The Ten Commandments of Irish Journalism
And lo, the Lords did not answer their e-mails, or return the phone calls, leaving the faithful to draw their own conclusions. These commandments have been handed down to me […]
Tag Archives: Kate Fitzgerald
When “inaccurate” is just a fancy word for “wrong”
It says a lot about Ireland that the last written testament of a dead girl can be changed to protect the powerful, but the unwarranted vilification of an unemployed Polish […]
Bleak future as Irish media face credibility crunch
It seems there is no better place to be a spin doctor than in Ireland. This morning Terry Prone guested Newstalk’s Sunday Show. Toothless since the departure of Dunphy, I […]
Those in glass houses…
About a year or more ago, one of my best friends and I had a falling-out on Facebook. Tired of the constant negative publicity Ireland was getting in Swedish media, […]
Sorry seems to be the hardest word for Kate
Publish and be damned! - Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, when the courtesan Harriette Wilson threatened to publish her memoirs and his letters It’s very hard to comment on anything in the […]
How quickly we forget
It all seems so long ago now. A week or two ago, we were filled with anger and anguish, despair and indignation at two deaths. The death of Gary Speed- […]
A right of reply
Busy day today, but here goes anyway – some things cannot be allowed to go unchallenged. The Irish Times has issued an apology to the Communications Clinic- the house of […]
Saying the unsayable
As comedian George Carlin once bravely stated, there are some things you just can’t say. So he did. He went on television and said the seven words that he believed […]
Covering a cover-up in the digital age
Today marks a watershed for Irish media, but it’s not all positive – if Irish online journalism is truly to survive and thrive it will need to make sure that […]
