2016 PRESS Contents

PASSelcome to Press Pass 2016 - the fifth year of the NewsBrands Ireland Newspapers in Education (NiE) Press Pass competition initiative. W Pages 4-5 How does Press Pass work? During a two week period in November, participating schools will receive a selection of national and local newspapers. These are used in conjunction with this workbook to give What is news and students a better understanding of how news organisations work by focusing on five main areas: news, features, comment, how to write it photojournalism and sport. Pages 6-13

What is the aim of Press Pass? The main aim is to encourage students to read and write more. Using newspapers as part of the daily curriculum, students will 6 Home The importance get a better understanding of news and current affairs andThe Sunday be March Business 20, 2016Post News exposed to a range of views and analysis - sometimes radical, of social media sometimes infuriating, but always engaging and entertaining - Energy Pages 14-15 Ener to help them form opinions of their own. even more off-putting. Imagine the VR gy equivalent of banner ads or pop-ups. drink sales drinks THE IRISH TIMES Picture racing through the streets of - Sugar and caffeine content Tuesday, March15 Monaco in a next-generation Formula One racing game or taking a virtual ,2016 seat in the front row at New York fash ion week enabled by your Samsung - 1 teaspoon ar headset only to find the illusion of now worth 26 Ge 4g of sugar “being there” broken by a poorly timed 1 espresso ad for toilet cleaner (however immer 80mg caffeine What is the Press Pass guidebook for? sive and accurately rendered). - St Patrick: hile brands may be enthused Mountain W Dew Monster Assault about the scope the new innovations ¤1.8bn (500ml) Media While& Marketingadvertisers would be Energise offer to improve the advertising expe (500ml) Edge Dart Thelean, meanimportance This guidebook is to be used in class in conjunction with therience, many consumers clearly still - (440ml) Red Bull find the best experience of all to be (250ml) Tiger 16.5 (250ml) Relentless Origin preaching - one that is either entirely, or mostly, Some products on market contain up to 14 (250ml) Conor Brophy ad-free. They may well seek out what Blue Bear newspapers. It looks in detail at the main writingselective styles quotation from Vindico’s and 2014 12 (250ml) Boost ever the VR equivalent of ad-blocking 7 (250ml) Re annual report. When Vindico excludes- 17 teaspoons of sugar per 500ml 7 (250ml) d Thunder ofmachine digital media software will be to ensure commercial skippable ads on YouTube which, fun KX Energy foolish to ignore the potential of VR headsets, reality doesn’t impinge on their virtual 7 (250ml) Blue Spark nily enough, most users will tend to 6.5 (250ml) range of skills that make up your daily newspaper: world. Emerge kip when given the option, comple Safefood concerned about young people 1 6.5 (250ml) Monster BARR - s That’s assuming, of course, VR takes 2 6.5 Rehab YROCHE tion rates for streaming video ads were- (250ml) off to the extent that advertisers even mixing brands with alcohol 2 6.5 (500ml) the reality is that immersive pop-ups 7could8 per cent. That was up from 76 per 1 6 St Patrick was centuries If VR headsets do, as is widely pre have to address these issues. It’s not Pages 16-17 - What is news and how to write a news story. cent in 2013. 1 6 ahead of his time when it dicted, become standard issue for the Signs are that video ads are becom that long ago that 3D television was 1 6 being hyped at events such as SXSW. cam move consumerssmartphone generation,to opt advertisers out of ad contenting shorter, more targeted and better 1 3 etoa Sample quote from 2009: “If you To 1 cordingtoUniversityhealth College would be foolish to ignore the obvious at engaging and retaining attention. So - pfive ydiet,a - The differenceing the body isbetween moving. news and features.Virtual test-drives, hadn’t noticed, 3D is going to be big in CIARÁ energy 1 Cork food historian Regina c- The headphones may also help with potential. Virtual test-drives, flights it may be brave to assume that VR ads ND’ARCY drink brands 1 hen was the and tours could be powerful tools to 2010.” It wasn’t then and it isn’t now. $bn one of the persistent issues attached to flights and tours will revolutionise the medium at this Samsung, Facebook – with its Oc wo 1 Sexton. last time you- promote everything from vehicles to rldwide Social 1 VR headsets which is that some users early stage. There has bee Red Bull and Monster already 12 The fermented and wild saw an ad hotels. The entertainment industry Besides, if given a choice, will users - ulus Rift headset – and others have 1 - The skills requiredexperience a form ofto motion writesickness. commentary.could be powerful spent billions to make VR a success crease in the numberna of ener- haverelationshipswith motor- $10.9bn media fans/follo 2 foods St Patric vertisement is also understandably excited by the allow themselves to be fully immersed- hugei Inducing the sensation of movement- to and add the wow factor that 3D TV gy drink product n- sport eatenin fifth centurykw Ireland, that really prospect of more immersive content tools to promote in VR advertising or will they want to ,extremesport wers ould have go with the virtual reality experience- lacked. At the same time, they well moved you? (which may also be much harder to skip it? Nick Statt, a writer for technol land, wit ssoldi ballthrough team andsa eventndfoot- 9 as he travelled the country Not moved should alleviate that. know that the line between successful hsome containingnIre- - What makes aEntrim good 4D, as the prototype photograph head pirate). and the- everything secrets from behindogy site The Verge, good described the Mc about 17 teaspoons of sugar sponsorship. converting the pagan Irish to Los Angeles-based Immersv has gadget and forgotten gimmick (Google phones are currently known, is en Donald’s experience at SXSW as “the per 500ml serving, according Christianity, are now among - just launched its mobile virtual reality vehicles to hotels. Glass, anyone?) is a fine one but a real Likes visaged as an accessory to Samsung’s capitalist dystopian side of VR where to new research. Commonpractice 6 Re €189.5m the“hottestfood trends inter- in the sense of holding back tears at - platform. In testing, it reported a com - one. dBull Followe sports journalism.Gear VR headset. Gear and Entrim The entertainment the only limit is how many logos your Safefood director Dr Cliodhna rs Subscriber Estimated nationally”, she said . Wthe John Lewis Christmas spot. In the pletion rate, the proportion of its ads eyes can take in at once”. Safefood, the North-South 48,038,743 va made a big impression at the SXSW s lue of sports and energy era of mass market availability of vir which users watch to their conclusion, Great content may be even better foods Foley-Nolan expressed $3.8bn Monster 1,880,000 drinks for the islan “Thi festival in Austin, Texas, with many of industry is also afety promotion board, 3 Featuressw tual reality headsets, we’re talking ac of 79 per cent. 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It sai ac 0 $1.1bn 9,042,218 650,684 39 are to preserv It was notable at SXSW, though, that from one video ad platform, Vindico, sumeda d1 d amon ommon practice $0.9bn $0.7bn conserve VR age of advertising: here comes the showing completion rates of 46 per 5-24c gteenagers and young Re Relentles 441,000 Number of energy drinks ea a lot of emphasis was being placed on Inside lmost two-thirdsofen-on- d Bull s ...foo nd to enterscience. It’s called our galvanic vestibular search for the Studentcent for smartphones Journalist and 54 per cent of the Year. ergydrinks onthe islandofIre- adults. Monster 46,306 not bePages consumed immediate-dthat 18-23 the potential of VR to deliver the next Rockstar 348,800 Ireland toda av could stimulation. - for tablet users. land. “Theuse of energy drinks as Lucozade ailable in ly.” - generation of advertising. Among the Boos 16,900 y Samsung, which is betting large on That figure, however, is a somewhat am WHO recommended dail Burn t demos on offer to attendees was the There were only 10 energy ixer wit MsSexton saidSt Patrick’s virtual becoming an actual reality for ha 48,565 6,340 “virtual Happy Meal” at the McDon drink products on young adults als lcohola ysugar intake: 25g (6 tsp). typical diet “would have been millions of consumers, has just de mong 10,400 21% ald’s Loft beside the main convention in 2002, but thi th quences in the contexohas conse- high in fibre,o buted new headphones that deliver - emarket European Energy drinks and ssages to nerve endings in the ear. - centre in Austin. quadrupled to 39 offeredshad almost by 17 land’s current binge-drinkin Food Safet acids, fe mega-3 fatty me tofIre- yAuthorit sp rme Specifically, they target the vestibular separate brands as par culture,” she said. yrecommended dai %of the total Irish soft drinksorts drinks mar as GI grains nted milks, low g a ,protein Whatsystem, aboutresponsible for helping us balthe competition? ¤1.8 billion industry in 2015. “Safefood’s position contin- ly caffeine intake: 400mg and vitamins, but low,m in suginerals- ance, thus fooling the brain into think tofa Why children should avoid energy drinks According to Safefood, ues to be that these drinks are ket arsand meat. 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However, repor can happe tein, vitamins and trace ele- takesTuesday, 15.03.2016 - Naturaldiet ble Colette Sexton New appointmentslgan will work alongside students have Plans to close Skibber tforlocal commen to the people they asubstantial amountac of swer visit co cour serv nw hild they‘‘ may have estaples in the Iri designed, built, and thouse and havesponses the ha e, local to the users of he ments contained in food. sugar, followed by When Dublin-based below the line marketing agency business of the court under-een tbut no re- sumes an energy drink?nachild con- ac early medieva the ESB - unway Marketing launched mini the courts.”dbeen received be- is not similar to the c hildconsumesan ener- sh Marketing has appointed Louise Leonard as its new man taken in Clonakiltyfore w publication.He argued it was not of a T the sugar is absorbed, with al- muscle tremors gy drink, they are taking arealsosomeof thefoodsldiet rec- head satellites from waste eag losur acrash as and t - aging director. Its founder Dee challeng simply an argument about thing else.asc This of fisice part or ofsome- thee hey quar drink cans. pr ed in judicial r ere Toothloss Mr Collins said it wasObesity not teredmood, behaviour andcon uct that is very far remove ommended bycontemporary Leonard. Previously, Leonardoup. worked in Irish International oceedings at the Higheview convenience but about the fabric of justice. It is not tha just the West Cork Bar As- aprod- Opinion - Page: 9 Court in Cork yesterday. provision of a system of cour If they miss out on meals they centration. from ters on Most recently, she thousesWhena can ne sociation who had spok He said the Court Service an nutritionists for optimal Proximity, The Printed oghImage has and been DIT. appointedr. r as account Mr Justice Seamus Noon- courts as r closed or altered. Butchild a deci- hast anag energy atural diet. d Dublin’s ke equir ver be ainst the c also tendw toas snack,subject to which gov in - nia, it may affect their school health,” said Ms Sexton. If you’re looking for some inspiration, check out the winning is a member of the TPI gr an reserv constitution. Mr Collinsed by dis-the sion to close a functioning ber losur en Human Marketing and P ed judgement after een courthouse,e butof Skib- tha policy and budgetaryernment con- numbers and other criteria. beings - World a day of legal submissions tinguished Skibbereen cour- cour similar submissionsturn had leads to obesity. Insomnia performance and be another ral stat in their natu- Meanwhile, Jillian ...... pr thouse should be sub- straints and that this under- Mr Sanfey said muc “Much of this is hop, a corporate communications agen esented on behalf of the thouse from the situa ject to close scrutiny.” been made by judges and sol-t pinned their actions. ewoul manager in H and a A European spacecraft programmed to sniff out West Cork Bar Associa tha was Safefoodmade of the Cour caus ter pure sugar anddr theyarely would encoun- cause t pertained in r tion Mr Collins c icitors. Local r Mr Sanfey said there w Service financial f h eofo ,w known be- Fitzwilliam Street, you are asked to atmospheric evidence of life on Mars has blasted10&11 into and the Court Service. Tipperary courthouse wher sta halleng has identified several besity. ith the comin worked for Ideas s tion elation to tutory powers ofed the the tatives had also spokenepresen- out ongoing r tha health risks whicht are thought take caffeine, their heartWhen will be mos Christianity, monastic settle- entries in thissign in, given year’s a little card with in NewsBrands Ireland Journalism Awards – new Zealand. Counsel Maurice Collins the roof had literally f Cour evie ere t budget was igurnot ese but tu & comment W space. t Service to close func- against the closure. ability and efws of the vi- th nlikely to encounter go cy in consider ey f set out the case made by the in; was a dang e tioning courthouses. v speed up and they may have caffeine. ment structions on how to evacuate the allen Mr Collins wanted Mr court venues, andficiency it was only of important feature.ed as the mosten se West Cork Bar Associa ture and could noter oushave str been “The consultation pr Justice Noonan to quash the ncouraged learning building, and then directed to watch uc- courthouses which scor “If it is not important why muscle tremors. and record keeping and “Constitutional values ar used without significant ex- was a f closure decision made by the poor Business Page: 10 at stake here. This casetion. in- lawed process.ocess The ly across a range of is there such emphasis on it a safety video, which, among other- penditure. Cour Court Service. criteria that w ed Dr Pat Harrold is those records have come www.journalismawards.ie volv e t Service ne in your own r ...... es fundamental aspect of “This is a cour sulted on a scenario wher things, advises to hold the rail at all ver con- Mark Sanfey, for the Cour for closure. ere consider judg epor Accumulated profit at the media firm owned by Marian the constitutional justice whic Skibber ed e asked. Mr Sanfeyts?” ther Nenagh, Co TipperaryaGPi down to us. Feargal Ward h is in fair condition,”thouse een was closed and Service, said cour Mr Justice Noonan said plied, “I am not saying it is n times when using the stairs. Finucane last year topped €1m after jumping by16-18 more system providing not just a he said about Skibbereen. mov e t ed to Clonakilty,” he were not like hospitalsthouses in that Skibbereen r not important.” e- Pages 28-31 Past reception, there is an elec system of courts, but also “Wha said, adding Clonakilty w terms of their place in the “Ironically than €68,000. t is requir poorly on the criteriaeported and Refer ,m there has to be justifed is tha only mentioned at the end local community, and unlik scor ring to Mr Collins’s food available thenuch is what of the tric sign boasting that it has been t as ed at 13 on the Court Ser- submissions, Mr Sanfey said: for closur ication after a number of scenarios someone attending r vice assessment. The criteria 250 days since the last mishap befell e of a courthouse. It “WhaCatchyt he has not said is tha first paragraph helps we call ‘health food’ now, - had first been mentioned e per cent of respondents said Electric Sport Page: 16 at their local hospitalegularly f on which it was assessed in- anybody has been denied someone on the stairs...... over a long period of time. dialysis, each citizen might cluded the local caseload, the access to justice wha t which comes Asked about this unusual level Ireland, with 57 per cent saying ESB. THE HERALD only appear once in theiror physical condition of the One of the ways it has divided the There is no af tsoever. um price.” ...at TUESD Forde named one lifetime in their local cour building, availability of an applicant withfidavit anybody from the apremi- of concern for safety, ESB chief ex AY 15 MARCH 2016 19-25 Press Pass winners signal successful transition alternativ saying, ‘If I have to be in name change. brands is in terms of sponsorships. - t. e venue, disab student win journalism award How to enterecutive Pat O’Doherty said it was of club’s best ever access, technology, staf Clonakilty at 10.30am, I am “The regulator has determined that The ESB focuses on corporate and Evelyn Ring led Wildfood very important to the organisation to - AW simply not going to be able to philanthropic sponsorships, like Tree ARDS David Forde is struggling to f ensure that its workforce was aware ESB’s retail arm should be separate, Aspiring journalist Emma make it’.” Ms Sexton explained that get a starting place but he of health and safety in all activities, annually through support for Electric which is why we had to rebrand the Week, which is a weeklong pro O’Flanag TIMO widerange of wild food,nota- Schools can submit up to’Doherty, three ESB chief executive entries in each category. The Minister Damien English with winner Emma Flanagan has made it into a best-ever when she wrotean was “politics pr is a ’BRIE Aid, which is the ESB staff social jus sales arm to Electric Ireland,” he said. gramme of events organised by the Emma has write ophetic N a from working on electricity lines - Pat O Millwall XI. mess” — long bef bly watercres tice fund, staff volunteering, in-kind “We had do it. It wasn’t something National Tree Council and the Feis to carrying a cup of coffee upstairs. Page: 21 come of the generalore election the out- There is only one reason people sa With 7,000 employees, ESB needs to suicide prevention services over support and sponsorship with a CSR that we particularly wanted to do and- Ceoil Festival. Electric Ireland holds scoops young journalis was known. which were used to garnishnd garlic, we’d prefer if we didn’t have to do it.”. commercial sponsorships, like Pieta Young writers shine at The transition-year Tributesread the second paragraph of dishes, were on the menu closing date forto be aware ofentries staff retention. Safe theis past tenJanuary years. Recently, it has dimension.30th 2016. Schools must- stuf COMMENTS:student from Our Lady’s - But the public seems to be getting Ciara f also added educational disadvantage Staff who volunteer at least 20 House’s Darkness into Light, Team them throughout their life. Treacy as she BroadcasterColleg newspaper article, forme while St Patric ty issues apart, this is also why ESB - Ne e in Drogheda, Co paid to used to the name change. In Decem Ireland at the Olympics, and the This was the fourth year “POL Matt CooperLouth, was the ov a encourages staff to play a large part as a priority. hours of their own time per year in NewsBrands Awards ITICS ws 23 press ombudsman Joh have kc the ar is a me THE IRISH DAILY STAR, Tuesday March 15 2016 winner in a national com- ould als All-Ireland Minor Championships. ticle ss General switchboard: ...... speaking at the tuc While the ESB invests money, its their own communities can apply ber, an IPSOS MRBI survey, commis alented young Emma wh ” bega t erall kedi o in its corporate social responsibil - of the worthwhile initiative Fl ich sc n prize 14 contacts petition that encourages stu- r nto hen andSport and how fo an ooped gan told the fourth annual goose eggs, honey, curds and r young agan Dublin switchboard: ...... 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We went ai na e Thursday. statement of intent with their pa rman list r the ce in the 2015 Press Pass initi- NTRIES nel of s. Co re Ire had demonstrated the only rea- A further €1 million is invested gan, from Our Lady’s College, an the nven mony land of fla to our staff, and they suggested in “Once again this year’s en bu d form judg we tion in an Advertising: ...... a t Circuit Court judges Har- tb projects,” Martin said. “[The dsma er ing re al Cent the the Ir d spon 021 4802259 tive run by Ne read Drogheda, Co Louth, was all “t n Jo Pres in so pr re, tr ish Le sore v sa - his ar hn Ho s Om the esen ophie Unio ag d by Ireland and sponsored by the ey Kenny,son to Seán continue Ó Donnab- reading: the like nd it is als vesting in homelessness and suicide billboards] serve to clean up tries are of an exceptional in ticle, rgan - cate ted s ns. ue of Email: ...... 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[email protected] Emma, who hopes one day esting. said. or th the fo nts agai owle winner Emma Flanagan NewsBrands Ireland Press DMEEIR- e it e Pres urth took entrie n, thi y said to become a political journal- Court for the tributes. - enjoyment and love of words.” wh s Pa year s are s year : and (inset, from left) 15 fective element of their mar ich ss co of standa of an ’s 021 4802256 Pass awards earlier this week. is ru mpet rd, exce ca ist, talks about political Judg Ms Flanagan’s’s article be- The winners were chosen- n by ition, comi and ptio tegory winners e Ó Donnabháin ex- keting campaign,” Martin said. DEVELOPMENT News ng th what nal Zachary Gillespie pressed his condolences to She was one of 7,500 Bran of en roug ’s real matters with her family, but gan wit - ds joyme h is a ly Hartnett, Big Picture Media has start by a panel of newspaper ed words. nt sens not with her friends. the family of Mrht Cr Digi ” and lo e Lo , Eo he TUESDAYtransition 15.03.2016 year students ve of Hanrahan andrraine Ciaran in AT COURT: Liam Dolan “Theram words: ed taking on staff once again. itors and journalists, includ Sheehan “I don’t talk politics with e wasess.” somethingowley. al- “Politics is who took part in this year’s Sunday Business Post my friends because I don’t most Liam-ish about the ws 20 ing manner inAlso, which Prof he left Horgan us in said the Ne are becoming commonplace IRISH DAILYIt is currently MIRROR working on a newspapers-in-education- think they are interested, but Big spend on hoardings is sign of therange times of high-profile projects,- tal Editor James McNamara,€4m basic they should be because they Emma O’Flanagan from Our Lady’s College, Drogheda, who was the overall winner of the NewsBrands Ireland Press Pass Awards which took a quiet,write unobtr around Dublin and other large programme which uses print K for just went fromr“ usivus,”seemedto he said. havebee and chaired by former Press 8 2 4 5 3 6 7 9 1 sudoku are going to have to v place in Dublin’s Conventions Centre yesterday. e way, he 35 ■ including the giant banners on - Donaldowed McCarthy, with f the gift of prophe- Emma Flanagan from Our Lady’s College, Drogheda: overall Agent kept cities. “Over the past year, - media to help improve stu Co -Donegal, Eoinsuper-pub Hartnett from 9 5 3 7 1 2 4 6 8 some day — it will af ne The winners By Jack Horgan-Jones Ombudsman Professor John ote the Cork Bar, said the shoc n- the front of theEmma Siptu head scoops student press prize them anyway.” a SS 7 6 1 8 4 9 2 3 5 H cy” because thether article, of entitled winner of the Press Pass awards. Sine T and particularly in the last dents’ reading and writing.scooped the top prize with her Colaiste an Chraoibhin, Fermoy, OW TO fect was gr Bu nden quarters at Liberty Hall in - Horgan. 3 8 2 1 7 4 6 5 9 PLAY Former press ombudsman esday 15 March 2016 eater for bar t SPo six months, there has been a In an age when young peo Fill in the grid, Tu when a colleague died ask sale proceeds, orre opinion article Youentitled can readThe Emmashe FlaCo Cork, Lorraine Hanrahan from and jury chairman, Pr The Politics risters C Dublin. “WhileA SCHOOLGIRLthe construc has proved she Tuesday, March 15, 2016 1 7 6 3 9 5 8 2 4 1RM Irish Independent they w massive increase in demand. ple have become accustomed Presentation Secondary School, garda 22 ...... ensuring that each John Horgan, said Emma not ork of PHOTOGRAPH: CYRIL BYRNE Politics Of Apathy.nagan’s winning entry, ‘The lvedduetofearsof 4 9 5 2 6 8 1 7 3 of Pictures: Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography 2016 ev been writtened side by and side judgedApathy before roperty companies - tion industryhas provides the write a large stuff after being plan only scored top marks in the ery day in court. Mr Our panel of judges will chooseThe emergence of a thenumber of winning entry from each to the convenience and con Castleisland, Co Kerry, and column and ,had court told Other categoryPolitics winners, of Apathy’, at business 2 3 8 6 5 1 9 4 7 ro competition, she seemed to McCarthethy general said he had election, lost a and had €35k for garda lef are spending tens of percentage ofnamed our income, overall we winner of the ev w, and friend, a brother, and a son. high quality jobs in Dublin city cision of texting and tweeting, Ciaran Sheehan from CBS AY ery3 be endowed with the gift of Press Pass awards - have been building up strong pictured below,post.ie were Zachary 5 1 9 4 2 7 3 8 6 x3 box, “captured thousands of euro centre has resulted in compet 2015 Press Pass Awardsnewspapers can play a crucial ‘t contains the prophecy. Barrister James Dugg - Gillespie from St Columba’s oomanCharleville, Co Cork. 6 4 7 9 8 3 5 1 2 said Mr Crowley hadap de relationships with clients ‘knifed’ ublic mood even on lavish hoard ing companies raising the bar yesterday. role in improving their critical PRESSintermediate PAnumbersSS 1-9 AW“It capturedARD a public mood S BASH befor an Winners ting and tweet-speak”, Minister AC of the five categories - plus two runners-up from each section. Comprehensive School, Glenties, ev en bef led with himeith for a yearad bee as a scarred after beingoCavan estate agent sold across variousEmma industries Flanagan from Our Gordon Deegan vil- ings for their flag when it comes to how their thinking skills that will benefit 3 2 1 7 5 4 8 9 6 ore it had been barristerth and they had beenne of State at the Department of r MOND advanced expr eb xpressed in aD since 2001, many of which 6 8 7 2 3 9 5 1 4 essed in the ballot box,” friends for theallot past box”. 40 years. ublin woman’s holiday Lady’s College in Drogheda y fo he said. projects are being presented PLANS for a new €4m JD bars’ 5 4 8 1 6 2 7 9 3 Education Damien English told At Grammys Mr Duggan said the late Mr apartment in Turkey before ship projects as competition - lAyS were not as badly affected by erspoons super-pub and hotel 4 5 9 6 8 1 3 2 7 Mor P to the public and prospective bAND p on duty Winning 2 6 7 5 9 3 8 4 1 e than 60,000 students Cr - have been put on hold due to fr owley had been de reaches fever pitch, industry Weth- 9 7 2 1 4 8 6 5 3 om around the country Literacyandcriticalthought Overall: the ceremony.knifed in the“fa facelse the downturn,” Martin said. concerns about an over-concen- inarea 9 1 3 7 8 4 6 2 5 his mother, who died f ly An overall winner will also betenants orselected buyers,” he said. by the judges and all hav v EmmaFlanagan,Our and tr 1 6 4 5 7 3 9 8 2 e taken part in Press Pass oted to dishonestly experts have said. With larger, more high-pro ation of pubs in the Camden A GARDA detective who Editor Des 6 7 4 3 1 9 2 5 8 since it was launched in 2012. yearsThe ago, Press and that, Pass in awards, a which Lady’sCollege,Drogheda leadingher andmisappropri- Street area of Dublin. take on 5 3 8 9 6 2 4 7 1 our mis- The spending spree is lead was stabbed under his Irish Daily Star 8 9 1 4 2 5 3 6 7 sense, he died too with tha Saurya Cherfi It follows Dublin City Camden Stree GOOD NEWS: The initia aim to encourage literacy and Benefitofjournalism ating” the ¤42,000 proceeds file jobs coming with price- Eagles to bow Council requesting further 2 4 5 3 9 7 1 6 8 tiv loss. In terms of his work as a Features: It right eye during a 3 5 2 6 7 8 4 1 9 by the Irish Leaguee, sponsor of Cr ing to record profits for the information from the UK pub stat t”. Gibson with overall winner Emma Flanagan SOLUTIONS KarenStapleton, tags of up to €100,000 or more, Authorityed has that a concern “the Planning with 7 9 3 8 1 6 2 4 5 Unions, seeks to impr ed legal criticapractitioner, Mr Cr t Mr English said he could see eye in giant on its plans for a super-but Halloween disturbance passion 7 3 6 9 4 1 5 8 2 lt ColáistenaSceilge,Caherciveen A DETECTIVE Garda, who was ap winners will be announcedsign-makers as developers at a national awards ceremony early the reduction in the number from Our Lady’s College in Drogheda as 8 1 6 4 2 5 7 3 9 eracy skill and critical think-edit ley often succeededhinking in v ersonalA on the site of a former homeless it’s providing a welcome cash of hotel rooms and the inclu- has been awarded more 1 8 5 2 3 6 9 7 4 ove lit- tio ow-among transi- the benefitst ofabbed journalism under his right judge was told yesterday.IB account, Compiled, written and edited by hostel well as Emma’s mother Maura Flanagan and ing as well a incr challengingny and dif CoKerry seek to out do each other in out after Frey at sion of a 1,184 sq metre of bar/ ear studentsery Camden 35,000 in damages. injection for the makers of the We restaurant/lounge/dining and than 4 2 9 8 5 7 1 3 6 2W cases, said Mr Duggan. after he was called to sort out a therspoons, founded by awar if h a newly competitive market Tim Hall. Emma’s teacher Mona Ni Mhurchu at the free TDs eness of mediaeasing and ised by NewsBrandsficult ,a Ireland Opinion: ed Halloween night, Barrister Clodag Ma outdoor seating with tables re organ- id flashy hoardings. rtin, plans to open 30 Det Garda Liam Dolan news among students. Brian McCrory, president of Irish League of Credit Unions, Press Pass Colleague and solicitor Pa- give out about journal-–even - Big Picture Media specialises in construction billboards and advertising hoarding. The pubs in and chairs” NewsBrands Ireland Press Pass Awards EEK EoinHartnett,Coláiste trouble on By EMMA FLANAGAN tric and sponsored by the Irish ists “behind their backs”arded more than place. “After such a long period- five years.Ireland over the next Fr sponsors; Damien English, Minister for Skills, Research and Inno- k McNally said: “He w anChraoibhín,F aw Highsaid in the Circui hG It said its concerns were due (53) told the High Court 2 7 96 ee national and local an outstanding negotia has been artlan John O’Mahony next year. Jeff Martin, owner of billboards do double duty by serving to mask sites during construction projectstribute show Th e application has led to a to an “over-concentr POLITICS is a mess. ne STOGCategory winners, from left, Zachary Gillespie from St Columba’s - wspapers are provided to vation, and Vincent Crowley, chairman of NewsBrands Ireland. League of Credit Unions. ermoy,CoCork the work of elected officials that Se tC of stagnation and virtually ES number of objections by local bars and restaurants in the area hearing that he was hit in That’s a well-known fact. He was a man of action butas News: €35,000 damages in the ivil Court EFFERi residents against the Camden participa Comprehensive School, Glenties (News); Eoin Hartnett from Coláiste tor. ZacharyGillespie –a án Boy sign-maker Big Picture Me by mARk j and a “shortage of hotel roomsation” of the face after a group of Young people generally 5 2 ting schools and time was ne “needs to be scrutinised”. s lan, of Annalee no construction work hap Hall plan, which also proposes in the cit He said:students “During are encouraged the election to Damiencam- English, who pr an Chraoibhín, Fermoy (Comment and Opinion); Lorraine Hanrahan Since the award St Columba’sComprehensive Court. Grove, Cootehill, Co Cavan, dia, said that his company a 98-bedroom hotel don’t care and the adults O sence, and hev erhad of athe gr es- , y”. youths ran at him in analyse a range of ne ented the winning students pening in the city, many de band Eagles It The Council also wish they didn’t have to. paign [in Ireland] we talked about from Presentation, Castleisland (Photojournalism), and Ciaran 2012 some 60,000 transition Det Garda Liam Dolan (53) [email protected] said the scheme would create it had concerns in relation to 56 3 8 2 es- sense of humour.” ss School,Glenties,CoDonegal “Journalism deceived is on track for a record year, SEVENTIES at We Clane, Co Kildare, in “There are flaws in mainstream 4 paper content. with their awards at the Con- v tarte 100 jobs if it the site. therspoons’ the noise from the proposedstat Career politics has Cohow dull it was but I would rather ariety of ways, not only b eat di got out Ma eed that ws- Sheehan, CBS, Charleville, (Sports). Solicitor Michael Joyce, n told,n a Garda Compensation ge taken over. Politicians The students also vention Centre in Dub improving yea hold us to account, Rushbrook View,rian Temple- Ryan thanks largely to the elaborate have performed their final In one objection,ts the local green resi- light. Tim lower ground-floor restaurant October 2010. media but I think that, much like uld this be on behalfrp of upilthe Southern Sport: ewspapers, dent Barry mayhem Martin 15 have guidebooka dull election compiled campaign b than a CiaránSheehanCBS, at and outdoor seating area. BUDDING TALENTSdon’t have policies they PRESS2 1 45 9 8 THEIR CASEreceiv said newspapers w helping to prliteracy skills andy w shave benefited “at a hearing that he had just ,of bespoke hoarding designs that city council “enoughCh is enough, at fi The Three Mr Justice Bernard SHEILS democracy, it is the least worst e a lin, as a sense of enjoyment Law Association,time when said youn he w help us ogue, aboutDet Garda the Liamsale through Dolan gig together, according to ambers told the Mr Ch rst hand Tu I belieConorve in or that could Trump-likeExaminer figure news editor in Irish John politics.cellent teaching tool and the Leaving Cerepar Charleville,CoCork and also Good luck – and enjoy the process! the area is already ambers said there”. were n Ta y Irish ere an ex- e them f and love of words. to get ourof his car in the Otomy Drive vern, Blackrock PLANNING Barton was told that Det. R1 March 20, 2016 change the country for the option we’ve got.” O’Mahony and designed b commended Ne or an honest, sincere, and v ane, Co Kildare, on already fast becomingat tippinganother point and Street/W14 pubs in the Camden would help create an “The thing about our politics is lish course, but alsotifica by de become accustomedgp to the con- People often cite headlinesmessageCl or his company, M&M Market- founder Don Henley. As a result, the Council has RADIO presenter Matt Cooper better, they have policies 7 9 2 8 4 te Eng- “The winning entries dem- School, Glenties, Co Done- charitab as eople have Photojournalism: area of Temple Bar – great for revellers 13 cafes/restaurantsexford Street also area serv- with Cooper has previously visited Irish Examiner mark Ir The court heard that Det city for residents and tourists. asked Garda Dolan, a married that get them elected. that we don’tFo have people witheland for providingwsBrands them oping a gr onstra gal. le person and thatery in out. him, He said the group’s tribute and oper ing alcohol. “Clearly, Camden Wetherspoons to justify handed out awards to the next Cooper (50) spoke of his admiration graphic artist, Edward Butt.y yoea vel- te a confident grasp of this weekvenience of Cheltenham and concision he of tex- bits of stories at canvassers,”lloween night he in 2010n whenat Th ex the reduction in the number rf free- of-c ter understand- Hanrahan,Presentation Ha ra ing Strategies Limited. for at e council citing father of three who was Passion in politics North Korea in order to carry out urther informationing of and the w languag ■ Lorraine Garda Dolan, a married father-ty, flash- ev ors, but not so Street is more than adequately er, there is a need to of hotel bedrooms and sub- 9 8 62 3 7 deliberately extreme oreting deliberatelyharg ui Featur would have expected a call eryone else”. stat generation of Irish journalists for the Irishseems newspaper dead, and industry that’s a as Minister for Skills, ing schools. e to par said Mr English.orld we live in,” e and literacy tha es: Karen Stapleton, to co-founder Glenn Frey at Mr served for the purchase and appropriate balanceed: be “Howev- mit a map showing the num- ticipat- will stand to the students Coláiste na Sceilge, Caherci- said a group of youths Graphic design & layout Ch good suing the State, had been research for a book on life inside the n from him about upcoming SecondarySchool,Castleisland, ,a striking him in of-three, suffered anxie ning of ambers urged the plan- consumption of alcohol,” he great shame. provocativeResearc viewpoints. “Pr dding that people should Ms Rya fi the role of these entertainmentstrike an ber of bars on Camden Street yesterday — and stressed that a free he blasted the lack of free media in h and Innov ess PassThe is a write positiv stuff . . . Ne whate 2016?t veen, Co Kerry. ns cer in the case to take a wsbrands Ir v races. one teenager aid she appoint- the Grammys on February stroll along Camden Street and said.. uses in the econom and “knifed on his I have a strong interest dictatorship.5 7 1 63 www initiativ er they choose to do go beyond the headline and backs and sleep disturbance tween We press is critical to our democracy. “Clearly we haven’tation, had a Trump- Emma shows off herchairman, Vincent Cr in life,” said Mr Crowley. ■ CoKerry ed M&M Marketing Strate- lanes off the In and ensure a balanced mix of xford Street in order North Koreain and politics, other quite dictatorships.unusual e that can benef e eland Opinion: Eoin Har Solicitor Simon Murphy response to concerns to establish if there is an over- cheekbone”. Fears .irishtimes.transition year students in a ley, the face. 15 was the “final farewell”. time by local residents, the City y of the city SIC Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Fer- after the incident. at street uses and protect the amenities concentr Cooper made the comments as he He said: “Ifo rthinksomeone wemy areage, very and style figure coming forward in Press Pass trophyit with said the entries tow As well as the ov said on behalf of the Law So- “find out the full story Justice Bernard Bartongies to sell her apartmen night “to witnessat the Council told the applicants an exceptional standard andow-re tnett, Mr closing of residents from an over-con- Consultantsation in for the area. The court heard that even I’m bored. What 1 newscub Zachary, winnergis there w moy, Co Cork. ciety that solicitors w His symptoms had now sig- Edward Butt Frey died in New York on that it would encourage enter- presented the Press Pass student Ireland and I think the Irish reaction ere of te erall centr spoons fortunate here in Ireland. Meanwhile, the outspoken wha story”. doesCK that say about poli- BA egory winners; ation of late-night venues.” Det Garda Dolan, from opinion settercoEoin, t really came thr r,erego f ■ Spor miss a gr heard–t that Det GardaNa Dolan,Goldas Garda City, Analya, in January tainment uses in the area that iv at Th time wouldst beated 12.30am that closing onWe media awards at Dublin’s PA tics in this country, and would be pretty visceral in dislike of e cat- t: Ciarán Sheehan, he real nificantly reduced,ti although e council told the appli- ther- “What happened in North Korea m/inno ■ to ea ould ioned January 18 at the age of 68. cants that it has “concern in presenter also told of2 5his fears about super snapper News: Zachary Gillespie, CBS,: Charleville, Co Cork. chard O’Connor,t colleague. r Ri- stat n Fridays and Saturdays and Carragh, Co Kildare, had in the West as a whole? 3 6 7 1 somebody like that.” ough who is 2013 NewsBrands Ireland relation to the over-concentr “the proposed bar will not be a Convention Centre yesterday. has happened in many places and St Columba’ Compr ■ Photojournalism: Lor- expr .Last Marcthere “had not been a day when The surviving band And, yes, I’m aware pol- the possibility of Donald Trump Lorraine and ace va essed condolencesegistrar, on tion of bars and restaurants on late-night bar in the traditional suffered anxiety, flash- tiona raine Hanrahan, Pr Station, had been “knifed on ha [email protected] Emma Flanagan from Our Lady’s there are stillitics issupposedly not a soap opera, democratic sports writer Ciaran ehensiv behalf of court staff to f agreed at ¤40,000he had not on thoughtthesale ba- was about the members played classic hit sense”. backs and sleep distur- gaining a foothold in US politics. e Concern about Camden Street pub The court heard the a- College in Drogheda was crowned although some politicians in associa wa tion, Castleisland, Co esenta-Ker of the late Mr Crowley who his cheekbone” and had fallen, ”. The site already has planning countries in the world where there rd amily y sis tha incident ft a visible and permission for a hotel. bance after the incident. , because this article, written might act a bit like it is. tion with wer Take It Easy with Jackson prophecy the overall winner out of over 7,500 s ry. e present in Cork Circuit bleeding heavily. tatl ER OF& THE PRESSit had been has been a clampdownBut it’s hardly on far-the media. 34 9 Court yesterday. y winners, from left: Zachar would be transferredwoundeast ¤36,000 had to her. le Browne, 67, at the Grammys Scar e the generalstudents election, whoe captured took part in the fetched to say that if poli- Barrister for Det Garda Skills, Innovation befor ards with categor Frank Crean said his cli- permanent scar. LEAD Transition Year journalism project. ticians really did care numbers stallsPa Wetherspoonsss Aw plan Dolan, Msas Ge Ryaneral e State argued that Det Na as a tribute to Glenn. MINISTER for His barrister, Franka public mood even befor about doing a good job, ns Th quality of life had then politics would be a 2 14 ent was rushed to 21st Mr Boylanaid had that “falsely on Apri’s 2 But Henley, 68, told BBC Research Damien EnglishCrean, may have said his clientexpressed was in the ballotnewspapers-in-ed- box. ar Garda Dolan 3 H a Ye lot more interesting. 1 78 5 Hospital, before beingHo trans-spital in l Radio 2: “It was very difficult BACK TO DRUGS up a few political pointersoff work from for several Press Pass is Transition A very worrying example overaGORDONll winner ofDEEGAN theLo NewsBrandsrraine Hanrahan Ireland (photojournalism) Press and Ciaran Sheehan (sports) Photo: Chris Bellew James’sand dishonestlynot been adversely impaired Photographs courtesy of picked TODA ion was attack. weeks following the ucation initiative for happened very recently. Y (opinion), ferred to St her theat sale wouldafter conclude”i the and very emotional. We transition year student Emma Flanagan. H Ann Phelan, Minister of Drywith d Emma Flanagan wasEoin Hartnett rk. The nformed ft attack. State at the Departments 1 3 9 8 ecent sunny spells expected across listic wo Dublin where his lacer Judge Barton saidion he hadwas le actually almost didn’t do it. classes, run by NewsBrands Ireland much of Ireland, Gillespie (news) Concerns that there may be too locals opposed to the plans, journa cted by a The courtwith heard he did at The Minister was on hand to announceHis symptoms had now of Agriculture, Food and although perhaps ns. This are sele sutured. in six weeks, knowing it Press Photographers Association s College, Drogheda pupil Marine, Transport, Tour- IT for Leinster and Munster during it Unio winners editors satisfied the lacer “That was the final significantly reduced,and sponsored by the Irish League of cloudier at times man whic ue of Cred and wspaper not suffer any nervehad concluded damage. arding the Our Lady’ to improve ism and Sport, spoke to a 4 Temperatures will be around average for Yeyparubs students in the Camden impressLeaghi withnvolv journalisticschools nel skillsof ne d by a cosmetic deformityface. onAw Det although there “hadCredit not Unions. seeks completely empty Dail. AND12 the afternoon. from Our out 20ea098-bedroomho-. pa more thans, adequatelychaire servedMr Crean said Det GardaMinis-am ’s farewell. 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Barry Chamberss of toldnews TrophieDublin features court, aske Emma Flanagan saw AR READINTERMEDIATE By2 54 BARRY MORAN REAP winn ’. enes s ries: symptoms following the assault to analyse and interpret AW as there was absolutely Irish public athy awar udent tego City logical injuries. appropriate farewell.” journalism competition withwoundmess.” had left a visible Adry and Italyof.S theunny spells and isolated wintrpressed rain, sleet tics of Ap pers- ages st fitoldve ca Councilort and dJudg off 7,500 entries to win - called “The Politics ofa Apa- work. no one to oppose her. 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Garda Dolan's quali- selves don’t even seem to dryinto dawn. the north. has carried off topchain honours on its plans for thews siteBr ofan for and rants on Camden Street”. It to have been endowed with the gift of lives, a major awards cere- There will beEmma Flanagan,Remaining Our Lady’s Press n by Ne e Irish reveller wish that we come to some They last toured in 2013. ty of life had not been be engaged? 2 3 9 5 easterly winds. Min temp 2-5CCollege, (36-41F).light Drogheda, Co Louth. Sunny spells and some ru d by th sa This apathy only wor- mony heard yesterday. east to north- at the annual af ’s onsore not so good for everyonend operators else”. t also said it has concernsa y 12 the showersat Dublinormer homelessand sp hoste agreementandtha adversely impaired after sens when it comes to More than 60,000 Transition and critical thinking FEATURES comingPa daysss withAw someards for southern but the attack. young people, who hon- Ye ar4 5 students took part in TOMORROW 1st — Karen Stapleton, Colaiste Becoming mainly dr thunderCamdenEurope Hall. in thenois riod she would get it all.to estly couldn’t care less na Sceilge, Caherciveen, Co Convention Centre.ydownpours possible. ef bout ver ap 35,780 dam- Newsbrands Ireland’s latest of ways, not only by improving liter- Flanagan from Our Lady’sAgre College in spring yacross central Europe with long spells of lat rom theproposed res- e- Awarding about politics. acy skills and helping to prepare Drogheda, while trophies yswetartre in placesalso with mist andKe fogrry. sunshine Fourteenpubs taurant and outdoor area. do everythin newspapers-in-education scheme. 2nd — Ali Cousins, St. Mary’s expected. 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De eir comp as part shoved his head into a pillow. “I have to say in 31 years poin allowing e for th offences and looking at his estranged absolutely nology e, mil s.” package. rkers Ms Sheehan added the boy’s older would continue and a forensic psychiatric in tech om hom r career o third of wo husband from last of social work I was to work fr ce thei ployers wh Over a tion of attitudes and behaviour assessment would be carried out on her. people in the offi e said em ve the op brother broke his arm while playing and horrified by absolutely horrified staying Sh the ne ed id they ha t only around children. It is the July until late The case was adjourned until May 19. many are than cious of sa e bu [email protected] And mo re are cons flation”, ing from hom e the was hospitalised for several days after last month. about what I read.” r longer. rkers alary in work g outsid final humiliation really.” what I read fo ery five wo to limit “s benefits workin as emergency surgery. However, the In evidence, she out of ev ider the 4pc said ly offered Judge Rose granted bail four t get any ould cons rk s formal y sHEEHAn social Kids ey did no a sh ible wo fice wa cy. The mother did not visit him and asked CFA made an MAR ORDEAl described one inci- said th the extr fering flex and of any poli so the dad-of-one, of Castle tion for of of attract rt of comp him to move furniture and do a handstand worker yesterday interviewed compensa ements to pa Eden, Co Durham, could “get emergency move eir de sks. arrang time at th ’s talent. while recovering from the injury. last month that McKinley retain his affairs in order.” The social worker said the boy eventually Morgan of Inward Johnson has spent his last Director days of freedom in meetings about the case.

