Irish Indo... Cringe...

marty1985

There wasn't a sound on the narrow winding country lane, save for the rustle of the evening breeze through the sun-dappled canopy of trees circling the small church

And he made his final homecoming journey in the bosom of his two families

... the rock to which Brian anchored himself when the relentless waves of Irish woes crashed down on him repeatedly.

Outside, the evening shadows lengthened.

Does all writing in the Indo have to always appear to be poetry and prose written by a transition year student? Shouldn't there be, what's the word, re... report... reporting... and... where's my thesaurus? Lise Hand stole my thesaurus Miss!

MistyCheese

marty1985 wrote: »

And he made his final homecoming journey in the bosom of his two families

Hehe, bosom.

Dangerous Man

This kind of purple prose is nothing new when it comes to Irish journalism. I know - it is embarrassing.

tommyboy2222

A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man.

mikemac

Lise Hand always writes like that, same for all her articles

marty1985

There wasn't a sound in my room, save for the rustle of the fan inside my computer through the crumb-dappled keyboard of letters at my fingertips as I read her article, in the bosom of my family, the rock to which I anchored myself as the relentless waves of stupidity of the Irish Independent crashed down on me repeatedly. Outside, the evening shadows lengthened.

A foot for every year.

a chill wind constantly blew abruptly...
maybe they were in the same class?

orourkeda

A chill wind made me think this article was a load of me hole

bonerm

Irish Indo = Rag written by idiots. Sure look at some of the cretins they had writing for them in recent times before she went off to America.

marty1985

Just read a previous article, also by Lise Hand.

He was a big man -- and yesterday he cast a long shadow over a sun-dappled Phoenix Park

For he was an extremely sociable soul

So much to choose from.

For it is a big apple-dappled orchard from which to choose a quote. Oh, my soul!

jimmycrackcorm

There are wasn't a sound....

Fap fap fap

zuroph

Sure they cant ALL go and study journalism in, for example, Columbia :rolleyes:

Dionysus

marty1985 wrote: »

Does all writing in the Indo have to always appear to be poetry and prose written by a transition year student? Shouldn't there be, what's the word, re... report... reporting... and... where's my thesaurus? Lise Hand stole my thesaurus Miss!

It's awful, awful, an ineffably awful newspaper company. Just unspeakable trash. Superficial, vacuous, low-brow, cultureless, dim, cliquish, badly-written, supertroll, yellow press dross. Always has been, always will be.

{{shudder}}

The Irish Times is still the only hope for quality journalism in this country, even if it has taken a hammering since that Independent Newspapers import Miriam Lord arrived to dim the tone with her vomit-inducing gossip column.

cml387

There wasn't a sound on the narrow winding country lane, save for the rustle of the evening breeze through the sun-dappled canopy of trees circling the small church.Suddenly,with a sudden movement,Trent entered the churchyard holding a gun with glee.

marty1985

She's right, though, you know? About it getting darker in the evenings.

Sir Oxman

cml387 wrote: »

There wasn't a sound on the narrow winding country lane, save for the rustle of the evening breeze through the sun-dappled canopy of trees circling the small church.Suddenly,with a sudden movement,Trent entered the churchyard holding a gun with glee.

If only! I miss Trent.

Guill

Romantic Ireland is dead and gone....

Naikon

Why the surprise? I have known for years that the indo is merely a tabloid masquerading as a broadsheet. As have many others on this site.

Sanjuro

You think that's bad? You should have read Anne Harris' piece in the Sunday edition of that rag. Absolute revisionist claptrap.

emeraldstar

marty1985 wrote: »

She's right, though, you know? About it getting darker in the evenings.

Nah, not until June 22nd!

marty1985

I stand corrected.

Luxie

No mention of the grave unfolding ? Fail.

marty1985

Yes, but she did mention trees circling a church.

Literally moving in a circular motion around the church, like something out of Lord of the Rings.

Maybe she meant "encircle", but she's the journalist, so I take her at her word.

marty1985

marty1985 wrote: »

Yes, but she did mention trees circling a church.

Literally moving in a circular motion around the church, like something out of Lord of the Rings.

Maybe she meant "encircle", but she's the journalist, so I take her at her word.

lol! I completely missed that one :D

Luxie

marty1985 wrote: »

Yes, but she did mention trees circling a church.

Literally moving in a circular motion around the church, like something out of Lord of the Rings.

Maybe she meant "encircle", but she's the journalist, so I take her at her word.

Awesome.

Liam Byrne

marty1985 wrote: »

She's right, though, you know? About it getting darker in the evenings.

Nope. Not until next week. Equinox is June 21st.

hardCopy

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Nope. Not until next week. Equinox is June 21st.

Sure it'll be Christmas soon

Pherekydes

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Nope. Not until next week. Equinox is June 21st.

Snigger.

Solstice.

