Posted by Then there was Ghislaine Maxwell pleading the Fifth and looking for a pardon. Most of the bulletin was taken up with international stories, so I switched it off.
Meanwhile, BBC, ITV and other British news channels rarely focus on what’s happening here, because frankly it’s not that important to a British audience. So why are we so fixated on the rest of the world while our taxpayer-funded journalists seem to overlook the crises at home?
Why is the hospital still not built? Why is it becoming impossible for nurses and doctors to afford to live here? Why does immigration feel out of control? Why are people dying on hospital waiting lists after years without treatment? Why can young couples barely dream of owning a home? Why are we giving more taxpayer money abroad than many countries with similar populations? And why does government transparency still seem so limited?
Irish politicians often get away relatively unchallenged because public attention is constantly diverted to international news.
By all means, have a dedicated world news programme once a week if that’s what people want. But surely Irish national news should primarily focus on the weaknesses, challenges and realities facing our own country and economy.
Who Watches the Watchers? 