Finally got around to throwing my oar in on the Cowen portraits saga (or #picturegate, as it’s become known). (The London Times has a good rundown of the story so far if you’ve not been following it) Whatever you think of the original RTÉ news report, and the subsequent apology (note RTÉ’s first bit of [...]
March 26th, 2009 at
15:57 in
Politics (Ireland) | tags:
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If you listened to the various TV and radio vox-pops over the last few days, following the tragic murders in East Wall, Howth and Ranelagh, and even Dick Roche’s hold up in Wicklow, you’d think the murder rate was soaring and the country was going to pot. But what’s the real situation? In reality, the [...]
December 19th, 2008 at
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Security | tags:
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crime,
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morning ireland,
murder,
murder rate,
ranelagh,
risk,
risk analysis,
RTÉ,
Security,
tom brady |
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