What politician wants to employ a sycophantic reporter? Any politician with half a brain wants an employee who possesses the communication skills that made them good reporters who dig out information and ask the awkward questions
There’s a grim but humorous element to last week’s events. On Sunday, Ian Bailey dies. On Tuesday, he’s cremated. And on Friday, his flat is raided by gardaí investigating a murder committed almost 30 years ago.
The annual World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, is upon us again when figureheads from the world of big business will spend four days networking and speech-making. It’s by invitation only.