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On 4 January 2016 I found myself in a court-residents. The review group recommended a move to a room in Castlebar, Co. Mayo. One man and ve women were on trial, charged with assault alleged to have occurred in Áras Attracta. Sitting in the courtroom my hope was to use this experience as part of my own […]
The story of an election is much more than a few headlines, but the Irish Times front pages mercifully, if languidly, devoid of the kind of blatantly partisan positioning seen elsewhere, provide in hindsight a neat narrative of the campaign, with the slow realisation that Fine Gael was in trouble, the lack of a clear alternative […]
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In Ireland’s crisis the beleaguered, state-subsidised broadcaster needs to be more than just a window or mirror
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Arnold’s defence of Declan Ganley was sycophantic.
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Early on Ryan Tubridy was Tigger, though he has a bit of the Eeyore about him too.
The race between RTÉ’s former Economics Editor and Alex White of Labour, also formerly of Montrose, seems a foregone conclusion.
In March 2003, the Minister for Communications, Mr Dermot Ahern, invited expressions of interest in the cause of religious advertising on RTE. Many of the submissions had the appearance of being orchestrated, and shared the same view: if advertising tarot cards is OK, why not religion? The outcome of the consultation process was that the […]