suzanne breen

Suzanne Breen’s take on destabilisation, denunciation and condemnation

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on April 4, 2011, 5:00 pm | Readers 37

This morning’s BBC NI news website has a summary of how the editorials in local newspapers reacted to the murder of PSNI Constable Ronan Kerr on Saturday. On the way out of Belfast International Airport this morning, I picked up a free copy of the Irish Daily Mail which contained a comment piece by Suzanne Breen. [Update – Nevin’s turned up the original article on Nuzhound. Thanks.] Headlined “Destabilising any normality in the North is the aim” Breen offered her …

“I think there has been a desire not to delve into anything that upsets the current status quo in Northern Ireland”

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on April 1, 2011, 12:30 pm | Readers 50

Head shot of Suzanne Breen and Malachi O'Doherty

Since Malachi O’Doherty took over as the BBC Louis MacNeice Writer of Residence at Queen’s University, he’s embarked on what sometimes seems like a one-man festival of events. Fortnightly meetings of Blog Standard (a kind of Bloggers Anonymous), a book group, interviewing BBC correspondents and presenters as well as local political journalists. This afternoon, it was the timely turn of Robert Peston. But last week, Malachi cosied up to Suzanne Breen, who until its recent demise was the Northern editor …

PSNI’s media message/massage/pummelling

Blank on August 25, 2010, 7:39 pm | Readers 25

Last week Rusty noted how journalist Eammon MacDermott had property confiscated by the PSNI as part of an investigation into armed republican activity in Derry. While some may think the fact he was an ex-prisoner could have influenced the PSNI reaction, British policing has a long history of heavy handedness when it comes to freedom of the press in Ireland. Back in 1999 Ed Moloney faced gaol over refusing to pass on interview notes with William Stobie. Moloney won the …