Even with hindsight, John McGuirk (39), the editor of Gript Media, does not regret reporting on the afternoon of the attack on children on Parnell Square in Dublin that the assailant was from Algeria. At 5.33pm that day, Gript Media posted on X, formerly Twitter, that it could confirm that the “person of interest” to gardaí in relation to the attack was an Algerian national. It ran a story to that effect a short time later on its website. The man was, in fact, a naturalised Irish citizen who came to Ireland from Algeria about 20 years ago. Other media,...