If the leader of the political party that is on track to win the next UK General Election said they were going to renegotiate the Good Friday Agreement I’d expect that to make the news in Ireland. But as I scanned the Sunday Independent, the Irish Times and RTE News there was mostly silence.
On the last The Week that Really Was podcast I got into a bit of barney with John over him caring about a ludicrous piece in the Sunday Independent about how wonderful President Michael D Higgins is. Not all listeners took kindly to this but my point was, perhaps poorly put, was why even bother getting angry about the Irish media. Overall it lacks seriousness. Sorry, it just does.
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