It's a platitude used by IRA apologists. I'm using artistic licence, of course - it only applies to Northern Ireland.
Maybe lost in translation between Dublin and Belfast,sorry Jip but haven't a breeze what you're on about.
No,wouldn't use nae in the south,here's some terms you may find interesting, Commonly used gang slang PADRAIC PEARSE… Someone with a fierce temper. FUNERAL DIP… Someone who specialises in robbing funeral-goers FLAT-LINER… Dead LEG BREAKER… Community activist with Sinn Fein leanings HORSE… A derogatory rough-house pub greeting SLAPPER… A promiscuous woman who is quite young WIPE YOUR EYE… Garda slang (Munster) describing the act of taking advantage of a gullible person TRACKIE KNACKER…A rough working-class person who wears tracksuits TOSSER… A person of very low character TOE-RAG… Someone who is liable to double cross you LAUNDRY MAN…Someone who cleans dirty money via legitimate means POKE… Money Going soft meself and didn't know most of them.