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Ten things I learned in 2008
Wednesday, December 31st, 20081) TV3 aren’t so disinterested in current affairs after all. Nightly News with Vincent Browne may not be all its press release promised but it does show a little bit of enthusiasm within the commercial broadcaster to do more than the absolute bare minimum when it comes to news.
2) Come hell or high scandal, Bertie […]
Superb video on those dangerous Dublin adverts
Sunday, July 13th, 2008Jazz Biscuit has linked to a Youtube video on those aforementioned dangerous Dublin ad-shells which puts my previous effort on the Dorset St. advert to utter shame.
This video details the dangers posed by the new JCDecaux adverts which were agreed to by Dublin City Council and tells you what you can do to get them […]
Dangerous Dublin advert, courtesy of Dublin City Council and JCDecaux
Monday, July 7th, 2008On my way home from town today I spotted one of the new advert “panels” that are being erected as part of a deal between Dublin City Council and advertiser JCDecaux.
But it wasn’t the advert housed within the new panel that caught my eye - it was the placement of it. I quickly pulled out […]
Homework - Teleworking combats the daily commute (B&F - 19th June 2008)
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008The latest issue of Business & Finance (with a front cover story on corporate governance) has an article by yours truly on the problems stemming from “teleworking” or the mobile office.
The magazine is available in most shops or online if you’re a subscriber - I’ll put up the text of the article in the ‘Portfolio‘ […]
After the goldrush
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008Excuse me for using an Neil Young song title for a post about the Tom Waits gig but as Fergal points out, there has been a touch of Waits-Fever online today as people finally got a chance to splash out on his upcoming Dublin gigs.
Having called in a few favours, dissolved a few assets and […]
A tale of two Berties
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008With Bertie Ahern’s lap of honour entering its final week I came across something quite interesting that I felt I had to share with the wider world (or at least the tiny portion of the wider world that might wander by here).
I had a relative who lived in Ahern’s constituency of Dublin Central for most […]
Cock the vote
Friday, April 11th, 2008Young Fine Gael have just launched their poster campaign for the Lisbon Treaty and its vaguely risqué nature is causing quite a stir… well, not really, but a few people are talking about it.
Young Fine Gael’s press release on the campaign states that the organisation aims to “Excite Electorate on Lisbon Treaty” however as Damien […]
An apt video considering today’s events
Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008In light of recent events:
Particularly of note is the opposition’s reaction in the video - it’s something we’re already seeing here today.
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 […]
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, […]
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