pretty unforgiveable - given the guy's rough medical condition.

Its always a bit mind blowing when people who are paid to be experts seem to know less about their subject than ordinary people. Presumably these people are paid to know about the terrorist threat from Ireland - which is always going to exist while things remain unresolved between the two countries. Turns out they know less than anybody reading the Irish newspapers and watching the occasional news programme.

Mind you, you get lots of stuff like this happening when you get investigated by the tax people - they seem to know less about bank accounts, and credit cards etc than most people do.

and as for folk music journalists....