The media does some navel-gazing and the view isn’t very pretty

AM I the only person who finds it incredibly ironic that the issue of media intrusion into the privacy of people’s lives is only this week hitting the front pages of the newspapers?

Isn’t it interesting that it took a decision by RTÉ’s Charlie Bird to go public about how he was being stalked by a Sunday tabloid photographer for this issue to get the attention in the media that it deserves?

On Monday’s Liveline Charlie told Joe Duffy a disturbing story about how he has been pursued by an Ireland on Sunday photographer trying to get a picture of him with some supposed new love of his life.