Ah, the joys of a good photo-op.
Labour leader, Pat Rabbitte, squeezed into a playground car yesterday in Merrion Square.
He also promised free, universal pre-school education system.
What worries me is that the car doesn't have a steering wheel (or engine).
Poor Brendan Kavangh (pictured to the right of Mr. Rabbitte) had to wait for his turn.
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10/05/2007
Big boys and small cars
09/05/2007
What do people care about?
Irish Daily Mirror decided to find out and now we know:
'Voters care about health & housing... not Ahern's cash'.
The sample was on a small side, as eight people were interviewed, but we always listen to the voice of the people, here at Zbyszek+Media. Their voices appear to be in unison as they all chant, a bit mantra-like, health service, health service, health service... Jennifer Allen from Monkstown in Co. Dublin said
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Wednesday, May 9: Tabloids' Headlines
It's quite a different story in the tabloids, where crime stories rule the frontpages.
The Irish Daily Mail put the picture of Paisley and McGuiness (under the headline 'The picture we thought we'd never live to see'), but the main story was about a death of a newborn baby: 'Baby 'drowned in birth pool'
Irish Daily Mirror and Evening Herald went with stories on raids in jail cells of gangsters. The headlines were 'Crimelords stripped in their cells' (Mirror) and 'Gilligan has cell phone seized' (Herald). It seems that crime still sells papers.
So does Roy Keane as The Irish Sun put 'Phoney Stan & Roy war' on its frontpage. Roy Keane refuses to talk to Steve Staunton and only sends him texts. Is it really so surprising in the age when 160 characters of a single text message is often our absolute limit? And Roy Keane always struck me as a man of few words.
And so to the Irish Daily Star. We can see Paisley and McGuinnes squished into the corner (with 'Grin and share it' headline), but the main story is once again crime-related. 'Thugs ruined my big day' says Margaret Darby whose wedding party was attacked by thugs.
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Wednesday, May 9: Headlines
The photo of Ian Paisley and Martin McGuiness dominated the frontpages of all the broadsheets today.
The Irish Times summarized the historic day at Stormont with 'Paisley and McGuiness pledge to govern for a better future'.
Irish Independent went with 'Happy are the peacemakers', and Irish Examiner with 'Hope and History Rhyme'.
The Irish Times was the only newspaper to find space on its frontpage for an election story. 'PDs take conciliatory approach towards FF' talks about the changed stance of PDs towards their coalition partners.
Oh, and Kevin Myers believes that Bertie is innocent.
The Indo informs us about it on the frontpage.
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Strength in numbers
I found something interesting on page 17 in yesterday's Irish Independent (May 8). World Association of Newspapers bought a full-page advert, which hails the power of, what else, but newspapers. The tag line is
You're one of 1.4 billion people in the world reading a newspaper today. More than ever before, the well-informed are deciding it's silly not to.
So, are newspapers still going strong? We haven't all abandoned our morning paper and read it online? Does the claimed 1.4 billion include all the discarded copies of Metro and Herald AM?
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Irish Independent frontpage, May 9
Irish Independent frontpage today: Wednesday, May 9.
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08/05/2007
Irish Examiner and The Irish Times on May 8.
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Irish Independent frontpage
Irish Independent today, May 8.
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Tuesday, May 8: Tabloids' Headlines
What do the tabloids say about the election on their frontpages?
Irish Daily Mirror talks about 'Kenny's dirty tricks' and how Noeal Ahern 'points fingers at Fine Gael over tribunal leaks'.
Irish Daily Mail leads with an article on the repercussions of nurses' strike. 'Now patients are suffering'. The paper finds some space (alongside a photo of increasingly bizarre looking Melanie Griffith) for the Mahon tribunal leaks. The headline says 'McDowell: I'm not the Mahon mole'.
Evening Herald cleared its frontpage for a photo of Dublin's M50, where the truckers' protest was supposed to take place this morning. The truckers didn't show in expected (and much feared) numbers and the morning traffic was even better than usual.
The Irish Sun doesn't feature any election material on its frontpages. We find the report on the Kenny vs. McDowell spat on page 8. 'Kenny and McDowell's Bertie leak showdown' - says the dramatic title.
Irish Daily Star opens up with 'Thugs bust open cop's head' - an article on garda who was attacked by a gang of vicious youths. The now familiar Kenny vs. McDowell story is there too, with the title 'Mullah furious at leaks claim'.
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Tuesday, May 8: Headlines
Just a quick glance at today's headlines.
The Irish Times' frontpage says 'Kenny, McDowell deny being behind leaks' - and so the saga of information leaked from the Mahon tribunal continues.
The biggest story, however, is the creation of a powersharing government in Northern Ireland. 'Stormont ceremony marks end of Northern conflict'
Irish Independent also leads with an article on the alleged leaks. The Indo speaks of Enda Kenny's 'embarrassing climbdown (...) after his first public intervention over the Taoiseach's payments controversy backfired on him'. More in 'McDowell 'leak' row rebounds on Kenny' (free registration required).
Also on the frontpage a photo of Cathy Jordan from the Irish Eurovision group Dervish. Well, let's keep our fingers crossed on Saturday, shall we?
Irish Examiner's frontpage gives prominence to the photo of Kate and Gerry McCann - parents of the abducted, three-year-old Madeleine. The paper also talks about the Mahon tribunal in 'FF fury over tribunal actions'. There's less on Enda Kenny vs. Michael McDowell spat and more about the fact the 'Fianna Fail is privately furious with the Mahon tribunal for what it contends is its destructuve role in undemining Taoiseach Bertie Ahern'. Irish Examiner also informs us that '30m spent on care every year for 72 troubled teens'.
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