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corners to save costs,struck court the third-floor told balcony directly below it. Shane Phelan “The mechanics of the failure students on to the Public Affairs Correspondent hurled the 13 cement sidewalk and.” asphalt Eight clouds on THE “unimaginable terror” of the ft below pavement 40 what he could publicly promise he would not- Berkeley balcony collapse victims Six students were killed in the do and what he privately knew he must do. is laid bare in legal paperst corners which to He has consistently insisted that he is plan cu tragedy, while others suffered ’s horizonning for growth and significantly increased E employment, particularly for pilots and cabin claim contractors US injuries that will affect them for crew. But few understand Aer Lingus’s cost save building costs.filed with a the rest of their lives. structures – and the legacy problems built Willi in to them – better than him. His original Legal papers “The unimaginable terror that Fearghal axe-wielding as Aer Lingus chief executive court reveal a harrowing account experienced during set the airline on the successful flight path it each victim Free O’Connor has largely flown ever since. What is news? udents in of the night last summerst when a Yet Walsh knows that neither he nor his ty for J1 the fall was eclipsed by the car- at joyous par book reports on the predecessors ever really finished the job. nage on the ground,” the account ge 2 Outsourcing has long been high on the Aer California ended with the deaths Token Pa Lingus agenda. Even when successive chief continues. WEDDING executives failed to outsource, they brought eight big challenges that of six people. Lawyers also claim thatIt cornersis alleged T it in via the back door through a controversial ravellers’ dream day turns to bloody nightmare “leave and return” deal that saw many staff “None of the victims had any t to save costs. were cu face Willie Walsh and accept lower wage structures more closely reason to know or suspect that a the management company for aligned to competitors. Ask 100 people ‘what is news?’ and you’ll get 100 catastrophe was imminent,” the IAG as the takeover of Aer Nevertheless, about 700 staff remain on the building, Greystar,students ignored who higher legacy rates. Walsh will want to tackle account reads. this, while operating within the parameters Do a “red flag” when Lingus nears completion of the commitments he has made. “Suddenly, and without warn- “Walsh showed at Iberia, BA and Vuelling rented the apartment complained - that he is not afraid of a fight and it is hard to different answers. ing, the balcony broke loose from about the presence of mushroomsy. AG boss Willie Walsh has almost com imagine that he won’t find himself at odds the building, tumbled down and pleted his Aer Lingus takeover, with with the trade unions one way or another,” growing on the balcon the final hurdle of Ryanair’s formal said one analyst. - Legal cases for personal injuriesMurray, acceptance expected to be crossed “He will constantly benchmark Aer Lingus a Christmas engagementLouise Mooney from this week. He has promised abundant against other IAG airlines and against com have been lodged by Niall y, Sean but to her in the growth, but he must face down eight petitors such as Ryanair. odagh Cogle t yesterday proposed key challenges to make Aer Lingus “For example, if you benchmark senior Aer According to the Oxford Dictionary, the Red-flag warnings y, Cl Halpin Flying home for Do: Make your story interesting and relevant. Aoife Bear Jack SEE PAGE 22 a success. Lingus long-haul pilots against counterparts ‘were disregarded’ Fahey, Conor Flynn, Kyran O’Brien at Iberia or the Gulf carriers, the Aer Lingus > Waters. Hundreds of emigrants flewwhen into her Dublin Mayo Airpor boyfriendPhotos: Martin Mulroe guys do very well, both in terms of pay and Hannah a shock Australia. I and Recommended retail price of the Irish Independent work practices. That could be a power struggle Monaghan got ROI is €2.30 (£1.50 in Northern Ireland) worth watching.” standard definition of news is “new information, These cases are set toet beher com- in the in Irish Independent Families say arrivals hall as he returned from Vol. 124 No. 302 bined and heard tog 1 fungus found Year. New Pages 4-5 A management on balcony was Full reports: shake-up? 7 fresh events reported”. Though it has dozens of – P4 The pension Do: Always check your facts. Credibility is ignored Aer Lingus management pushed hard for a deal with IAG. But now that it is almost done, problem they may feel as if the Eye of the Dark Lord Sauron from the Lord of the Rings trilogy is The timing of Walsh’s swoop for Aer Lingus falling directly upon them. said everything about how big an impediment interpretations, as one editor put it, “everything As Walsh gazes across the Irish Sea from IAG he regarded the airline’s sick pension fund -to the most valuable asset to a reporter. headquarters, his first challenge is to ensure be. IAG’s first bid came just days after unions and management had hammered out a pro he has the right team around new Aer Lingus- chief executive Stephen Kavanagh. posed solution to the previously intractable “Walsh will do a deep analysis of man Aer Lingus pension dispute. agement structures at Aer Lingus to see if it Has the pension issue gone away? Probably, that happens is news to someone”. is fit for purpose,” said one knowledgeable even if the company is still struggling to get- aviation source. “Are current managers best staff to sign waivers agreeing a full and final settlement of the issue, and even if some bit placed to drive this business efficiently in- a manner that matches his high expectations? terness remains. But pensioners are expected- to take legal action in the coming months “For a business with only ten million pas- sengers a year, a lot of heavy hitters were against the axeing of 10 per cent of their pen brought in in recent years, on very big pack sions in payment to plug the hole. Do: Be balanced - always give both sides of Should they win, the problem could become ages. Don’t forget, Ryanair carried ten million passengers in July alone with much leaner a very real one for Walsh, who is himself a management structures.” deferred Aer Lingus pensioner. Willie Walsh and IAG’s takeover of Aer Lingus is almost complete, the story. but troublesome obstacles remain 2 Picture: Getty 8 Ryanair Justifying the Ryanair has long been the biggest threat to Aer purchase of Aer Lingus, and Walsh’s return will not change- - that, even if IAG provides better insulation. But Dublin, too, faces major capacity con Lingus Ryanair’s recent results illustrated the po - straints – and significant IAG-funded growth Walsh’s biggest challenge is to prove to tential for a difficult price war to welcome Currently, this is provided by Stobart-oper could rapidly turn this into a crisis, according- IAG shareholders that buying Aer Lingus is Walsh back to Dublin. - ated Aer Lingus Regional from British airports Ryanair’s costs – excluding fuel – remained - to a number of sources. worthwhile. They will judge success using Irish long-haul strategy. using turbo prop aircraft. Walsh must decide Already, early-morning transatlantic arriv Do: Use lots of quotes. People love reading static despite upgrading its product and target As a non-EU carrier, Ethiopian Airlines re - very simple metrics and benchmark against if this needs to be scaled up, or if he is happy- als face long waits to access parking stands. ing expensive capital city airports previously quired “fifth freedom” rights to allow it pick - other current and future IAG airlines, with - - with the flexibility the smaller aircraft provide. Walsh may also find himself as a key stake both Iberia and Vueling already delivering left to Aer Lingus. Indeed, the long-time Aer up passengers here for the route. The rapidly Ryanair is reported to have pitched a tempt What is the job holder trying to convince politicians and plan impressive results. Lingus cash cow route from Dublin to Am growing African carrier has diverted oth ing alternative to IAG whereby it would feed sterdam may now be in O’Leary’s sights. ning authorities of the increasingly urgent “Aer Lingus consistently posts successful, er Addis Ababa-bound transatlantic flights passengers into Dublin, a rare hub airport that need to build a second runway. Worse again, Ryanair’s fuel hedging costs to Dublin, instead of Rome, for refuelling. mid single-digit operating margins,” said Davy what other people say. also houses a main base of a low-cost carrier.- Terminal capacity, too, could again become aviation analyst Stephen Furlong. “But IAG’s will plummet in 2016 compared to 2015, Sources believe it could ultimately seek fifth “This could provide huge passenger flows an issue, particularly at peak times. Dublin is meaning that cost per passenger will fall, thus freedom rights from the government on these goal for itself and its individual airlines is 10 from across Europe, but could be a doom-lad one of the fastest-growing airports in Europe, to 14 per cent operating margins and 12 per allowing it to slash fares next summer. With routes too. en path for Aer Lingus Regional and other numerous new 737s on the way, Aer Lingus - with 22 new routes so far this year. cent return on invested capital. Achieving That could pave the way for similar moves Aer Lingus short-haul operations,” said an The airport appears well on target to this could face an onslaught from a reinvigorated that at Aer Lingus will require revenue and- from other non-EU giants such as Turkish analyst. “A deal with O’Leary would undoubt year surpass its 2007 boom-time peak of 23.2 Ryanair. Airlines, Etihad and Emirates, which is set to cost synergies.” edly come at a very keen price. Walsh could million passengers. With 15 per cent growth For example, Walsh must tackle Aer Lin use the huge Airbus A380 on its Dublin-Dubai use this as leverage with Aer Lingus unions: so far this year, IAG’s arrival will help push gus’s 1960s-era IT system and its procurement route. Aer Lingus has long lobbied against match O’Leary’s price or lose members. His the airport rapidly towards the 32 million widespread fifth freedom rights. structures, while also integrating it seamlessly strategy here will decide the future shape of planning cap originally imposed on Terminals into the huge opportunities presented by IAG’s of a journalist? Ultimately, the government must decide: Aer Lingus.” - One and Two by An Bord Pleanála. will it choose to protect the patch of IAG- frequent flyer programme, its marketing and 3 its transatlantic joint venture with Ameri owned Aer Lingus, or will it allow semi-state Long-haul DAA to bid aggressively for business from can Airlines. Ultimately, Walsh must oversee passenger-hungry Gulf giants? and adjudicate huge internal competition competition for access to IAG’s balance sheet. BA, Iberia, Dublin’s massive transatlantic hub potential Vueling – and now Aer Lingus – all compete- is key to IAG’s Aer Lingus purchase, according 5 6 for resources to grow. to analysts. Exuberant rumours amongst Aer Dublin’s growing Outsourcing by the Walsh is not known for investment deci Lingus staff suggest Walsh could place 20 sions based on nostalgia or patriotism, but he Even in the age of 24-hour news cycles, digital long-haul aircraft in Dublin. More measured capacity constraints - back door - will be a happy man if he can justify spending Don’t huge money on fleets of shamrock-tailed sources predict two new North American 4 - IAG’s main London Heathrow base faces mas When Walsh gave Aer Lingus’s unions guar aircraft in the future. routes in 2016. Feeding the Dublin sive congestion and expansion constraints. Its Nevertheless, competition has rapidly in antees on outsourcing and job cuts, he was hub - purchase of Aer Lingus is seen as a safety valve undoubtedly walking a fine line between creased, and Aer Lingus will not get it all its- to allow continued transatlantic growth, via own way over the Atlantic. Perhaps the most If Dublin is to continue developing as a trans Ireland’s relatively uncongested skies. platforms and social media, the key function interesting new route at booming Dublin Air atlantic hub, Walsh will need to feed in transfer port is the Ethiopian Airlines flight from Addis traffic from Britain, Europe and beyond. Ababa to Dublin and onwards to Los Angeles. It of a journalist remains the same - gather the Don’t: Start your news articles with a potentially signals a huge challenge for Walsh’s 3URSHUW\ 
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No. 60324 If a criminal is gunned down in broad daylight, of view, or sum up with your opinion. Just €2.50 £1 it’s the job of the journalist to tell the reader present the facts and let the reader draw Britain leaves: sceptical Richard Gere Hospital shamed over what happened, who it happened to, how his/her own conclusions. Julia’s note What next for Pretty much it happened, why it happened and when it bagged Gere Europe? Don’t: Get flowery - keep your sentences By antonia paget happened. RICHARD Gere was staff’s dirty hands... convinced to star in iconic romantic comedy Pretty and paragraphs short. Woman by a Post-it note. If you answer those five key questions, then 99 The 65-year-old at first Wexford General rejected the offer to play businessman Edward Lewis times out of 100, you’ve done your job properly. as he didn’t like the first draft workers fail to of the script. Speaking about the original storyline, he said: Don’t: Use lots of heavily descriptive “Well, there wasn’t a part. wash or sanitise Remember, news is supposed to be fair, There was just nothing. My part was just a suit. language. When you’ve finished, go through He told the Today show in three out of accurate and balanced – it’s not your view on when director Garry Marshall called to try and change his mind after a new script had Daniel McConnell, 10 advised times Here, business and politi- been drawn up, his future Elaine Loughlin cal leaders were united in Mr Kenny said Ireland will the entire story and try to remove any words high double-digit falls. take some “breathing space” what’s happened, not what you think might co-star in the movie, Julia and Peter O’Dwyer their disappointment and ex- He also said European pressed concern at what the in order to consider the Bank of Ireland shares fin- The shock decision by the ished down almost 21%, wishes to reinforce the exter- Fianna Fáil leader Mi- 2016 Roberts, overheard the call. victory for the Leave cam- result. cheál Martin said Mr Came- In Brussels, EU Commis- 28 February British people to leave the while shares in PTSB fell by nal borders of the EU, which pert on English nationalism, paign will mean for Ireland. Ministers and government ron was “reckless and irre- sion president Jean Claude Gere explained she passed European Union is likely to more than 19.5%. is now the border between Sunday Independentsaid the old traditional La- In the wake of the result’s figures confirmed the poten- sponsible” to hold a Brexit Juncker called on Britain to cost the Irish Government as the Republic and Northern bour towns across Britain that aren’t completely necessary. him a Post-it note during the confirmation, Taoiseach tial cost of Brexit is about 2% Finance Minister Michael referendum. give effect to the result as much as €3.2bn, the Noonan moved to allay fears, Ireland, would present diffi- or should have happened. It’s what actually Irish Enda Kenny convened an of Ireland’s GDP, which soon as possible. turned theirstealing backs on stay- conversation, adding: “She Examiner can reveal. culties for the Government. He said he does not believe would equate to €3.2bn. but conceded “there are “We now expect the Unitedalmosting proud in Europe, of saying this is a Financial markets across emergency Cabinet meeting “Our border 60km north of there will be a second Brexit a 25-year-old idea, that turns it around and it said, Taxpayers were also hit by several downsides” to the re- Kingdomthe more so to because give effect it was to this massive victory for Nigel the globe plunged yesterday and the Dáil will convene on Dublin with the UK out referendum and the UK will which meant they the pure lame-brained NEWS the fallout from the UK’s ref- sult for Ireland. decisiona Sunda y, of the British people Farage’s Ukip party. ‘Please say yes.’” Monday to debate the impli- now remain outside the EU cynicism of it gives them 10 / FO in the wake of the result, He insisted the Central would be seen as an external could escape the traditional “Towns and cities like CUS e2.50 cations of the referendum. erendum decision as more for “a very long time”. as soon as possible, however a buzz. 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Writing styles Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo condemned the attack against the reality television star Kim Kardashian early on Monday morning, amid concerns that the here are countless different Someone working for the Irish Mirror armed robbery will worsen the crisis in the French ways of writing the same story. newspaper will write something in tourism industry. T Writing style is very individual a certain style - always short and but sometimes it is dictated by the sharp to suit a younger audience. Ms Hidalgo expressed “support” for Ms Kardashian audience you are writing for. Whereas, someone working for the (35) after she was attacked by five armed men If you are writing an article for your Irish Examiner will write the same disguised as police officers. “She will always be school newspaper then your audience story differently, to suit a slightly older welcome in Paris. I have full confidence in the police is other students in your school, so audience. force’s ability to rapidly identify and apprehend the you might write it in a certain way to But regardless of style, the stories perpetrators,” Ms Hidalgo said. “It is possible to visit suit them. share the same aim - to inform the French capital in good security conditions.” SAMPLE 4 The same applies to journalists the reader - to tell the reader what working for specific news happened, when, where, and why. Kim Kardashian was held at gunpoint in Paris by organisations. They too have to be Your job is to write the full story - be five armed robbers who fled with millions of pounds mindful of the audience they are accurate, fair, balanced and of course, worth of jewellery. writing for. entertaining. Mum-of-two Kim, 35, was tied up, threatened with a gun and locked in her bathroom, while the criminals SAMPLE 1 ransacked her private apartment in the French SAMPLE 3 capital in the early hours of Monday morning.

