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 …
Category Archive: Video
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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 …