Radio: The Newstalk host hears lurid tales of urban crime. Over on Today FM, Matt Cooper has a more upbeat take on the capital’s future
If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime: there’s wisdom to the cautionary adage, but it’s not always applicable. No matter how law-abiding are listeners to, they still face the grim prospect of a full hour devoted to the reliably spirit-sapping topic of crime in Dublin , replete with contributors so pessimistic they make your average prophet of doom sound like a wellness counsellor.
“To listen to some of the contributions you’d think we were at war,” she says, “A lot of the problems are very solvable.”Curfew review: Passable thriller set in dystopian near future where men aren’t allowed out after dark Amid the alarming talk, it’s tempting to cast Kenny as a latter-day Omega Man, single-handedly standing athwart the criminal apocalypse. He occasionally returns to his signature gripe about contemporary mores rendering gardaí powerless: “Why has punishment gone out of date?” Equally, he largely conducts the segment in level-headed fashion, pointing out intergenerational problems of poverty and addiction when Williams complains about the culpability of young offenders’ parents.
Still, it’s revealing to hear the Israeli diplomat, if only because she exemplifies a blinkered mindset that seems capable of acknowledging only her side’s suffering. That said, Erlich also raises a pertinent if uncomfortable point when she expresses worry about rising anti-Semitism in Ireland, saying Jews here now feel afraid to speak Hebrew in public.
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