Former Progressive Democrat and current Irish Independent columnist Liz O’Donnell gave a perfect example of ‘the press’ that we discussed in ‘Irish Water has brought us together‘ in today’s paper. It’s got it all:

• ‘Unsavoury violent aggressive element’
• ‘fomenting anarchy and intimidation’
• ‘Loony left’
• ‘Rabble rousing’
• ‘Hardliners stoking up unrest’
• ‘Pandering to populism’
• ‘Jubilant defiance in a scary way’
• ‘Nihilistic populism’

The Irish Times’ Cliff Taylor also has a great example of the press infantilising the public: “Why Government cant deliver on voters’ Santa list“. There’s loads of such commentary in the archives. Here’s another one from the Irish Examiner’s Jim Power: “Keep budget goodies on the shelf until 2016“.

(h/t @hiredknave)