Sinfonia

cml387 wrote: »

There wasn't a sound on the narrow winding country lane, save for the rustle of the evening breeze through the sun-dappled canopy of trees circling the small church.Suddenly,with a sudden movement,Trent entered the churchyard holding a gun with glee.

SKRRK! SKRRK SKRRK!

--Kaiser--

bonerm wrote: »

Irish Indo = Rag written read by idiots

FYP

sensibleken

Liam Byrne wrote: »

Nope. Not until next week. Equinox is June 21st.

solstice. Equinoxes are in march and September

Orando Broom

sensibleken wrote: »

solstice. Equinoxes are in march and September

The poster, eloquently and succinctly repaired the slivered post of the previous contributor. A calmness was restored to the forum, the denizens assured that there was a greater, more benevolent being than they ensuring punctiliousness reigned supreme.

Luxie

Glad that's cleared up, I sensed a cold wind blowing abruptly around the place.

Corsendonk

mikemac wrote: »

Lise Hand always writes like that, same for all her articles

Does she write for Mills & Boon on the side?

marty1985

I love this article so much I went back to read it again.

But he was surrounded, too, by his wider clan -- the Fianna Fail family

"The tribe is all here," remarked one Fianna Fail member as he surveyed the river of people flowing down the narrow road

And the tribe turned up in numbers.

The Fianna Fail family had been scattered into the four winds at the Day of Reckoning

The clan was left in tatters, its ranks depleted and the remaining members left demoralised and bewildered.

But one of their own had fallen.

He was the man who one day may have been chieftain of the clan

But the tribe came from all directions to pay tribute to all the things he had achieved

And to say farewell to their last Dublin TD, the only member of their clan from the capital who had been voted back into office

She seems to be subtly conjuring up images of tribes and clans.

"I taught him how to made spaghetti bolognese," said Rory.

"Then in His mercy, may He give us a safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at least"

Typos journalist's own. (to make / at last)

sensibleken

Corsendonk wrote: »

Does she write for Mills & Boon on the side?

They wouldnt have her.

Between her, Alison O riordan, Kevin Myers, Ian O'doherty and those eeijits writting about religion vs science a few weeks back I dont know how anyone buys this rag.

c_man

bonerm wrote: »

Irish Indo = Rag written by idiots. Sure look at some of the cretins they had writing for them in recent times before she went off to America.

Was writing for the Times as well. Lest we forget.

marty1985

c_man wrote: »

Was writing for the Times as well. Lest we forget.

Lisa Hand was with the Irish Times? Or Alison?

c_man

marty1985 wrote: »

Lisa Hand was with the Irish Times? Or Alison?

Alison. Sure a google of her name has the first result from here with the Times!

Dean820

I cringe for anybody who says the word 'Indo'.

marty1985

But they're not worthy of typing 11 letters when you can just type 4.

take everything

A lot of people reading the Independent and reporting how poor the writing is.
I don't get it- why do you keep reading it.

marty1985

Because it's funny. I don't mind increasing traffic to their website. I'm glad those journalists have jobs. In most cases, you can't watch someone do their job while waiting for them to do something stupid. With these guys, you can.

D1stant

Naikon wrote: »

Why the surprise? I have known for years that the indo is merely a tabloid masquerading as a broadsheet. As have many others on this site.

Thank you oh wise one. I shall consider myself informed. Keep 'em coming

Naikon

D1stant wrote: »

Thank you oh wise one. I shall consider myself informed. Keep 'em coming

I don't believe you. You knew the truth before reading that post. Most likely.

Coriolanus

Dionysus wrote: »

It's awful, awful, an ineffably awful newspaper company. Just unspeakable trash. Superficial, vacuous, low-brow, cultureless, dim, cliquish, badly-written, supertroll, yellow press dross. Always has been, always will be.

{{shudder}}

The Irish Times is still the only hope for quality journalism in this country, even if it has taken a hammering since that Independent Newspapers import Miriam Lord arrived to dim the tone with her vomit-inducing gossip column.

They also need to take a hatchet to the writers for the weekend and the gloss.

James T Kirk

Quote: There wasn't a sound on the narrow winding country lane, save for the rustle of the evening breeze through the sun-dappled canopy of trees circling the small church

Quote: And he made his final homecoming journey in the bosom of his two families

Quote: ... the rock to which Brian anchored himself when the relentless waves of Irish woes crashed down on him repeatedly.

Quote: Outside, the evening shadows lengthened.

*vomits*

EggsAckley

Dionysus wrote: »

The Irish Times is still the only hope for quality journalism in this country, even if it has taken a hammering since that Independent Newspapers import Miriam Lord arrived to dim the tone with her vomit-inducing gossip column.

This clown caused me to loose all hope quite some time ago

Needs more SSSHHRRRRKKK TBH.

Snakeblood

marty1985 wrote: »

She seems to be subtly conjuring up images of tribes and clans.

Dunno where you're getting that from mate.

Snakeblood

Dean820 wrote: »

I cringe for anybody who says the word 'Indo'.

Typing ****rag just gets censored.