Stating the grimly obvious

Madam, - Given the greatly increased number of murders in in recent years, is it still necessary for the national broadcaster…

Madam, - Given the greatly increased number of murders in in recent years, is it still necessary for the national broadcaster continually to state the obvious? Do we always need to be told that gardaí have preserved the scene? Can we not also assume that the State pathologist, or indeed her deputy, has been called? And do we need to be told their names every time?

We are the CSI generation; we know these things! - Yours, etc,

S. O'TOOLE, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14.