Archive for February, 2008
Changes afoot at The Irish Times
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008It’s not just the internal machinations of The Irish Times that are facing change. From Monday the newspaper itself is to undergo a minor overhaul which will see the introduction of new supplements, an expansion of some of the ‘paper’s existing features and even a layout and design change.
Times editor Geraldine Kennedy goes into a […]
There Will Be Blood at the Dublin International Film Festival
Sunday, February 17th, 2008I was lucky enough to have a ticket to last night’s Irish premier of ‘There Will Be Blood’, shown as part of the Dublin International Film Festival in the Savoy cinema.
I won’t review the film - there are plenty of professionals out there to do that - but I will give my opinion of it. […]
Interview with John Waters on Blogging (from 2006)
Thursday, February 7th, 2008In 2006 I undertook a thesis on the issue of new media and citizen journalism. As part of this process I approached a number of people in the mainstream media who I knew would have a strong opinion on the matter, one of whom was John Waters who was (and assumedly still is) a self-confessed […]
The 16GB iPhone and the 32GB iPod Touch
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008There were always two factors that stopped me even considering the purchase of an iPhone - the lack of 3G and the lack of available storage space.
At least the latter of the two has been fixed with the launch of a 16GB iPhone, albeit for $100 more than the 8GB (it works out at €340 […]
Article on TD income in this month’s Village
Monday, February 4th, 2008The latest edition of Village Magazine features an article of mine on TD income for 2007.
The piece breaks down the basic salary, bonuses and expenses of all 166 TDs currently sitting in Dáil Éireann and works out how much each of them earned last year. The figures are sourced from the Oireachtas (via Damien) and […]
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