So apparently RTE only showed Glen Hansard’s bit of the speech for Best Original Song and didn’t bother showing Marketa Irglova’s wonderful emotional return to the stage. Of course, as Rick points out, RTE only buy in these packages pre edited anyway, so it’s outside of their control. But I have a bee in my bonnet with RTE ever since I was a 14 year old Queen fan watching the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and RTE decided to cut off the last half hour of it to show a Dallas rerun. So there.

Anyway, how long does it take to check that the version they got had got the whole thing, and stick Marketa’s bit in themselves if they needed to? Maybe when they get the tv rights for Once, in 2013, they can just cut her bits out of the movie too.

And before anybody says Marketa Irglova’s not Irish, just listen to her speak. She’s Dublinese alright!