Month: March 2008
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Downing Street on Twitter and Flickr
No 10 have opened a Flickr account. Now how long before the Taoiseach does the same? *snigger* https://www.flickr.com/photos/downingstreet They are also twittering.
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3G iPhone in May?
So sayeth the rumours. I will hold off even thinking of a purchase until I see the 3G iPhone.
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Two questions…
On Friday’s Late Late show, Eamon Dunphy repeatedly pointed to an article by Gene Kerrigan in the Sunday Independent of March 23 . (It was, incidentally, a very good article). 1. Why can I not find this article on the Independent’s website? 2. Why did Eoghan Harris replace Gene Kerrigan on the back page of…
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Internet censorship in Dubai
This leaked internal document details the kind of websites that are censored in the UAE. Interesting reading.
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Politics.ie gets a takedown notice
Politics.ie looks like it will be subject of legal action on the part of Mr Ahern’s solictors. Update: P O’Neill informs me that the site has moved its hosting to the US.
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The Beresford deal
Ah. It is refreshing to see someone joining the dots. I’ll cut to the chase here. The IT hints at something I have been digging up for the last couple of weeks, thanks mostly to some archived posts on Politics.ie. You see, I only found out recently that Michael Wall withdrew £50,000 in cash from…
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Better late than never…?
It may be over a week late, but it seems that the media is waking up to the Ahern story. The Easter holidays may have caught everyone on the hop, perhaps. Last week I was literally stunned by the lack of reaction to Carruth’s evidence. Not a whisper from RTE. Not much from the Irish…
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Aerial photos of Cork and other Irish places
Via Tom comes news that Cork has made it onto earth.live.com bird’s eye view photos. It’s very impressive. Given certain buildings on the map, and the stage at which they are built, the photos are very recent. It’s only appropriate that Cork is on there before Dublin. But don’t worry jackeens, Dublin will be on…
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Fitna the Movie: Geert Wilders' film about the Quran
Explicit warning: This video contains some VERY graphic images and audio, please do not watch it unless you are prepared to see and hear them. BBC news story here. Personally, I found the film extremely upsetting. If you would rather not experience that upset, do not watch it. I do see merit in the argument…
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Coughlan in the UAE
The FF website isn’t exactly clear where she was though. Does that mean she was in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, or both? Or does someone think Abu Dhabi is in Dubai?