Kim Kardashian West has left Paris on a private Kim Kardashian has arrived back in the US on jet after she was robbed at gunpoint of €10m a private jet after masked men put a gun to her worth of jewellery. temple, left her tied up in the bathroom of her luxury residence in Paris and stole millions of dollars’ worth A police official in Paris said five assailants, who of jewellery in the early hours of Monday. are still at large, stole a jewellery box containing valuables worth €6m as well as a ring worth There was a huge security presence outside €4m. Kardashian and husband Kanye West’s Manhattan home this afternoon - after her security team was Three days ago, Kim posted a close-up blasted for allowing the robbers to reach her Paris photograph of a huge diamond ring on her left bedroom. hand captioned with three diamond emojis.

Kim Kardashian with her husband Kanye West. French police officers and a TV crew stand outside the residence of Kim Kardashian West in Paris on Monday, 10 October 3, 2016. Kim Kardashian West was unharmed after being robbed at gunpoint of more than €10 million 11 worth of jewellery inside a private Paris residence Sunday night, police officials said. Picture: AP Photo/Michel Euler 1) The more you do your 5) Note taking TUTORIAL homework in advance, the Make sure you take down the details correctly. Not much good if you can’t read your writing afterwards! If you plan to record (either audio or video) the interview make easier it will be. sure the device is working properly, you have enough storage Find out as much as possible about the person you are room and battery power. interviewing in advance - your background knowledge will tell your subject you are really interested in their story. 6) Listen

You’re there to listen, not to talk. Let them do the talking and 2) Be ready then make sure you gather plenty of quotes. Try to anticipate what kind of story you will end up with. You should know what to expect from the interview, but keep an open mind in case there’s a different story - a better angle - or 7) Wrap up a second story. Just before you leave, make sure you’ve asked all your questions and covered all the topics. Then ask the “bucket question” - “Is there anything else you 3) Key questions feel I should know / you would like to tell me”? • Write down your questions in advance. Get a phone number, in case you need to double check any • Have an idea of what information you want to get - that details later. should help you frame your questions. • Make sure you cover all the key areas you want to talk about. • Be realistic - there’s no point asking 50 questions, if you only 8) Read it have time, or room in your article, for 10. • Work out the timing - how long your questions will take to Always read what you write. Make sure the transcript of your ask, how long the interviewee will allow you. interview makes sense, reads well, is accurate and a fair • Don’t be afraid to ask about the time in advance - nothing reflection of the interview. worse than turning up only to discover that the person you are interviewing has only 10 minutes to talk. • Be interesting - if you ask boring questions, you’ll get boring answers. 4) Be right

Check and double check every detail. If the answer is not clear, or you don’t understand it, don’t be afraid to ask it again. Check the spelling of names, addresses and other unusual details - don’t presume you know. It would be a pity to get personal or other details wrong because you didn’t take time to check.

How to conduct an interview

An interview is one of the best sources of news. Talking to someone, asking questions, asking the right questions is a great way of eliciting information. Some of the best, most informative and interesting stories have come from interviews. 12 13 Twitter’s constantly updating record Twitter and Facebook also played a A growing number of up-to-the-minute reaction has key role in the Arab Spring - allowing MFCBINK in some instances scooped media activists to use social networks to coverage of breaking news - the killing voice concerns about unjust regimes. of people get their of Osama Bin Laden, the wedding of Nearly all media outlets now have Prince William and Kate Midleton, the a presence on Twitter with a feed THE IMPORTANCE news on Twitter death of Whitney Houston are some directing readers to their respective OF SOCIAL MEDIA examples. sites.

THE TOP ACCOUNTS ON TWITTER

Five key apps for journalists

Twitter Brilliant source for breaking news. How did we live without it? The key is following the right people: key politicians, reporters, opinion leaders; putting them in lists; and not following too many people.

SoundCloud Allows you to record audio, interviews and easily upload.

Livestream Live streaming video platform that allows users to view and broadcast video content.

iMovie Makes it ridiculously easy to splice together footage shot on your iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad. You can also ocial media has transformed how from the media industry. Social media They have a camera, video camera, out, the manhunt, the suspect suspect had been arrested; and add titles, music, voiceovers and information is gathered, read, viewed, allows us to tell a story better - for example microphone, typewriter, and a content cornered in a boat, the arrest and Reuters was forced to sack their photos to your clips. Sshared and circulated. by enhancing text with audio and video, management and publishing system - all in subsequent fall-out. social media editor because Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other crunching and visualising vast amounts of their back pocket. But in the race to get the of the misinformation he was platforms are now routinely used for both data or providing instant access to a global However, in a world of 24-hour news, information out first, some spreading on Twitter. Dropbox sourcing news and telling people about audience. social media and the proliferation of smart of the world’s largest media It was a poor chapter for modern Lets you access all your photos, what’s happening. But it has not always It also gives news organisations greater phones, there’s an unrelenting race to be organisations got it badly wrong journalism, but serves as a very docs, and videos anywhere and been this way. access to our readers and advertisers. first. So the veracity of what you write and - losing the run of themselves, on good reminder of the need to go share them easily. Access any file In January 2009, a plane crash-landed Thanks to analytics, we can now measure what is published is more important than Twitter particularly, and spreading back to basics: you save to your Dropbox from all in the Hudson river in New York and as who is reading us, what they are reading, ever. misinformation. Get your facts right. Then your computers, iPhone, iPad, and it floated down the river, a person on a how they access the information, what Just remember - you don’t always have to The New York Post ran with double check them. Be certain the web. passenger ferry took a picture and shared it stories they like, how long they read a story, be first - but you always have to be right. a series of incorrect and the source of your information on Twitter. where in the world they are and what habits Check and double check the details. dangerously misleading front is correct. Then get a second The picture spread quickly across social they have. Check, check and check again that the pages headlines claiming 12 source. media, and this is often cited as a moment Technology has also changed the way source of your information is reliable and people died: a Saudi suspect The quality of what you write when people realised how powerful it could journalists work. For many, the smartphone sound. had been arrested in hospital; is linked to the quality of the be for news. and tablet have replaced the notebook and The Boston bombing was the first major publishing the wrong picture of information. The quality of the In that short period of time, social media, pen. breaking news event covered on social two men they identified as ‘bag information depends on its mobiles and tablets have revolutionised Armed with a phone and a few key apps, media. Millions across the globe tuned in as men’ on the front page. source. 14 what news organisations do, how we do journalists now have a powerful range of the events unfolded - the initial explosions, The news agency Associated Be fair - always tell both sides of 15 it and what people expect and demand tools at their finger tips. the release of suspects’ pictures, the shoot- Press falsely reported one the story. Always read what you write. ADVICE THE IMPORTANCE OF DIGITAL MEDIA

If you are reading this, it is likely you are interested in pursuing a career in journalism. No doubt you will have heard or read of some of the problems being experienced by media companies as they battle to come to terms with the rise of digital and the changing reading and consumption habits of news consumers like you. No doubt, and in light of much of the coverage around the future of journalism, many of you have been told ‘you are mad’ to even be considering it as a career. So what we will do today is simply ask, where has the digital age really left journalism? Many argue that the new open and socialised digital landscape heralds a golden age of journalism in which all the information you could ever dream about is just waiting to be discovered. For others, the new digital world merely means the value of journalism will now be judged primarily by the number of clicks or shares achieved, rather than its civic or human worth. As is the case in most arguments, the truth of the matter lies somewhere in between. Yes ... the digital age is a golden age and presents almost limitless opportunities to share stories in a more compelling, collaborative, open and engaging fashion. But … it is clear, too, that quality journalism is under threat at many established media companies as they face mounting losses or, at best, moderate profits. You should not be worried about that, however. You should simply rest assured that well crafted multi media journalism will be at the core of any attempt to navigate the journalistic challenges and opportunities which lie ahead. Good journalism - whatever the source - cannot and will not be ignored and will always be in demand by readers. So if a career in journalism is something you wish to pursue then your primary challenge is not so much to pick your college course as it is to read voraciously and, most importantly, identify what it is in the world that interests and excites you. It will not be your expertise on a computer, with a video camera or on Twitter or Facebook that will make you stand apart and drive you to excellence as a journalist ... it will be your passion and excitement. We hope to see you there. 16 17 FEATURES

TUTORIAL Content Headline Design Very relevant given Short, catchy Colourful graphics our fascination with headlines help and panels are What is a feature? mobile phones grab the attention very effective The main differences between a feature and a news story are style and length.

Whereas news is straight-up factual and strictly structured, features are longer, more analytical and softer focussed.

Features can vary widely, from fashion to diet fads, celebrity profiles to human interest stories. They can accompany a news story, or in most cases they have their own section in newspapers and magazines.

How to write a feature Writing a feature affords the others with a knock-em-dead journalist the luxury to use more punchline - a ‘shock’ tactic. colourful, descriptive language. In addition, a feature story doesn’t Others finish with a technique of have to follow the conventional referring back to the line at the structure of a news story, i.e. start and ‘tying it up nicely’. the most important part of the As well as offering journalists a story at the top of the article. greater range of writing styles, feature pages also offer real scope With a feature, once you catch to page designers. the reader’s attention from the start, you can then build to the Some of the best looking pages in climax, or the main point, and work newspapers and magazines are around that with descriptions or often the features pages because important information on the topic. the design rule book is thrown away.

It is a common style for journalists The pages are meant to be colourful, to start a feature with a very striking and controversial, firstly to graphic, descriptive introduction hook the reader, and secondly to to draw in the reader, building the differentiate the features section information slowly but surely, and from other parts of the paper. then round it off nicely, letting the reader feel satisfied that The hook for a feature is often a they know all they need about news story - the story behind the the subject by the last line. story as it were.

18 Some writers end lighter stories 19 with a funny line at the end, BREAKING THROUGH: Enjoying a dip in the Pollock Holes, Kilkee Co. Clare was, Olan Quigley, 13, Abbeyfeale Co.Limerick. TUTORIAL Picture: Alan Place

Before you begin

Many news reporters struggle with the freedom of the feature article, and vice versa with feature writers who are asked to report on a news story.

They are two very different disciplines, and few manage to straddle both sides of the journalism divide with equal success.

Think of the feature article like a short story mixed with a parable - it should be entertaining, colourful but with important information to convey.

Check list

1) How much space do 5) Always read over your I have? article at least twice, do a spell check, and 2) What exactly do I make sure all unusual want to include/ words, names, exclude? website addresses, phone numbers and 3) What is my deadline? place names are correct. 4) Mak e notes on the structure of the 6) Don’t vary from article - the main the word count points of the story suggested, at least you wish to get not by more, or less, across, and in what than 50 words. order. And cross them off as you write them. 20 21 FEATURES

NEWS 10 Tips to writing features: PHOTO COMPOSITE: VAUN RICHARDS

interview • Look at your chosen • Always try to find an theme carefully. Consider original angle, or hook, “An Oscar THE HILLS ARE the questions suggested for your feature. Because nomination ALIVE WITH and attempt to answer features allow you more would have been some of them. freedom, you have an nice, but it’s THE SOUND opportunity to be more not why I OF LAWYERS

n 2006, Michael Leonard was Lomond and Trossachs National Park Everest base camp during last year’s action, but you have to prove the higher walking ahead of his parents and Authority, accusing it of facilitating the earthquake in Nepal. “Mountains are test of reckless disregard.” • Start with the important - adventurous. sister ontheWestHighlandWay,near accident because of the path’s uneven inherently dangerous. People get caught Since 1995, court decisions have Hikers and landowners fear the fallout Loch Lomond in Scotland, when the steps, tripping hazards and the lack of a out on Slieve Donard, Carrauntoohil, and increased the standard of reckless disre- 12-year-old disappeared from sight. hand-rail. In 2014, however, Lord Uist, an Mweelrea all the time. Sometimes that can gard, making it more difficult for ramblers They foundhim unconscious, lyingat Edinburgh judge, rejected their £750,000 be due to weather, sometimes it can be to sue landowners. In Weir-Rodgers v SF after €40,000 in damages was granted thefootofahill.Apassingdoctorgave (€960,000) damages claim. “By its very circumstances out of your control. Trust in 2005, for example, the Supreme Leonard first aid and he was airlifted to nature, the path in this case presented a “I’vebeenintheHimalayasalotoverthe Court overturned a High Court decision ” hospital in Glasgow. danger in the form of the risk of tripping or past 10 years. If you fall and do yourself to award €84,000 to a woman who write films to an injured walker, writes Pavel Barter get all the essential details ILawyers for Leonard sued the Loch slipping, but that is a risk which those damage in Nepal, there’s no one to sue. fell off a cliff in Donegal. “I would have venturing upon the hill must be taken to When we were bringing our gear back to thought that case would be very relevant,” have accepted,” he said. Kathmandu from Everest in 2014, one of said Cox. A similar case has just been heard in an the guys in our crew tripped, fell and died. Some farmers are not concerned about Irish court, with a very different outcome. You enter that world knowing this is not a the implications of Linnane’s ruling. “If In 2013, Teresa Wall and her husband risk-free enterprise. This isn’t like driving you’re walking on somebody’s private stepped onto a boardwalk made from your car into town.” land and the landowner hasn’t invited you railway sleepers on the Wicklow Way trail. A spokesman for the National Trails there, they don’t have a duty of care in the opening paragraphs. • Use plenty of quotes. If The 59-year-old from Swords was Office described the Wicklow Way as towardsyou,”saidPatDunne,chairmanof wearing hiking clothes and using a “strenuous”, and said that “individuals the Irish Farmers’ Association hill farming walking stick. An accomplished who choose to walk on trails graded as committee. hill-walker,shehadalready covered32km strenuousshould assume personalrespon- The National Trails Office has an in the Wicklow mountains that day but, sibility for their decision”. insurance policy that indemnifies private

