Gerard Cunningham

Author's details

Name: Gerard Cunningham
Date registered: January 24, 2009
URL: http://faduda.ie

Biography

Gerard Cunningham occupies his time working as a journalist, writer, sub-editor, blogger and tweeter, yet still finds himself underemployed during the recession. Go figure.

Latest posts

  1. Magda and the Ombudsman: Case closed? — February 4, 2012
  2. No comment — February 4, 2012
  3. Ripped from the headlines — January 29, 2012
  4. Scibernia: The SFI Think-In — January 29, 2012
  5. A torrent of words — January 29, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. The T Word — 15 comments
  2. The average wage question — 15 comments
  3. Don’t Know — 12 comments
  4. Reading Matters — 9 comments
  5. The death of journalism — 9 comments

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Feb
04

Magda and the Ombudsman: Case closed?

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As has been reported at length elsewhere, an interview with a Polish woman identified as ‘Magda’, which was reported in Wednesday’s Irish Independent, was “badly mistranslated“. ‘Magda’ – now known to be Gaia Kowalik – first went public on the …

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Feb
04

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Sean Sherlock addresses the Dáil during the Copyright S.I. debate

For a while, I’ve been toying with an column idea. Call it The Raised Eyebrow. Part Flat Earth News, part questioning conventional wisdom. Last week, an editor agreed to a column. Depending on how it worked out, more might follow. …

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Jan
29

Ripped from the headlines

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BBC News carries a story about a ‘Jack the Ripper manuscript‘, discovered in a museum two years ago and about to be published in book form. But the ‘confession’ as described in the article sets off several alarm bells, not …

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Jan
29

Scibernia: The SFI Think-In

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I’m an occasional contributor to Scibernia, the Science podcast also broadcast on Near fm. Too occasional, unfortunately. While I’ve done a few reports for the project, scheduling problems mean I rarely get a chance to sit in on the studio …

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Jan
29

A torrent of words

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I write. As a freelance, I hold copyright on those words. “Ireland’s SOPA” wants to protect those words. But copyright already protects them. My words have been pirated a few times. The first time, articles were cut and pasted wholesale …

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Jan
21

Banging on the same old drum

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The average industrial wage is a moveable feast. Last year David Cullinane told me he took home €530 a week. Pearse Doherty takes home €540 a week at present. That’s the thing with averages. They change over time. How Sinn …

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Jan
20

Pearse Doherty and the Average Industrial Wage

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Sitting in my inbox for a while now has been a letter from SIPO, along with various records of politicians’ expenses, all revolving around the issue of Sinn Fein and the “average industrial wage”. On Friday, Pearse Doherty published a …

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Jan
17

Poll positions

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Fine Gael senator Catherine Noone writes about a phone poll of local councillors attitudes: “Two-thirds of Councillors from the two Government parties would support changes to the Croke Park Agreement, according to this survey carried out by my office. A …

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Jan
08

Flying by the seat of your pants

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Last week, the Sunday Independent front page carried a Ryanair story. Michael O’Leary addressed a conference on innovation, the newspaper reported, where he outlined how the European Commission invited him to Brussels, but refused to pay for his flight because …

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Dec
07

Roll call

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Kieran Allen. Michael Clifford. Karl Deeter. John Drennan. Diarmuid Ferriter. Fergus Finlay. Maureen Gaffney. Constantin Gurgdiev. Eoghan Harris. Eddie Hobbs. Gemma Hussey. Pat Leahy. Tina Leonard. Diarmaid McDermott. Sean McDonagh. Michael McDowell. Harry McGee. Tom McGurk. Joseph O’Connor. Mary-Louise O’Donnell. …

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