This is a Daily Mail opinion column by Craig Hughes concerning a political controversy involving the Irish Labour Party, its leader Ivana Bacik, and a figure named Helen Ogbu. The piece criticises the party for what the author frames as a refusal to answer questions and address the controversy, arguing that Bacik's strategy of ignoring it mirrors Nigel Farage's approach — but only the parts unlikely to yield electoral success. The full body of the article could not be extracted, so the specific nature of the controversy is not available.

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