PICTURE: CAROLINE QUINN while on the boardwalk, her foot snagged Mountaineering Ireland was surprised landowners whose land is used for recrea- in a hole. She tripped and lacerated her by Linnane’s ruling to absolve the plaintiff tional trails. knee on a nail. of all responsibility. “Whether a person is There are 310 trails listed on the policy, they are not quotes you Wall madeit offthemountain, with help on a rocky slope or on a boardwalk, they varying from 2km to 200km. “The policy from her husband, and went to the VHI should watch their footing,” said Helen has been in place since the early 2000s and SwiftCare Clinic, in Swords, where she Lawless, a spokeswoman. “Part of our to date there have been no claims,” said received a tetanus injection and seven sport is managing inherent risk.” the office. Following the death of his dear friend and Adam and Paul co-star, writer and stitches. She sued the National Parks and Some states have sought to tighten the Nevertheless, other farmers are Wildlife Service (NPWS). Earlier this rules governing liability claims in national concernedthat therulingmight embolden month a circuit court judge ruled in her hikers to press cases in the courts. “Obvi- actor Mark O’Halloran was unable to work. Now, he tells MAGGIE ARMSTRONG favour and awarded €40,000 damages. ously there is a worry,” said Dunne. “But if • As with news, include all gathered yourself, make Ireland’s hill-walking community has youreflectonthejudgment,there’snotthe reacted to judge Jacqueline Linnane’s same care of duty. There is only reckless how writing Viva — a film about a drag queen in Havana that was shortlisted decision with disbelief. According to disregard if a farmer has put something in Andrew Doyle, a Fine Gael TD, accidents place to deliberately cause an injury.” are commonplace in the Wicklow Cox questioned whether there was for an Oscar nomination — helped him through his debilitating grief mountains, but compensation claims are recklessdisregardinregard to theWicklow not. He cannot recall another claim THERE ARE PARTS OF THAT Waysleepers. “If this wasasituation where the essential details - the sure you detail the source relating to a fall on the 130km Wicklow [NPWS] had been told over and over again, et us start with the bad news. It took him, the accomplished stage producer Rob Walpole they were there to They’re good friends. Mark has never done Way. “There are two mountain rescue BOARDWALK WHEREA LOT ‘This is a death trap, this railway sleeper is It is old news anyway. Viva, actor, playwright and screenplay writer of explore the underground drag scene and drag — “I don’t have the face for make-up” teams in Wicklow,” Doyle said. “Invari- constantly causing problems,’ then I think ably somebody is injured or gets lost. OF THE STRUCTURE HAS there is evidence to say this was reckless Mark O’Halloran’s newest Adam and Paul and Garage, eight years to see if there was a story to be told. — but says he’s always been “fascinated” by [Accidents] can be minor or major, but disregard. But if this was out of the blue, a film, did not get nominated finish Viva. A film which, like all his work, Life — which we’ll get to — got in the what drag means to the gay world. there is an inherent risk.” TO BE DROPPED OUT BY one-off, withno evidencethat thesleepers Hill walkers believe the judgment could had caused any problems before, then I for an Oscar on that clamor- tells a story from the gutter to the stars. A way of art, and it wasn’t until four years “My own theory is that drag takes a have repercussions for their hobby, as well HELICOPTER. YOU’RE NOT think it’s much more difficult to prove.” who, what, where, when of where they are from. Lous day the Irish cleaned out the Acad- film which helped to release him from a later that Mark finally returned to Havana, lot of fear that gay men have, that their asfor nationalparksacross Ireland,partic- Doyle, the Wicklow TD, said he was not ularly ones that use boardwalk structures. DOWN IN PHOENIX PARK aware of any complaints about the trail, emy Awards announcements — Saoirse deep grief at a time his pen had run dry. alone, and stayed three months. effeminacy gives them away and is their Albert Smith of Keep Ireland Open, which while Lawless said she believed it was in Ronan, Michael Fassbender and Lenny Set in Havana, Viva tells the tale of Je- He was nervous at first. Cuba has been greatest weakness. It takes effeminacy campaigns for legal rights of way, said the good condition. “The judge compared the decision would set back the push to parks. In 2007, Evan Joseph Kelly, a back- boardwalk with a playground, in case law Abrahamson to boast of a few. sus, a poverty-stricken young hairdresser ruled by the Communists for over five dec- and it performs it as strength, and throws improve public access in Ireland. “If you packer from Kilkenny, successfully sued she referenced,” she added. “You can’t The good news was that it wasn’t even whose secret life as a drag queen provokes ades and the people are not always trusting it right back at them. In that, it becomes get €40,000 for seven stitches in your the Queensland government in Australia expect the same standard of construcn tio bad news. I called Mark up. “There’s a sense the rage of his macho father. The film is of foreigners. “Sometimes Havana feels an act of empowerment.” knee, what would you get for a broken foranundisclosedsumafterrunningdown and maintenance in a mountain setting and why. leg?” he wondered. a sand dune and fracturing his spine. In that you would expect in a playground or of relief that all that madness is over,” he co-produced by Benicio Del Toro. Mark like a very large fish bowl with the whole He writes from observation. Adam and Jim Newman, chairman of Sligo 2013, Queensland’s Nature Conservation on a footpath. This section of boardwalk is said. “It would have been nice but I don’t wrote the screenplay in English and had it of the world just staring in at it, and they Paul, his film about two heroin addicts Walking Club, was concerned that the Actwasamended to try to provide thestate 550m above sea level.” compensation order might ruin the deli- with immunity from civil liability. Hill walkers fear the judge’s decision live for these things. That’s not the reason translated into Cuban vernacular Spanish. know that,” says Mark. on death’s door, began as a heap of diary cate relationship between ramblers will require impossibly high standards of I write films.” However, how is it that this wraithlike “To give myself an ‘in’ into the world of entries he idly scrawled while living on and landowners. “If we face a situation all’s lawyers argued that, as a hundreds of kilometres of national park where landowners could be sued every result of her injuries, she could structures across Ireland. “There are parts When we first met, Viva was still on the white man from county Clare, with no Havana drags I brought over a bag of 20 Mountjoy Square and Parnell Street. He time somebody didn’t look where no longer climb or run mara- of that boardwalk where a lot of the struc- shortlist, whittled from 81 down to nine Spanish, ended up writing a Cuban film in cast-off wigs that Pantibliss gave me, and has written a diary every night since he they were going, there could be massive thons. An NPWS sign had ture has to be dropped out by helicopter issues,” he said. Wdirected her to use the boardwalk, the and left there for people to assemble after- films in the Foreign Language category in colloquial Spanish which, on a tiny budget, a bag of MAC make-up. And I was very was a boy. ButMountaineeringIreland,whichrep- court heard. Pat Culleton, a forensic engi- wards,” said Doyle. “You’re not down in which it was the official Irish submission. was then tipped for an Oscar? popular, because wigs and proper make- In Havana he did the same, transcribing resents hill walkers and climbers, believes neer, described one sleeper as “rotten”. Phoenix Park — the same level of mainte- any concerns the judgment has raised Linnane’s decision, which will be nance is simply not possible up there.” Mark was talking apace, downing black The actor’s adage to “go where the work up are very difficult to get on the island. from the streets, hanging around with the among the farming community are appealed in the High Court, hinges on sec- According to the Department of Arts, coffee as if it were medicine, breaking into is” more than applies. The embargo has a huge effect on every queens and living in the city centre in a gay unnecessary, as it pertains only to man- tion 4 of the Occupiers’ Liability Act 1995, HeritageandtheGaeltacht,fundingfor the mischievous anecdotes, and his round, An invitation from Paddy Breathnach, part of life.” B&B or casa particular, “which was like liv- aged trails. The court’s decision has led which stipulates that, where “a structure” NPWS wasreduced from €14.3m in 2014 to some people to question the application of is provided for recreational use, the occu- €9.3m in 2015. This year it will be €11.3m. child-like eyes twinkled. He was pleased, director of I Went Down and Shrooms, first Rory O’Neill, the man behind the Pantib- ing in the middle of a Mexican soap opera.” the law. “It was just a factual determina- pier“shalltakereasonablecaretomaintain “This is just one section of 6.5km of and why not. brought Mark to Havana in 2007. With liss mask, very much enjoyed his bit part. He studied Cuban literature and history, tion,” said Neville Cox, barrister and lec- it in a safe condition”. According to the boardwalk within a national park,” said turer in tort law at Trinity College Dublin. ruling, the parks service had acted with Lawless. “There are many other structures “On the facts, the railway sleepers were “reckless disregard”. beyond that. The NPWS simply does 20 IRISH INDEPENDENT WEEKEND MAGAZINE 20 February 2016 kept in a bad order.I don’t think the judg- The act was designed to protect land- not have the resources to keep it all in CAREERS ment did anything revolutionary in a legal owners, after lobbying by farmers who tip-top condition.” sense, butit wastheapplication of thelegal were concerned about compensation There is even a concern that the board- sense to the facts that is causing a claims from people injured while walking walks, which were introduced to protect significant amount of anger from people.” through their land. The act established the surrounding en vironment from As part of Wall’s action against theparks threecategoriesofentrantsonto land:visi- erosion,willberemovedbecauseoffearsof service, Kevin D’Arcy and Erika Fagan, tors, recreational users and trespassers. future litigation. In a worst-case scenario, barristers for theState Claims Agency, said “The act is not a blanket protection for the walking routes could be closed. Is social media have checked their phone the hiker should have realised the inherent farmers,” said one barrister. “If you’re a One barrister predicted the compensa- risk and personal responsibility involved visitor who sustains injury, you have to tion awardwouldbeoverturnedon appeal. secretly in the past week in hill walking. “You can’t bring sea-level prove negligence to succeed. If you’re a “Itwouldsadden me ifTeresaWallwinsthe having a rules into hills and mountains,” said Paul recreational user or a trespasser, you can appeal,” he said. “If she did, I think this when their teacher wasn’t Devaney, an Irish mountaineerwhowasat still bring a successful personal-injuries would have a destructive effect.” negative impact looking. Lee Kelly, who holds a 14 December 13, 2015 December 13, 2015 15 on grades? 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WHAT TWO an item in every tweet, every ping of distraction than another Howmanypeoplearein thesystem?As assaulted by aman Ihad ofFebruary16th,7,937peoplewerewait- US JUDGES that WhatsApp group, every network,” says Lee. ingforfinaldecisionsabouttheirapplica- THOUGHT OF tions for asylum, subsidiary protection By EUGENE MASTERSON )DFHERRNQRWLoFDWLRQHY The same goes for the or humanitarian leavetoremain. Fif- DAVID DRUMM ty-five per cent of them have been in the David Drumm will almost system for more than five years. never seen before. SELENA GOMEZ has in- ery Snapchat and every like dating app Tinder. certainly be spending TWO US judges have made critical sisted she is NOT dating FIGHTSIN But they’rehere, being put up, withall IRISH on Instagram. (And these “Tinder is a quick hit of findings against David Drumm that could Niall Horan. meals, at taxpayers’ expense. How bad Christmas with a lot less now go against him in his bid to get bail can it be? Most live in one of the 34 di- PARTY: Sean, and fight his extradition. The U.S. popstar are just the platforms this interaction. There’s very rect-provision centresaround the State, luxury than he’s used to, has been linked to the Shane and Neil many isolated from local communities, Drumm had tried to go bankrupt in CHECK OUT Irefuse to be afraid writes Maeve Sheehan Boston so he could walk away from his Mullingar singer after from Dublin archaic Country LivingHULV little input in terms of what withpoor transportlinks. Whole fami- lies share bedrooms, with no private liv- debts to the former Anglo Irish Bank. they were spotted snog- familiar with.) you’re doing. You’re a bit ing space, and single adults share with AST week, David Drumm The District Court judge Frank Bailey ging at an A-list party. otheradultswithout private space. Most was handcuffed and put into heard evidence from the bank and his have no cooking facilities, so they cannot the back of a prison van and bankruptcy trustee about his failure to But Selena has This pressing desire to bored and you take it out do that most basic thing: plan their own Following aviolent attack abroad, ayoung Irish woman writes that she will continue escorted under armed guard disclose all his assets in a hearing in claimed the pair are just be constantly connected DQGpLFNWKURXJKLWEXWLI mealsorprovidefood for their children. to another new home. It’s Boston last year. Drumm had blamed his “friends”. SOCIAL MEDIA Adults are not allowedtoworkortoac- to walk alone and travel solo. She will not be limited by the daily threat of assault Lstill a prison, another detention facility advisors. FOR ALL THE cess training oreducation. Boredom and within visiting distance from his wife But in his highly critical 122-page “Oh my God no,” she eats up hours and hours of \RXJHWDPDWFK\RX UHPHV deskilling, not to mention isolationand Lorraine and two daughters, who live judgment, Judge Bailey found that told American TV chan- depression, are huge issues. Children in Massachusetts. Drumm was “not remotely credible” and nel ET when asked about LATEST FROM are entitled to go to schoolbut are effec- WLPHVRLVLWIDLUWRVD\VR saging.” He was arrested on a Saturday after- “his conduct both knowing and fraudu- tively barredfrom progressing to third Niall. cial media is doing serious 'LVWUDFWLQJDQGWLPH level:they would have to pay huge fees, noon, October 10, in the genteel suburb of lent.” His statements to the court “were “I love him, I always as they are from outside the EU. The Wellesley, Boston, by US Marshals acting replete with knowingly false statements, LAS VEGAS long-termimpactonfamilylife,childwel- on a warrant seeking his extradition to failures to disclose, efforts to misdirect, have.” damage to exam results? consuming as social media fareand parentingskills has beende- Ireland to be prosecuted on 33 fraud- and outright lies.” Meanwhile Niall (22) – FRIEND OR FOE? scribed as detrimental by the Irish Asso- related charges. Apart from his first three The judge found that after the and Ellie Goulding – who “Social media is the PD\EHKRZHYHUGLVWUDF ciationofSocial Workers. days in a police holding cell in Boston, collapse of Anglo Irish Bank, Drumm he has spent most of his incarceration started transferring assets to his wife, have dated in the past silent killer of exam grades,” tion and procrastination That does soundpretty bleak. What at Donald W Wyatt Detention Facility and the following year they moved to – will be making sweet does the report recommend? First, it in Rhode Island. the US. He believed that both David and music following revela- says Orla Ní Shuilleabháín, have been around for ever. says that no one should be in the system The regime there is tough. Detainees Lorraine Drumm were “motivated first tions they are writing for more than five yearsand that anyone are not allowed contact visits with their and foremost by desire to shelter their study skills expert at the STUDENT ONLINE PRESENCE “They’re not new in it for longer –about 3,350people – families, wear prison issue uniforms, assets from seizure by Drumm’s creditors, songs together. LOVE IN THE should now be fast-tracked to residency. get an hour a day in the recreation yard especially Anglo.” The newly single ItalsocallsfortheenactmentoftheInter- By DARAGH KEANY Institute of Education on EHKDYLRXUVqLW VMXVWDO and a hotline number to call if they feel Drumm had “knowingly and fraudu- % of secondary school students national Protection Bill, whichwould 28-year-old and the One CLASSROOM streamlinethedecision-making process, intimidated. The hand book lists a terri- lently” sought to put assets beyond the Direction star recent- Leeson Street. lowing people to carry out fying array of street gangs included in the reach of his creditors by transferring surveyed that use social media as soon as possible. This would mean ly sparked romance THREE flights, 21 hours, 9,227 % of secondary school that people wouldget adecision on their lasttime Ioffered myself entirely untothe swer, only kindling to afire of fear, lit in the relieved to be home and safe” is asentiment prison’s “zero tolerance” policy – Hells cash and other assets, totalling around k,W VDQHYHUSUHVHQWGLV behaviours in a new way,” asylum applications within 12 months. Rosanna Cooney kindness of others, passing out from the first stagesofadolescence and fuelled by Ihear everyday. Thisrankles. Whatrelief? I Angels, Bloods, Crips, Latin Kings and €1m, to his wife. rumours after they were kilometres, five mediocre mid- GIRLS GONE WILD: students surveyed The report estimates that about 40 per pain and aconcussion thatbrought dark- thedieselofvulture-likenewsreportsofvio- fought to stayinSpain,and Irefusetobe Aryan Brotherhood. Judge Bailey found that Drumm “is seen hanging out at flight meals, two movies (one Daragh with Yvonne, WUDFWLRQGXULQJVWXG\6WX says Lee Kelly. cent of applicantswillbegranted the ness. lenceagainst females. The powerofmascu- afraid of anywhere on thisearth because of Mail is censored, phone calls are re- not credible or truthful and has made the BBC Music Awards that are on Tinder Iheard later that the ambulancetook me linity relies on control and disciplineofthe oneindividual. stricted to 20 minutes and jobs such as misrepresentations at every stage of good, one awful) a few too Anne-Marie and GHQWVoQGWKH\VSHQGDORW Mark Smyth notes that inceIwas12Ihavebeensexuallyhar- to amaternity hospital. The sightofmewas body in public and private spaces. People here talk about recovering, about cleaning or kitchen worker for between these proceedings.” earlier this week, though Fiona from Clare assed in public spaces.Men –grown enough for one nurse to faint and another The day after the attack, while Ilay wait- takingtime to heal and recover.Istruggle. fifty cent and $4 a day are sometimes The former Anglo banker appealed it seems it was all music many beers, one humongous adultmen –shouting, heckling,call- to weep. ingfor an operationindarkness, unable to My faceishealing.Myeyes are yellow Did I want to fought over. He has to get by on an allo- this finding. He blamed the advice he had of time on social media and Year Female Male EHIRUHVRFLDOPHGLDWHOHYL ingto me on the street. Rare is the related. passenger right beside us After investigation it became clearthatI open my eyes from the swelling, my friends ratherthanpurple.Mynoseisknitting,albe- talk about cation of two shirts, two pants, four pairs received from lawyers and accountants Minorincidents interposed with had not beenraped, thatIhad fought my at- woman who seethed. Furious for me and ferocious for it crookedly. Yet Idon’t like being touched. of underwear, four socks and one pair of and had claimed that the original bank- they can’t control it. Our 4th year 10% 20% sion was the culprit and Sthe more threatening: the white van that tacker and escaped. Leaving the nurses to themselves. Crowdsare difficult, and all the while Ibat- Cheeky on the longest flight of the does not the man “institution sneakers”. ruptcy court had erred in its findings. tailed me as Ipassed through Ranelagh; the their recovery,myjourney intotrauma be- They followed the trail of my blood on tle afeelingthat Iambeing too dramatic. who kicked Detainees are counted in their “units” Last week, the US District Court trip and one blossoming bro- successful students would 5th year 13% 28% before that it was music. blacked-outcar,heavywithmen,thatdrove gan. glimpse fear cobblestones to seek out CCTV footage. Whathappenedisabnormal,yetitiscom- “He’s a good friend of beside me in thebus lane as Iwalked on the Rollingin and out of consciousness, Iwas They knocked on every apartment door on mon.Rare is the woman who doesnot my face in, seven times a day and must stand except Judge Leo T Sorokin found against 6th year 15% 24% 81% 80% 68% 53% 13% while at night time, when they can remain lying him too. Judge Sorokin ruled that mine,” says Ellie. mance – and that’s just for limit the time they spend “However, social media N11attwilight; a10-minute midnight sprint X-rayed, scannedand tested.Dimly aware walking the block, seeking out one clue, one single glimpse fearwhile walking alone. broke my as Iwas chased by asuit from asuburban in the glareofhospital lights and questions, note of recognition from asleeping ear Thestrangerinthe dark is omnipresent. down “but the officer MUST see your “no mistake” had been made by the “It goes without saying openers. RQVRFLDOPHGLDqLIDFFHVV LVPRUHSRWHQWLDOO\GLVWUDFW train station in Melbourne. Iremember crying quietlyastall shadows ‘‘alone. The awoken by my screams.Nothing. No one He is acharacter in every story. Whether ‘‘nose, sliced living breathing flesh.” Rules stipulate original Bankruptcy Court in refusing to that writing a song with no gambling, “horseplay” and lights go discharge Mr Drumm from his debts of There were two stressful trans- ■ Hopeful: Stephanie and Tatyana These are incidentswhere Ifelt the pro- stoodaround me. Inthehours anddays that stranger in heard my world alter, no camera recorded the figure materialises or not, his presence my lips, someone you are friends ing it at all. Students can be Source: Studyclix Source: Studyclix.ie Annual Sentiment Index surveying 4,822 students ing due to how immersive N’Gang’a, who live in direct provision longedthreatofthe terrorised. More man- followedIlost control of my body;itseemed thestrippingofmyrights by the ripping of is enough to exert control overfemales. out at midnight. Watching television is around €10.4m. fers, eight time zones, one dodgy in Dublin, at an Irish Refugee Council ageablearetheepisodesoffast,obvioussex- to belong not to me but to the silent doctors the dark is my clothes. Strata of trauma exist within each of us, fractured a privilege while keeping food in your He found that there was neither an with and someone you HERO: Fans on social media 24 hours a and interactive it is. With protest. PHOTOGRAPH: DAVEMEEHAN ual abuse: the Greekfisherman who fol- and the nurses who occasionally came to omnipresent The reactions of friendsvaried greatly, whether as primary experience or second- my skull? cell is considered as having contraband. “error of law” nor any “clearly errone- get on with, you can’t breakfast at Heathrow, the most lowed me to arestaurant toilet and put his grip my arm and look with pity on my face. accordingto their gender.“You were just in ary. The nurse who fainted when she saw Wyatt is a “pork free” prison. Mealtimes ous finding of fact”. He said the original Our man joins flocked to watch really replace that with annoying drunk English couple handsdown my shorts as Iwashed my Astherestrictionofmyautonomycontin- the wrong place at the wrong time” (male). my torn body will share the story with her are restricted to 20 minutes three times bankruptcy court finding that Mr Drumm Conor in action and day at their desk. It is not nature, the frequency of in Ireland. It would also assessment, it transpires television or music, you are right to remainhere. It also calls for hands; the Spanishgardener who grabbed ued,and the forced dependence on medica- “But you’re so sweet andlovely.This daughter, herfriends, and the action of one anything. a day. had “adopted a strategy with respect to ever, one nervous showdown at (top) Daragh sets stepsto improve quality of life while peo- my breasts whenIasked for directions. tionappearedceaseless, Ibegantofeelthe shouldn’t have happened to you” (male). twistedmanwillsucceedinlimitingthefree- The prison operates to maximum truth-telling and full “I write the best songs as obvious as television, so WKHQRWLoFDWLRQVWKHKLJK be contrary to reports of that excessive social media a passive participant, but ple are waiting, suchasthe right to work Theseare despicable but not debilitating. first inklings ofangertowards the individu- “God, you’ve had ahard time, you poor dom of aspreading many. security and accommodates more than disclosure” to suit his purposes was a customs, two taxis, four hot air off on adventure after nine months and for young people Iam22, and Ihave known 10 years of fe- al whohad put me in ahospital bed. thing” (male). with someone I feel truly 700 men. The Wyatt states its mission is “well reasoned” finding, “amply people around them [AKA level of concern that young LQFUHDVLQJQXPEHUVRIVWX use is a common factor.” with social media there is who havebeen herefor morethan five malesubjugation enforced by terror. Men focus on me and subconsciouslyon Preventativemeasures comfortable with.I think hostesses, two not-so-hot air host- years to be allowed to go to third level in The fertilisation of fear is inescapable, Wildfire my potentialculpability. There is no reflec- Iplead with girls and women not to be to “protect the public from people who supported” by the evidence. Green Army for it will be a laugh. esses, way too much turbulence, parents] are not aware that people have about missing dents taking higher grades. instantaneous feedback the same way that an EU citizen can. It and that fear is daily fed. Ihave grownup Atelevision station called, ajournalist tion on the source; there is, however, an ac- afraid. Not to bearthe sickening weight of a pose a threat to society” which suggests He found that Mr Drumm had recommends that weekly allowances be with the fear of the stranger in the dark. A arrived. Reporters had heard the story ceptance of thesituation. society that addresses the victims but does that the people David Drumm has been employed a “tug-of-war” strategy in rela- “I’m going to write the best Irish band in Vegas, they are on it.” Social media is out on what’s been said on k7KLVLVQRWWRVD\KRZ EXCESSIVE USE to pull us back in, which is increased from ¤19.10 to ¤38.74 for demonic man with aknife who wants to through the wildfire that spread on Face- No man comprehends what awoman in- not takepreventative measures.Not to lock sharing accommodation with up till tion to disclosing his finances, and said with him,” she adds. another few mid-flight beers, adultsandfrom ¤9.60to¤29.80for chil- hurt me. book. stinctivelyunderstands:that thisattack was themselvesindoorsorimprisonthemselves now have not been of the first water. that he could not now blame his advisors “He’s a really good dren, that families be accommodated This fear is conditioned; it arises from My friends fielded the requests. Would I aviolation of my right to be in any place at bystudyingonly the familiar. But one source close to the Drumm for that strategy. two excited journalists and one an ever-present social media, and the fact ever, there is no negative Excessive is exactly the PRUHGLIoFXOWWRUHVLVWWKDQ with private space other than their bed- newspaperarticles, fromtelevision shows go on television? No. Would Ibeinter- any timeand not to be tortured by another; The issues of violence and threats case hinted last week that his prisdon Judge Sorokin said that there was guitarist and he’s funny, room, andthat single people be allowed on which women are invariablythe victims viewed? No. Could they show photographs that,regardlessofmyamicablenature, nei- against women arenot ones forwomen to surroundings have been far from a hel- no evidence that “even comes close” epic journey! epic night in Las cheeky, really cool. He’s NEGATIVE IMPACT distraction during that most teens are on at impact of increased social term to describe young other forms of media.” to apply for their own room. of male violence and perverse desire. of my face?No. It couldhelp to identifymy ther Inor anyone deserves this. address.Itis notmyresponsibilitytodefend hole: “Well where would you rather be? to suggesting that Mr Drumm did not been my friend for quite Las Vegas was engulfed in a sea of Thisfear challengesmedaily,but it does attacker:did Inot think it important to My girlfriends are angry, whenIhaven’t myself, and Idon’t shirk it whenIrefuse to Mountjoy or the Holiday Inn in Rhode understand he had to make full green this week as up to 10,000 fans 0DUN6P\WKFOLQLFDOSV\ least three different social media use on young people. people’s relationship with That all soundspositive. When will this not inhibit. Irationalise that most casesof share the story? Pause. To raise aware- the energytobe. But Ihear how their habits tellwomen to be waryand afraid. Island?” disclosure of all asset transfers. a few years so I’m really study. Students fi nd happen? “Will thisall happen?” is per- rape and sexual assault occurbetween ac- ness? To warnother women? To help other have changedand how fear is the root. Men Iwill live with the scaronmyface,Iwill He emerged from the Wyatt in leg up for it.” made the trip to Nevada to cheer on UFC chologist and member of media platforms, mean Increasing numbers of social media. Studyclix.ie, TIRED AT SCHOOL haps more pertinent. The International quaintances. women? To protect them ?Pause. Pause. tellyou to be strong,but women can make calm the anger that Ifeel, Iwill continue to shackles, handcuffs and in trackpants hero Conor McGregor, and the Sunday Protection Bill will be enacted by the end So Iwalk alone in the dark; Itravel solo Pause. mestronger,byfightingthetentacles offear Having recently split hike alone,above the barricades of terror for his bail hearing before Judge Donald they spend a lot of of the year, but other improvements and determinedly, without inhibition. The Iconsideredmyresponsibility.WasIself- that leave traces ofslime ontheir bodies. that commitmeto“safe” areas.Iwill feel ‘Judge Bailey found from boyfriend and World was right there in the thick of it. Vegas to watch the Psychological Society of LWWDNHVXSDVLJQLoFDQW \RXQJSHRSOHDUHSUHVHQW an interactive study website Lack of sleep is another Cabell in Massachusetts District Court haveyet to be approved. The working world is vastand beautiful, and it is sad and ish to keep silent? Was Iavoiding attention the nerve and the fear, and Iwillriseabove McBusted rocker Dougie Since Wednesday, Sin City has slowly group has costed the measures at absurd for 51 per cent of the population to and questions because every time Ispoke Police it daily, because the alternative is barely shy two weeks ago. him “not remotely been taken over by enthusiastic Irish Ireland says that “without time on it and they amount of time in young ing to child and adolescent which is used by 36,567 side effect. Mark notes that ¤135.4 million in total –and it adds that livebythelimitationsthatthedailythreat of about the attempted rape Ilived the reality The police continued to visit my hospital. of internment. On the eve of the hearing, Drumm’s Poynter, their collabo- up to ¤195 million could be saved were assault imposes. ofanightmare?No.ThisisnotwhyIrefused They took photographs, took my state- wife, Lorraine, his mother, Mary, his credible... his conduct ration will no doubt pro- fans all hoping to witness a piece of a doubt” social media is can’t control it people’s lives,” says Mark. mental health services secondary school student PDQ\VWXGHQWVFDQ WFRQ the legalprocess made faster and people to engage with the mediasurrounding me. ment, took my clothes. They expressed re- RapeCrisisNetworkIreland (rcni.ie)and brothers and sisters, friends and col- voke romance rumours, UFC history. moved out of direct provision. But the Assaulted Did Iwant to talk aboutthe man who gret that Ihad not managed to scratch the DublinRapeCrisisCentre (drcc.ie)offera leagues, filed emotional and heartfelt both knowing and Amonth ago in Granada, in Spain, Ileft a letters, begging the judge to grant him given that Ellie admitted McGregor’sUFC having a negative impact on k+RZHYHULW VDQRYHU (CAMHS) with mood, users and 16,736 secondary centrate in school because working group has not counted increas- dragged me to the ground, kicked my face rapist’sskin. free,confidential,24-hourlisteningand Disappointed es in thecosts of social welfare, housing club alone to walkthe 800mtomycity-cen- in, broke my nose, slicedmylips, fractured Their disappointment was tangible, as I supportserviceforwomenandmenwho bail. Some offered their homes as collat- fraudulent”’ earlier this year that the studying and grades. VLPSOLoFDWLRQWRVD\LW V DQ[LHW\DQGFRQFHQWUDWLRQ school teachers, conducted they are up all night. and education as people moveintothe tre apartment.Underneath away marker my skull, blackened bothmyeyes and described aman without tattoos, scars or havebeenraped,sexuallyassaulted, eral if he was released. His employer, the two have dated. community.And although Aodhán Ó for the Camino de Santiago Iwas violently stamped his footprint on to my cheek? any identifiablefeatures at all. The likeli- sexuallyharassedorsexuallyabusedatany Irish fans were left disappointed when BUZZING: Daragh owner of an asset management firm, even Back in the summer of k,WVDOOHQFRPSDVVLQJ the silent killer of grades EDVHGGLIoFXOWLHV)ROORZLQJ an annual sentiment index “They are shattered in Ríordáin, the Minister of State withspe- assaulted by aman Ihad neverseen before. DidIthink it was my responsibility to be- hood that aman who does not want to be timeintheirlives,on1800-778888.Wom- kept his job open for him. Judgment has SUPPORT: David Drumm, the former chief executive of Anglo Irish Bank, and his wife Lorraine. “Their marriage has flourished despite the incredible stress” McGregor’s Dublin-based team-mate with Lisa Reburn cial responsibility for equality and new ThirtyminutesafterIhadleftitIwasback come aspokesperson forthe propagation identified would takemeasures to make en’sAid(womensaid.ie)hasanational been reserved, leaving Drumm in jail. 2013 there were several Artem Lobov lost the ‘The Ultimate communities, said that the report must in the club, where my friends still danced. of an exclusive brand of female fear? No, I himselfindistinguishable was neverac- freephonehelpline(1800-341900)thatis The only concession is that he has since reports of them being showdown and Michelle this year, which found 55% the morning. They are too be implemented in full, Minister for Jus- My dress was shredded and glistening red, did not, and, no, Idonot. knowledged. Clearly, Ihad failedasavic- openfrom10amto10pmevery dayexcept Fighter’ 22 final on Friday night. been moved. The US Marshals office has asking Judge Donald Cabell to grant how they spent their time. David and band’s bankruptcy hearings, Lorraine their marriage has flourished despite held in custody. tice Frances Fitzgerald said only that it my legs and arms soaking with the blood Iwill not tell girls not to walk alone. Iwill tim. ChristmasDay;itprovidessupportand spotted kissing back- In the early hours of this morning O’Regan of students surveyed feel tired to go to school.” providedfood for thought. that should still have been under my skin. nottell them to be careful, to livedefensive- Two weeks after having surgeryonmy informationtocallersexperiencingabuse declined to comment on where he is now, him bail, all attesting to his “honesty” Lorraine have always done everything Drumm said she bought the family the incredible stress it has been under.” Lorraine has pleaded with the judge but he is thought to be in a slightly kinder and family values. with their girls. Not the type of parents home in Wellesley with her own money. David will “never leave them, never put that he is not a “flight risk” because he stage at V Festival, while the former Crumlin plumber stepped KITTY HOLLAND Iwaited until Iwas noticed, and for the ly and travel only in herds. This is no an- noseIcamebacktoDublin.