Archive for July, 2006
A good week for Irish bloggers…
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006… And perhaps one of the best in some time.
Well done to Damien who’s stat counter has been working over time as a result of his rather enjoyable “How to use Google to get a girl and get laid” post. First it was 18,000 hits in a day, now it’s nearly 30,000; I bet those […]
A review of the experiment so far (1 year old today)
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006AdamMaguire.com is today a whole year old and it’s made me think about how the site has developed over such a relatively short space of time.
The purpose of this site has always been to create an online presence and journalism portfolio for myself to which end the blog quickly proved itself as a core weapon. […]
New RTÉ website on the way (SBP - 23rd July 2006)
Tuesday, July 25th, 2006I’m a little bit behind on this one; my article from the latest issue of the Sunday Business Post.
RTE.ie, Ireland’s public service broadcaster’s website, is to undergo a massive redesign as part of an ever-increasing emphasis on online services.
Marcus O’Doherty, technology development manager of RTE’s publishing division, has said the new site will mainly comprise […]
Robert Fisk’s speech on “the conquest of the Middle East”
Friday, July 21st, 2006Pointed to on boards.ie, Robert Fisk’s superb speech on the Middle East, the War on Terror and Journalism linked below for your viewing pleasure (I would embed them but it did some crazy things to my formatting…
While Fisk can be a devisive commentator at the best of times there is no doubt that he is […]
My thoughts on the Privacy Bill
Thursday, July 20th, 2006Cian recently pointed out that Irish bloggers have largely ducked or ignored the recently published Privacy Bill, which the Irish media is rabidly opposed to. In order to make some move towards correcting this and perhaps encouraging a wider debate amongst bloggers I will now give my personal thoughts on what I know about the […]
Freesheets soar in Dublin, tabloids suffer
Thursday, July 20th, 2006The Irish Times highlights the interesting drop in tabloid sales on the back of the launches of two Dubiln Freesheets, Metro and Herald AM. (subs req)
While it was likely that the biggest loser to the new offers would be the red-tops the figures prove just how badly they’re suffering so far; The Irish Daily Mirror’s […]
Superb Newstalk investigation on abortion advice
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006I’m not a huge fan of Orla Barry’s Life! show; in fact I’d go so far to say that next to the Sports show it is one of my least favourite in the weekday line-up. However yesterday’s programme broadcast a superb investigation on the issue of ‘rogue abortion advice centres’.
The term “rogue” abortion advice centres […]
Trying to make sense of the Lebanese/Israel conflict
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006There has been a lot of talk over the last few days on the escalating situation on the Israel/Lebanon border and the rights and wrongs on each side.
Once fact that has been bandied about as justification for Israel’s actions is that Hezbullah, the terrorist group which has been attacking Israel is part of the Lebanon […]
Two referenda on the way in 2007?
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006Today the man at the centre of the ongoing IVF case in the High Court was told that he had the right to stop his estranged wife from using their embryo’s to get pregnant; the case will now move onto the constitutional side in which the woman claims that her embryo’s have a right to […]
What will become of Unionism if Britain fades away?
Tuesday, July 18th, 2006The role of Britain, under the guise of Empire or Commonwealth, has been a powerful force in World history since the Industrial revolution and while it is no longer the superpower of before it is most certainly still an important player in general terms.
In Ireland Britain has, for better or worse been a part of […]
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