
Alison O'Connor
Journalist
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Aug 24, 2026
Wrong-Way Driving, Social Media And So-Called "Scaredy-Cat" Politics
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10:06
10:22
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10:41

John LeeHOST
But is there a darker tone to it now? Has it changed or is it the same story over and over?

Alison O'ConnorGUEST
I'm still struck with your need to apologise there a few minutes ago for empathising with an eight-year-old boy who was bullied and that that might offend some viewers.

Alison O'ConnorGUEST
you know, what is a society unless there is some empathy in it would certainly be my view.

Alison O'ConnorGUEST
I think you always, look, you mentioned, and I read that piece of the examiner as well the other day, it was very good to give the context of what, rather than, like the initial, everyone's initial reaction on the shock is very understandable.

Alison O'ConnorGUEST
You then have to stand back and look at, you know, why is it happening and what can be done in a kind of a, a saner, calmer way to try and divert these young lads away from what they're doing.
16 MINS LATER
Wednesday 17 June: Counting the Cost: Pubs, Hauliers and Budget Pressures
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Alison O'ConnorGUEST
A picture is painted of, you know, Ocon, Mabrone, Ococh, where fact, the whole thing is, you know, gone to hell in a handbag and we're never going to recover.

Alison O'ConnorGUEST
And it's like there is an element of there has to be an element of at some stage the boy who who who cried wolf with all of this.

Alison O'ConnorGUEST
And that being, as we said earlier, in the form of the amount of demand that's being put on on the exchequer.
7 MINS LATER