Matheson analysis
Victim’s ribs were exposed by lacerations.
Law and order.
Four people, and a commercial entity, have been charged with animal cruelty offences after an investigation into the euthanasia of dogs at a dog pound. One of the individuals has also been charged with a number of offences related to the Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 and the European Community (Animal Remedies) Regulations 2007. The […]
Freedom of expression, in a free society, is not unlimited but it should be allowed a very wide gate to run through. It is limited by other rights that belong to others – the right to a good name, to not be libelled as well as the right not to have violence incited against a […]
After thousands of people complained, RTE has now said it will remove a sketch which said God had raped the Mother of Christ from the station’s Player and apologised for broadcasting the item. More than 7,000 people had signed a petition calling for an apology started by Becky Kealy of Aontú, while the station also […]
Rural Independent Group TD’s Carol Nolan and Mattie McGrath have both outlined their concerns around RTE’s decision to air a controversial New Year’s Eve programme that portrayed God as the rapist of a young middle eastern immigrant. Carol Nolan went on to say that she has also written to RTÉ Director Dee Forbes. Speaking to […]
According to an RTE puff piece about its adult, animated satire series, Fantasy Ireland, we Irish ‘can laugh at ourselves’ and poke fun at ‘our sacred cows’. ‘No topic is off limits’. Yeah, right as we are wont to say down in Cork. The only thing that is the stuff of fantasy here is the […]
The taxpayer funded state broadcaster RTÉ has apologised after receiving 600 complaints over a supposedly humourous sketch that was aired during its New Year’s Eve countdown show. There was an outpouring of criticism of the clip and Archbishop Eamon Martin called for it to be removed from the station’s player because it accused God of […]
The problem with a charge of racism is that few people are prepared to challenge the strength of the evidence or the good faith of the party making the allegation. The media tend to report the incident in a way that is sympathetic to the ‘victim’. Sometimes, they make no pretence at all of sitting […]