Archive for April, 2007
Does this constitute false advertising?
Monday, April 30th, 2007I recently predicted that, on word of the 29th Dáil being dissolved, my constituency would become coated in candidate’s posters despite been quite quiet until such a time - I was right. However, something about Fianna Fail’s offerings struck me.
Sure, FF’s 2007 election campaign is centred heavily around Mr. Bertie Ahern, as Harry McGee points […]
And so it begins
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Bertie snuck off to the Aras in the early hours of this morning to request the disolution of the 29th Dáil, which means that the general election campaign is officially on.
Here in Dublin North West, things have been notably quiet up until now, with no billboards (bar the generic FF ones), no door-to-doors and only […]
HDTV trial to start in July (SBP - 28/April/2007)
Sunday, April 29th, 2007My article on HDTV in Ireland, from today’s Sunday Business Post:
Ireland’s terrestrial television broadcasters are expected to start a high definition (HD) trial in July as part of the government’s digital terrestrial television pilot.
It is hoped that the trial, details of which have yet to be formalised, will feature content from RTE, TG4 and TV3 […]
On Newstalk at 8:45 tonight (UPDATED)
Saturday, April 28th, 2007I’ll be featuring on Newstalk’s Sunday newspaper preview, ‘The Lay of the Land’, as part of Fionn Daveport’s Taste programme tonight.
The segment starts at around 8:45 and can be heard on 106-108 FM (depending on your exact whereabouts) or the newstalk website.
Be sure to tune in if you get the chance and let me know […]
Pointing out the faults makes it your fault
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Via Blogorrah comes a pretty spectacular piece of spin by Bertie Ahern on the issue of e-voting.
Rather than accept that public money was spent on a system that turned out to be lacking a number of core security measures to ensure transparency and legitimacy, he elected to blame the opposition because they “took off on […]
Time for the world to deal with a real danger
Monday, April 23rd, 2007As the eyes of the international community fall squarely on Iran and its nuclear ambitions there is little doubt in the fact that the Islamic Republic is the latest target in the “coalition’s” boundless war on terrorism. However while the US administration and its unwavering allies paint a horrifying picture of a world where Ahmadinejad […]
Bloggers debate code of conduct (SBP - 22 April 2007)
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007An article of mine from today’s Sunday Business Post, featuring comments from Damien Mulley and Tom Raftery.
One of the central figures behind recent calls for a blogger’s ‘code of conduct’, Tim O’Reilly, now says his idea was misguided.
The suggestion, however, has brought focus on the issue of civility online.
Calls for a code of conduct first […]
Tag-team of terrible masquerading as news
Tuesday, April 10th, 2007Read the following paragraph and see if you can figure out its origin:
Looking to explore Europe by train this summer? The rail pass scheme open to all European residents can now be purchased via the web, the group that runs InterRail announced today.
Well it has to be an InterRail press release, right? Nope, here’s the official […]
Ireland.com gives us blog #3
Monday, April 9th, 2007It’s great to see Ireland.com roll out yet another blog on its blog sub-site - Shane Hegarty is the latest into the breech with Present Tense, which is likely to be a blog of the weekly column which shares the same name. A big welcome to Shane!
So far all that features is a repeat of […]
Wey-hey and thanks
Thursday, April 5th, 2007I’ve managed to bag myself a shiny new iPod Shuffle for my contribution to BifSniff’s caption competition.
Woo-hoo!
With my existing iPod giving me nothing but grief it’ll be nice to have something handy to carry around with me, especially in the gym.
Thanks to Frank for picking my entry and well done to the other winner, lynchtp […]
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