Radio: The RTÉ presenter discusses crises big and small, from Libya and Morocco to RTÉ and dodgy Greek hooch
Claire Byrne: her urge to find a glimmer of hope from Libya is understandable, but it’s hard not to despair after hearing such testimony. Photograph: RTÉis keen to send out on Wednesday as she covers a scam in Corfu involving unfinished cocktails being recycled as shots.
Still, listeners could be excused for needing a stiff drink after Byrne’s other items, so grim are her segments on the twin catastrophes engulfing north Africa. On Tuesday the host talks to Channel 4 reporter Secunder Kermani, who starkly describes the devastation wrought on villages at the epicentre of
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