Nov 21
Only learning about this now. I stumbled across the national alliance last night, as I logged in to twitter to check on the latest online gossip. One of the first items to strike me was their logo. It looked familiar, as you can see above. That typo isn’t mine by the way, “lastest” really is …
Nov 19
About a week ago, comedian Morgan C Jones tweeted his intention to stand outside Leinster House next Thursday at midday. He didn’t care if it ended up as a one man, silent protest, he just felt the need to do something. He invited others to come along if they shared his feelings. It was one …
Nov 18
I spent Tuesday at Hacks & Hackers Hack. Organised by Scraperwiki, and sponsored by the Guardian Open Platform, NUJ Dublin Freelance Branch and Innovation Dublin, HH&H was a one day exercise uniting Hacks (journalists) and Hackers (computer coders) to extract data from public databases. Since the introduction of safety camera zones has been in the …
Nov 17
‘We are working towards developing one of the most advanced networks of radiation oncology in the world‘ National Cancer Control Programme press office But health analyst and contributor Marie O’Connor, says: ‘Cancer sufferers will soon be treated like commodities, sold off, in effect, to the lowest bidder’. This is the backdrop to Cancer in a …
Nov 12
I’ve been thinking for the last couple of days about whether I should blog on the PWC email controversy. Or rather, about media coverage of the story, in particular the decision by some Irish newspapers and websites to publish the photographs of the women concerned. I considered a trawl through Facebook and LinkedIn, to find …
Nov 12
Since, as one debater observed, sometimes 140 characters aren’t enough, some thoughts arising out of a twitter debate this evening. Free speech is meant to be offensive. Free speech wears tattoos and wants to date your daughter. Free speech wants to do drugs. Free speech wants to stop immigrants taking our jobs. Free speech hates …
Nov 08
Chatting with a regional reporter, we got round to anecdotes about “the one that got away”. Every regional journalist has stories like that. A minor scandal, an odd item on a council expense sheet, a row between rival TDs or councillors, a prominent local priest or businessman with some unorthodox political opinions. There are lots …
Nov 06
Ireland is dotted with small groups (sports clubs, community groups, fund raising committees, parish councils) all working on a small scale. These groups are voluntary, with limited budgets. There’s a a chairman, a treasurer, a secretary, a PRO, perhaps two or three others. Trouble is, the PROs are often at a loss what to do. …
