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Does Ireland’s ‘if…’ generation say more about the parents? On those Celtic Tiger Cub end-of-year antics
Cluck, cluck, cluck. It’s the sound of many chickens coming home to roost. Or, would the meow of a cat be more appropriate? I ask because in recent weeks my attention has been drawn to…
The Irish Times publishes Morten Messerschmidt
When the Irish Times chose this morning to publish an article by Danish MEP Morten Messerschmidt arguing for Irish people to vote no to the Fiscal Compact Treaty Referendum it left out an important detail…
Objectifying Ads A Sign of a Regressive Ireland
Last week, Fine Gael TD Derek Keating called for the banning of late night adverts, shown on TV3, for what he described as “sexual entertainment services”. There appears to be some dispute about the exact nature of…
Shallow, Cynical and Wrong
The good people of Tara Street are troubled. The rise of Sinn Féin has caused consternation among the well-meaning liberals at the Irish Times. In response they have deployed their most deadly weapon, the anonymous…
Irish Times: Everyone loves the EU but sometimes they get confused and forget
Kathy Sheridan analyses the danger of a ‘No Vote’ and gets the excuses in first in this Irish Times piece The battle for the fiscal treaty has begun, but one side hasn’t taken the field yet….
The Household Charge – How They Failed to Shape Our Perspectives
“The media…is by far the most powerful agency in shaping people’s perspectives on social and political issues” [Vincent Browne, Irish Times, 18/04/12] Discussing the highly concentrated ownership of Irish media on the eve of Gavin O’Reilly’s…
Mike Murphy and the Casual Arrogance of Media Complicity
It is the casual arrogance of it that is most striking. It is not that things are said that we previously didn’t know it is just that it is all so blatantly and dismissively imparted….
Stephen Collins is Wrong…Again
Stephen Collins is at it again. His latest Irish Times column on the Austerity Treaty (10 March 2012) displays his trademark disregard for the facts. The column makes four key arguments. Let’s take them in…
The Fiscal Treaty Files: The Start of an Informed, Rational and Tolerant Debate
Now that the referendum has been called I am starting up the Fiscal Treaty Files, a regular commentary on the claims, arguments and assertions that will be made over the coming weeks leading up to…
The Triumph of Spin over Substance
The publicity accompanying the latest ESRI Quarterly Commentary was a triumph of spin over substance. Despite claims of ‘growth’ and ‘austerity is working’ the ESRI describes a domestic economy mired in recession and growing debt until…
Stephen Collins Bothers Me
Stephen Collins bothers me. Every time I read his Irish Times column I get an uncomfortable feeling. Something just doesn’t seem right. At first I thought it was because my views were diametrically opposed to…
The Irish Times and Latin America
The Irish Times is often referred to as the quality newspaper in Ireland. It enjoys a wide readership with a reported circulation of over 120,000 for the period between July and December 2010. Even the…
The Cowardice of the Irish Times
Update: The Irish Times has apologised….to the Communications Clinic. And the courage of Broadsheet.ie The Irish Times publishes an article by Kate Fitzgerald, published anonymously, which they obviously are perfectly happy with. The editor is…
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