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04th Nov 2014

Video: The Fear found out how Irish people react when a criminal claims to be their son…

Would you harbour a hardened criminal if he claimed to be your own flesh and blood? These Dublin residents didn’t seem too keen on the idea.

Oisin Collins

Would you harbour a hardened criminal if he claimed to be your own flesh and blood? These Dublin residents didn’t seem too keen on the idea.

There was a cracking night of broadcasting on RTÉ 2 last night with Republic of Telly returning to our screens featuring ‘Nidgella‘, and we also got a look at the final episode from the latest season of The Fear.

The RTÉ 2 YouTube page recently uploaded the outtakes from Monday night’s skit called ‘House Arrest’ and it’s absolutely brilliant.

Two fake gardaí approach members of the public and tell them that a criminal is claiming to be their son and the gardaí then ask the homeowners to mind their ‘son’ until better accommodation is found.

The reactions are priceless…

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