Smokin' Bob

by Niall Shanahan

The Irish Examiner marks Simon Harris's first 100 days as Taoiseach.

 

Elsewhere, a new study finds that organisations across Ireland have shown improvements in fostering diverse and inclusive workplace cultures in the last two years.

Meanwhile, TG4 has asked the Government for €13.6 million to establish their own news service which would be independent from RTÉ. 

 

Finally, it's widely reported that Aer Lingus is resuming a full service today following the cancellation of 610 flights over the last three weeks due to the IALPA industrial action. The ballot on the Labour Court recommendation opens tomorrow (Thursday).

 

Zen

 

Your Zen this morning is just trying to keep up with all the global weirdness. Recent events prompted my memory of Tim Robbins' political satire, Bob Roberts (1992). In the film, a mock political documentary, Robbins depicts the rise of Robert "Bob" Roberts Jr., a right-wing politician well known for his conservative-sloganeering folk music. A sort of sociopathic Woodie Guthrie, if you will. 

 

During his campaign Roberts is shot by a would-be assassin. By the end of the film, there's a suspicion the whole thing might have been staged. Inevitably, the tinfoil hats have been turned up to 11 and now everyone's got a theoryRobbins isn't having it.

 

Have a great day.

 

Niall

 

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