Caoilfhionn (Ciarán) Gallagher

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Brendan O'Connor · The Newspaper Panel · 26 Jul 2026 podcast

It's a very controversial case.

So there's a seam running through this German case and what's happening in the UK courts as well about these cases which involve protest where defendants say they're acting as a matter of conscience in relation to the Gaza war and when they're then prosecuted for criminal damage or terrorist defences or whatever it may be arising from those acts of protest.

So one of the complications, that takes up a lot of column space in today's papers.

And I think one of the frustrations that many readers will probably have is that it's referring to a report which the readers can't see, where some of the newspapers have had sight of the report, but the report remains confidential.

So rather difficult because you're being asked to formulate a view without having the full picture.

Now, we know in relation to the report that the report found that it couldn't essentially show that there was definitive evidence about what the material is being used for ultimately.

And that is in part because of a series of smoke screens which have been put in place in order to disguise the true ownership and the true place that this is going to.

And I think there is a particular difficulty in the papers because you're essentially trying to form a view with a partial picture.

Yeah, it's a beautiful piece.

So it's in the Sunday Independent, written by Niamh Horan, Deirdre Barry and Barry Hartigan.

And it's essentially about Brenda Fricker having left instructions for her funeral, which includes real involvement, deep involvement, unsurprisingly, of members of the Liberties community.

And it's a gorgeous piece.

And there's been a lot said, quite rightly, in the last few days about what an incredible thing Brenda Fricker did for Ireland, you know, and for acting.

And for women.

But this is a very, very personal piece.

Her dog died just her dog died just a few days before her, actually.

And I don't know if anyone's seen it.

Someone who used to do acting with as a child, Hugh O'Connor in my Betty Ann Norton days.

And it was a brilliant actor who was in my left foot with her, of course, as a young Christy.

Hugh is now a photographer and took this stunning photograph, which you can see on his Instagram, of Brenda Fricker in her home in the Liberties with Juno.

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