The boyos have NOT been sacked. Neither have they resigned. These are mischievous rumours, presumably started by jealous peers, that’s if the boyos have any peers.
But the boyos’ weekly column on Page 2 didn’t appear in the first two issues of 2025, you might say. Maybe so, but have you considered that the boyos might have been on holidays, skiing down stunning slopes in a breathtakingly beautiful mountain range in Austria, before sipping sublime cocktails at night? Fair enough, they weren’t, but did you consider it?
The rumours
Of course there has been much speculation as to who might have spread rumours that the boyos had been sacked, or submitted their resignation in a fit of pique (while pouring Guinness over the Editor’s head as a particularly wild Christmas night out descended into chaos).
Completely chilled about the rumours, the boyos – through their lawyers – wish to make it clear that they bear no ill will towards those responsible, and will be happy to consider all offers of financial compensation.
The ‘jealous columnists’ theory
One thing the boyos want to make clear is: they do NOT subscribe to the scurrilous suggestion that a jealous columnist might have spread the rumour that Page 2 of the Roscommon People is about to become free.
“The guys who write for the People and the Herald are above suspicion” the boyos said in a statement posted on X/Twitter under 273 posts by some sad attention seeker called Elon Musk.
“All of our rival, er, fellow columnists in the People and the Herald are dedicated professionals of the highest integrity… yes, they might be slightly envious of us, but they’d never stoop so low as to betray the unofficial columnists’ club!”
The gossip
While the boyos are back on Page 2, there is still speculation that all is not well between them and the Editor. Yes, threats to replace the boyos with Joe Brolly have eased, but that’s only because the Editor has gone off Brolly himself. The truth is that the Editor has been bouncing names of possible replacements off friends.
There’s talk of Declan Nerney being signed up, talk of the Healy-Raes being spread over pages 4 and 5, a bizarre suggestion that Brian McFadden might be enlisted, even a claim that Vincent Browne could be coaxed out of retirement.
One source insists the Editor has confided that he intends to get rid of the boyos in 2025 and elevate the content of the column by drafting in Jedward.
Update
Just before we went to press, the Editor issued a statement: “The Board of the Roscommon People has full confidence in the boyos”.
Boyos: “Oh dear!”
