In Brendan O'Connor we trust: Letter to the editor

@wwaycorrigan

I must say that I'm somewhat relieved to get this out in the open.

It's not that I've come to hate Brendan O'Connor, a presenter on the popular weekend 11 am to 1 pm slot on Ireland's national radio, RTÉ One. No. Hate is overstating it. It's just that from the covid-19 pandemic onwards, he has steadily become something of a holier-than-thou host, talking down to his sinful listeners who he seems to think are in dire need of redemption.

This is at its worst in the Sunday newspaper review-panel segment from 11 am to midday.

I go into more detail in my latest letter published in the Irish Examiner, available at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41788121.html. It's also posted as an image below.

Now, you might be asking yourself why I continue to listen to him if he bothers me so much. Well, it's a case of keeping an ear to my enemies, so to put it. One has to at least try to understand their thinking in order to overcome them. 

Saint Brendan the Pious: O'Connor's radio show has become insufferable.

Fianna Fáil: A party for all seasons

@wwaycorrigan

In my latest letter to the Irish daily newspapers, I suggest that Fianna Fáil's values are very Irish in one way i.e. they're just like the country's weather — changeable but largely dull. Granted, one could say that about most Irish political parties.

The letter can be found here and here.

Fianna Fáil: Whatever you're having yourself.

Cardinals' call: Pope Brendan Martin

@wwaycorrigan

As the conclave of cardinals gathers to elect a new leader of the Catholic Church following Pope Francis' death, it might be time for a fresh face to become the latest successor to St Peter.

That's the theme of my latest letter in the Irish Examiner, available at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41619562.html (and as a screenshot, below).

Let's Make the Papacy Great Again. I await the cardinals' call. 

Making the Papacy Great Again.

An end to Rip-off Republic of Ireland? One can dream

@wwaycorrigan

Could some good come for Ireland from US president Donald Trump's Liberation Day tariffs?

That's the hope expressed in my latest letter in the Irish Examiner, available at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41605645.html.

Letter to the editor: Three-star Ireland charging five-star prices.

Letter to the editor: Ireland's water waste

@wwaycorrigan

Easy come, easy go. That seems to be the mindset for many in Ireland when it comes to using water. My latest letter to the Irish Examiner explains more.

Read it at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41279887.html or see the screenshot below.

Time to turn off Ireland's free-water tap?

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Other media can have Tubridy, but they can't have RTÉ

@wwaycorrigan

A bit of a parochial post this — Ireland is parochial. It's a link to my latest letter in the Irish Examiner about a payment scandal at the national broadcaster, RTÉ, largely, but not exclusively, revolving around one of its now former top presenters, Ryan Tubridy.

The letter was originally published online on 19 August 2023 at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-41208160.html.

RTÉ, I am open to offers to work as a radio presenter. And I'll do it for far less than 200,000 euros!

Corrigan calls it.

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Letter to the editor: China in our hands

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Below is a screenshot of a letter I sent to the Irish Examiner, published in the paper edition of 28 October 2022. You can find it online at https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/yourview/arid-40993280.html.

The Chinese way. 

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