Category Archive: Video
Sep 22
Kelly Jones found alive
American tourist Kelly Jones (41) was today (Wednesday) discovered alive in a disused Church of Ireland rectory in Glencolmcille, Co Donegal. Jones, from Charleston, South Carolina, had been missing since Friday. A major rescue effort was launched after the alarm was raised when she went missing from Malinmore hostel where she was staying. Local volunteers …
Apr 05
Corrib Cops
Following a day of reportage on a tape in which Gardaí can be heard joking about raping a Shell2Sea protestor, garda commissioner Martin Callinan released this statement: “An Garda Síochána will continue to work closely with support organisations for victims of sexual crime and other victim support groups to ensure that our policy and approach …
Aug 28
Changing Times
“There’s no revenue model for journalism on the web.” Or at least, so Geraldine Kennedy told Charlie Bird this morning. Twitterfolk listening in to the show were quick to react.”Old school thinking,” said Adrian Weckler, Sunday Business Post technology editor. “Is perhaps a little too used to economics of an ageing generation.” Mark Little pointed …
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Aug 26
Down the tubes
A couple of weeks ago, I uploaded my first video to Youtube – a montage of photographs taken at the Glencolmcille Agricultural Show, set to a music soundtrack by Eunan McIntyre, a local musician. Being a journalist, and living with copyright issues, I first checked with everyone that it was okay to use their work. …
Jun 10
How To Fix Breaking News
There’s a scene in Back to the Future III where our hero picks up a newspaper, and as he does so, the front page changes to display a breaking news story, the scene he is witnessing. Most science fiction get the future horribly wrong, but in this case there might be a germ of truth …
Jun 07
Kildare (Naas) second count #le09
Kildare (Naas) second count Quota 2191 Distribution of votes from Cassidy (FF) and Monaghan (Ind) Anthony Lawlor (FG) +27 = 2140 Darren Scully (FG) +39 = 2151 Paddy MacNamara (Lab) +18 = 847 Seamie Moore (Ind) +56 = 1688 Willie Callaghan (FF +112 = 1435 JJ Power (GP) +36 = 1201 James Lawless (FF) +69 …