Sammy Wilson
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Sammy Wilson is a Northern Irish unionist politician.
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- `Irish is a leprechaun language.'- Irish News, 3 Nov 1987.
- `Leadbelly' - Sunday World, 17 January 1988. (A comment about fellow Belfast councillor Alex Maskey after he was shot in the stomach by loyalist paramilitaries).
- `The GAA is the sporting wing of the IRA.'- Irish News, 6 Sept 1989
- `Would this council be prepared to congratulate all those who have done a good job on two sides of the border.'- Sunday World, 15 June 1991. (reference to the loyalist murder of Sinn Féin Donegal councillor Eddie Fullerton)
- `Our message to the perverts who voted for them [Sinn Féin] is that they will not get anything through this council.' - Andersonstown News, 5 March 1988.
- `I have no regret that someone openly identified with terrorist organisations and activities meets his death the same way.'- The Irish Times, 24 Sept 1988 (after the loyalist killing of Gerard Slane)
- `5,000 sub human animals.'- The News Letter, 3 Sept 1991. (about voters who re-elected Joe Austin of Sinn Féin)
- `They are poofs. I don't care if they are ratepayers. As far as I am concerned they are perverts.'- Daily Express, 1 June 1992. (after gay rights activists had requested the use of City Hall)
- `Taigs don't pay rates.'- The Irish times, 12 January 2000.
