Hmm, I had actually planned on writing about this (the BBC’s decision to time-delay live footage of breaking news), but, instead, I’m going to write about something different under the same subject.

Watching the RTE news at 9 this-evening, there was an article on about Cystic Fibrosis in Ireland. They had an exceptionally good looking and intelligent girl on, who is shortly about to turn 21, the usual life expectancy for a person with CF in Ireland. This is completely shocking, this girl was in the prime of her life, looked perfectly healthy, yet, I would imagine, has a very short life expectancy, such a horrible illness.

What makes it all even more shocking mind, is the fact that a few miles up the road in Northern Ireland, the average life expectancy for a CF sufferer is 30 years of age!