The Irish Mirror and Gerry Ryan's private correspondence

steve-o

The Irish Mirror published details of private correspondence belonging to Gerry Ryan that was retrieved from a skip outside his home. I had no real opinion on the man, but I can't abide such personal intrusion on him or his family. How low can they go? They say the items were "handed in", but how can publishing them be justified in any way? May they hang their heads in shame.

jacaranda

steve-o wrote: »

The Irish Mirror published details of private correspondence belonging to Gerry Ryan that was retrieved from a skip outside his home. I had no real opinion on the man, but I can't abide such personal intrusion on him or his family. How low can they go? They say the items were "handed in", but how can publishing them be justified in any way? May they hang their heads in shame.

LOL, as if any of the tabloids ever need any justification for any of their disgusting behaviour. If you think they are going to "hand their heads in shame" rather than laugh all the way to the bank, then you are an idiot!

I don't read the tabloids because of their disgusting behaviour, but you, apparently, do!

steve-o

jacaranda wrote: »

LOL, as if any of the tabloids ever need any justification for any of their disgusting behaviour. If you think they are going to "hand their heads in shame" rather than laugh all the way to the bank, then you are an idiot!

I don't read the tabloids because of their disgusting behaviour, but you, apparently, do!

Thanks for your intelligent and useful contribution.

Gekko

Ireland's equivalent to the UK's Benji the Binman has been at work perhaps?

kpbdublin

This is a new low in Irish journalism. I would be interested to know if the paper paid the person who picked these possessions out of a skip.

This could start a market in the celebrity trash. What next? Exclusive pictures of Ronan Keating's tissues.

The only thing I will say in defence of The Mirror is that Gerry himself was tabloid through and through. He was an intellectual who liked to adopt a semi-ironic tabloid persona.

He relied on the Red Tops for his press preview.

Mr. K

Oh dear, what classy journalism...

nmoran

Surprises me that even with their 'handed-in' excuse that they still were able to use it.

Eibhin70

Why am I not surprised?:o

jacaranda

What does surprise me is that people read the tabloids, and then claim to be shocked at the tabloids tactics. The Tabloids have behaved like this for years, and that anyone should be shocked by they way the behave suggests a certain innocence on their part.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Out of interest, how do we know they were found in a skip?

I'm said before, I see journalists on a par with scumbags, but never actully seriously believed they went THIS low!

kpbdublin

jacaranda wrote: »

What does surprise me is that people read the tabloids, and then claim to be shocked at the tabloids tactics. The Tabloids have behaved like this for years, and that anyone should be shocked by they way the behave suggests a certain innocence on their part.

Yes, I'd certainly expect it from the News of the World, who have been convicted of gaining illegal access to phone information. They are complete low life guttersnipes with few scruples.
I would put the Irish version of the Star and Herald in a different category. They are quite restrained compared to the English red tops, partly because they don't have a chequebook to wave around.

rovert

Lesson: buy a paper shredder

UngratefulWhelp

kpbdublin wrote: »

Yes, I'd certainly expect it from the News of the World, who have been convicted of gaining illegal access to phone information. They are complete low life guttersnipes with few scruples.
I would put the Irish version of the Star and Herald in a different category. They are quite restrained compared to the English red tops, partly because they don't have a chequebook to wave around.

You are entirely misinformed. The Star would have MORE money than the Mirror to throw around. So would the Herald, but they tend not to pay for stories.

In any case, this is the lamest 'exclusive' I've seen in ages. Were the correspondence in question actually to have anything scandalous included, you can have no doubt that the Star would be in there bidding with the rest of them.

That's assuming of course that the socially-conscious rubbish rooter actually existed.:rolleyes:

Mick Daly

Apology in todays Irish Daily Mirror paper.

Top right corner of Page 3 in a tiny box.

cats.life

it was not right what they did, going tru the dead mans rubbish. i usualy buy the paper but didnt that day, havent done since.