O’Flynn: Media elevates economists to guru level

THE media has elevated economists to guru level and dramatised the slowdown in the construction sector.

This is according to Michael O’Flynn, managing director of one of the country’s biggest building firms, O’Flynn Construction, who said he accepts the right of the media to report on what economists are saying but said he has no time for “negative media economists”.

He spoke of a lack of balance in reporting stories and said broadcast media is worst when it comes to dramatising the problems in property.