“Youmustbeso fromintimatepartners a year later the stars they are addicted to their -XVWRIoUVW\HDUV Social AffairsCorrespondent environment. To their American friends, he was to hire a babysitter and go to dinner as It cost $2m. them in danger and never abandon his loves his family so much. “Through his into the octagon against Brazilian He will almost certainly be spending hard working, professional and a de- a couple, they went with their girls,” In September 2008, with Anglo Irish family.” salary, we pay the mortgage, utilities, were also seen getting Jiu-Jitsu expert José Aldo to unify the the current belt holder SKRQHVZLWKJLUOVVHHP fall asleep before 10pm, his first Christmas behind bars where his voted father. He and Lorraine, a loving she wrote. Bank’s share price plunging towards Drumm got a job as a chief investment school tuition, food and clothing. I close at a London party Featherweight division. ‘Local’ Irish pub Rí Rá, which is and we have had so much fun with the John O’Donnell, who is originally “I wouldn’t want to have been in RABBITT interactions with his wife and daughters homemaker, have two smart beautiful In fact, Drumm was so successful that oblivion, Lorraine Drumm, for the first officer at an asset management firm in honestly don’t know what we will do Chris Weidman and Luke will be scrutinised by prison wardens. If daughters, aged 20 and 17, who remain Anglo Irish Bank opened an office in New time in her 16-year marriage, opened a New York. His employer — whose name if David is unable to work to support Their romance trig- Incredibly, Aldo is unbeaten in 10 situated in The Mandalay Bay Hotel, Irish. Most of our staff are Irish and from Raheny, is the manager at the charge of pub 12. Let’s just say they ing to have a harder time according to Studyclix’s gered reports of a heated Rockhold. was the focus for most fans this week when McGregor fought Poirier in 2014 MGM’s popular Crush restaurant. Like were in fine fettle when they started.” WE ARE RECRUITING Tractors they are allowed to bring him gifts, he incredibly close to their father. They York. He returned to the bank’s head bank account in her own name. was also redacted — wrote to Judge us,” she wrote. If he left, “there would years and having pulled out of the pair’s Irish fans also had another switching off as 68% admit survey, with 19% of sixth won’t even get to rip off the wrapping occupied a world of family dinners, of office in Dublin in 2003 and succeeded According to court papers, money was Cabell that Drumm occupied a “critical be devastating consequences, we would love triangle involving previously arranged fight in July at UFC who were determined to enjoy the and Mendes in July of this year we were Sherman, O’Donnell was like a kid in a The Sunday World caught up with the paper — they will already have been making friends with the neighbours, Sean FitzPatrick as chief executive two transferred into it from their joint bank position in the business” which requires be homeless, penniless and unable to reason to travel as adoptedd Irishman http://agritech.ie/become-a-distributor.php their mutual pal Ed 189, he was finally meeting the man he pre-Christmas trip regardless of this really busy too. candy shop this week as Irish UFC fans FOUR O’Brien brothers who own Rí Rá Asecond chance for women made homeless by addiction, violence and abuse opened and screened by security officials. of regular church going, of holidays in years later. accounts, from her husband’s account, a high level of respect, confidence and travel. He would absolutely never do Gunnar Nelson (born in Iceland but Monivea Road, Athenry, Co.Galway WRDQDWWDFKPHQWFRP years falling asleep between It is a world away from the American Cape Cod. Lorraine was “saddened” to leave and from other sources too; sums of trust”. He worked on numerous “complex that to us.” Sheeran, after the star has labelled a “complete joke”. morning’s result. “But this week has just been insane. took over the Nevada capital. at the Mandalay Bay. Incredibly they are dream the Drumm family have been As his mother, Mary, wrote to Judge the American life they had built for €80,000 and €50,000, and a €250,000 and time consuming” deals. She is not entirely penniless though. memorably penned his fighting out of John Kavanagh’s Straight But thisweekwas alsomarkedbyanoth- are not allowed to supplement the assis- homeless followingyears of domestic vio- Daisyhouse team were working with her The iconic MGM Grand Hotel hosted Tickets for UFC194 are like gold dust right together for the first time in 24 years, pared with 55% of the boys. midnight and 2am. ‘I’ve excelled socially, trying to recapture for the last six years, Cabell: “I know you would probably say themselves. “The girls were absolutely mortgage taken out with KBC Bank He commuted from Wellesley to New Three years ago she reached a settlement Blast Gym facility) was also fighting Laughing Laughing er event,one that mostofthe merry crew tance even if you can afford to. lence,sexual violence, sexual abuse, traf- thatday to giveher the confidence to be hit song Don’t about an the much-hyped battle of the sworn now.I just hope Conor does the business for and it was all for last night’s big fight. Qualified Agricultural Mechanic albeit under the shadow of massive debts, that of course I would say great things inconsolable as they were taken away on a house they owned in Skerries - all York. Lorraine told her Sudbury friend of close to €1m with the bankruptcy trus- Wexford (72%) and Social media is aiding celebratingthe good weather won’t have mentally and creatively’ In asurvey of more than 1,000 proper- ficking, lossofincome, addiction, illness able to just be herself withinagroup –tobe ex cheating on him with enemies as fans flocked to the event, Demian Maia in the welterweight Ireland,” the American told us. Jerry O’Brien told us: “Any UFC heardabout. This week we learned that,for ties, the Simon Community found that only and other problems. Manywere abusedas normal. financial ruin, a criminal investigation about my son, David.” To her, he was from their schools, friends and home.” totalling €1m. “how sad and lonely he was without his tee, selling the house in Cape Cod to do a friend – rumoured division. SUPPORT: Conor General Manager Scott Sherman told “We hosted the 12 pubs of Christmas the first time, more than 1,000 children – 12 per cent of them would be available to children. For most of us that is hard to understand. in Ireland and, as Drumm put it at his her rock, the youngest person in Ireland “Our marriage was going through a family”. She and Lorraine spoke “for so. That left her entitled to her share of which has been described as “one of the the Sunday World: “I don’t care what As revealed in last week’s Sunday here on Friday. It was ridiculous. We night is big for us, but to have McGregor Required. Kilkenny (74%) had the and abetting insomnia. bail hearing two weeks ago, “political to qualify as a chartered accountant at really tough time,” she said. “The bank hours” before the couple decided they their former home in Malahide, which to have been Niall and There were tricolours, Irish jerseys, green fought in front of 1,034, to be exact –are registered as home- DaisyhousehasbeenwhatIcalltheOrigin people on social welfare. When they arrive at Daisyhousethey It is almost incomprehensible that some- greatest fight nights in UFC history”. anyone else says. These guys have been World, the MGM Hotel, which is the had hundreds and hundreds of fellow fighting for the title is ridiculous. highest percentage of “Teenagers will then say: less in Dublin. Behind that figure, which is oftheCliche:asafehaven.Homesweet Mary moved into ahotel room with her havealready shown acommitment to try to body might have lived alife in which acon- figures screaming from the rafters” to the age of 21, and one of eight children was going through a tough time. My hus- would all move to New York to be with has been sold, and the family home in Ellie. Apart from the McGregor versus Santa outfits and leprechaununs as far as an army of Irish from Dublin Region Homeless Executive , home.Solidground.Theseonceabstract two children last weekend. She knew on get their lives backontrack. Theyare drug- versationwith people who havenot been get him home. she raised alone after their father died ‘We would be band was stressed out . . . he was working him. The move didn’t work out. The girls Wellesley. Niall is also planning the best fans in the world. Ever. It’s like third largest hotel in the world with Paddies flocking through our doors all “Throw in the fact that four brothers Must have good knowledge of tractors and farm Claire Byrne lie tales of unbearable hardship. Mondaythat only afew nightswere availa- homeless, abused and poverty-stricken is a Drumm could remain in jail until his of cancer. all the hours God sent him. I was raising were “unhappy” at their new school, ac- She has offered to hand the house Aldo, American MMA fans congregated the eye could see along the world-famous fans in Vegas www.agritech.ie students agreeing they ‘It takes me ages to get to placesarenolongerimaginary, andalcohol-free and ready toparticipate in homeless, penniless a riotous return to Super Bowl Sunday only it’s Friday and 6,852 rooms, had to place their “biggest afternoon kicking off the 12 pubs. We from Kerry are together for the first Thisweekon Morning Ireland,the pro- out-of-reachambitionsforme.They ble to her at the hotel and that her fu- arangeofholistic programmes to show terrifying prospect. extradition hearing takes place on March Lorraine Farrell married David the girls on my own — it just took its toll cording to Lorraine. In 2013 the family over as collateral, and that she and her in Las Vegas this weekend to catch Strip, as ‘Olé Olé Olé’ drowned out the usual everyone is laughing and in green. order of Guinness and Jameson whiskey were pub number one so we got away time in over two decades. This is one of machinery. With homelessness at gramme that Icopresent on RTÉ Radio 1, arebothcomfortand ture and thatofher family wereun- Daisyhouse does all of its work without 1 and, if he loses, there’ll be another long Drumm 24 years ago when he was . . . A lot of things collided.” moved back to Wellesley. “David reverted two daughters would relinquish their Mullingar over the fes- the middleweight title fight between sounds of the rush-hour traffic. l Conor and O’Donnell were addicted to their sleep,’ but this is because my colleague Laura Whelanspoketo empowermentheldinthehand. certain.She and her children are When their time is Governmentfunding, which ceased in2011. wait, possibly in prison, should he decide a chartered accountant and up-and- and unable to “I didn’t know if the marriage would to working remotely and commuting passports — their eldest daughter was tive season, promising to “We have been jam packed all week ever”. lightly,” the Dubliner laughed. the best weekends of my life.” crisis point in Dublin, a “Mary”, awoman who had just been told Thesamehandthatreached homeless. She has been on the up at Daisyhouse, It has the capacity now to care for about 15 to appeal. Meanwhile, his attempt to coming banker. In 1997, they moved to survive . . . I didn’t know if he would drop where necessary.” willing to forego a study year abroad do a ‘12 pubs of Christ- Ballyanny, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Ireland Please forward C.V to phones. Nationwide, their brain is in sixth gear,” that hertime in her rented home was up. outtoDaisyin2013forhelp. social-housing list for 10 years women at anyone time; whatitwould love go bankrupt in the US to shake off the the US for David’s “job” — she doesn’t travel. David would dead of a heart attack . . . I was imagining A builder told Judge Cabell how he for her father. charity is struggling to help The landlord hadn’t beenpaying the mort- AndnowI’malmostreadyto andwas told that there is now after about 18 months of to do is expand the modelall over Ireland. €10.4m he owes to the former Anglo Irish mention the notorious former Anglo Irish life without him.” She wanted a “nest was project manager on a construction The US assistant attorney Amy Bur- mas’ crawl. gage,and Mary and her two children had wavefarewellandenter aseven-year wait. The organisation must deal not only with absolutely never Tel +353(0)67 31590 Fax +353(0)67 33355 49% of students said they says Mark. living there, these women Bank is not only dead in the water, but a Bank by name — and so began their love egg” — money she could control herself. job at the Drumms’ Wellesley home five kart has argued that Drumm has the [email protected] women who are run out of road: the bank was taking over, independentliving.“Ready” Mary’sstory is not uncom- its financial crisis but alsowith the wider often‘‘ have nowhere to go judgment issued by an appeal court on affair with the United States. “I wasn’t thinking about (Mr Drumm’s) years ago. means to flee. She cited their $2m house, overcoming domestic and she had to leave. wouldneverhavecomewereit mon. It’s widely acknowledged housing crisis.Because when their time is do that to us.’ Mary has spentthe 112 days sinceshewas notforthissupport.Together that we have ahousing crisis, and up at Daisyhouse, after about 18 months of Monday exposed his ugly desperation. It They lived first in Boston and then creditors, I was thinking about me and “On many nights when we worked the $44,000-a-year tuition fees for their violence, sexual abuse, told that the clock was ticking on her house we’vebrokenthecycleof althoughtheGovernmenthascom- them how to live again as productiveand living there, these women often have no- upheld an earlier finding that Drumm moved to Sudbury in 1998. In her letter, my two children and about my marriage late, David and Lorraine would invite daughters’ school, and observed that the tryingtofind somewhere new to live, but homelessness.I’veexcelledsocially, mitted to invest in social housingthe happypeople. where to go. had told “outright lies”,accusing him of, she writes how they made many friends, that was falling apart.” me and the other workers to enjoy a Canadian border is just three hours away. 24 25 April 2015 COUNTRY LIVING trafficking and addiction thereisnowherethatshecan affordtorent. mentallyandcreatively.Mygrowthasa need is so great as to be almost overwhelm- Irecently met one woman at Daisyhouse Theyriskhavingalloftheirhardworkun- amongst other things, “misdirection and enrolled their eldest daughter at the Her letter skips on to how David Drumm Lorraine’s close friend from Sudbury family meal with them,” he said. After In a separate court filing, she quoted The Simon Community published there- humanbeingandanartisthas beenguided ing. who is learning to live again. On the day I done because they have no place to call dishonesty” for failing to disclose asset local school, went to church and David resigned his position in 2008 and the alluded to these difficult times in her that, he sometimes contacted David for the original bankruptcy ruling last Jan- sults of asurvey this week that examined bymyfourwalls,myfoundation,my For women this crisis is particularly met her she was going to agatheringwith home. transfers to his wife. coached a children’s soccer team. family returned to Boston in June 2009. letter to Judge Cabell. advice about his business — they would uary which accused Drumm of making ou couldn’t walk throughDublinthis the number of rental homes availableto windowwithagrandview.Innerandouter. acute. It’s one of the reasons Ihave decided new friends.She was terrified. She had nev- The sunshine makes many things seem Drumm is not only personally liable One of her closest friends from this “The girls were thrilled and we were very “Lorraine and I have sat for hours meet up to eat and watch Irish rugby and “knowingly false statements, failures to weekand be in bad form. The happi- people who receiverentallowance or a Myhome.Daisyhouse. to become an ambassador for an organisa- er socialised with people she saw as “nor- better, but not even the welcome blue skies for €10.4m, but the damning judgment time — a widow whose name is redact- happy to be returning home.” and shared our struggles and she has football games. disclose, efforts to misdirect and outright Yness was contagious as people basked housing-assistance payment. ELAYNEHARRINGTON tion called Daisyhouse. The charity oper- mal” before. can conceal the fissures created by Ire- from the US appeal court could play ed — wrote to Judge Cabell that she and Although they had “maintained” the confided much to me. We have shared our The Drumms were well aware that lies...While Drumm goes to lengths to in the sunshine, spilling out of restaurants If you get help from the State with hous- akaTemper-MentalMissElayneous ates in Dublin and houses womenwho have She wondered whatshe would talkto land’s worsening homelessness crisis. heavily against him when his extradi- her late husband spent many hours with house they owned in Chatham, Cape Cod, mutual heartache as our lives changed David might be extradited. When they portray the move in 2009 as a homecom- and bars withbig happy heads on them. ing costsyou can rent only properties that been through experiencesthat most of us them aboutand worried that she might tion hearing comes around because it the Drumms at this time and celebrated “it wasn’t the same”. They enrolled the from the idyllic days when we were first read about it in the media, according ing to the United States, the competing High temperaturesmake ahappy city. costup totheamount ofthat allowance;you ■ PHOTOGRAPH: DAVID CANTWELL couldn’t evenimagine.They havebecome reveal who she “really”was to them. The ClaireByrneisaDaisyhouseambassador questions his honesty. holidays together. girls in schools in Wellesley and even- neighbours,” she wrote. to Lorraine, David’s lawyer called the US vision of that move is that the Drumms This finding stands in cold contrast “Over the years, I have watched the tually “purchased a home in Wellesley, “I have listened as Lorraine has dis- attorney’s office to say that he would be essentially fled Ireland under difficult to Drumm’s portrayal in the many letters Drumm family grow incredibly close. where we still live”. cussed her marriage and her relationship “available for voluntary surrender”. They circumstances to start a new life in the sent by family, friends and colleagues Family dinners, holidays and trips were When she later testified at her hus- with David. 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The Sunday Business Post Editor: Esther N McCarthy @estread December 13, 2015 Inside the HSE 17 Arts& Weekend Books www.irishexaminer.com Monday, 12 September, 2016 Garda stations close and fear takes over LIFE/STYLE Need astunning Review 1916: acomic strip location for your As criminals run amok in Artist Fergal McCarthy’s next movie, drama cartoon history of the Easter or pop video? Here’s rural areas, the elderly are Saturday,January23,2016 EditorConorGoodman Phone01-6758000 [email protected] Rising. Pages 4-5 who to call. Page 7 Inside t takes quick wit, smarts, and guts to deliver a verbal punch that sticks. But more than dullness of intellect, it’s political correctness Cameron and Duterte living in terror and people and reluctance to escalate conflict thatI make great insults the rare gems they are today. are but two modern With the exception of Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and Roderigo examples of an age-old Duterte, few current day politicians ‘BERTIE’S are increasingly arming Rebuilding Columbine include off-the wall insults in their verbal punch, writes political arsenal. That’s largely why the latter’s alleged ‘son of a whore’ Rita deBrun the smear spread around the world so The principal at the school had to forgive those behind the attack there to rebuild the community, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler fast. CHILDREN’: themselves. But what they As slurs go, it was nasty but lazy. Sunday Business Post Health Editor Susan Mitchell has Worse, it had no grounding in truth. rank deAngelis didn’t know Despite that, it grabbed headlines gone: Garda Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold everywhere and set social media HSE alight. That alleged affront hit the gone inside the HSE, getting exclusive access to Ireland’s Tony Horgan on well. Of the 1,600 students at- IRELAND’S news again with reports that are really crying out for is tending Columbine High School the day Brosna’s in April 1999, Harris and Kle- Duterte, on visiting Indonesia, had Fbold were exceptional only for their told the Filipino community that he health service – from the coalface to the boardroom.Th is station closed apparent hunger to graduate and get never made that statement. ahead. Dr David Fitzgerald, international 18-YEAR-OLDS “I did not know them well, but they politics lecturer at University is her in-depth report the return of local gardaí were not kids who were in trouble College Cork, says: “What’s or in my office,” says the former unusual about Rodrigo Columbine principal. “They Duterte’s insulting of were very clever young men; Barack Obama is that these They were born in 1997, when Bertie Ahern JOHN Murphy’s beat-up work van in advanced college classes sorts of epithets are far less Brian McFadden’s lack of skill in the the small Co. Leitrim village of by the letter,’ says Mary. ‘People and involved in perform- common in international kitchen has been shared by his three became taoiseach, in the early years of the tears into the square in Brosna, Co. Drumkeeran, breaking a link that are really living in fear and it isn’t ing arts. They were politics, where diplomatic former partners. Picture: VIPireland.com Kerry. He parks outside the aban- By Catherine planning for the future. etiquette is far more Celtic Tiger. The 2016 general election will has lasted for generations and just the elderly — young families, “Klebold had been valuable than cheap point- doned garda station and descends leaving the local people with a single parents, they are all afraid. accepted into the Uni- scoring.” allow them to vote for the first time. So how Fegan versity of Arizona and That’s a fact that seems to have from the driver’s seat, his muddy deepening sense of isolation. It isn’t right, we need more had gone there to visit gone over the head of Boris Johnson. do today’s 18-year-olds feel about politics, boots dragging on the ground as he chief correspondent ‘We are on our own out here,’ says resources to deal with this. with his parents during Eric Harris, above, and Dylan Klebold, There is no Debrett’s Guide to Who’s Diplomacy, but maybe there should walks. He goes to the van’s back our spring break, less below, shot 13 people dead and injured sexuality, boom and bust, and the future? local postmistress and Fianna Fáil ‘The perpetrators are not afraid than a month before the be and maybe he should write it. door, where his tools and equip- would be gone. They would disman- shooting. Eric Harris dozens more in Columbine High School. After all, there seems to be little he councillor Mary Bohan. ‘At the of anyone. There was one house was trying to get into the doesn’t know about the art. doing the ment lie inside, and carefully locks tle it. That’s the carry-on we are up time (of the closure) there was a where the couple had died, but the military.” He alone has learned that there are the contents securely. In the deso- against. There is no deterrent here “They had a lot of people consequences for comparing Hillary amoney-saving habitasnecessary sergeant and two gardaí stationed family had kept the home. There fooled. Unfortunately, we only Clinton to a sadistic nurse in a shieldsagainst economic shocks. late car park next to the graveyard, whatsoever, no garda station, no in our area and we were assured were many items of sentimental discovered those basement tapes mental hospital, penning a limerick cooking CliveByrneoftheNational Associa- his is the only vehicle. after the shooting and found out it in which the Turkish president has tion of Principals and Deputy Princi- guards and no law. This is bandit that they would remain serving value in the house and when it sex with a goat, and insulting the was all planned. In fact, if it had gone pals has noticed adifferencebetween Along the main street, where the country now.’ this area. was broken into, it was totally to plan, it would have been a lot entire Papua New Guinea race. He alone has learned that while his those leaving schoolduring the boom sherbet-painted homes rise up On a regular basis, John, a builder ‘But they are now stationed out of worse. They had placed propane for Brian? and18-year-olds of recent years. destroyed. tanks in the cafeteria and were going track record of loose-tongued feather-ruffling could have resulted “Theyounger people would have the hill until they meet the square, who once ran a supermarket in the Drumshanbo and, through no fault ‘Their grand-daughter was a to shoot any survivors who were Fiach Kelly changed, certainly in the lastfive coming out but when the bombs in him being banished to the political curtains are drawn on every win- village, sees people calling to of their own, we no longer have the guard and they were very proud of wilderness, it instead landed him a years.Before that you wouldhave had didn’t detonate, their plans changed, ormer Westlife star BRIAN the Celtic Tiger era, when the chil- dow and an eerie stillness lingers. houses and offering to paint sheds, so that’s when they came into the much coveted job in Theresa May’s McFADDEN is on the hunt for same garda presence. You could her, they had a framed picture of government. dren saw no bounds to the possibili- ‘You could sit here all day long school. So they didn’t just wake up a woman who can cook. orninto the boom but tiesoftheirlives,and manywould sell carpets or tar driveways in a ring Drumshanbo and you wouldn’t her on the mantle. They (the intrud- that day and decide to blow up the While Johnson’s jibes are embar- Despite hosting cooking plunged into an economic have become ‘mé féiners’. school this was planned and if it had rassing, David Cameron’s insults game show Who’s Doing The and not see one person,’ says Mr bid to ‘case’ properties before a get any response, so people would ers) took it out, broke the frame bust during their teenage been fulfilled, hundreds of people tend to amuse. “We’ve got a shadow FDishes? the singer insisted he has no “It would havechangedever so Murphy, 69. ‘All the houses are break-in. resort to Manorhamilton. The prob- and stuck it on the front door after would have been killed.” chancellor who can’t count and a interest in learning how to make his years, Ireland’s 18-year-olds slightly in the last five years because Frank deAngelis joined Columbine Labour leader who doesn’t count... own meals. willbe able to vote in ageneral of the downturn.Inrecent times peo- locked up. Every single one. ‘My young girl was going up the lem there is that despite what sen- they destroyed the place. he is the nothing man!” bellowed Belectionfor the firsttime in the com- ple would have been far more willing High School as a history teacher in He said: “I cannot cook. I can ‘All the old people inside them road one day and someone stopped ior gardaí say, they do not have the ‘It was as much as to say, “Now 1979. For a period of time, he was the Cameron once. Snide, cutting, and The art of insults make beans on toast and eggs, that’s ing weeks. Theydosoagainst the to get involved in social-outreach pro- baseball coach. He also spent some entirely offensive, his attacks had it. I don’t think I’ve ever cooked backdrop of arecovering economy. grammes and would have been more ■ Above: Eabha Cronin, who’s studying dentistry. don’t come out. They are locked up her and asked her directions to a resources either.’ guard, there you are.” That will tell time coaching American football. power, not just because they were anything.” They could be termed Bertie’s concerned aboutissues such as hous- Left: Mark Farrell, who works in construction and is from morning until night, scared to particular person’s house,’ he says. Columbine became his life and re- marathon, not a sprint. I think people acerbic, but because they were so But his lack of skill in the kitchen Children, born in 1997,the year the ingthe homeless.” saving for third-level education. Below: Seán Devers, Drumkeeran lies at the foot of you what they think of the gardaí warded him with the post of principal Frank deAngelis, above right; and, main, a group of students gather together on April 21, 1999, and raise their arms near Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, in memory of those believe that you’re going to wake up often epic exaggerations of the truth. is apparently shared by his ex-wives formertaoiseach took officeand the Áine Hyland, emeritus professor of aLeaving Certificate student in Ballina. PHOTOGRAPHS: death to answer the door.’ ‘He said he was selling turf. Corry Mountain, just north of and the law.’ in the mid-90s. He had been in his slain and injured in the attack at the school. Picture: Rocky Mountain News/Rodolofo Gonzalez/AP one morning and everything goes During his time as prime minister, Clockwise from top right: Donald Trump, given that McKinley went on described as “contrived and As put- KERRY KATONA and VOGUE beginning of a14-year period of Fian- education at University College Cork, ERICLUKE,JAMESCONNOLLY AND KEITH HENEGHAN/PHOCUS Brosna is a hilltop village of 1,200 ‘She came down and told her post for just three years when the back to normal but, and I know Cameron got away with belittling Abraham Lincoln, David Norris, David to become US president. intentional”. downs go, WILLIAMS, as well as former na Fáil-led governments.Until they agrees. “The biggest change would Lough Allen. The remote village To locals, the masterminds behind shooting happened. people don’t want to hear this, we had and slating his political adversaries For all their cleverness, As for the historical few are as fiancee DELTA GOODREM. were10they livedin acountry of plen- have beenthat the students coming in people in rural north Kerry. It is mother and they got into the car because it was arguably his job to Cameron, Boris Johnson, and Roderigo has a population of about 500, with the reign of terror appear unstop- The details of the massacre are killing someone else they are going to DeAngelis, who describes himself For deAngelis that support was key to redefine what normal was.” Duterte, whose ‘son of a whore’ smear obviously contrived role played by insults in memorably McFadden, 36, told the Press ty.But after the devastating crashand the mid-1990s werecoming in confi- well known. On the morning of April find the means to do it. There are as a “stubborn Italian”, points the to the district’s survival. For a long time, deAngelis felt the do so. His skill at vocally lacerating insults are often less politics, Dr Fitzgerald gentlemanly Association: “I’ve had three partners the international bailout many fami- dent there wouldbeemploymentfor located in a region known as Sliabh and went to check. Once they saw pable. They have managed to get opponents, with mocking taunts against US president Barack Obama 20, 1999, 17-year-old Klebold and ‘It’s too easy to places in Europe and Asia where finger, in part at least, at a society “If I was going to go back to Colum- heavy weight of survivor’s guilt. He memorable than those says: “In societies with- as that ut- — Kerry, Delta, Vogue. Not one lies experiencedfinancial stress and them. There was agreat confidence Luachra, a mountainous, rush-filled our car coming, they went down away with their rampage of intimi- 18-year-old Harris entered their own people use knives. Should we ban that pressurises men to fit a stereo- bine and rebuild that community, I had, as he said himself, “walked cloaked in jocularity, was legendary. made headlines around the world for all that appear to be uttered out mass literacy, they tered by could cook anything. Takeaways and hardship. How did that affect them, if they wouldbeemployed in Ireland.” school and over the course of an hour knives? It’s too easy to say if we had type of the “strong man”. He recalls knew I needed support and you have straight into the gunfire” but But even so, when accompanied by the wrong reasons recently. off the cuff. can offer a witty and brief British states- dinners out the whole time. at all? What do they think of Ireland, upland that straddles the border the road at 150 miles an hour. dation simply because of the hope- say if we had vociferous brays of approval from his Anumber of The Irish Times’s shot 13 people dead. They injured tougher gun laws the shootings how, a few days after the shooting at to get as much support as possible,” survived. Others were not so lucky. Abraham Lincoln’s put- way of characterising an man and 4th “The next woman I’m going to and its political parties, now? Will group of 18-year-olds are involved in area of Cork, Kerry and Limerick. ‘We need gardaí out political cronies his behaviour ‘It turned out they had robbed a lessly inadequate level of policing dozens more. would stop because I think you’re Columbine, he was approached by a says deAngelis. “I had a staff of 150 “I can’t forgive those kids for what down of his rival Stephen opponent in a way that’s Earl of Sandwich meet, I’m going to hope she can cook, they vote?And, if so, for whom? organisations such as Foróige and DeAngelis himself was shot at but tougher gun laws underestimating the mind and the colleague who advised him not to tell and they were all in different places. they did,” says deAngelis. “I see called to mind the bully-boy taking it is quite another. Douglas went down in history, likely to stick. For instance, John Montagu. just so I can stop eating takeaways. house somewhere else. The (vic- in the area. Efforts to fortify homes tactics of the playground in TheIrishTimeshassoughttheopin- YouthWorkIreland,whichincludeso- somehow managed to escape. mindset of these people. This is my anyone he was seeking mental health Some of them dealt with the tragedy three of the kids who were paralysed Memorable insults are but “his argument is as thin as the we might think of Donald Trump’s In response to the actor Samuel “I’m going to have to go on Tinder ionsofeight young men and women cial programmes. tim’s) son put up cameras and three Various theories have been put the shootings point really. The thing that we can’t help because it would be seen as “a by constantly talking about it but all the time. I saw my best friend which the loud-mouth is sometimes better remem- homeopathic soup that was made by manner as being particularly insult- Foote declaring that “I have often and go ‘I’m looking for a chef’.” there in the community’ with additional security, for those born in 1997,from avariety of back- Clive Byrne also points out that forward for the students’ actions. underestimate is mental health.” sign of weakness”. there were others who felt that if they being killed and I meet parents of the brave when accompa- bered than those who utter boiling the shadow of a pigeon that ing, but if we look at politics in the wondered what catastrophe would I Strictly Come Dancing champion days later they were back. They AFRAID: John nied by his gang. grounds and from across Ireland. more young people are staying at who can afford it, also appear to Everything from Goth culture to would stop. I He will be at the Mansion House in “I was told that if I was going to be a didn’t have to talk about it they didn’t kids that died. But as the saying goes, them. While it was a gentle- had been starved to death”, is not a United States during the 19th bring you to your end; but I JAY MCGUINESS believes ED RichardLayte,professorofsociolo- school as long as possible.