Ms Jude McInerney:

Áine Fitzgerald from the Limerick Leader came in and spoke to us. Her big statement was that they are constantly firefighting against social media as well. If a journalist is looking to check facts for a story, social media is out there, and people are turning on journalists saying they are taking sides and asking why are they not reporting. I am sure members have seen that as well with the riots in Dublin. That is a big thing. Another big problem is that older, more experienced journalists are not being replaced. They are not getting to guide the younger journalists. Everybody is losing out. We are also losing out as readers or consumers because stories are not getting out there.