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Ten days ago, republicans buried garda killer and ex-wife stabber Pearse McAuley in a flag-cloaked coffin, flanked by a male colour party clumping along the concrete in their boots.
On Newstalk Breakfast (Newstalk, weekdays, 7am), Ciara Kelly and Shane Coleman were riffing about a drift to the right in Irish politics. I like this riffing, it brings an energy to proceedings, and I’m aghast at those who say a presenter expressing an opinion is not proper journalism. On the contrary, knowing where somebody stands on the great issues can bring more clarity to proceedings than the “objective” style, which has inbuilt and unacknowledged biases of its own.
Scientists have developed a ‘game-changing’ test that spots signs of motor neurone disease (MND) before symptoms of the illness appear in sufferers.
There’s a bit in the new series of The Great House Revival where Mary-Claire Waters and Shane ‘Sully’ O Sullivan learn the house they have bought in the middle of Churchtown, north Cork – known locally as The Parson’s House – and plan on restoring, dates from 1835 and was built as part of the 19th century renewal of Churchtown.
Alf McCarthy began broadcasting with RTÉ Radio Cork in 1979, where he presented Corkabout for 20 years. He went on to present PM Live with Marty Whelan and Mary Kennedy, and was a stand-in for Derek Davis on Live at 3. He produced and directed a huge amount of shows for RTÉ radio and TV over three decades and was the presenter of RTÉ Radio 1’s Late Date for 10 years.