Stand-up assassins: Satire proves pen is mightier than the sword
IT was a Groundhog Day moment, triggered when the nation woke to the news on Friday that businessman Denis O’Brien’s legal team had threatened legal action - again. The announcement generated widespread pondering on the pillows as to whether we were — like actor Bill Murray — repeating the same day over and over again.
Didn’t we already know that Mr O’Brien’s legal team was suing the Oireachtas Committee on Procedures and Privileges? As momentary confusion cleared from our sleep-fogged heads, realisation dawned. Mr O’Brien’s legal team had indeed been posting letters once again: this time to the offices of the satirical website Waterford Whispers News, seeking the removal of an article that appeared to be about the billionaire media tycoon, an article about which the team was clearly less than amused.
