It used to an ironclad law of tabloid journalism that if a child was described as a “tot” in a headline, tragedy would follow in the accompanying story. In that spirit a similar sense of foreboding descends on Monday’s, so often Irish radio’s catastrophist-in-chief, opens a conversation with a caller by ominously asking, “What happened?” Those bracing themselves for the worst are in for a surprise, however, as the ensuing item turns out to be the exception that proves the rule.
... by the time the host has whittled the potential baby monikers down to a shortlist of four, the listener has lost interest, while Nicola merely sounds relieved ‘When my grandad arrived he was illiterate, and now his grandson is earning this country an Oscar nomination’