Sometimes Mass Murder Is News and Sometimes It Isn't

Sometimes Mass Murder Is News and Sometimes It Isn't

Did you see this guy's video on the news? He was as mad as a bag of spanners. A fruit. A complete nutcase. I've been listening to the coverage since [...]

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Bill O'Reilly

I've just watched Pat Kenny interviewing Bill O'Reilly, and I have to admit it isn't really clear to me what just happened. Was that the finest piece of satire ever [...]

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Three tragic deaths

Three tragic deaths

The media behaved disgracefully towards poor Tania Corcoran, who died giving birth to twins as did one of the babies. There was absolutely no reason to report that Tania was [...]

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Trócaire ad banned

Trócaire ad banned

What about the good old Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, huh? Now there's a fearless watchdog working to keep Ireland a better place, wouldn't you think? I was especially taken by [...]

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Bloggers in the Irish Times

Oh, they're all there. Fústar and Grandad, Skinner, Sweary, Twenty and Mulley. The whole lot of them, all there together in the Irish Times. And how comfortable they look, lounging [...]

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Money laundering

Did I hear that right on the news? Did they really say that the guy convicted of money laundering had the cash in a box of washing powder? Please tell [...]

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The Croke Park Trilogy - Part Five

The Croke Park Trilogy – Part Five

I nearly forgot to mention this little episode, consumed as I was with the Croke Park thing at the weekend. On Sunday morning before we headed off to Mulligan's, Wrinkly [...]

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I know this is tasteless, but . . .

I know this is tasteless, but . . .

Tonight I was listening to Newstalk when a report came on about the latest executions in Iraq. The report said that the Iraqis had hanged two men, and had accidentally [...]

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Radio Dublin

Radio Dublin

Wrinkly Paddy points out that a small fire in a large apartment block merited headline news on our national broadcaster, RTE. Parochial? Ah, go on, then. Yeah!

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Sky News

Sky News

That Ipswich thing has to be disturbing, don't you think? Murders of five girls by a sad, disturbed fucker. Or even two sad, disturbed fuckers. Is there a stipulation in [...]

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