Why are journalists doing the job of defence lawyers for them, by planting seeds about a suspect having “mental health issues”?
There’s a fine line between “brave and principled” and just flat out weird.
I find it fascinating that in an era with pornography lurking behind every phone the millennials just cannot get enough of the Regency era courtship rules
Up until relatively recently, a politician in Ireland could watch the 6 and 9 news on RTE and get a broadly reliable sense of the news the country was seeing, and how, therefore, to calibrate their message.
Also in demand: Tall blue eyed finance bros, and much better advice from the Irish Times agony aunt.
I’m increasingly nervous about a prediction I made at the start of the year.
Patrick Kielty is by all accounts a very fine fellow and a nice man, but the ratings do not lie. The public, in this first year at the helm for him, just isn’t buying what he’s selling.
The Israelis, I’m afraid, do not always make life easy for their friends.
A new weekly feature looking at the stories – big and small – we didn’t get to.
If there’s nothing on telly this Christmas.
RTE is still spending vast amounts of taxpayer cash, for very dubious returns.
But what if it all backfires?