As a self-exiled, former Jewish Israeli and IDF soldier, Atzmon’s perspective within the raging public discourse on Palestine is relatively unique.  His views are bitterly opposed by some among anti-Zionist Jewish groups, who accuse him of anti-Semitism and of being a ‘self-hater’.

I recently met up with David McWilliams in his Volvo Estate in a church car park in Dalkey. In case that sounds more intriguing than it actually was, the purpose of our meeting was to conduct an interview on recording equipment that does not cope with background noise in public spaces like restaurants or coffee-shops. So, somewhat surreally, in his car it had to be.

An interview with John Gibbons, formerly of the Irish Times
In Part 1 of this interview John Gibbons identified his personal 'turning point' on the subject of  climate change. He went on to describe the resistance he came up against in the Irish media when he attempted to bring that information to a wider audience, even 20 years after the first Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report.

An interview with John Gibbons, formerly  of the Irish Times
John Gibbons has covered the issue of Climate Change for the Irish Times for the past two years. Several weeks ago his weekly column abruptly came to an end. In his final piece Gibbons took the mainstream media to task over their climate coverage

To discuss the Irish media more generally, could we talk about the Irish Examiner, for example? HB: I’m going to make a terrible confession here. There is no Irish newspaper that I read fairly regularly – and certainly not in print form.  I will make sure to pick them when I’m going into a class to talk about them or check them out online to see how they are covering particular stories but I am now one of these people who doesn’t often buy newspapers. But yes of course I’m familiar with the Examiner.

The journalist and activist Harry Browne is the author of the book 'Hammered by the Irish' reviewed by MediaBite recently. The interview with Browne below, which took place last November, was for the purpose of exploring his views on journalism in general and its function within its corporate context.

Journalism was something that I always wanted to do. I grew up in the states and never studied journalism there and never worked professionally as a journalist there – apart from making a little family newspaper when I was six years old.  When I was in college – Harvard – there was a daily newspaper – a very good one but the hoops you had to jump through to get in it and the egos you had to deal with were fierce!

What do you think about the Irish media coverage of the Palestinian issue – what or who are offering either the best or the worst of it and would you see Indymedia as a good source – it’s undeniably a great phenomenon – vital for putting facts and information in the public domain which otherwise might not see the light of day?

Last week, in interview with a More 4 journalist, Mark Regev, one of Ehud Olmert’s spokespeople, admitted that Israel knew and had officially recorded the fact that Hamas had not broken the ceasefire between the two regions and, further, that the Israelis were also aware that Hamas had made attempts to prevent other, small groups from firing rockets.  Given that the accusation that Hamas had resumed hostilities was the basis for this war, why then do we continue to read and hear in the media that Israel launched its attack in self defence?

An interview with Socialist Party leader Joe Higgins on the implications of the Lisbon Treaty and media coverage of the issue.