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Telling the story of Easter 1916
One can’t help but notice the contrast between Tóibín’s forensic litany of Fenian foibles and failings and his breezy flypast of, say, World War I
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The Irish Times’ Proclamation was top-heavy like an out-of-shape heavyweight
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Patrick Pearse loved his students not wisely but too well, if you know what I mean – what with writing poems about kissing them on the mouth and relocating his school from the healthy hustle-bustle of Ranelagh to dark woodlands in Rathfarnham. Oh, and his students didn’t necessarily reciprocate the affection: a teenage James Joyce dropped […]
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The Irish Times has had a mixed 1916 commemoration. Even its own audiences seem hardwired to expect a certain bias from the newspaper of reference, but one particular decision – or probably a non-decision no one ever thought to check for unfortunate implications – certainly didn’t help. For its 1916 anniversary issue the paper produced a […]
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Less, but still, relevant
During the election campaign the mainstream media confirmed their bias against the real left and Sinn Féin
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Election Times
he Irish Times, like the rest of us, got bored and took some time to realise Fine Gael was on its uppers
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Biased media, Election 2016.
By Harry Browne. During the election campaign the mainstream media confirmed their bias against the real left and Sinn Féin From the point of view of the media, one of February’s biggest stories almost got lost in the election chaos. On Friday, February 19th, one week before polling day, the newspaper circulation figures for […]