A Different View with Dave O’Connell

It was Christmas Day 1996 and a skeleton staff was looking after affairs of news and sport in the old Terenure offices of the Irish Daily Star. In truth, there wasn’t much expectation of big news beyond the Pope’s Christmas blessing, a GOAL Mile, perhaps a car crash or two, and – most importantly for tabloid readers – the racing cards for Leopardstown on St Stephen’s Day.

The deal was that half the staff worked Christmas Day and the other half covered New Year’s Day – and so the........

© Connacht Tribune