AMKC wrote: » May she Rest in Peace. She did not deserve to be shot by these thugs stuck in a past that should be left behind now. She died too soon and had so much to live for but in her short life she accomplished a lot. My condolences to her partner, family and friends.
Plumbthedepths wrote: » Fairly sure it will be on the Six one news with the politicians looking suitably somber for the cameras.
blackvalley wrote: » Very sad funeral ? . As opposed to what other sort of funeral .
AMKC wrote: » Disgraceful of RTE and Virgin TV and fair play to Sky News for showing the very sad Funeral of Lyra McKee .
Pauliedragon wrote: » I think times like these are a lose lose for pollies. Attend it's attention seeking. If they stay away people will say it's disrespect to the families.
AMKC wrote: » Disgraceful of RTE and Virgin TV and fair play to Sky News for showing the very sad Funeral of Lyra Mckee. May she Rest in Peace. She did not deserve to be shot by these thugs stuck in a past that should be left behind now. She died too soon and had so much to live for but in her short life she accomplished a lot. My condolences to her partner, family and friends.
AMKC wrote: » I have nothing against Irish Channels and watch them often. You are right about Channel 4 and I was wrong but unlike BBC 1 or 2 Channal 4 is commercial self funded. it does not receive any money free the tv license there.
lertsnim wrote: » Channel 4 is a broadcaster that covers Northern Ireland. You know that place where Derry is? It is also a publicly owned broadcaster and not private. So why is it only Irish channels who are worthy of your "disgraceful" This thread is nothing more than a stick to beat Irish channels with. Disgraceful to use such a story to do it.
AMKC wrote: » Why would Channel 4 show it they are a private British channel and have there hour long news to show it on.
AMKC wrote: » I did check the two channels I mentioned and they did not have it on. Why would Channel 4 show it they are a private British channel and have there hour long news to show it on. As for TG4 no idea very rarely watch it but doubt it. RTE were not showing it on 1 or 2 anyway only on News Now and online. I did watch a little of it just not it all it was over 2 hours long and I did not get the beginning of it. Check below. Exactly. They were showing their respect. Thank you well said.
Hurrache wrote: » Don't dare post sense and deny their rush to be outraged at our national broadcaster.
lertsnim wrote: » Disgraceful you say and you didn't even check if it was shown on the channels you criticise. Did TG4 or Channel 4 show it? Are they disgraceful too for not wanting to beam a persons funeral into peoples homes? Personally I wouldn't be put out if nobody showed a funeral as like others I think a family's grief should be private but I guess not everyone would agree with that.
ligerdub wrote: » You think it's a disgrace that RTE didn't show it, yet you didn't check that and it was and you didn't even watch any of it? Probably the most bizarre complaint I've ever heard.
Walter Slimy Mole wrote: » Well obviously. That's news. How is a funeral news?
Squatter wrote: » The funeral itself isn't news. It's the attendance of the great and the good that is the newsy bit.
Deleted User wrote: » ONE representative would have been enough. What was Catherine Zappone doing there? Or Simon Coveney. Madness. Let her loved ones grieve in peace.
NIMAN wrote: » There was an ulterior motive by giving the funeral so much media coverage today. It is to try to get these scumbags to deliver a ceasefire, and pack in shooting people. That's why so many high profile dignitaries were there today. To ramp up the outrage and make it into the worst thing to happen in the north in 20 years, even if it was or not. Had a young policeman of the same age or less been hit by that bullet there would not have been that turnout today, and the media coverage would have died down well before now. But the death of this young girl is a great chance to get things to change, and the powers that be don't want to waste it. The fact that a few digs were thrown at a few local politicians was a nice sideshow too, but like the New IRA, I don't think it'll make them change their ways either. If they were sincere, they would get the assembly up and running from tomorrow. But I wouldn't hold my breath
sligojoek wrote: » It was broadcast on RTE News Now and online.
AMKC wrote: » I am not having a rant was just saying. They would have no problem having a news special if the Government collapsed tomorrow just like they did the specials in 2010 when the then taoisoech stepped down and the dreaded IMF came into the country.
AMKC wrote: » I am not having a rant was just saying. They would have no problem having a news special if the Government collapsed tomorrow .
Yermande wrote: Sky love nothing more than a good old tragedy. Natural disasters are ideal because they're politically neutral. Next in line are terrorist atrocities, or just plain lethal cowardice, as the lines are clearly drawn and we can all congratulate ourselves on being the good guys. If there's anything even remotely contentious it's time to switch over to Al Jazeera, a station that's not afraid to cover itself in other people's shÃt.
AMKC wrote: I never said that. I just said fair to Sky for showing it. I was not looking for it or expecting it. It was a very sad funeral do and no I did not watch it all.
Deleted User wrote: » What IS disgraceful is the number of politicians falling over themselves to attend.
Mr E wrote: » It was a tragedy what happened to Lyra and I hope the people responsible are found, locked up and the key is thrown away. Having said that, getting worked up about a funeral for someone (that very few people had heard of before last week) not being televised is bananas, sorry. I also think televising the funeral (and broadcasting peoples' grief for all to see) is over the top, voyeuristic and an invasion of privacy. Let the poor family grieve in peace.
Pherekydes wrote: » You don't! You can watch whatever you want.
Mr E wrote: » getting worked up about a funeral for someone (that very few people had heard of before last week) not being televised is bananas, sorry. I also think televising the funeral (and broadcasting peoples' grief for all to see) is over the top, voyeuristic and an invasion of privacy. Let the poor family grieve in peace.
marketty wrote: » Totally agree. Funnily enough, I can understand the OPs surprise, RTE/Virgin broadcasting it would be more in line with Irish people's fetishisation of funerals than Sky doing it for a mainly British audience
Yermande wrote: I've lost three immediate family members since 2014, all of them sudden and way before their time. I cannot even begin to imagine what it's like being photographed or recorded while you're saying your final goodbyes, not to mention dealing with those types of surrounding circumstances. Bizarre that people would want to watch it televised or feel that they are in someway paying their respects by doing so.
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