“Since the ‘There is no deterrent you have to forgive the sinner but When referred to as came all the way from Wexford. We Murphy outside have little effect. video games and, of course, Ameri- Dublin next week to give a talk on leader, I couldn’t cry because I was a have to think about it and so trying to man by the name of Tho- slur we often hear parroted about century, we see much more think that you must either BALLS could follow in the dancing gyatTrinityCollegeDublin,is adirec- economicdownturn our second-level not the sin. I had to forgive them to ‘Dodgy Dave’ by Labour ca’s liberal gun laws have been mental health. man,” he says. “What are we telling provide for all of these different mas B Reed, who dished town. colourful language being used. die of the pox or the footsteps of fan favourite JEREMY tor of the Growing Up in Ireland got the number plate and sussed Brosna garda most residents in their older ‘Burglar alarms don’t seem to blamed but, for deAngelis, those think you’re “These two young men did not these kids? We present them with people was hard. rebuild that community.” MP Dennis Skinner in out the verbal equivalent of Unfortunately, the same can’t be “Most famously, president halter”, Montagu shot VINE. retention has gone above90per cent. study,which the Government has explanations miss the central point. come into the world hating,” he says. these images and then we don’t give “Then there were the parents who And rebuild it is exactly what light of the Panama poison with honey on the said of “talking through her fanny”. John Adams called Alex- back: “My lord, that Judge CRAIG REVEL HORWOOD Thosekids who startinthe system are here, no garda station’ out who it was.’ station, which years. In recent times, the number make a difference,’ says parish “Lots of people say if we had underestimating “I saw pictures of them when they them the support they need.” were concerned about their child’s deAngelis does every day. Papers scandal, Cameron side when he described Wil- Even so, when senator David Norris ander Hamilton a ‘bastard will depend upon one compared Vine to “a stork that had commissioned to follow the lives of a there agedfour and stay throughto After dark, the miscreants have was closed of burglaries in the area has been priest Fr Gerry Alwill. tougher gun laws, these shootings were kids in their boy scout uniform Luckily for deAngelis, he didn’t safety and then of course the stu- I Frank deAngelis will be the guest looked uncomfortable, liam McKinley as having “less opined in the Upper House that Fine brat of a Scotch peddler’, of two contingencies; been struck by lightning” during last groupofchildren and theirfamilies the end.” would just disappear,” he says. “I’d the mindset of and then I look at the guy who shot at listen and, along with the people of dents. I really believed that if I could speaker at a public event in The Man- shifting papers on his lap. In backbone than a chocolate eclair”, Gael TD Regina Doherty was doing which was a convenient way whether I embrace year’s competition, but the radio for several years. This was not the case in the early the run of the village. Timmy down in 2012 ‘unprecedented’. ‘In one case, they tore it off the agree to an extent; guns shouldn’t be me. Something happened to them Columbine, he gratefully accepted all make 70% of the people I was dealing sion House, Dublin, on September 14 that he was living proof that, no credit for the slur went to the popular just that, she responded by saying of reminding his audience your lordship’s mis- presenter was able to remain in the Although those in his study’s sam- yearsofthe 21st century, when the re- It is surrounded by forestry and O’Sullivan, 72, says anti-social so easy to get, but where I struggle is and society in a way let them down the support he could get both from with happy on any given day, then from 6.30 to 8.30pm. Tickets can be matter how clever or warranted the Teddy Roosevelt. she was upset by “the personal that Hamilton had indeed tress, or your lordship’s show until week eight by mobilising ple have yet to turn 18, Laytehas been tention rate was just 80 per cent. ‘It is extremely isolated out here,’ wall, threw it into the sink and the fact that if someone is intent on these people somewhere.” within and without the community. that was a day of celebration. It’s a reserved at jigsaw.ie/lessonslearned ribbing, dishing it out is one thing; It did his target no harm either, nature of the remarks”, which she been born out of wedlock.” principles.’ public support. informedbythe research of Glen El- Manydropped out to takejobs that dense woodland, adding to its iso- behaviour in the form of young says Mary. ‘Last year, on one day in poured water on it. Everyone is McGuiness, who lifted the der, whose seminal Children of the were unskilled and so left themselves lated, vulnerable feel. drivers doing ‘donuts’ at the cross- glitterball trophy in December, said GreatDepression examinedthe lives vulnerable once the crashcame. particular, there were three houses frightened, people are wondering, former shadow chancellor Balls of those who experienced the Depres- Opinions about the effectiveness In 2012, after 140 years with its roads in the middle of the night has ‘There is no deterrent. These fel- Like Brosna, the community lost well aware of rural crime in Doon ‘No one feels safe and it isn’t hit. It happened in broad daylight what can we do? There is frustra- Compiled by Denise O’Donoghue (@deniseodonoghue) could be in with a chance. sion-eraUnited States as children. and value of politics vary, as does en- Appearing on Loose Women, he “Glen Elder wanted to see if there gagement with the political process. own barracks, Brosna’s garda sta- left residents feeling helpless. las are running amok.’ its station in 2012. Since then, most and surrounding areas in recent right. We have come from an Ire- on the same rural road. tion that no one can do anything y mission — an anthropol- explained: “Well, you remember weresomebenefitsofrecession,”says That is to be expected among this age By Susan Mitchell tion closed for good. The effects ‘There was nothing we could do,’ Brosna is typical of rural parishes of the crime committed in and times and its fallout and devastat- land where you could safely leave ‘Two houses were empty, the and the fear of, will it happen to ogy field study to examine Jeremy Vine? He wasn’t in any way Layte. “They did indeed see a‘what group, who rarely express astrong Whatdoyouremember Mark: You wouldn’t ever really notice it, Doyouthinkthings then.Alot people want change, but they were immediate. On the same day he says. ‘No one even reported it throughout the country. Locals around the village has been of the ing results and effects. There is your door open, where a garda whether teenagers can be Outside the box We are liking... Opening Lines trained or anything like that, and doesn’tkill you willmake you strong- preference for aparty or candidate in butthere wouldbedays when my dad was don’twant to do anything. other lady had gone shopping. That me? Elderly people would voice prised from their phones for people loved him and he went so far. er’ effect.American kids frommid- theupcoming election. abouttheboom? stressed. When Iwas younger you didn’t aregettingbetter? the garda lantern was removed, an because the guards don’t have the must report whatever crime has standard, money-making variety – anxiety, distress and fear. presence in every village gave a was the one day.’ their fears to me. You feel so help- more than five minutes at a “So I think if people fall in love dle-class households,and fromwork- In the last Irish Times/Ipsos MRBI really pass any heed.You’d just leavehim Mary:Weneverseethe benefitofit[in Mtime, if shoved in front of art. Could it with his personality...” ‘Everyoneusedtogoon ‘It’sveryhardtoget elderly Brosna pensioner was manpower to come out and deal befallen them to gardaí at Knock- break-ins, thefts, pilfering and so ‘Take our elderly, their peace of sense of security – we knew that if ing class homes too –those who expe- opinion poll,taken in November, peo- be and see if he cheered up. Co Donegal].Whatare you votingfor? On another occasion, a woman out less, what can you do but just be I ancing doctors. Pirouetting nurses work? Or are they permanently Former Downton Abbey actress riencedsome recession but hadn’t ple agedbetween 18 and 24 favoured holidaysonceayear’ intoagoodcareer’ Whathavetheyever done?Ihave neverseen robbed of a substantial amount of with it. You would need at least nagoshel, almost 10 miles away. on. Arson has also featured promi- mind is shattered, many no longer anything was amiss the local guard trimming her garden was caught there as a local support? At the end welded to their handsets? Suzanne Harrington Watch It Colm O’Regan JESSICA BROWN FINDLAY has been droppedoff acliff –they actually SinnFéinaboveallotherparties.Thir- Fintan: Isaw abig, big difference. Local anythingtheyhavedone,anyway. Thereis Many of us will have seen that signed up to appear alongside seemed to benefit from it. And it ty-one per cent chose Gerry Adams’s Mary:We haven’t been away now in along shops were closing. People were getting Mary: Even up here, [inCoDonegal,] places notmanywhohavemuch ofan interest.The in pristine uniforms. Cute children cash while at Mass. She had been three squad cars to converge on Many complain that response times nently on the rap sheet. sleep at night. They are living in a was near at hand and was dealing unawares when a thief entered her of the day, these people are pretty photo of the group of teens hunched ANDREW SCOTT in a new produc- made them abit more robust. It made party, against19per cent for Fianna time,but there used to be holidays abroad frustrated; there were no outlets.What are opening up and stayingopen. Thereisa marriagereferendum changed italotfor saving for some time. these guys. Then ordinary locals to such calls are unsatisfactory. The gravity and frequency of the constant state of anxiety. Every over their phones, as Rembrandt’s If you love Irish comedy videos then this account is perfect for you. tion of Hamlet. bouncing on 300 luminous beds. with the situation.’ back door and stole her handbag, helpless against the kind of raids Night Watch themmore able to survive otherexpe- Fáil,23per cent for Fine Gael,2per and therewas abit more money for support is there for them? wee cafe that has opened. It was in avan youngpeople.Theysawwhatwashappen- hangs behind them in Follow Suzanne on Twitter: @soozysuze A sister to Waterford Whispers, they aim to grow Ireland’s comedic Follow Colm on Twitter: @colmoregan The Jamaica Inn star, who shot to rienceslater in life.” centforLabourand25percentforIn- shopping in Derry at the weekend, whereas and then it was alittle tiny shop. It’s ing.Foralot ofpeopleitwas,like,‘Marriage Like hundreds of other communi- are afraid to approach them, so This is the inevitable consequence offences committed have intensi- dog that barks, every car that In Doon, locals feel that the which was full of money that she that are happening.’ Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum, abjectly talent and offer a platform for emerging video stars to showcase @irishmammies fame as Lady Sybil Crawley, will He says Elder’s work showed that dependentsand others. now it’s not as much. Mary: The wholedevelopmentthat came expanding as opposed to closing. isnotthesameasreligion.’Iwasn’told Amid a grand fanfare, it all spelled ignored. (http://bit.ly/1tcoppj). Is it a play Ophelia in the Almeida Theatre ties that saw their stations close, they can do what they want. But of a government policy which has passes late at night poses questions winding down of rural policing ‘shaking with fear’: David Thompson on his farm in Doon, Co. Limerick had just taken from the bank. Left unchecked, there is a fear their skills before thousands. men,inparticular, whogrew upin the But for Bertie’s Children the stand- out of the boom didn’t really hit us, because enoughtovote. Ireally,reallywantedto. So tiny bit unrealistic to expect a bunch production. out three letters: NHS. Tony O’Brien many in rural areas, the town then other people will take matters seen the closing and downgrading and they are stressed out with threatens to undermine the region’s ‘I don’t think people realise how that the growth in rural crime will of 21st century teens to engage with a Sherlock star Scott — who will Depression showedanaversion to out political event of their formative Mark: We used to always get agood few we were so far away.Alot of estates went Mark: It is starting to pick up, but it is very happy.Iwassoglad itwentthrough. 1642 painting of men in silly hats play Hamlet — and actress JULIET riskinlater life. “They wentfor the years was lastyear’s marriage-equali- things at Christmas, but asIwas growing up, and ghost estates; there’s nothing in slow.Inthe boom timesmydacould have suffered at the hands of the then into their own hands.’ of provincial garda stations in worry. It isn’t right.’ biggest attraction, its quality of the country, she is away at work all you call the guards they have no devastating this is,’ says Mary. ‘I only continue. Locals in the various waving swords? Or are contempor- STEVENSON (Gertrude) have surethingintheircareers.Itwasshap- ty referendum. Even though noneof up it got smaller and smaller. Ididn’t mind, them. There arestillalot of emptyshops had two or three jobs at atime, and he Seán:Ihave an interest in politics on looked on in awe. It was 2012 and We are retweeting... ingtheir choices.” theeightyoungadultsTheIrishTimes butwhen Iwas about14Icame to the and charity shops. Thereisakind of a couldhave had six people working for certain topics, and otherthingsIwouldn’t Justice Minister Alan Shatter’s cuts Like many rural dwellers, Timmy order to concentrate the available ‘Locals will take matters A list of incidents that have life — or at least the knowledge day and comes home alone. There one to send out,’ he says. have gone to a house to see an eld- rural locations across the country ary teenagers a bunch of digital phi- Rembrandt’s ‘Night Watch’, previously been announced for the listines? ccasionally the financial world eat it, they would get another mar- was rationed out reasonably fairly cept I still struggle with. Chiefly it’s play, directed by the Almeida’s Acommon thread among the has interviewed was entitled to vote realisation that money was tight. It finally wholegeneration missing. Therewas a him. Now it’s down to me, another care about. The marriage referendum ...I hours earlier he had been named the new boss of to garda resources. says residents in Brosna have manpower and resources on the occurred in the parish in recent that there is a police presence were two marks put on her gate. ‘There are no guards. I asked erly person who had been robbed. warn that the small-time trouble- Selecting a city full of art — Am- throws up headlines that just shmallow in a few minute’s time. but the potatoes were in a bowl in the to do with what work should I do at associate director ROBERT ICKE. 18-year-olds who have spokento The last May, all say it was an event that clicked as to why everything was getting stageinparticular over in west Donegal, fella and another fella and my dad. Even wasn’t old enough –Iwas only 17 –but Iwas D Almost overnight, Brosna found armed themselves in a bid to defend fight against crime and disorder in months includes the torching of somewhere within the general They use the plastic ring from a them myself about pushing to get ‘Everything was taken down, the makers running amok today, with- sterdam — and a random 13-year-old don’t make sense. I mean they Later in life they found that the middle. If you didn’t grab enough or any particular point in time. Scratch LUKE THOMPSON also joins the Irish Times is an emphasis on educa- usheredinhistoric change, made smaller. Gweedore in particular, wherethree when Igointo [Sligo] town Isee the out there, making sure everybodyIknew the HSE. Now, sitting at home, he was watching the into their own hands’ and 15-year-old from the sofa in my don’t make sense to the likes of children who waited for the second more than enough they wouldn’t be the surface of many comedians, cast as Laertes, for the production tion as protection from future reces- themproudtobeIrishandwasamark- teachers left in one week because they pick-up. was out there voting Yes. Everybody in the itself in an area with very little themselves against crime. the bigger cities. three hay sheds, a break-in at the vicinity, not 20 miles away as the milk carton, they are different col- more squad cars and I was told, mattress was cut open to check for out fear of apprehension by the sitting room, I introduce the topic to ousted by teen’s phone watch @GardaTraffic us. “Government to Appeal marshmallow seemed to have got on there. It’s basic spud-enomics. writers or any other person who uses which opens in February next year sions. Manysee another bustasinevi- er for the kind of country they want Seán:Everyoneused to be goingon couldn’t get jobs. country has the right to marry the person lavish opening ceremony of the London Olympics, the unsuspecting guinea pigs in my OBeing Offered €13 Billion” is one but better in life, and had a lower body Like lots of things to do with creative as a noun and quite often at the London theatre. tablebutregard agoodeducationand Ireland to be. holidays once ayear. Iremember Mum Molly: Things are better now than they [they] love. garda presence. The neighbouring ‘There are several weapons in This strategy may have seemed newly opened school, a tourist who crow flies. ours, green, red and blue. “Sorry, there are no drivers.” money, all their private papers – authorities, will become tomor- social experiment. A pragmatic ap- smarter people in better suits know mass index. Although I don’t know science, the marshmallow test has you will find underneath someone I SIMON COWELL has blasted used to work and you couldask for any- Seán:Iremember we’d be walking through were afew yearsago, but Ithink our featuring a lengthy tribute to Britain’s National parish of Mountcollins in west Lim- houses in the parish,’ he says. ‘I prudent initially, given the scale of fied in recent months and locals had his motorbike stolen and count- Farmer David Thompson, 75, has ‘There were two on her gate, one ‘In Doon, there is a brand new deeds for their land, bank state- row’s career criminals. proach seems sensible, to initially Sharing informative posts and interesting behind-the-scenes the story so .. em I suppose I’ll just how that is given that they were get- been grossly simplified by the likes of who’s convinced they are this close to ZAYN MALIK for developing a TV thing. Imight see something in ashop the sitting room when the budget wouldbe generationare goingtofind it alot harder Molly:Iwouldn’t really follow the elections, erick does not have a garda station, policing problems in some metro- are alarmed by the increasing pique their interest. Amsterdam is photos, this official Garda Twitter account has been a favourite of leave it to them. Another one is “ ting twice as many marshmallows. me over time but regular readers will creating a masterpiece that will rede- show inspired by One Direction — window; they’d walk in and they’d buy it. on and you wouldn’t have aclue. You’d see thanour parents did. Coming out of butthe likesofmarriage equality, Ifol- know that for sure. And people less other burglaries. Two months been burgled three times in the to say that she was away during the school full of children who never ments, bills, all rifled through. ‘The real issue is manpower,’ says Meet the group Aquick who’s who Health Service (NHS). full of weed cafes and ladies standing ours for a long time. Last week they gave us a good chuckle with a “Banks to bring in negative interest There were probably other factors know that if it’s peer-reviewed scien- fine their chosen art-form, if only without consulting him first. your parents looking glum,and you’dbe college,there aren’tthat many jobs. If I lowedthat. Iwas afew months too young; I nor does nearby Rockchapel in Co. politan areas and the perceived audacity of the crimes. ago, Fr Ryan’s bicycle was stolen series of puntastic posts about cows. ‘Potatoes were have recently stated that if needs course of the past two years and day and the other to say she was a see a guard. And when it gets Everything just strewn through Fr Alwill. ‘When do any of us really in shop windows with almost no rates”. Negative interest rates. as well. Maybe their parents at the tific discourse you’re looking for, I’m they had a bit of headspace. Malik, who quit the boy band last like:“Why is Mammy sad?” Andthen you’d went through college and Ifinished I’d was raging that Ididn’t get to vote,because He picked up his phone and called James But O’Brien also knew that type of adulation Cork and the nearest district head- be they won’t hesitate to use them. decline in the rural population. But The incident which caused most from outside the church. clothes on, I tell them. And there are COULDJAMAGINE? It’s like being time asked them how they got on and not your man. But to do that requires investment year to go solo, is reportedly set to ■ EabhaCronin,fromWashington third-leveleducation. tryand cheerupyour parents, because probablystillbeworking in retail. It’s very that was apart of history.Ithink itmade a Reilly, the then health minister. “Are you would not happen with the organisation he had says people in rural Ireland are female living on her own. She is raided, who comes? No one. the place.’ see a garda car going along the two Banksy exhibitions happening in a bowl in the Whatdoyouremember up a tree and being hit with an apple on hearing they stole a marshmal- Marshmallows are not investment of time – and when you invest time executive-produce a scripted TV StreetinDublin8,isafirst-year that’s what you do. hard to get into agood career. lot of people proudtobeIrish, that Ireland watching what I’m watching?” he said. just been appointed to lead. He had worked in quarters in Listowel is over 25km ‘In a village not too far from us it was a recklessly short-sighted revulsion was the death of 62-year- ‘There is a direct correlation with ‘shaking with fear’. there at the moment, I add, cleverly that fell up from the ground. This low, said to themselves “I can’t take products, although they should be, you also invest the money you could series called Boys. petrified.’ ‘We are defenceless and there are Shortly after the station closed, back roads of the parish? You need dentistrystudentatTrinityCollege ■ LukeKane,fromKilmacud,goes aboutthebust? was changing in agood way. Reilly replied: “I am, no pressure boy, no the health service for years. He had seen the slipping the art in between the sex lives, all vast and bright and in-your- pointing in disgust to a Mondriaan. wall of phone behind which teen- kind of stuff doesn’t do much for my middle. If you you anywhere” and generally but you can understand why people have been earning during that time. But music mogul Cowell told Dublin. toasouthDublinsecondaryschool. Molly: Idon’t really remember it as us Aishling: Yeah,you can see everyday away. Three years on, the fallout there were a few young lads in one plan which has borne bitter fruit. old John O’Donoghue in August. He the station closing and everything ‘There is one particular group David has long campaigned on a no guards there to help us. What Mary received a letter from a lady a guard out there, in the locality, We are following... ‘Thereiskindofawhole pressure!” personal attacks doled out to his predecessors. and drugs. face, stuffed full of everyone from “They’re just stupid.” agers live. short-termist tendencies. If up is stopped taking them to career-im- have difficulty delaying gratification I guess that’s about confidence. It’s Entertainment Today: “I think he having loadsofmoney, but Iremember, there’s more jobs beingcreated. Eabha:The marriage referendum was a has been devastating. car consistently doing these donuts. Parts of rural Ireland are fast collapsed and died in his driveway that has happened since,’ says Fr going around,’ he says. ‘They take a series of rural issues and was are we to do, sit up all night with in her 80s, detailing how she locks and until you have that idea of a Not that Banksy is a hard sell to Matisse to Tracey Emin. The Stede- I try a different tack. The Van Gogh While the older one slumps around down and down is up, what’s the didn’t grab proving events. if they don’t know if the gratification hard to know which is the work should have come to me with it, if I’m ■ FintanO’DwyerlivesinTemp- ■ SeánDeversisaLeavingCertifi- generationmissing’ when the crashcame, that things tightened really big one. Therewere massive cam- “It struck me that they couldn’t have con- He knew the score. teenagers — the fact that he does it lijk is as keen as I am to engage teens, museum is doing a show about the the street art, incongruously repro- point in planning anything? I would have failed that test. I just will be along later. In an uncertain worth pursuing – which is the worth- being honest with you.” lemore,CoTipperary,andisstudying catestudentatStMuredach’s up alot. Ijust remember everyone saying paigns over that.The watercharges and templated celebrating Britishness without He understood the sheer enormity of it all. ‘We are at our wits’ end,’ said Mr A man living close by decided he becoming even more lawless than after returning to find intruders in Ryan. ‘We had a guard living here different route through the village closely associated with the fight to a shotgun?’ herself and her dog in a room each local garda on the beat things will directly onto public walls makes him so much so that it has its own group artist’s insanity — and the doctor duced inside a posh gallery, she is Sometimes in this column, in order enough they wouldn’t have trusted that the sec- economy, is there any point in invest- while investment. So if someone However, he added: “Nothing theLeavingCertAppliedatTemp- College,inBallina,CoMayo. Eabha: Ididn’t knowany different.In my there is arecession. Ididn’t really under- Areyouinterestedin things,they were brought in for areason; including the NHS,” says O’Brien, who grew The HSE has a budget of €14.5 billion (current Murphy, who has lived in Brosna had had enough and took a double- their urban counterparts. his house. then. Everybody knew him and he each time. They have a system prevent Doon’s garda station clos- Across the country, stories of fear night and leaves ‘a few pound’ on not change. We need gardaí out a far more tantalising prospect than, of them, a gang of volunteers called who treated Van Gogh has the exact shrugging and making meh noises, @CultureNight to cover up for deficiencies in other ond marshmallow would have been ing in growth if it’s doubtful it’s going promises you a quicker return on ef- surprises me any more.” lemoreCollegeofFurtherEducation. familywe’vebeen fine. It wasnever ahuge standit. Inoticed we weren’t splurging on they are alogicalthing to bring in. up in England. “It also struck me that it would and capital in 2015). It has just over 100,000 say, Rembrandt. Or any of the other the Blikopeners — the Eyeopeners — same name as the 13 -year-old. “It’s a but at least she is present. The areas, I like drop a bit of science in — available. I didn’t grow up in a to happen? Or maybe it’s that fort, it’s hard to turn them down and Cowell, 56, suggested he should HepreviouslylivedinRoscrea. ■ MollyGallagher,fromMullingar, deal,butyou noticesomethingsand the our shopping any more;wewere getting politics?‘Peoplewant be a really great day if we could have a health employees. It is responsible for the sick, the dy- all his life. barrel shotgun, aimed and fired In Doon, Co. Limerick, residents Parish priest Fr Tony Ryan admin- knew everybody. He had his finger where they put tags on the houses ing three years ago. He believes and abandonment are echoed in the kitchen table in the hope that there in the community, known to ancients in the Rijksmuseum. who do tours and workshops. sign!” I tell him. But he’s not listen- younger one has refused to come. He The Stanford Marshmallow test to be chaotic environment, I just believed people’s attention span is just shorter delay gratification. have been involved in the TV series wouldn’t be Co Westmeath,isworkinginretail. peoplearoundyou. Peopledon’tgo outand the practical stuff. Seán:Nowadays you can say “I’m gay” and “Please,” begs the 15-year-old. Wow, I say, looking around, urging ing. He’s on his phone, texting his is back at the Airbnb playing on his Fancy a night of free culture for all the family? This Friday, Culture precise. In a scientific experiment, to in the maxim that a marshmallow in now anyway. If the world as a whole Anyway back to procrastinating from the start. change,buttheydon’t service in Ireland that was in the round seen as ing, the elderly, as well as the intellectually and ‘I have a dumper that I have to straight at the windscreen. No one have been subjected to a tidal wave istered the last rights at the scene. on the pulse. People could go to him – a neighbour of mine had tags put that its loss has left the community locations where stations were shut. any potential thieves will take the the community and who know the ■ MaryDohertyisaLeaving Sheintendstore-enterthird-level splurgeasmuch. Lifestylechanges.You’d nobody actually cares. Well,young people “Don’t make us trudge around look- my subjects to open their bliks. They mates about being dragged around a phone. My experiment confirms my Night takes place across Ireland once again. Over 3,000 free test delayed gratification, a group of the hand was worth two at the end of becomes more short-termist then about writing my novel. If negative He said: “I like everyone who’s got a key asset of the country, for both the people physically disabled. Overseeing this is an enor- move about every month. If it was was hurt. They never came back of yobbery and wanton vandalism ‘John’s death rocked the commu- with information and he would on her gate. vulnerable to crime. In April 2012, the garda lantern money and leave her alone. ing at dead kings and queens.” remain stony faced. “That’s not art,” museum dedicated to a dead ginger suspicions — that taking teenagers to events are planned for the night. Follow them to find the best event children were presented with a mar- there. Basic an experiment. TOO LONG, DIDN’T READ becomes interest rates are the new normal, I’ll ambition but I’m not going to lie, CertificatestudentfromCarn- educationnextyear. noticeitwhenyouwereinthestart of Aishling: The bustdidn’t reallyaffectme. wanttodoanything’ don’tcare. You could walk into our school, who use the service and for the people who mously pressured and stressful job. community. Otherwise no one will Instead, we go to the Stedelijk mu- says the 13-year-old, in front of a bloke with one ear. art shows is like taking monkeys to near you. shmallow. They were told that if they As one of four brothers at dinner a mantra. probably be paying you to read it there’s always part of me that thinks donagh,CoDonegal. secondaryschoolorend ofprimaryschool, Wewerealways fairlystable;bothmy someonecould be gay and you wouldn’t work in it,” he says. to page 16 spotted in one place for too long, it again. That’s the state we are in. for over a year. nity,’ he says. ‘Sadly, we are too keep an eye out. ‘Her husband is working out of ‘The biggest problem is that if was taken down from the station in ‘I was left completely speechless ever feel safe.’ seum where the contemporary art Rothko. “Neither is that,” he adds, Even Banksy can’t penetrate the the opera. Monkeys with phones. managed to resist the temptation to spud-enomics. time, the meat and some of the veg Short and long termism is a con- anyway. they should give it to me.” ■ AishlingO’Keeffe,fromNad, andyouwereinDundrumorwherever,and parentsare working.Igrewupon afarm. Fintan:People think politics isn’tabig evenknow. 22 ■ MarkFarrell,fromGrange, Co Cork,isstudyingforherLeaving therewouldbe morepeople there.Your Wehaveabout100cows.We allknowhow thing, but it is. You are buying clothes in 23 Co Sligo,worksinconstruction CertificateatScoilMhuirein friendswouldjust havemorechangeintheir tomilkcows,howtodrive atractor;we’veall Penneys or Dunnes Storeand you are Mark: Iwish Icould have said Yes, but too Pictures: Barry Cronin with hisfatherandissavingfor Kanturk,CoCork. pocket,and that starteddecreasing. donethe silage.We’ve alltaken part. payingVAT. Thosedecisions impact you Continuesoverleaf PHOTOJOURNALISM

