Arising in Tribune
AS I TOSSED my Sunday Tribune into the Monday recycling bin, I had four thoughts.
1. Among all the noise of witnesses recanting their statements made to Garda investigators in Schull, I wonder why people just do not believe that Ian Bailey did not murder Sophie Toscan du Plantier in December 1996. The answer is on the front pages of all papers--the media pack has its own court and its objectivity is compromised by its desire to have an ending to every story before deadline.
2. I believe open organisations like commuminity information centres, libraries, and churches have a natural outreach mandate in the electronic dimension. They should offer free wifi on the back of state-subsidised phone lines.
3. John Mulligan produces a headline on the front page of the Sunday Tribune's business section in which he cedes part of County Kilkenny to Waterford. The move happens in an article headlined with "Waterford cartoon firm raises €10m" but the company he cites is solidly inside Kilkenny city limits. Mulligan's geography lesson will appeal to Waterford councillors who have marked their claim to Kilkenny land they need to develop Waterford port.
4. Richard Delevan now writes a column in the Sunday Tribune. Joe Bloggs is silent--nothing cited from the Irish blogosphere by the Trib. So it appears the two bylines may share something in common. Go figure.
