Six random things about The Irish Times

Sinéad has tagged me with a meme thing, although she apologises to those who hate this kind of thing. I enjoy reading others, but hate when these things when they come to me. I won’t tag anyone else, but I will write six random things about The Irish Times:

1) There are two main editorial conferences a day, morning and afternoon, each of which is chaired by the editor. At these, any issues from that day’s paper are discussed and various department editors outline and discuss what’s on their pages for the next day.

2) There’s a book sale on Thursday, a regular occurrence during which the “overflow” books are put on sale by the books editor, and the proceeds given to charity. It is always a sight to behold. The staff are like wasps over spilled Fanta.

3) The News department is on the second floor. Sport is on the third floor. Features is on the fourth - this is where my desk is. I have a great view all the way down Temple Bar.

4) A lot of Scandinavian media workers visit here to see how things are done.

5) The very late newsdesk shift that runs into the early hours is referred to as being “on Nighttown”.

6) On sunny days, the windows in this building heat up to something like 1200 degree Celsius.