North Atlantic Skyline - - Photographs from the west of Ireland (Galway, Mayo, Clare, Limerick, Roscommon and even Leitrim)

Juxtaposition

I am always amused by the way local newspapers scatter photographs across their pages seemingly at random, without any apparent thought to the stories beside any of the images. A story like "Syphilis outbreak blamed on local trollop" could accompany the beaming image of some unsuspecting member of the local ICA, photographed on a night out. This week's Tribune has a few fine examples, such as "Youth jailed for vicious attack on passerby with broken bottle", under a picture of a happy chap who just been awarded a Phd in NUIG (and not for GBH). I shouldn't pick on the Tribune - all the local papers do the same. I wonder are they trying to give us a subliminal message. If so, the comely maiden pictured behind a headline relating to dangers in the dairy sector won't be too happy.