To-days Irish Times has a piece by Tim O'Brien headed "Rail Services get Budget Boost". The article is all about the new Dec07/08 timetable, which has nothing to do with this week's Budget. (He mentions a new 2009 Timetable at the beginning, but all specific service improvements referred to are in 2007-08).
As if that were not bad enough, he gives the impression that the new Sligo timetable comes into operation at the same time as other changes: no mention of the Jan 08 date.
This man epitomises all that is wrong with Irish journalism: lazy, sloppy, just accept the corporate handout, and so on....
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