Keith Duffy says he won’t go out in Dublin for fear of getting ‘a dig’.  The “Boyslife” singer and bandmate Brian McFadden say they don’t do interviews or even gigs here because while they’re championed in the UK, the response they get at home is negative and begrudging.

So, is Keith right? Is Ireland a nation of begrudgers? For his take on this Ian O’Doherty, Columnist at the Irish Independent spoke to Newstalk Breakfast this morning.

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