Stephen Court Northern Ireland has already conducted a statutory inquiry into how Covid was managed. In contrast, the Republic is set to have a ‘review’ without statutory powers to compel witnesses to attend. This despite the Republic having had both a relatively high fatality rate and punitive restrictions that don’t appear to have worked. Maybe there is … Read more
And so, the omertà as to the RTÉ personnel getting ‘freebie’ cars has finally broken. It’s no coincidence that this was the only outlet probing this matter five years ago. We knew the topic was highly unlikely to be picked up by media reliant on revenue streams from advertising cars. We also knew that covering … Read more
It is coming up to one of the best times of the year; those early days of January following the sixth – a period I cheerfully refer to as ‘The Anti-Christmas’! Alas December has first to be endured. It is a month dominated by two types of people: those who project that the time is … Read more
It’s like living in East Germany Nowhere let open at night Incarcerated by mediocrity Mad I’d love a RyanAir flight I’m back in the D.D.R. You don’t know how lucky you are, boy Back in the D.D.R. (Yeah!) Been locked down so long, I hardly know a place Gee, it’s grim to be stuck at … Read more
Tune into any Irish radio station, and it is hard to escape the constant flogging of motor cars: RTE’s flagship ‘Morning Ireland’ is associated with Opel; sports bulletins on the same programme are brought to you by Kia; traffic introduced by Hyundai, only afterwards to be announced as ‘AA Roadwatch’. Ads for other brands such … Read more