Comments on: THE IRISH PEOPLE ON DCTV http://dublinopinion.com/2009/05/06/the-irish-people-on-dctv/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: LOOKING LEFT, NO.1: THE IRISH PEOPLE | Irish Labour and Working Class History http://dublinopinion.com/2009/05/06/the-irish-people-on-dctv/#comment-70232 LOOKING LEFT, NO.1: THE IRISH PEOPLE | Irish Labour and Working Class History Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:40:07 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/05/06/the-irish-people-on-dctv/#comment-70232 [...] of the Irish People are available here and [...] […] of the Irish People are available here and […]

]]> By: Conor McCabe http://dublinopinion.com/2009/05/06/the-irish-people-on-dctv/#comment-70117 Conor McCabe Mon, 11 May 2009 09:42:20 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/05/06/the-irish-people-on-dctv/#comment-70117 I was too young to remember the Irish People in the 1970s, and so this was my first time to have a read of it. I was struck by the professional level of investigative journalism, and the fact that, as you point out, the machine keeps on churning the same way. I was too young to remember the Irish People in the 1970s, and so this was my first time to have a read of it. I was struck by the professional level of investigative journalism, and the fact that, as you point out, the machine keeps on churning the same way.

]]> By: Gar http://dublinopinion.com/2009/05/06/the-irish-people-on-dctv/#comment-70116 Gar Mon, 11 May 2009 06:14:10 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2009/05/06/the-irish-people-on-dctv/#comment-70116 I used to buy the Irish People in the early 70s from a small newsagent shop in Ranelagh on the way walking to work. Its writing style was lively and industrial articles well informed due to trade union connections. I really enjoyed the back page Racing Correspondent with his satirical commentary on party politics. Looking back at your useful reproduction I see that some things don't change in Irish life:- * Then it was the sellout of mining rights in Navan. Now it is the foreign exploitation of offshore gas reserves near Erris. * Then it was big rewards for certain directors of building societies. Now it's the fatcats throughout the banking and financial sector getting off scot free. * Then it was rotting prefab classrooms in primary schools. Today it is prefab rot in primary schools. * Then it was agonised reflections about Labour + Fine Gael getting into a double bed after elections. Today c'est la même chanson. (Gilmore-Kenny Piaf: Je ne regrette rien...) Irish politics is like a scratched long-playing record that repeats the same tracks over and over. I used to buy the Irish People in the early 70s from a small newsagent shop in Ranelagh on the way walking to work. Its writing style was lively and industrial articles well informed due to trade union connections. I really enjoyed the back page Racing Correspondent with his satirical commentary on party politics. Looking back at your useful reproduction I see that some things don’t change in Irish life:-
* Then it was the sellout of mining rights in Navan. Now it is the foreign exploitation of offshore gas reserves near Erris.
* Then it was big rewards for certain directors of building societies. Now it’s the fatcats throughout the banking and financial sector getting off scot free.
* Then it was rotting prefab classrooms in primary schools. Today it is prefab rot in primary schools.
* Then it was agonised reflections about Labour + Fine Gael getting into a double bed after elections. Today c’est la même chanson. (Gilmore-Kenny Piaf: Je ne regrette rien…)

Irish politics is like a scratched long-playing record that repeats the same tracks over and over.

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