Bird angry over coverage of private life

Seán McCárthaigh

“I don’t have a love nest,” said Mr Bird yesterday in an angry reaction to attempts by Ireland on Sunday and the Evening Herald to write about an alleged new romance involving the high-profile reporter.

Mr Bird contacted RTÉ’s Liveline programme to voice his concern about such unwarranted intrusion into his private life. He said the editor of Ireland on Sunday had admitted a photographer from the newspaper had recently followed him for several days in order to get a picture of the reporter with his new girlfriend.