Might be reading too much into this, but I think there are a few layers going on here politically. Grenfell has been held up as an example of the failure and in

Might be reading too much into this, but I think there are a few layers going on here politically. Grenfell has been held up as an example of the failure and incompetence of successive Conservative governments. The Spectator and The Times are both publications that would be seen as centre-right and more Tory-friendly than most, and they both have stories today very pointedly (and totally correctly) blaming the Irish company Kingspan and this French company. Things are especially tense between the French, the Irish, and the British (especially the Conservatives) because of the Brexit crunch talks. They are completely right to point at these companies, and the Irish media has totally failed on this story: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/construction/the-irish-times-business-person-of-the-month-gene-murtagh-1.4369658 https://www.irishtimes.com/business/construction/the-irish-t... But I think there is an underlying reason why the national adjectives are sprinkled all through these articles.