It was a baptism of fire for RTÉ agriculture and consumer affairs correspondent Fran McNulty in his first week on the job.
The Longford man flew from pillar to post covering factory protests and his voice could be heard at regular intervals at every news bulletin.
They say if you want to test the strength of a teabag you put it in hot water. If Fran was a teabag I’d feel sorry for the water.
His reporting shone through in a difficult week for the farming community and The Dealer would like to reward him with a well-deserved pat on the back.
The only fly in the ointment in RTÉ’s reporting of a rural issue was the use of a picture of Brazilian cattle to introduce the segment on Irish beef protests. Fran might want to have a word with the news desk about that.