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acts are sacred, comment is free. pieces in newspapers, there is a lot more these must be analysed in furthering such difference ews is fact - opinion is But the key is to say something So said the fabled editor of the required than just the capacity to have an an argument, and facts must be sprinkled your point of view. only if you have something to FManchester Guardian, CP Scott, opinion. throughout the offering. Never, ever rely on between fact N If teachers vote to go say. There is no point sitting around the start of the last century. The first tool of the opinion writer should the web for your facts, for if you do, you will on strike, news is the account on the fence. Be provocative, This dictum has been handed down be the ability to write. You may have a fail, if not today, then certainly in the near and opinion of what they did. Opinion is stir a few emotions, ruffle a through generations of newspapers, usually subject that is difficult to sustain. future. your view on their decision - few feathers. There is nothing interpreted as a shot across the bows of On these days, the reader might derive Experience is a good ally for the opinion good or bad. better that a good rant, those who would comment rather than enjoyment from reading something that is writer. In order to garner opinions you must The views expressed are once you can back up your report. well written. have some knowledge of the way things your own. They may not be argument. In the near century since Scott’s heyday, Our old friends the facts are sacred in work, such as politics, the courts, areas shared by everyone, but they Never try to be controversial comment has been elevated within the comment. For opinion to hold any water it like planning or education. If you have a are how you feel about the for the sake of it. pages of newspapers, but today, in the must be based on fact. For example, if you reasonably good knowledge then you are teachers going on strike, internet age, his dictum has more relevance are arguing that the Government is doing a aware when something is not right, and your whether you think they are than ever. The web is choc-a-bloc with terrible job, then facts require that you back passion is ready to be fired up. right or wrong, the effects the comment, much of it little more than top up such a contention. Comment may indeed be free, but when strike may have on you and of the head opinion, the kind of stuff that Opinion poll results, policies that have it’s done properly, it certainly isn’t easy. other students. 28 would have Scott spinning in his grave. had a devastating impact on some people, 29 For those of us who do write opinion the performance of leading politicians, all of Irish Daily Mail, Tuesday, March 15, 2016 Attacker’s six-month jail Page  term ruled unduly lenient And out of the blue, we By Ruaidhrí Giblin THE six-month jail term imposed on a man who imprisoned his partner and was ‘sharpening knives at the end of the bed’ while gardaí were outside has been ruled unduly lenient. The DPP successfully sought a review get a week for the beach of Brian McLaughlin’s sentence yester- day. McLaughlin, 23, of St Oran’s Road, Buncrana, Co. Donegal, had pleaded guilty to assaulting his partner and falsely imprisoning her at their family home in Buncrana on October 20, 2013. He was sentenced at Letterkenny Cir- cuit Criminal Court to three years’ imprisonment with the final two-and- a-half suspended by Judge Francis Com- erford on July 14, 2015. Giving judgment at the Court of Appeal, Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan COMMENT said McLaughlin and his partner Shauna McLaughlin had been out celebrating OVERALL WINNER 2014 her birthday when McLaughlin left in a ‘somewhat aggrieved state of mind’. Ms McLaughlin indicated that when she got home, he was standing at the door waiting for her. He followed her up to the bedroom and punched her to the face with his fist, the judge said. Pictured is Emma Flanagan from Our Lady’s College, Drogheda, who was the overall winner of lastMcLaughlin put his hands around her Citation year’s NewsBrands Ireland Press Pass Awards which took place in Dublin’s Convention Centre.neck, ‘strangling her’, the judge said. THE IRISH TIMES Friday,May15 ,2015 He pushed her head into the blanket By Prof John Horgan, Chairman Photo: Chris Bellew / Fennell Photography 2016. such that she found it difficult to 14 breathe. The next thing she could of the Judging Panel remember, he was leaning over her Analysis pleading with her to wake up. Opinion& She called the gardaí, but McLaughlin refused the officers entry or to release Over to For me, there was no first kiss; her, the judge said. At this point, Noel You can’t learn much about journalism from McLaughlin had armed himself with a Whelan no engagement party; no wedding. 10in kitchen knife. He was finally per- ashort time ago textbooks, but once in a while they’re useful. suaded to release her at 4.40am. Remember And up until Mr Justice Sheehan said the sentenc- real people ing judge held that the root of riend and the world didn’t And any textbook I’ve ever read about writing no hope of any of these things ■ “I told af end. Itold my mother, and the world McLaughlin’s offending could be found when you didn’t end.” TV3 political editor Ursula Halligan in Dublin yesterday Ursula Halligan AMAC DONAI LL vote PHOTOGRAPH: DAR in his mental health problems. you... Opinion feature articles or opinion articles generally While that may have been justified, I For me, there was no first kiss; no ot of engagement party; no wedding. And up for his son. There was al Because of my upbringing, ver recent months until ashort time ago no hope of any of “hugging and holding” that these things. Now, at the age of 54, in a Mr Justice Sheehan said it remained ‘a many have shared aman of faith, Tom was revolted at the thought Iwish Ihad night. As a (hopefully) different Ireland, their stories and Iwas in love with along time contains two sound pieces of advice. has urged all Catholics to do that Magic: Hayley exposed their lives so broken out of my prison cell fact that his voluntary consumption of the right thing and vote Yes. Ifeel asense of loss and sadness for Othat we might appreciate how member of my own sex ago. THE IRISH DAILY STAR, Saturday March 5 2016 Remember Anthony, who precious time spent wasted in fear and much the marriage equality aNoposter saying, Berry and • Newspapers are as much about views22 as having seen isolation. alcohol contributed to his criminal referendum means. This day “A Mother’s Love is Irreplacea- next week Iask you to remem- Homophobia was so deeply embedded GER ble” posted an emotional piece “Our lives begin to end the day we in my soul, Iresisted facing the truth ber some of them. Katie Gannon No prison edding on Facebook about his own become silent about things that offending’ and did not excuse his Remember Enda, aw about myself, preferring to live in the irreplaceable mother. Shortly matter” safety of my prison. In the privacy of my band musician and father of after she was first diagnosed – Martin Luther King. Ihad become aroaring, self-loath- in Co. Mayo four who told us how he held head, responsibility for theses offences. news. Can you distinguish between thefor ‘dig in with afatal illness she said to ing homophobe, resigned to going to my his 25-year-old daughter him out of the blue one day, “I was agood Catholic girl, growing up grave with my shameful secret. And I Rachel shaking and sobbing in hope that you aren’t gay. Your in 1970s Ireland where homosexuali- yesterday Mr Justice Sheehan said the victim’s his arms for two hours on the might well have done that if the referen- The first is: grab the reader’s attention. the face’ life would be so much easier if ty was an evil perversion. It was Iknew dum hadn’t come along. “harrowing” night she told him you weren’t.” He hadn’t the never openly talked about but Ican’t quite believe the pace of she was gay. She had kept it Now, A 20-YEAR-OLD man courage to answer her. He it was the worst thing on the face of change that’s sweeping across the globe in injuries, the time she spent imprisoned who knocked a woman within for years and paid a didn’t have to. Just before she Inever thought two? Select some examples. the earth. agirl in my support of gay marriage. know. You I price in anxiety and panic “I ell in love with unconscious with a “fero- died she told him, So when If I’d see the day that aGovernment Minis- cious dig in the face” has COLLERAN attacks. His greatest wish now be whatever you want to be and Iwas terrified. Rummag- and the fact McLaughlin was ‘sharpen- class in school, is to play at her wedding. afew weeks ago, an ter would come out as gay and encounter We’re all time poor these days, and if you avoided a jail term. let nobody stand in your way.” ing around in the attic almost nothing but praise for his bravery. Aaron Daly was with a Remember Patrick from If she was alive now, he says, old diary brought me right back to Decem- group including his girl- Clonmel, who told Tipp FM But that day did come, and the work done ing knives at the end of the bed while EVERY TUESDAY & SATURDAY IN she would be voting, probably ber 20th, 1977. down the decades by people like David friend who verbally about how in the first few years even campaigning, for Yes. “These past few months must have TRIBAL aMan Ihave Norris, Katharine Zappone, Ann-Louise abused Jamie Kelly, who after he and his boyfriend Remember Colm, been the darkest and gloomiest the gardaí were outside’ meant the Fianna Fail TDs, Gilligan and Colm O’Gorman made me was 20 at the time. moved into their estate, the Booker-nominated and ever experienced in my entire life,” my She then confronted GAY marriage doesn’t put back windscreen of their car realise that possibilities existed that I’d don’t do that straight off, the rest of your now smelling blood, Email me at bestselling author. He is one of 17-year-old self wrote. Daly and his friends but beans on working class toast. had been smashed seven times. Ihave never believed would ever exist. length of the custodial sentence was a need to realise they didn’t the shrewdest observers of the “There have been times when old afriend and the world didn’t end. I later told gardai she has Neither does divorce, abortion or Thankfully “attitudes are It win the election — even if the nuances of Irish family life. He even thought about death, of escaping told my mother, and the world didn’t end. no recollection of what any or all of the other issues which Blueshirts lost it. Gerard.Colleran turning”, he says. People are ould leave the • Choose an opinion piece from one of between them used to be grouped and his partner would love to from this world, of sleeping untouched by Then Irealised that Ic substantial departure from what would happened next because more tolerant now. Mind you, Ihave been so depressed, together under the banner of the Their only decent option is to be amarried family in Ireland. no one forever. prison completely or stay in the social she was knocked out. @thestar.ie recently when they had to go to Remember Justin. Even Daly of Primrose Grove, ‘Liberal Agenda’. act in the national interest — not so sad and so confused. There seems to be equivalent of an open prison. The second article is basically for wrapping the fish and The Labour Party embraced that to succumb to cynicism the emergency department he though his mother once held no one Ican turn to, not even God. I’ve ahandful of have been appropriate. Darndale, Dublin pleaded and the draw of Mercs, got “40 different looks” when option would mean telling agenda with great enthusiasm — perks, ministerial the highest constitutional poured out my emotions, my innermost people but essentially go on as before, guilty at Dublin Circuit wages and he introduced himself as the office in our Republic, he is a thoughts to him and get no relief or Criminal Court to besotted, mesmerised and enchanted patient’s partner. Ifeel I silently colluding with the prejudices that The court will hold a fresh sentence the papers supplied. What interests you? by the illusion that therein lay their pensions. second-class citizen in our laws so-called spiritual grace. At times still find expression in casual social assaulting Ms Kelly on Remember James who because he is denied constitu- am talking to nothing, that no God exists. April 21, 2013. future, their guarantee of continuing posted aYouTube clip about moments. He was ordered to carry relevance in Irish politics. tional equality. I’ve never felt like this before, so empty, so It’s the easier of the two options, chips. Or, as one experienced journalist put hearing at a later date. ringing his nana to have “the out 200 hours of So they pandered to middle-class meaningless, so utterly, utterly misera- particularly for those close to me. Because muppets who intellectualised about first proper conversation with Prayingnightly ble.” community service. her ever” about his sexual ataxi driver Iwas those who love you can cope with you hursday Remember Seán, Because of my upbringing, Aisling Scally t equality and fairness at elite and coming out, but they’re wary of you By stand by for sunshine orientation. He was doing so atrip Itook in his Iwas in love Write your own version. stimulating dinner parties in South who spent revolted at the thought that “making an issue” of it. Dublin, people who read the Irish because he wanted to ask her cab this week telling me, what with amember of my own sex. This but who in their daily lives to vote Yes on May 22nd. “You Coffee Times he has told very few. He is gay. contradiction within me nearly drove me Game-changer it to me succinctly: who reads the second Sunny spells and light don’t need to ask me that never set foot in a working class He is in his 50s. He is in love. crazy. These two strands of thought The game-changer was the marriage oday question,” she said, “I have t estate and would in all likelihood He is praying every night for jostled within me pulling me in opposite WHATEVER your plans for St been behind you 100 per cent equality referendum. It pointed me faint at the very thought of sitting the Yes side to win the mar- directions. toward the first option: telling the truth to winds expected with chain in Iknew if Iwas down for a cuppa in a Traveller cara- riage referendum. anyone who cares. And Remember all of these Ihad to tell the Patrick’s Day, you will be very Today will be a dry Blood supplies van in one of those vile halting sites Plaguedwithfear Iknew that that wasn’t going to tell the truth, they’d been told were located some- names and those of the many Iloved agirl and whole truth and reveal my backing for a paragraph? The answer is: only someone who winds from between hot water where off the beaten track. other brave voices who have right; my mind was constantly plagued unlikely to need an umbrella Pleanala has Iwas alesbian. Ihated Yes vote. For me, the two are intrinsically day with sunny spells AN BORD The Irish Labour Party is not a Irish Independent spoken out in this referendum with the fear that linked. ruled that three Labour party at all. Not even the first Saturday 28 May 2016campaign. myself. Ifelt useless and worthless and That means TV3 taking me off referen- Starbucks outlets which cousin of one. Labour Party Keep them in your thoughts Ihad one option, – as Met Éireann has promised • Look at the letters page in one of the very small and stupid. ould be “normal”, dum coverage. The rules say they must, southeast and northeast; fresh located in Cork city They fetished on liberal social issues, between now and polling day. and only one option. Iw Itold them my situation, they in most areas after any and when aday. centre over the past year what corporate types call ‘hygiene They are our They will have to endure the and that meant locking myself in the reorganised their coverage in half has found the first paragraph interesting. do not have adequate factors’, while ignoring the bread-and- No side demonising gay dry and settled conditions for brothers, sisters, closet and throwing away the key.Ifeigned Twenty years ago or 30 years ago, it Ihad at times in some coastal areas. ‘may run low’ –and gay men in planning permission. butter struggles of ordinary working parenting Iplayed the dating game. would have taken more courage than –inincreasingly Iinvented boyfriends. I Complaints were made people. daughters and sons, particular interest in men. to tell the truth. Today, it’s still difficult the rest of the week. fog clears. Eastern and southern papers supplied. Choose one that you to Cork City Council after So working class people banked the crude terms in alast desperate listened silently to snide remarks about –hope that our family, our but it can be done with hope high: 13C Low: 9C the cafes were opened in hygiene factors like divorce and gay friends effort to deflect and defeat the homosexuals. Tried to smile at mimicry of most people in modern Ireland embrace Today will be another dry day Patrick Street, Emmet marriage, and thought no more about momentum for equality. stereotypical gay behaviour. diversity and would understand25 that I’m coastal areas will be cool. Place and Princes Street. it. Remember that those In the 1970s, homophobia was rampant trying to be helpful to other gay people friday It is understood the Allowing same sex couples to marry Liz Ke impacted by this referendum and uninhibited. Political correctness had leading small, frightened,arney incomplete with sunny spells in most areas chain had argued that was a no-brainer, the obvious and ‘‘from the day you came out. I are real people whose real lives yet to arrive. Homosexuals were faggots, gh: 12C Low: 8C Thlives.e priceIf my story helps even one hi agree/disagree with? Outline why. planning permission was right thing to do. Same for divorce — have always been your number cannot be dismissed by false we pay as queers, poofs, freaks, deviants, unclean, W over holidays 17-year-old school girl, struggling with her A cloudy start to the not needed for the outlets. and it’ll probably be true too for what- is just a big, one fan because you are so aCatholic, I believe after any fog clears. slogans. They are our brothers, unnatural, mentally ill, second class and aperson of faith and sexuality,wo it will have been worth it. Morro However, An Bord ever liberalisation emerges in respect brave.” James weptThe as she told As rking mumsaCatholic, I sisters, daughters and sons, defective humans. They were society’s to As aperson of faith and The second piece of good advice is less Pleanala has ruled that of abortion. him emphatically that she is es vote is the most Christian thing to do. Eastern and southern coastal Spat our family, our friends. They Wedefects. Biological errors. They were aY believe aYes vote is the most Christian day but sunshine IRISH blood supplies may not be main- the cafes represent a voting Yes. Icouldn’t possibly be one of include some of our teachers, other people. I believe the glory of God is the human thing to do. JoIbelievehn the Daly glory of God is the change of use and our shopkeepers, our nurses them. ek Sunny spells expected Like indoor toilets and en suite We needhuman to being tell fully Il alive and that this areas will be cool but elsewhere planning permission is Completelove and our tradesmen. We meet Over the years Iwatched each of my being fully alive and that this includes tained over St Patrick’s Day and Easter, now required. bathrooms, nobody gets excited any- Remember Tom, abackroom includes people who arePa gay.pa expected in the more about hygiene factors. And them every day on our streets, siblings date, party, get engaged, get people who are gay. aboutIf Ireland votes Yes, it will be about political operative who stepped in our work place, and every- married and take for granted all the joys New It will end obvious but just as important and it is this: will feel mild, due to light breezes. throughout the rightly so. much more than marriage.Irel out on to the front line as the where we gather in our and the transfusion service has warned. There are no votes there. agay son. He and privileges of their State-acknowl- Ilived a institutional homophobia. It will say to gay proud father of communities. edged relationship. aprison where Jail time For a long time now the so-called wrote about how one day since the age of 17; people that they belong, that it’s safe to Temperatures will peak at 12C Te Remember they are the My coping strategy was to pour myself careful how Italked and behaved. Nothing country. It will afternoon. Some light winds will Labour Party has been an empty hulk half-life, repressing an essential part of my surface and live fully human, loving lives. Hospitals have been asked to con- • Compare and contrast how broadsheet rrorisedFinian, then in his teens, bolted communitiesIn needever knew what it was people with whom we share of a thing, a masquerade, a disguise, into my studies and later into myIh work.ad this I was allowed slip. humanity, the expression of my deepest If it’s true that 10 per cent of any popula- from the house and ran for this country. They are of us. didn’t socialise much because like to live spontaneously, to go with the today. And a spokesman for Met for drug a pretence and a put-on. dirty lie ages through neighbouring ...Icertainly self; my instinct to love. tion are gay, then there could be 400,000 come in from the east overnight. It’s been a big, dirty, rotten lie. They and their families have a horrible secret that must never come out. flow, to trust my instincts apart that heterosexual people take The second most important paragraph is It’s fields. When he came back, he gay people out there; many of them still serve the use of some blood groups The truth is that the Labour Party real and very human need to be It was astrategy that worked until I’d fall couldn’t trust my instincts. for granted, like breathingSí air.oc Thehána world. Th living in emotional prisons. Any of them Éireann said a high pressure sys- continue to be dry and settled Cute: Milo Duffy O’Neill in Dublin’s The truth is the complete opposite. sat silently in front of his recognised as equal. in love again with awoman and the whole e gardaí wo turned its back on the only people parents for more than an hour is custom-tailored for them.have At everya fighti turn could be yourul son,d al daughter,so brother, addict who could save its bacon — the work- Labour’s message was heard — loud our help...Remember, and they have real lessemotional rollercoaster apathy of bliss, pain, Repressingmyhumanity fromsociety assumes and confirms heterosexu-ng chsister,ance mother, father or best friend. Set The weekend looks set to be dry. and reserves are down to four or five and tabloid papers handle comment. before he could find the words then Icouldn’t wasn’t so if morale tem means we will enjoy similar and clear for FIVE full years. faces and real names. And ‘‘Itold no one because lo THEY BETRAYED THEIR ROOTS ing class. withdrawal and denial resumed. It was a For years ality as the norm. This culminates in w – nothem free. Allow them live full lives. St Stephen’s Green yesterday A 26-YEAR-OLD drug That was Labour’s problem. to tell them he was gay. aplace Ididn’t crimin wonder the for most areas, with some areas addict who has already The Labour Party spat in the face of Christ Joan, you’re in for some shock.’ remember that you have the pattern that would repeat itself over the even tell myself. It was marriage when the happy coupleal is s display days. The problem is due to an increase The Labour Party has completely Their message has been crystal Finian’s biggest fear was that awesome power to give them years. at such a no the last paragraph. This is because a well- high: 12C Low: 4C the disadvantaged, the stressed, the want to go. It was too scary; too shameful. showered with an outpouringtitu of over- nc received sentences total- his dad’s spirituality would Iopenly express my Iburied it. de toward Ursula Halligan isha politicallant editor of TV3 weather for the rest of the week. alienated, the marginalised, the disconnected from the people and the clear from that very first day five real constitutional equality And never once did Icouldn’t cope with it. whelming social approval. s law-enfo ling almost 30 years has drive him to reject him. Tom’s ave been in aprison it’s not just rcers. Bu getting light easterly breezes. penniless, the homeless and the issues that gave its very existence years ago when it signed on with Fine with aYes vote next Friday. feelings. Isuppressed everything and Emotionally, Ih the gardaí t in the number of donors turned away, had six more years added Gael to screw working people on the response was one of complete Iwas are dism , the crimin The spokesman said the calm to the tally. hopeless. The very people they were meaning and justification. residents of leafyburied myself suburbs in books or work. issive of th als Which do you prefer? Why? love, his only concern “was e cour invented to defend. It’s now the Traitors’ Party — the precise directions of Fuhrer Merkel. Twitter: @noelwhelan time too. ts and ja Daryl Mooney, of about what life would be like” il high: 10C Low: 8C They cut their services, cut their party that turned on their own. They set about doing her dirty work Policin conditions were due to an anti- the provider said. Whitestown Park, So is it redeemable? Not with the for her with enthusiasm. g alone is written article will end with a bang, not a social payments, pick-pocketed their not a Mulhuddart in Dublin, Mantra but it matt solution, has notched up 84 previ- meagre wages, hit them over the head current bunch of wounded, bewildered, ers. A visible New EU donation limits on haemo- battered and wasted remnants — of presence to garda cyclone near Ireland ‘blocking ous convictions. with stealth taxes such as property Now the entire Labour Party is able deter crimin Mooney pleaded guilty and water charges, left them rotting what was once a movement imbued essential, ality is with credibility — who have managed to huddle together in a very small which me an at Galway Circuit away and dying on healthcare wait- room in Leinster House. –and three reasons not to votepatrols. No s car and fo out Atlantic rain belts’. globin levels mean the service is reject- ot This referendum will Criminal Court to the ing lists and pulled the plug entirely to stagger and crawl their way back Their ‘no regrets’ mantra needs to Ma through the gates of Leinster House. THE PARTY’S OVER: Labour leader Communithe child” principle enshrined not affect teaching in whimper, and will therefore stick in the [email protected] on the provision of State housing. rt First, it ignores two key ties attempted robbery of be replaced by a genuine humility. Threein reasons to vote Yes in articlede 42Aserv of the Constitu- That what Eamon Gilmore, Ruairi Not with the likes of AK47 Kelly, a Joan Burton got a shock at polls a same-sex couples. The status, reassu e religious-run schools ing a quarter of potential donors. Merlin Stores in Galway Labour needs to stop talking. De realities: a. the vast majorityra ofnce thtion,at whichth must be the 3 man who loves to govern but who vl family, valued by Irish society ey ar Some argue that religious and the theft of after Quinn, Joan Burton, Alan Kelly and Labour needs to listen and learn. in rights and responsibilities of couples availing ofal AHRone orat en’t left the first time our gay sisters the crprimary focus of any legal all the rest of them were a party to. soon may lead a busted flush of a he marriage equality on an equal basis with other civil partners can be changed iminals’ me schools may be sanctioned if • Write a letter to the editor in not more shave from Renmore Labour needs to repent. and brothers would have the families. It would also reassure surrogacy at presenttole arerance regulation of parenting,rcy. Zero huge level of commitment by both Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) party. Brendan Howlin has been for Pharmacy. Both took Some party alright. referendum debate same right to form aconstitu- at any time through legisla- heterosexual; and b. there is anti-socia they do not change their I interviewed Joan Burton a couple of talking about not getting their mes- children who are themselves and deapersonli including regulationl beha ofviou place on January 13, 2015. has become increas- tional family that we heterosex- tion. Because civil partnership no requirement that nquency sh r teaching to recognise weeks ago and when I asked her to list sage across during the course of the ingly intense in recent gay or lesbian that they are does not have constitutional beca adoption,ould AHRbe or surrogacy.im same-sex marriage. This is reader’s memory when much else has faded. students and their schools to Press us po immediately asked to HEN teams of uals take for granted. be married before they maye they canThe Children and Familysed director Paddy Bowler said: ‘While the some of her greatest successes during election campaign. Tweeks, so it’s important to equal in law with their hetero- status, access to it does not fo be spring ridiculous. The referendum is help. The fire service did avail of such services.r other cr Relationships Actbo 2015,ar fords President faces her time in Government she included hitmen carry focus on the core issues at amore sexual siblings and friends. confer equal status with civil iminality. only about civil marriage; The family are arrive, but Mr Lyons’ son We would have Second, there isIn no absolutetan example, provides already that Seán Dunne Pass, as well as the educational same-sex marriage. out public stake. Then this nation really would marriage. dem with es religions and religious-run By knock-on effect of low haemoglobin than 400 words. concerned that fire fight- Johnny said, “We want to equal Ireland. cherish all its children equally right to procreation,public even or for gay couplestabl mayishing adopt, subject police probe And I thought to myself — ‘Oh my Three key reasons der schools will remain free to know why they were notex ecutions, If the referendum is romised in the 1916 heterosexual married couples. beyoto thisnd principle.do Geoffrey problems, passed away on ers, trained in CPR and to vote Yes. 2 –asp This referendum will additi ubt, teach in accordance with their power of newspapers in the EX-Brazilian President called for earlier.” passed, Ireland would join a In the one case in whichon theal 17 February this year first aid, who were in the it’sIvanaclear that Proclamation. not affect adoption/ investShannon,ment chair of the Adop- ethos. When civil divorce was levels is expected to last for some time, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva growing European and Supreme Courtjob hascre addressed in educat after apparently having a local fire station just 1km gangland crime These are the key issues in assisted human vIrelandation,, hoution Authority, has confirmedion, introduced in 1995, this did not was briefly detained for KEOGH isW a problem for Gay couples would be international consensus that –and the three this issue, Murrayco sing and TRANSITION year student- a positive initiative that can benefit classroom. I Elaine from the house, were not Bacik the referendum 2 mmuni that the adoption process will heart attack at his home ev ty affect Catholic teaching on questioning yesterday in FAMILY WANT REVIEW OF 999 RESPONSElife, erybody in able to get married. there is no valid legal basis on reproduction/surrogacy or the court held that the State engageme Talented Emma’s story has just begun it is imperative that donors come for- in Mornington Heights, rather than for the inner-cityIrish most important reasons to In remain thent same,is re regardless of an investigation of cor- THE family of a man The referendum, if passed, child welfare laws. could negate the rightterv of aention quired. marriage. call made by his wife. Trim, Co Meath. communities being terrorisedOpinion by it. 1 which to discriminate against vote Yes. s whthe referendum’sich outcome. Transition Year students in a vari- ‘Once again, this year’s entries would allow gay couples to get The No side argues that if altern provid This referendum is simply turned-eagle-eyed journalist ruption that threatens to who died after a Mr John Lyons (62), who same-sex couples. It would be married couple to engageatives in to ma Similarly, the 2015e Act topple his successor Organi married. It would insert the same-sex couples are allowed me rginalised about equality; the equal right ward over the next few weeks to safe- suspected heart attack had a history of cardiac sed crime an immensely positive vote for Three reasons not to vote No natural procreation,n wh sinceo dr theyif already providesyo forung strict Our overall winner scores top marks on threa following 17 words into the to marry, they would automati- t towa of same-sex couples to marry. are of an exceptional standard and Dilma Rousseff. say they want an us becaus Whichevertens all of way you amore tolerant, inclusive and were both in prison.ev The regulationrd gang of donor-assisted ety of ways, not only by improving e it challe Constitution: “Marriage may Here are three further reasons cally get aconstitutional right eryone’s land are So let’s support our gay Emma Flanagan has scooped independent review into and nges our va compassionate society. es vote –toreject the courts have never recognisedbestreproduction,intere and prohibits 22nd sneers at ou approachlues it, the be contracted in accordance for aY to procreate using AHR or As a so sts. friends and relatives on guard blood supplies during the the response to the 999 r aspira any right to procreate usingciety, we anonymous sperm donation. literacy skills and helping to what’s really coming through is a GOT A STORY? killers ar tions. Thos with law by two persons bogus claims being made by surrogacy –and that the ou have to ri May with aresounding Yes. e attacking e The rights of children donor eggs orrs spermelve fors of This will be unaffectedd by the the top prize at this year’s Press Call 01-499 3458 or email LOSS: John Lyons large: socisame-sexety at vote merits without distinction as to their the No side. Oireachtas would then be the notion [email protected] we stand would be strengthened heterosexualpeople couples,ar married referendum.that so Finally,me whether extended holiday period of St Patrick’s idly by at esounding Yes sex.” This new sentence would unable to legislate to differenti- e born into Ivana Bacik is Senator for prepare them for the Leaving Cert sense of enjoyment and love of Seven people arour peril. and affirmed. Civil partnership is not or not. instea thea referendumlife of cr is passed or both counts. What is more, the writer dead not define or redefine mar- 3 ate between married gay or d, let’s ime – Dublin University and Reid in ga If passed, the referendum Third, any legislation offer Pass Awards. Irish Daily Mail, Wednesday, September 2, 2015 shootings ng equality. Re penot,ople the Oireachtas op may professor of criminal law at in recent riage. The constitutional would affirm that the small straight couples in respect of concerning childrensearch willer tions. English course, but also by devel- words,’ said Mr Crowley. Day and Easter.’ an ei months, wi Civil partnership is not the s repoprohibitrt th or restrict access to Trinity College Dublin . ghth likel th protections for the “Family” number of children currently 1 access to AHR or surrogacy. always bevi subjectolence to the at a life of y to happen same as civil marriage. It has is more li surrogacy through legislation. Ms Flanagan, a student at Our week, ne xt next and for the institution of being brought up by same-sex There is absolutely no basis overridingma “bestle interests of kely if you month – so no constitutional protection, to this argument. , from a lo are oping a greater understanding of ‘The winning entries demonstrate While donors have been attending in escalati on. This is marriage, on which the couples could become part of a gr wer socio-e ng law and an “Family” is founded, would and is only available to oup, have conomic our le order crisis constitutionally protected a poor rela seemed to have been endowed with the Lady’s College, Drogheda, Co. ad , ti ers wring yet both remain in place. But for with your pa onship the world we live in.’ a confident grasp of language and their usual numbers over the last six moan their hands rents, patch : “What can and attendance y school to th we do?” Or and an invo Louth, captured the judge’s imagi- at effect. Th words in delinq lvement The awards, which were launched literacy that will stand to the fo at’s reason uency and weeks, the amount donated remains r alarm, bu enough target drug use. So t another is those area , nation with her entry entitled The Page 12 public indi the level of An s. in 2012, have now seen more than students, whatever they choose to THE HERALD fference to d learn from gift of prophecy, because this article, th It’s as if e de aths. has de others. Th low due to many having a low haemo- people are veloped e UK Politics Of Apathy. killing to waiting for co a national poli 60,000 Transition Year students do in life,’ he added. THURSDspin out to the mbat organi cy to communi AY the broader Ga sed crime, globin measurement. ty befor24e MARCH 2016 ng and Yo ‘Ending The opening line of Ms Flanagan’s full at giving it th uth Violenc The winners were selected by a tention. Th eir could be ad e’, which from schools around the country happ e shootings apted to tac The IBTS has scheduled six additional ening at a are gangland. kle Ireland written – and indeed judged – before the remo Th ’s winning entry, ‘Politics is a mess’, is leafy ve from e Governm taking part in Press Pass. panel of newspaper editors and suburbs, le the ent knows dist nding them ance that ha a mobile clinics for March 20. comment Aileen shook me. wi s nothing a sentiment that has been echoed Vincent Crowley, chairman of journalists chaired by Professor th geog to do raphy. That would ne death tall ver be allo y in recent weeks across the country relentle wed to moun general election, captured a public mood NewsBrands Ireland, which organ- John Horgan, the former Press ssly t so Dublin Life 33 if the hits we Kendall Jenner place in th re taking What must it be like e dignified following the General Election. ises the competition, said that the The cr redbricks.is in the pink Ombudsman. Worrying questions iminals are ch intentwith this satin for parents trying to eapening lif on Presenting the winning students we e. And by ou standard of entries in this year’s allow them rnumber;apathy, inset to devalu keep their children out even before it had been expressed in the we become de e it.beloHave raised by Fennelly sensitised w, Chrissy with their awards, Minister for competition demonstrated the We can’t sh to death? ‘Bodyshaming: of rug off mu Teigen sho gangsters’ WHAT the Fennelly report highlights is- ‘reap as rder on a ws snares? It was 6.40am. A you sow’ basi that Victorian Skills, Research and Innovation be allowe s. Nobody ca the total chaos that lies at the heart of d to set them can lookn se Ho se judge, jury lves up as xy w abou our Government. Lack of communica and ex t this ballot box. “Politics”, it begins, “is a mess.” Damien English said: ‘Press Pass is ec we hig Co utioner. hly effect nsider the because it ive strategy RA tion between senior figures and a general communi look is nobody’ was ou which ties in tlined in E gang the Oir de L s are ea tail to failure to impart crucial information to on embedded; chtas justic the intimida reflect less than e committee V tion tw L the correct person at the appropriate that mu and violence s o years ago. Prize winner: Emma Flanagan st be business’Dur a constant ing its subm time all give rise to one conclusion: that- life for them element of all- ission to th . By our ap Gardaí at the scene of the murder of Gareth Hutch in inner-cit party group, e O those ne ig athy, we fail for the Associat there are serious questions to be answered hbourhoods Criminal Ju ion It’s no . Dev stice Resear about the nature of governance as con t as if the de Ta elopment ch and in thes cent people nya y Dublin last also urged e in ap a na ducted by the present administration. man with a knife ner-city ar life, bu Tuesday proach in coll tional eas t th Sweeney ab choice have an e afflue oratio about who y versu nt district the gardaí, n with Lessons must be learned from this and But lives ne xt do s the no-g s community we have al or. re o areas. We The prospe voluntar groups, cr lowed gene cognise th need to ct of othe y and public those responsible – specific individuals – ime gang rational at crimin ’VE caught in rs being gover bodies an s to flourish problem ality is nolot ang been in crossfire resources nment de pa d must be held accountable for their actions. over part – to take for specific them, to the dark won’t de ter , nor th rtments. s of Dublin in Dubl commysunihatiming nor will th art of ‘bod trai e skills, nor It told ho w their wi and impose in’s north es ’. shIfooyou’re as e possibility - Moylesning oppor the offenders bo But even more disturbing is the fact ll on the co prob inner cityyo–u it ting downyet unfam of wrote recetunities. the communi th within Wh mmunity. lem for Iris mais ay consof id someoneiliniar, Clearly, in ntly. ty and pr that on a crucial point relating to the at must it h society in mierst yoakenurself a case “Everyone vestment in tracked. ison are th be like for Tackling it lugeckney.ral. identiextytr. Themely century policihas the ri 21st- How inform ere, trying parents should be collateral at’s just wasn ng is esght to argu variou ation betw motivation for what actually transpired to keep th Shruggin a prioJurity. damage to Ke’tnnmyy, finest sential – En e that it s agencies een out of the eir children g it off conde st last weThey them. FrancesfaFishion ch da earl is shared. Ho - gangsters’ neighbou mns our ek, I hamavedeacces hasNóthiríne righ tzgerald oican e, but no y warning w on the evening that Brian Purcell visited struttin snares? Th rs to days error of weap thesgrtoavlethe al O’Sut tollivlabe d crone signs to id g hard me ose mena and nigh sitting neonxts: subm me no an arl mee taalk‘prost iminal ac entify the then Garda Commissioner Martin spill n, crime pr ce and is lonely-loots of se to a paacrthine gu ‘disnsguenstsein whg’ ing itute’, call tivities are de ing from th oceeds to olatIion. Re king octo mi-autom icularnsly, enorthaceycusclae How educ veloped was there, at our eir po o, th member gena atic ‘att ga immethof atio . ck e ga , rian pist enrdaí ar e pr nal Callinan, the Taoiseach’s evidence is con models to ets, are role ngs mayfoonr Kilken rifles sm on a traiolns and assa tion-seee welkingl reso emedpritogated and social young people into ot e day monyve. I smiled uggled ac bound ult were ’.” urced. If rammes to areas wh in depr her district intere Inte benignly, ross our bo My hu, ncthe crimin they pr foster incl tradicted by the then Justice Minister ere option ived Me s – evenst yo poli tely rnational cofeigning rders. ru h is thatalMos wouldn ogressed. usion are The Politics Of Apathy urs Th s are limite anwhile, th . asbehe made -operation wron nning ring yles ca’t ben’t Alan Shatter. e disconne d. ru e hiabtousquat ever called onconversa needs to g; even if shs round th do rightAlfol of th ap ct is all too thless; they ds arytehing an to stop thition Incide e appearem. r em are to parent. ‘T don’strat care ab Drd nougsthing s traffickin O’Clock Sh ntally, the ga ed on The Sevegangla ols to redu That Mr Purcell was dispatched by Enda hem-and-u violence se ightou. I twas lie at fothre hetwo hou g. perfor ow in a co rdaí woul n nd activity ce entered th s’ has eping into brouthgheirtweup art of rs wher ming at a higssack, somed be ins . Prison is e fray. And I do communi withthedebroader altoth bebut pothli Coemmiwould ha her level one someufficient to Kenny, late at night, to the home of the crimin n’t me ty. They adlines anged ne e tegangsos, eval en ssioner’ve had re if the - reduce crim als versus th an targe ’lmyl ch hease th phoranete hucallge so She’s s time waassnon to gri not de terren e – it ’s Commissioner, simply to establish Mr e rest of Ir ts through els,eithr at tr sprsnofapitspifrngom up wibethenexplcalled ’t taken pe. t enough. By Emma Flanagan ish school ’s wh affick athuma ainingfrivolou Sa shoppin grounds, at I diind.g, tobacco n withprnoom bu , apologissiand a pere aude, Callinan’s views on the matter at issue – g centres an Well, the ni smug and fuel isinsigneimssprta ng andbimbbe o, Enda – da d car park ceties didngling. The if sh ovelkmeinntg s.abou wise. Ther re to - prepared s. wi ’t last logangrdaí have e Thlookis wes asek, t world issu e are no qu the taping of telephone calls – has been to disemb ll to take th . As we the ththoue Poghlishce solutiesons bu ick-fix ac ark, he threm on, but clubexbiprngessed its e’Aus thaborouityt to t ways of dismissed by Mr Shatter as ‘fantasy’. bedroom door... ross the bo ew his shotnot the . “deep un hegaadngoulandt counteract w in in the gu Wemanageme ease” at the are availa g “Now ise of ‘helpf ll, the fant cultur will is ble provided That a former justice minister and sen you know ul’ advice. ct remaeinsof An Gard there. What the he you’re a be received ; Conceran ha impo could be addiction but is clued in enough to realise re up,” he autiful girl pleasing ac ve rtant than more ior lawyer of considerable repute should said, tapping from rece res of public life and de where CCTV is in operation. They held out wizened ha his throat wi nt trip to th ity for their ath? cast aspersions on the evidence of the nd. “But ev th a th e Lebanon, an no real hope of bringing him to justice. you ne en yo u must at you’re ab d it’s now li Taoiseach is deeply disquieting. ed to do some know that le to distingu kely That brings us to the real issues: resources when thing abou the lineup ish Moyles olitics is a mess. That’s t soap opera, although certain Agriculture, Food and Marine, fr their own country and how It goes, indeed, to the very heart of the are you go in the rest. So of otherwise om to enable detection and enforcement of yo g to tackle th Whethe identikit Iris considerable sympathy urs?” at weight of r it was all pr h models. matter in that it raises questions about HAVE punishments of those found guilty of guess, emeditated is I wish I co but trust me anyone’s the credibility of Enda Kenny. - for those who have taken to crime. uld say that , she’s no fo unprinta my respon ol. That there is no written record of such the airwaves in recent weeks The controversial closure of most of the ble for a famil se was a well-known fact. politicians might act a bit like Transport, Tourism and Sport, this can affect them. Although wa y news rural Garda stations actually made sense, y it was. Be paper, and in a key meeting can only serve to fuel sus detailing their experiences of cause I just g a because most were only open on a part-time- have been le awped at him ‘“When ar picions even further. break-ins to their homes and ss shocked if . I’d e basis and were used mainly for form-filling. my secret he told me he you going But the fundamental point is this: that- their fear of return visits by dad. was (As an aside, I recently went with my chil Now. You to tackle that The young people, ma it sometimes. But it’s hardly spoke to a completely empty it can be hard to express this someone of Mr Shatter’s standing should y put this dow thieves: I’m among their number, dren to our local station to fill out passport things. The n to a nu weight call the Taoiseach’s evidence into ques- I bluntness an mber of of application forms. It took ages. I asked the a gene d lack of after all. ration br ed bef politesse of yours?” tion cannot be idly dismissed. This is Our experience was last December – and I very helpful garda how frustrating it was to corr ore the rise , he asked. I’ ectness. The of political d have deeply concerning, possibly more con spend his time on this when the work could wh ramblings of generally, don’t care doubt if Aileen and I slept comfortably for far-fetched to say that if these Dáil. There was not a single sentiment without sounding o comes from an old codger been less shocked if he told cerning than the nature of the departure months afterwards. Our break-in occurred be carried out by civilian administrators. He a place wh shrugged and smiled.) are Lovely, Fa ere all the gi from office of Martin Callinan. - when we were asleep in bed, as were our five the ther Ted-sty rls Having a Garda station nearby doesn’t is, this is ley. But the me he As a nation, and given what we have children. It involved a man wandering our fast bec omin truth was necessarily mean anything. - phenom g a wholly mode my secret dad’ witnessed in the past, surely it is impera house with a knife in his hand and coming enon. rn and the adults wish they didn’t politicians really did care about Government or Opposition a tad like you are preaching. I Another anecdote: one of my closest Some people P tive that we have absolute trust in our to our bedroom, where Aileen woke to find just can’t TT friends lives in an estate on Dublin’s north selves; they help them- him standing in the doorway. feel thi head of government. - ma side. At 10pm one evening recently he heard wh s overbearin Th It is almost embarrassing to relate the ite-hot en g, ere are When the Taoiseach speaks, we must an enormous thump outside of his front titlement to those who ar ease with which he had gained access. The world wher live in a Moyles is gue that, if have to. Career politics has or doing a good job and changing TD there. Her attempt to can’t help but wonder if Ireland door. He went out to find that a stranger’s e everyone — chestrating a have faith that what he says is indisput break-in took place at 6.40am on a Friday. en mainly well, wom- her body cahre er w car embedded into his. A pizza delivery man, — are utte is her fortun ere able. There can be no variations when it We had both awoken to the sound of what their rly pleasing opin e, people ha on his mobile phone, had lost control and eyes. to ions on said ving comes to truth. When a Taoiseach talks, we thought was a glass breaking in the cooper Er dow body should crashed into one car before coming to a halt go; the wome n to a me be put - kitchen. We assumed, wrongly, that one of orbi n in their re occupatio most definitely taken over. this country for the better, then pass an amendment to the we must believe him. On every issue and na needs its own version of Russell by crashing into my friend’s. My friend rang t ne Th l ha the children – two of whom are early risers ed to be just at if you cl im zard. on every occasion. - the gardaí. They were too busy to come out- right the of b the greasy – had dropped a glass when getting milk. We column size, the corr Irish celebrit pole ect le y by do With Enda Kenny’s evidence to the Fen and told him to take photos to give to the of slutti vel to-cal ing pho- didn’t go to check if it was something else. shness, appropr ls and linger nelly Commission now called into ques We heard doors opening and shut in the insurance company. He did and after receiv ately ma i- ie modelling, de-up, the that you wi Politicians don’t have policies politics would probably be a lot ll new Prisons Bill went down Brand, perhaps. Say what you ing compensation replaced his car. But the pa entire be consum tion by his former ally and his stated kitchen – again we assumed that the noises have caused me to sit bolt upright in ckage palpab comm ed as a offender was looking for the dustpan for the irresponsible driver has suffered nothing le to odity, as disp intentions dismissed as ‘fantasy’, it is the bed, heart racing. Aileen has woken me their sp ecific inte osable and clean-up. We nodded off for the extra half- other times, asking ‘what’s that?’ more than his own insurance costs. tastes. No rchangeable critical that this matter is now debated wonder, in as a Starbu hour’s sleep. I have reassured her that nothing is wrong,- What does this prove? One of two things: our infinite latte. cks openly and honestly. combinat in their manifestos that they more interesting. worryingly smoothly as there will about his beliefs; during I awoke to Aileen shaking me and saying: as the alarm has not gone off, but I have had either the gardaí are under-resourced – and ions, wome But no ma The Dáil, therefore, must be recalled are ru n tter yo ur phy ‘Matt, there’s a man at the door.’ I thought to set off on a number of house tours, base therefore cannot attend to all incidents – or ffling a few appearan sical feat ce and what immediately. The Taoiseach’s reputation she meant the front door as I groggily woke ball bat in hand, heart in mouth. And yes, I that some members of the force are so hers. or don’ you do t do with it, depends upon it. and got up from the bed, not quite believing have wondered many times what would I demotivated that they are reluctant to Even I was su should it really 20 attend to their duties. It may be a bit of- rprised be no one el fundamentally believe in or that Now, I’m not saying all December 20, 2015 was absolutely no one to the recent British general her when she emphasised she meant the have done had I woken, as Aileen did, to see to find Dani ness se’s busi- both: for all of the fine gardaí serving us- ella Moyles . You. Don’t. bedroom door and that he was on his way that man at the door to our room. speak up A. Get. To Have there are still some who, due to a combina over the weeke Say. . down the stairs. I believed it as soon as I This story is by no means uncommon. The about bo nd Time to act is now tion of circumstances – including dissatis dyshaming. But it is so ver was halfway down the stairs and saw that violation of your home is deeply unsettling; suitable is clos She busi y much people IN emergency departments across the faction with their pay – do not serve to the e enough, af ness right no ’s could change their country for politicians are bad, far from oppose her. To me, this shows election, he managed to engage the front door was open and that there were bad enough to have it broken into when you ter all, w. Wi Pa - to the femi often re th women country more than 6,500 patients wereddy muddy footprints all over the carpet. fullest of their abilities. But a lack of nine cu duced to are not there, but worse when it happens ltural their orna I closed the door and turningTwit teto see that Garda cars and the need to use their own ideal as it’s po worth, phy mental last month forced to receive treatment r: @paddytmurrwhen you and your family are. Yet for the ssible to sical insults various cupboard doors were open, I imme ay mobile phones, instead of Garda-supplied get. What a weap have become on trolleys due to the lack of available sake of the childrenpaddy.murr we’ve been somewhat does she kn on of choice. diately went to check in all the bedrooms to [email protected], might do that to you. - about pe ow Be the better, they have policies it. There are most certainly a complete and utter lack more young people than any hospital beds. That is a 40 per cent rise dismissive of what happened, while still ople slaggi ing called see that everyone was all right. Thankfully, Understaffing,com and a genuine belief that off ng her fat, ugly or reminding them regularly to be sure to lock for having th to the quick, a slut cut in numbers from August of last year. they were. there is too much work demanded, is a sig bo e wrong mainly beca the windows and doors. They know. It does dy? Well, qu have, for be use looks It has been the same grim story- It takes time to process a situation like nificant factor too. Being sent out to deal ite a lot, it tter or wors change how you live. seems. woman’s e, become a throughout the summer. Back in June, this when you’ve just woken up. How did with Irish Water issues also might not help, foremost curr that can get them elected. politicians out there that of conviction on the part politicians did. Because he A few before ency. Never the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisa someone get in? It took a minute to realise especially when protesters are recording sanctimoniou have ‘you’re Demotivated types on s wort fat’ and ‘you that a window side panel beside the front your every move and will cry foul at any Twitter (a hless’ been so ’re tion recorded a 51 per cent rise, year on campaign God, nd by intertwine door had been smashed; the glass was all You might think that this episode has attempt to enforce the law. they’re gett Culture, too, d. year, for that particularMURR month. That by ing worse im has turned phy over the floor. I immediately rang the gardaí made me more sympathetic to the And there is a bigger issue, one that the the day) coul perfection in sical Passion in politics seems dead, genuinely care deeply about of politicians. How can the talked to them like they were dn to translated to almost 8,000 vulnerable Government must address: the feeling that ge ’t resist a running jo and explained what had happened and that against the closure of rural Garda stations. tting a dig in Think how of ke. people being treated on trolleys. the culprit was still only minutes away. The- serial offenders have no respect for the law wo when Moyles we ten Re bel Wil Not so, however. re a jumpsu ight has beco son’s This is not what we expected under the gardaí arrived about 15 to 20 minutes later. and no fear of the consequences of being it on TV3, to me a cruel I live a three-minuteAY walk from the local promote a re a comedy. Th punchline in I blamed myself partly for what had hap cent ch e medi auspices of Minister Varadkar. What Garda station. Its proximity was not a caught. They will not go to jail, they will the Le arity trip to yielding; a messages ar no one cares anymore and, yo their jobs. However these general public be expected to people, in real terms, about how banon that u should wa e un- about the €74million Emergency Task pened. I had forgotten to put on the alarm deterrent to our intruder. receive bail, even with lengthy previous Co she took with dress be nt to be thinn (but never have on any night since and it records indicating they are likely to offend ncern. tter. You rea er or Force plan that he launched back in the- The speed of response did not make any Thou lly should wa even goes on now when I come home from again, and will probably receive free legal Never mind gh it’s a near nt to care. difference: the gardaí came, sympathised, that she wa susp -universal af spring, the plan whose prime purpose work in the evening). aid to fight their cases. about gende s talking ect that Da ni fliction, I returned again later to take fingerprints r inequality bo ella Moyles frankly, I think that’s a great people never seem to get actively engage in politics when an what was being done in politics was to deal head-on with the record lev , the dy-s d I I had not Chubb-locked the front door, Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald is of refugees an plight haming in ver experience (useless) and wrote to us subsequently. d searing, can y disparat els of overcrowding in our hospitals? Ahaving been reluctant to do so for fear of not apparently finishing a new criminal justice ing violenc unrelent- throw on a e ways. She ca ri They have a fairly good idea of who they e. rdigan to shut Now we find ourselves in a situation being able to openg the door quickly from the Bill to deal with all of this. Her ne I probably ha folks up. ht oldthink was responsible: Din an individual who ckline wa ve a long where things have improved not one jot.- inside in the event of us ever having to leave It will be of far more real significance to- so s too low ahead of er, more ar tried three other break-ins in the locality in me viewers’ for me if I fanc duous task shame. elected, unfortunately. It politicians themselves don’t could affect them. It was all in an emergency. (Again it is now locked voters than the likely row about Enda tastes and It y doing th 7 In fact, the situation is much worse. a 90-minute period, including a pharmacy the re that wa ’s not likel Newse same. al s every night). But part of me still cavils at Kenny’s role in getting rid of Martin Call The Sunday Business Post stickler; that y that cultur We have said here before that Mr Varad where he was careful to ensure that his face g ‘inappropr her outfit wa U-turn on bo e will manage the idea that I have to take those measures, inan as Garda commissioner. January 24, 2016 iate’. s dyshaming an a kar’s honesty is refreshing and to be was not visible to the CCTV. In other words, “TV3 would be a ytime soon… that it is partly my fault if our house is received se bit like maki it welcomed. they suspect he was an experienced drug plai veral com- upwards ng Niagara Fa I would never deny that I have just seems that, these days, even seem to be engaged? at very honest. Maybe we should broken into instead of placing all of the nt lls s and I sp ent this rate. flow Honesty is one thing. Delivering on blame squarely on the criminal. addict, who regularly burgles to feed his few the followin But it days experien g may just be Neither Aileen nor I slept properly for on cing th e joy a simp worth bearin 11 promises made, however, is quite line abuse fo s of le truism wo g in mind 2016 ...... Donmonths afterwards. On many occasions r the first ti Ma rded by au February 19, another. me,” ss: be kind thor Wendy Friday, CHANGE , for everyo a strong interest in politics, all the influential politicians This problem of apathy only ne do what Scotland recently did, g S: figh yo With winter approaching and patient and Carols ting a battle u meet is you know no care already compromised to an unac- p thing about. eo and decisions by those in various aspects ceptable level, the time to deliver is now. p I’m not sure I’d do it again1RM le Lynch: of Irish governance and Irish society.” The inquiry is not permitted to make quite unusual for someone my care about is poll results worsens when it comes to lower the voting age to sixteen. Interview adverse findings of individuals. Instead, l ‘We did not find Lynch refers to findings which will be “interesting” in terms of the “behaviour” ourselves in court at during the lead-up to the crisis period. age, and even I’m bored. What and popularity. Everything is young people. The youth of This seems to cause young GRIN CH: No Orient Merril Lynch straddles his legal requirements Kin any stage’ gs for Trump as chair with rigid diligence. Regarded Dermott y as competent, calm and hardworking, AND Hi l Kelly ‘has taken the Mc en bigger opinions some members privately complained , ev I LOVE CCh Big hair rental does that say about politics in entrenched in bureaucracy Ireland honestly couldn’t care people to take more of an hrrisistmas he was inflexible. e a do , II really SAINT NICK g wrong approach’ on to cobbl . ED: h e Santa Cl with all the people stuck in cent From aus could ving man- accommodationr. unabl Satur be in housing ghan . 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It’ wo rating no s in s in check an Santa co dy Kissi e housingll freelance s a little frust price consequential negativ next year mes ng Santa Cl currently hous fa gether it’ houses or apartmentrther afield. ble and . the aus Unde I’M re! e to nge of dget e. sword. s to An Mistletoe. rneath g out the umped,When had the deals aconversationhous turnsra toup housing, in, or even fu my bu nightmar d do you do en g az spotted to decent I grew l and g not s a double-edgedr – when it come air in know what White I’ve be , the area are smal So it’ is unfai that, ge ? I’m glad Christmas Lynch shakesd offon the shackless of chairg fo r somethinapart- e world nerally sp Christ ? Multir through, been outbid , agree My need or Th just hope it might be unf ha eaking, pe mas of cour acial and becomes animated.rally “Housinge, just lookin would. House I world as a whole? When the sounds very cynical but it can ve obviously exceptions but these op se finally have a say. left Ch le We . that had onlygone been immediately posted onlinewas structu only averag - s a propertyur! ristmas al Wish Yo was find it ncid in outer suburbia l it’ favo Okay. Th one. u A Mer find it e only to be one area that isI havera a strong passion e and stil my e Americ could qu ry Christmas ! re . y sens sympathise over ans are a li ite easily somewher it’s all goate belief in - it goes. ment right backl in ever to my .I -cautious ca ttle bit of ha result in ch — s apparent is that the Norma – lling it The rassment. “N arges unsound t for fear of of Holidays figg ow bring One thing that’a propertychildhood.” cominga onlineson, bu challenging environment fending y puddin us some k of be peak se coming - who. More God know g” follow Elaine Byrne a real lac d to Bornhouse in thes Ballyphehane social hous than li kely s won’t go unti ed by “we re of people who have a genuine be tough not to be. are few and far between. I don’t th Essentially, politics has to This is suppose wake up e people wh l we get some p drab natu every mornin o be describe ” can only the dri ing estate in Cork, Lynch remembers the the day wa g and spend d as a shaked ot too sure I iting to be Anyway, th own. impact on his family when Cork City someone or offended by pl ank Go d would do it something. ayed a vital (well, He Council imprisoned his father Thomas And whil we role in th e wh e there’s a bit can still ha ole thing) again.” Ciarán Ciarán Lynch, Labour TD and chair of for leading a tenant strike in the 1970s. here, I’m reall of that Ch ve our trad interest in politics are bored, ri A very worrying example of it want to force people who don’t change, and quickly. Or risk on my y glad to repor stmas. ional Lynch tactfully This personal background on housing, last visit to t that I can’ the Oireachtas Banking Inquiry, which - I foun James’s Ho t wait for Ch describes his coupled with his role as Labour spokes d TWO cr spital, Charlo ristmas day an CHANGE - will ibs, one in tte’s face when d chairmanship publishes its report on Wednesday person on housing before the party en continue to ca what I Santa br she sees wh and ll the new ch ought and Ma at of the Oireachtas SONG tered government, has given him licence the other in apel Argus wi ss in Moun TO VOTE . . . debate that Burkitt’s wa th its Nati t banking inquiry Picture: Feargal Ward to be angry towards Labour. YOUTH then surely something is wrong. wo vi Irish politicians not caring have an interest in politics to alienating people altogether. I’m rd ty nderful, wond , then meetin play and - of excellence erful centr g friends an NTEST MobAlan Kelly “has taken the mentality wrong ap where I e and dinner; tr d family as “extraordinarily challenging”. CO mobs Marrow had my Bone aditional in - - hear David Drumm’s evidence. The DPP’s itterled lic TO Tr wi ev proach” on housing. The Minister for the self-sty pub ansplant. th cracke ery way After presiding over 413 hours of testi - would ask people to reserve their judg - - that every Anyw rs at the en N advice, which has enotEu robeen published, eded stalk TIME ay d ‘ ne ly st constraints outside Lynch’s control re VOTING , Christmas uffed to and then, mony from 131 witnesses and trundling ment on that and wait and see what’s ting in th - Environment and Local Government ad Tw routine to whip upto a a mas is still Ch the gills, sl were angry with the 14-hour days in saidTHE thevo anticipated televised testimo now waiting action for now an rist- on the ouching ba strained the work of the committee. The formed opted a “one-size-fits-all approach that is ion re is it. LK ON d Sant sofa to ck through 42,000 documents, the “long and in the report.” He refuses to be specific vision Song Contest is interact perbolic , this And, yes, I’m not naive, I’m wa hy happened very recently in the fake one, but I do wish more a unsure how many more people . t TA arrive on will st tch a mo the Dáil bunker which took them away ny by theto formerbe trans Angloyear chief executive of joke gh Thursday ill And do vie. inquiry has dedicated several hundred set now top down, led by the department that STEPHEN Fry quitand Twitter wholly in justi- frenzy quip or ese thou stil night an you know exhaustive” inquiry will finally publish about witnesses, but says that where ars the — yward . Th wel- Ifrah Ahmed, a Somali campaigner against female circumcision, l si d wh ye ear un ng our caro we’ll world’s at? Yeah from constituency duties. It was almost wouldsignificantly have had this a materialofes- impact on righteous wa us be cl us an d ls and we not a pa rti , the its report on Wednesday afternoon. pages in volume two of its report outlining In previousthe pr reduces the living standards of people in Let gero our presents ’ll rip open a lo cularly ni Christmas. The young daughter of one of amendments would have “resulted in of ew- — indignation this week e dan sic MENTAL and eat tur t of the ti ce place recommendations for reform. futureresults court cases. n the modest end of the housing market”. fied police ar even if key and me. But at This is the third time we have met. In a material change to the narrative of the bee rules on a flurry of criticism of . have an intrin by we do ham, I Ch me ed n’t like really, re ristmas, the backroom staff had asked her father, “Wesional did juries nothav andfinde vi ourselvescom- in court at after co do not offend m it all that mu ally think March, the Labour TD admonished me What would he do differently? “The ers as a He believes his Labour colleague made You be , like a HEALTHof writing I’ ch. make a bit most peop - “When will Mr Lynch let you come home report, that was something that was not ted each a joke he made at an best to not fended tely the time a polit- aware politics is not a source any stage,” Lynch maintains. “There was t le Dáil. Ann Phelan, Minister of of young people were at least politics can afford to lose. of an ef le inquiry should have started earlier,” he presen result, r a “mistake” in reducing the living space n a righ comp AT to host Permit fort to be when I was before the inquiry as a wit taken on board”. r 50 pe n wo FTA r, is pictured at an event sponsored by Irish Aid, in Dublin. nice. to put up the Christmas tree?” Lynch was also thebined issue of commercialfo e. sensitivity award winner’sBeave expense.BA things. Beinghumou just about e with candi- says. This would have “created more ounting inal scor in the residential market by 20 per cent. nny igner of and n parties. But I Homeless ness. He did not think it appropriate that “Overall”, Lynch believes it was right acc the f ever, - Je des sense e. a joke ical debat ve have th a man under pressure. Many believed that provedt of to be, a h difficultyow for the IBRC e Max. bjectiv makes meone tes from se is terribl flexibility in terms of when to actually cen year s “We are at the early stages of a new hous costum Mad e wearing su meone ile so t da these candidates will all e fear that I use an anecdote by the House of Cards to engage with Jean-Claude Trichet. The This d for stag cket If so , wh n is no All of change in th it Like Mi the Cork South Central TD should have inquiry. We ofengagedessional in jurie similar areas to it, awar ved on a ja e horrified opinio Wi e coming chael. character Frank Underwood to define conclude the inquiry process”. the pr ers will each ing crisis,” he says, noting that Kelly is e arri s with you ar your irs. “I’M are under 30 sosee it will if betheir ll they si years. A fe foreseen the shortcomings in the initial manner of the former president of the televot te set Sh trouser ughs, an the to - ng Jingle w years In private, inquiry members believe - but didn’tand run agroundsepara in theto same way led stage, else la hy th !” Good interesting of entertainment. It is not a ag State at the Departments of Be aware of what is going on in think ll o, a too reliant on developers determining crink the rt AT do. s? I don’t ties lad in hi political donations. This was a curious European Central Bank’s appearance be ard a one iting of ore wo BY TH ty heads Picture Julien Behal, Press Association of Ireland. used s twen- - report. as the awIBRC.” om and scarf. s ex oice m . focus and agendas will dif Fo to beg ou the Taoiseach’s delay in establishing the points fr the definition of affordability. Labour’s she wa her ch of FENDED cheese ver- TV3 r a start, I wher tside the rebuke by the former adult literacy or fore the inquiry at Kilmainham, rather of ten and 12. s the As nced y one OF I like the sub s fer from the par 30 don’t think th e I bought shop Rusbridger, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Whateig makesht, the meinquiryan different from refere : “Onl ume r you, dulges joke ve appeared on 31 and Safe e He al a coffee in th inquiry placed unrealistic deadlines on now es in “blindspot” was not dealing “with the Fry ipping cost fo dy in of that ha ty people th ings. He wa e morn ganiser whose vocabulary is peppered than the Dáil Committee room, caused This countri qu matic an Come our brains. Ifstes RTE. ve fo und Sa , let alone s an addi - editor who broke the Edward Snowden, the Nyberg andten Honohante reports?le- “We attire by t cine me to ts of the ta ed, and I ha fety Auth the Road On ct. with similes, metaphors and symbolisms. their work and undermined their ability top y and housing crisis early enough”. grea d co as a sive par d to offend rsonally versa- ority, woul e of my wo Wikileaks and phone hacking stories, controversy. Wednesday’s report is likely e points. the woul essed catere easily d Pe of con l use of ‘o d permit rk collea to produce a comprehensive report. - go beyondboth the the jurguaranteereceiv ande we look at signers ny dr were were absence ne ho rse the me, ev ery gues saw We met again in December when he to recommend that the ECB should “se te will Lynch has strong views on the outgoing de y that be boring an no the open slei day, givi was intrigued. Britain’s inquiry was done vo so I ards ceremo Jenn those would Pryor, s around menta And I am ghs’. chan ng this la - Ireland’s entryMy brain into is absolut theek, bailout. What’s aw .” ckled, it dy chard tion disappointing,in absolute ge. I didn d some volunteered to bring Alan Rusbridger, riously consider” directly engaging with this we d Fine Gael-Labour government forming bag lady d chu spir come Ri h vered IFA wo ly certai ’t know and dusted by the time Ireland had con also newmus in hthe reportpr ocesseis that we look at crow in the not No eve at healt ty uld not n the but my at the ti ’t quite good a coalition with a third party after the The it did bland. CK. us gri . en if it is co l in par permit pe colleague me, the former editor of the Guardian, on a national parliaments into the future. haven be a took world ter- Lewis “Let me ev e detai o’er the fi ople to go a we worked on templated a parliamentary post-mortem - the period after thel bailout. herself d the Twit y said: s beco e elds in th ek with th e night - Hasty conclusion published re if this wil Ireland or not. 2016 election. Under party rules, Labour nded an as the y, Fr tter ha for th acceptabl . An em. e home Dáil tour. The timing was significant. The The Sunday Business Post for e a inte moralit at Twi ound d they’d ha “Talk less. into the reasons behind the econom “I thinkthing at times Ipeoplewill tak forget that rning, ns of ve wh g gr elf-right- manifestosby suicide is still ve to ta to him,” he Did the hasty conclusion process damage to dispel must seek approval from its membership stop tu rdia uld ha A stalkin usly s nd- Death Rudolph ke a look wo advised inquiry had survived threats of collapse ports and information which the banking Although, here gua wo onio seco e scourge in this the Red at rth as mu me. “It’s ic collapse. Lynch conceded it was not there was actually twoEu royearsvision and two sp and fun sanctim love to to a massiv fact it has On Nosed Re I’M HAUNTED BY GHOST OF CHRISTMAS ch as mone after members rejected the initial draft the quality of the report? Lynch quotes quick moment . if it wishes to enter into government. At mour etty who leap y and the ce th inde y. inquiry did not have access to, despite its hu pr ey st arted er. him your ch Sure, give ideal. He tried to explain the vagaries - months betweena common the guarantee being believe. e a eous , to d be countr ca the laughi ange, bu from George Bernard Shaw. “If I had more ting misconceptionwe break the party’s conference after the election, you n cu use guess ions an to far been omitted from lling him ng and So I t talk to hi report. The report was salvaged after a powers of discovery. Did this demon vo year card t the let of ab was conclus worse, so names, some did. Every m.” of inconsequential Irish inquiries to an put in placeEv andery Ireland’s entry into a Bu gaunt He ed — on step in one wo Mi day. His rewrite, but deep scepticism remained - time I’d write you a shorter letter; if I had when Lynch will propose that Labour should ntless Fry. t offend nded the election discourse is to and, hope uld chael. An name was editor more accustomed to accountabil strate the underlying weaknesses of the out the nostalgia - rele at no offe hers to fully, pu d Michae more time I’d write you a shorter report!” bailout programme.reminisc Detaile will be given d disgrace, be of ot discouraging.invited people it. Bu llyi t an end FUTURE AND PC BRIGADE SCROOGES addi l had th over the prospect of producing a final inquiry? and fair and Ire- not enter into “a three-legged stool” coa aime d a ag, en I also ng can’t cts often at slur ity. “Explain to me again the point of the - was belle scumb behalf not ev questions via ek will be tolerate have. But we Did the time constraint mean the in to the crisisvo periodting . . . It will demonstrate la host, a and a y do t the we be told. d, we chat ever had a litt version before an election was called. In Lynch points to the terms of reference, ct that lition. “I do not believe that’s an option,” fit to ead the submi g of “D y day. le inquiry?” Rusbridger asked. - that the crisisland Ireland prosperous. wentfa through was a d***h phobic ow. itter durin e amount You kn on we no On quiry had to concede to demands by de - rue the he says. “It’s not in the best interests of a rat, homo r kn as nasty Tw hug the ow the chap w our gay e day, no any event, Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty the legislative requirements and the con We biting in fo “It’s olesome d a We that Good “Exc apparel.” t long befo In fairness to the banking inquiry, many years in the making and was the few wn unwh as and ha e nceslas saw ga King use me?” chan Michae re Christmas velopers to remove references or face the Eastern bloc has ting the country.” thro and ic women asking coulddefinitiv therin they wi ge the na l asked me , and Socialist TD Joe Higgins opted not to stitutional position that constrained his vo slurs asure. e aracterist . s give a - Well, in th winter fuel “Should th ll say. me to The afte a question this was the first-ever inquiry under the outcome ofstolen a number our thunder of different andof a actions me peopl a ch imagined partie e 8th Amend e future,he ? at not be Do of Christ 130 Days rshave do : “What sign the final report. legal action which would potentially have their strategic good a few I n be tter e on th the ’d report gay, n we no w mas. And you use Pa 2013 Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges work. For instance, the inquiry could not of add- Quite gyny. ca ’t ma stanc guards an him to lesbian, our if Santa I smil ddy?” - prevented publication of the report? “I has deprived us y n doesn they e of d the poor bisexual, We Three Claus is Comi ed. And I Lynch took the flak during heated pri d victor shouted miso ow It her ment. e issu e be in cu chap woul and st transgende Kings of Town he n’ to like told him. and Procedures) Act. Political and legal realistic chancerecor ue! on my whet they’re divisiv stody char d raight appa r bein Orient ar will probably it?” I ask “Do you to our ’t tr saw it Nor- k A t what ar if briq ged with ni rel?” g held by e… an be ar ed him. vate sessions. The ten inquiry members ing line. thin e bu for uettes. cking Partridg immigrat d charge rested “No time - fending n, cours elected h es in Pear Tr to Dona ion thank d with be no,” Mich haul. ButScandinavia this isn that de me s There call ees? 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