Shane Coleman on Golfgate: ‘Do you remember the insanity of that story? Everyone went ballistic. Five years later, I look back and think: Mob hysteria’

Shane Coleman on Golfgate: ‘Do you remember the insanity of that story? Everyone went ballistic. Five years later, I look back and think: Mob hysteria’

There was a time, not so long ago, when contrarians were a big part of mainstream Irish media. John Waters, Kevin Myers, George Hook, Eoghan Harris and Eamon Dunphy were some who – for better or worse – specialised in riling people up.