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Sick, dying, dead or buried - David Ervine

fatherdougalmag · 2007-01-07 23:15:34

After hearing earlier this evening that he had a heart attack, the RTÉ 9pm news had him dead. The websites (RTÉ, BBC, Examiner) all have him critical. Have RTÉ screwed it up?

07-01-2007 11:15pm

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After hearing earlier this evening that he had a heart attack, the RTÉ 9pm news had him dead. The websites (RTÉ, BBC, Examiner) all have him critical.

Have RTÉ screwed it up?

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#2 07-01-2007 11:20pm

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Thread on the issue in Telifis, keeping an eye on the other news sites also.

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#3 07-01-2007 11:20pm

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The RTE news said that reports were that he was dead but that this had not been confirmed and that they would keep us posted throughout the night.

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#4 07-01-2007 11:33pm

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fatherdougalmag wrote:

Have RTÉ screwed it up?

ever think a news agency screwed up. RTÉ dont have reporters everywhere

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#5 08-01-2007 12:18am

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Would it be something to do with informing relatives maybe? Maybe the family didn't want to talk to the press until relatives had been told, doesn't sound like RTE News to make a mistake like that tbh.

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#6 08-01-2007 12:20am

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yup saw it on the rte news aswell, seems strange that IF it was a mistake that they would go ahead and report it. Funny thought that its not on sky news given his position.

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#7 08-01-2007 12:28am

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BBC news have him as critical:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/6239263.stm

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#8 08-01-2007 6:40am

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Well, dead or alive, they've dug out his obituary. http://home.eircom.net/content/irelandcom/breaking/9645233?view=Eircomnet

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#9 08-01-2007 6:47am

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Mossy Monk wrote:

ever think a news agency screwed up. RTÉ dont have reporters everywhere

But in this case they did - Tommie Gorman gave a live report from the hospital where Ervine is being treated

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#10 08-01-2007 6:55am

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Some guy in politics mentioned something about him being brain-dead. If he were only alive in the cardiopulmonary state, that would explain the error, has anyone else heard similar?

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#11 08-01-2007 8:24am

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Who?

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#12 08-01-2007 8:33am

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Reply #16 here suggests it, but the guy acknowledges himself that it's not a reliable source.

None of the Irish Times, Indo, RTE, BBC, Guardian or BreakingNews are reporting that he's brain dead.

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#13 08-01-2007 8:43am

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InFront wrote:

Some guy in politics mentioned something about him being brain-dead.

They just noticed, recently like?

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#14 08-01-2007 9:23am

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http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0108/ervined.html

rte admit they wrongly reported it and Irvine is currently critical not dead

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#15 08-01-2007 9:48am

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Its the Burns shooting all again

"Mr Ervine was rushed to the nearest hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Later, he was transferred to a better hospital, where his condition was upgraded to alive"

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#16 08-01-2007 9:53am

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"It was incorrectly reported"- as if RTE had nothing to do with it.
What a massive cock-up.

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#17 08-01-2007 10:00am

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RTE have made lots of mistakes in the past. When the planes were hijacked in 9/11 they reported 6 planes hijacked.

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#18 08-01-2007 10:12am

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I have to say I thought it very strange that RTE news were able to break a news story that nobody else picked up on.

After hearing Tommie Gorman give his thoughts on David Ervine I flicked over to Sky News and there was nothing at all about it.

I then saw them (Sky) announce the death of Magnus Magnusson and thought to myself this is a fecking disgrace. They will report the death of a TV presenter but not a leading politician!

Now I know why.

"Sources" - RTE need to take a lesson from SKY on this. If they are using agency reports, they need to use AP or Reuteurs agencies and not whatever arsed up agency they used last night.

If it emerges that the "Sources" were RTE reporters then they should be sacked.

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#19 08-01-2007 10:30am

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haha sorry but how bad. RTE really are in a league over there own, they just seem to get worse and worse rather than remotely better :rolleyes:

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#20 08-01-2007 1:05pm

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Apparently some of TG's friends text him to say DI was dead; he rang the hospital, couldn't get through to somebody and decided to run with the story to make the deadline for the 9 o clock news last night.

Might I add RIP DI (if he does die), sound guy and a good politician.

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#21 08-01-2007 4:24pm

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He's dead now anyway. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/?jp=CWSNCWEYMHEY

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#22 08-01-2007 4:28pm

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One of the few unionist politicians, that despite his own background and his detest of republicans, was prepared to work with them. He realised the sense of doing so, which some have still to grasp. May he rest in peace.

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#23 08-01-2007 6:02pm

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Yes, unfortuneately David Irvine is dead...a sad day for northern politics to say the least. Met him about two years ago and thought he was the soundest person ever. A decent guy and a politician with some real moral fibre...

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#24 08-01-2007 8:22pm

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flanger20002003 wrote:

Yes, unfortuneately David Irvine is dead...a sad day for northern politics to say the least. Met him about two years ago and thought he was the soundest person ever. A decent guy and a politician with some real moral fibre...

Agree with all the above - except I never met him. He made a huge contribution to the Loyalist Peace process. Always found him open minded and willing to focus on the important issues and improve things for all communities. Will be sorely missed at such a young age. My favourite Unionist politician of recent times by a mile.

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#25 09-01-2007 1:01am

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Always remember when Stormont was televised a good few years back in Mo Mowlem's time when they brokered the good Friday agreement.
Everyone else was stern looking and ignoring each other and in the background of the reports you could see David Ervine..play punching.. with the blonde one from the women's coalition.
Listened to his interviews and always though he was a logical politician, will a different angle and approach, so much so he was the first unionist I actually listened to and took seriously.

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