Archive for March, 2008
On The Last Word this evening to talk about defamation online
Monday, March 31st, 2008In light of the goings on at Politics.ie (Mulley has some detail if you’re not sure of what’s happening) I’ll be on Today FM’s The Last Word at around 17:40 to talk about the issue of defamation online in Ireland and what you can or can’t say or do.
Tune in through any of the various […]
Parental responsibility? Pfft.
Friday, March 28th, 2008The British media gave a lot of time yesterday to a newly published report on the regulation of computer games, the main recommendation of which was to reform the ratings system… again.
Up until 2003 games in Britain (and in Ireland as a result) were given a rating by ELSPA, which is an association of software […]
Article on the FAI in April’s Village
Friday, March 28th, 2008The latest edition of Village has an article of mine on John Delaney and the FAI.
The piece covers the last decade of the association and tracks Delaney’s rise to power and his involvement in its many crises during this time.
You could quite easily write a book on the FAI during this time-frame and still […]
Untruths and misstatements
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008At the Mahon Tribunal lately we’ve heard a lot of semantics about telling “untruths”. An untruth is much the same as a lie - it is false information and the opposite of the truth - but the logic behind telling an untruth as opposed to a lie is that the former does not appear to […]
On Culture Shock at 8:45 tonight
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008I’ll be on Newstalk’s Culture Shock tonight at around 8:45pm to preview tomorrow morning’s newspapers - tune in if you’re around a radio, TV or PC.
Bí ullamh, iriseoiri óg
Thursday, March 20th, 2008I was a member of a scout group for most of my childhood and all of my teenage years, only leaving when I had to travel to England for study. You can learn a lot there on a practical and social level but one thing that’s easy to forget is the lesson that’s at the […]
Eddie O’Sullivan is gone
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008Sports ain’t usually my bag, but this is something worth blogging all the same.
Newstalk had it first (and it was twittered here - thanks to Damien for pointing that out to me) and now it’s confirmed - Eddie O’Sullivan has “quit” as Ireland’s rugby manager.
It’s being spoken about on Setanta Sports News as I type, […]
On The Last Word to talk about digital downloads
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008I’ll be going onto The Last Word at around 5:20pm this evening to talk about digital downloads - all on the back of rumours about a new iTunes subscription model, not to mention Nine Inch Nails’ recent Ghosts I-IV release.
Tune in online, on the radio, on your TV or through whatever other device you can […]
iPhone arrives, Ireland doesn’t come to a halt
Saturday, March 15th, 2008So yesterday saw the arrival of the iPhone in Ireland and unsurprisingly, it was a very muted affair. The country may have more than enough people willing to spend big bucks for the latest “must haves” but seemingly we’re just not bothered enough to camp out for the honour. Indeed iPhone fans seemed to be […]
On The Last Word this evening to talk about Photo Sharing
Thursday, March 13th, 2008I’ll be on The Last Word at around half 6 to talk about Photo Sharing sites - tune in online or on the radio/tv if you can!
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