Dec
31
Dec
28
TV3 and Brian Lenihan: Rights and Wrongs
TV3 were right to report that finance minister Brian Lenihan had been diagnosed with cancer. Unfortunately, just about every other decision they made in covering the story was wrong. What TV3 gave us was Ursula Halligan, seemingly ill-prepared, at one point stumbling over tenses (“Brian Lenihan was, um, is…”) and saying not very much after… Continue reading »
Dec
25
Christmas in Glencolmcille
Gleann Cholm Cille, 25ú Nollaig, 2009
Dec
10
Moving On
There’s a report in the Donegal News of an interview with Philip Boyce, bishop of Raphoe, regarding the fallout from the Murphy report. It’s worth looking at what he says. Boyce described the report as “shameful, horrific and beggars belief, it is hard to say anything else about it.” Boyce then described how one of… Continue reading »