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30 September 2004 Edition

Primetime flagship of hypocrisy

30 September 2004

Tuesday night's Primetime programme on RTÉ One, which dealt with the issue of the undocumented Irish in America, was a journalistic disgrace. The self-proclaimed flagship of Irish current affairs reporting relayed pitiful tales of Irish emigrants living illegally in the US and facing deportation, without making even the smallest reference to the situation faced by asylum seekers and illegal immigrants in Ireland. Free article


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