,” said Venu Govindaraju, the director of the institute. He sees it as an area that needs more work, along with speech-to-text technology, which isn’t as good at understanding children’s voices, particularly if there is a speech impediment. Sorting through the sheer number of programs developed by education technology companies can be a time-consuming challenge for schools. Richard Culatta, CEO of the International Society for Technology in Education, said the nonprofit launched an effort this fall to make it easier for districts to vet what they are buying and ensure it is accessible. Makenzie wishes some of the tools were easier to use. Sometimes a feature will inexplicably be turned off, and she will be without it for a week while the tech team investigates. The challenges can be so cumbersome that some students resist the technology entirely. But Makenzie’s mother, Nadine Gilkison, who works as a technology integration supervisor at Franklin Township Community School Corporation in Indiana, said she sees more promise than downside. In September, her district rolled out chatbots to help special education students in high school. She said teachers, who sometimes struggled to provide students the help they needed, became emotional when they heard about the program. Until now, students were reliant on someone to help them, unable to move ahead on their own. “Now we don’t need to wait anymore,” she said. This story corrects that Pérez works for CAST, formerly the Center for Applied Specialized Technology, not the Center for Accessible Technology. The Associated Press’ education coverage receives financial support from multiple private foundations. AP is solely responsible for all content. Find AP’s standards for working with philanthropies, a list of supporters and funded coverage areas at AP.org .
Patsy Hutch gives ‘two fingers’ to gang boss Daniel Kinahan as he puts up his brother’s election posters at former cartel stronghold Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry Gerry The Monk Hutch Patsy Hutch – who a court deemed there was a ‘reasonable possibility’ he planned the Regency Hotel attack – joined criminal brother Gerry Hutch’s election campaign this week. Our pictures show 63-year-old Patsy nimbly scaling a ladder on Tuesday to attach one of Hutch’s posters to a lamp post outside the Hardwicke Street flats — a former Kinahan cartel stronghold in Dublin. One source described the significance of the image as giving ‘two fingers’ to exiled gang-boss Daniel Kinahan, whose associates previously used the flats as a north inner- city base. The flats have long been viewed as a Kinahan stronghold, with cartel top-dog Ross Browning keeping an address in the complex where he himself grew up. “There’s obviously an element of glee in this for anyone associated with the Hutches,” a source said. “They’ve gone from a situation where the Kinahans were trying, with some degree of success, to exterminate their entire family, to one where the cartel’s operations in this country have been smashed by the State and the Hutch gang’s talisman, Gerry, is running for the Dáil. In fairness, you couldn’t make this stuff up! Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry “Putting the poster up outside those flats, and Patsy coming down in person to do it, couldn’t be seen as anything other than giving two fingers to their rivals.” Patsy, who had armed gardai stationed outside his home for more than seven years after the Regency Hotel shooting of David Byrne, has largely kept a low profile since his garda protection detail was withdrawn in August of last year. During the height of the feud, the 63-year-old was targeted by the Kinahans for assassination while graffiti appeared around the city stating the feud, which resulted in 18 murders, would end with Patsy’s death. He and his son Patrick, the latter who went on trial for the murder of David Byrne in the Special Criminal Court before the State dropped the case after the death of respected investigator Det Supt Colm Fox, were regarded as among the top four targets for the cartel — alongside Gerry and loyal Hutch gang lieutenant James ‘Mago’ Gately. When Gerry was found not guilty of Byrne’s murder after his own trial at the Special Criminal Court, it was stated in the judgement that a “reasonable possibility arises on the evidence that the Regency was planned by Patsy Hutch and that Gerard Hutch stepped in, as head of the family, to attempt to sort out the aftermath of the Regency, particularly as his own life was at risk.” Gerry fled Ireland for the relative safety of Spain in the wake of the Regency murder while the cartel’s associates wreaked a bloody war, claiming 18 lives, against his family and associates in Ireland. The 61-year-old, who agreed a €1.5 million settlement with CAB in the late 1990s and was suspected of carrying out the two of the biggest armed robberies in the history of the State, has been critical of the currently elected officials, many of whom dealt with the fallout from the savagery that engulfed the area at the height of the feud. Patsy Hutch erects posters for Gerry In an exclusive interview with our Crime World podcast, he accused them of doing ‘shag all’ for the north inner city. One of the politicians to hit back at Hutch was outgoing Social Democrat TD Gary Gannon. At the launch of the Social Democrats education policy launch, Gannon – who was born and raised in the north inner city – noted that Hutch doesn’t even live in the north inner city and had “move(d) himself out to Clontarf. Gannon said he had worked hard to keep the electricity on and secure funding for the Corinthians Boxing Club that Hutch bought and leases to the club for €1 a year on a 99-year lease. Gerry The Monk Hutch “Does he know how much we’ve had to do just to keep the lights on in his own boxing club? I’ve had to go and talk to local businesses in the area. “Try to corral the council to come in and to provide some support for lights, for equipment, punching bags. Gerry Hutch must not be aware of all of those things. This community has trauma that is generational. It won’t be solved by people standing up and pretending to be some sort of saviours,” he said. Gannon said he had worked hard during his time in office, referencing a number of improvements in the area. “Gerry Hutch wasn’t around for any of those things. That was me as a politician who was there. So, if Gerry Hutch wants to be a political leader, ask him where he was for the last any number of years,” he said. “I was born and raised in this area. Gerry Hutch decided to move himself out to Clontarf. So, I’m happy to stand over my record in this community. Similarly, Sinn Fein leader Mary Lou McDonald hit out at Hutch. “Representing communities that really suffered in the course of that gangland conflict, it wasn’t glamorous,” she said. “That kind of activity in communities brings nothing but bad news and hardship, especially for young people.” Bookmakers Boylesports have Hutch at ‘evens’ to win a seat in the competitive constituency.
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