No coincidence

From BBC News at 7.45am this morning:

AROUND THE UK NOW
ENGLAND
Paedophile jailed for raping girl
NORTHERN IRELAND
Men 'worried to take up teaching'

In the first story, the jailing of a local lowlife in a grim criminal court case is elevated to national news. In the second story, "Fewer men in Northern Ireland are going into the teaching profession because they are worried they will be labelled as paedophiles, a union has said." Is there a connection here, by any chance?