Eamon Dunphy slams Irish establisment

national | arts and media | other press Tuesday March 21, 2006 20:32 by Dunphy Watcher

Veteran broadcaster Dunphy blasts misuse of Dáil privilege over Frank Connolly affair , speaks passionately in favour of the Rossport Five in this Daily Ireland interview and slams the profession that he is involved in: The Media!
I know he is never consistent but some of the quotes here are classics, angry and on the money.

“We live in a corrupt society, and the corrupt people are not going to go to the barricades to save Frank Connolly."

“It has not changed for the better, no. Journalism now in Ireland is much weaker than it was when I began, which is now 27 years ago. It does not have the crusading zeal that it had. It’s much more interested in celebrity, style and stories about people’s personal lives."

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How a slightly built midfielder for Millwall FC ended up as the most recognisable face in Irish journalism is one of the more intriguing stories in the history of the modern Irish media.
Eamon Dunphy is the most capped player in Millwall’s history but only the most passionate of Lions fans would know him for that.
For many, he is better known as the author of biographies of two of Ireland’s most high-profile human exports – U2 and Roy Keane. To others, he is the passionate and entertaining face of TV soccer punditry.
But in recent years, it is as a radio broadcaster that Eamon Dunphy has made his most enduring mark — first on Today FM with his critically acclaimed Last Word programme and now with The Breakfast Show with Eamon Dunphy on Dublin’s NewsTalk 106.

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