On Sunday, RTÉ posted a story by Education Correspondent Emma O’Kelly who wrote about changes to Coláiste Éamann Rís, a school in Cork city which she said had been “transformed ” by recent changes. One one those changes, she wrote approvingly, ‘stopped her in her tracks’. Under the heading of “Shared toilets a symbol of Cork […]
Most of you, by now, will already have seen the clip I am talking about here. If you have not, then I can only apologise, from the bottom of my heart, for what it is that I am about to do to you. Keep the volume down good and low on this one, for your […]
McGrath: RTÉ is overpaid, their coverage is “dire”
What value, in other words, do we get from RTE? In my own case, and I sorely doubt I am alone, the answer is none.
For most of yesterday, the name of the person who was wrongly suspected of carrying out the unprovoked and brutal murder of Ashling Murphy was not made public by the Gardai. All that we knew is that he was male, in his forties, originally from Romania, and was known to Gardai. And, of course, that […]
In most of the rest of the English speaking world, the definition of an incidental case is “somebody who was admitted to hospital for a reason other than covid 19”. In Ireland, the definition is different.
RTE is supposed to cover Irish News. Very often, it seems to see its role as covering up Irish News
Case numbers are soaring, hospital numbers are slowly rising, ICU numbers are flat, and the number of people being ventilated artificially to keep them alive is actually falling.
The public deserve accurate data, and to have absolute faith that the data is not being politicised and manipulated to shape public opinion.
If you watch RTÉ at all, you’ll know that one of their favorite hobby-horse issues to discuss is that of climate change. In an article yesterday (which you can read below) I went through how RTÉ is partnered with a climate activist group called Covering Climate Now. Attempts to pin any weather remotely outside the […]
One rule that is a good one to abide by in life is this: Never be mean or rude to somebody knocking at your door. That goes especially for political canvassers: Most of them are party volunteers, not responsible for setting policy, and are doing something good and healthy in a democracy: getting involved and […]
People who disagree with RTE on any of these issues, and continue to pay the licence fee, are wilfully and consciously funding their enemies.