Category: Blogging

  • You know you have it bad when…

    You find yourself wanting to blog about not blogging.

  • Hiatus

    Exams…exams This blog is going on extended hiatus. Shall be updating Irish Corruption though hopefully. All the best.

  • Bebo again

    It seems the media have woken up to Bebo, my post at the start of the month recommended buying it. It stands, even if it’s just to sell it on. Several of the broadsheets covered Bebo over the weekend. It made the front page of Cork’s Evening Echo. (PDF)

  • Defamation Bill to be published within weeks

    Bloggers beware, this Bill will affect you. The Defamation Bill was brought to Cabinet last June, but, following strenuous objections to it from more than half the Ministers present, was not published pending the preparation of a Privacy Bill. The Minister then established a committee, under the chairmanship of senior counsel Brian Murray, to prepare…

  • New blog

    Jaysus another new blog. Rather racey Miss Ann Thrope!

  • Dodgy quiz

    SO pissed off was I today with the Gerry Ryan show that I emailed them to complain. The subject of my anger was a very ill-thought out quiz, where Aer Lingus are promoting their new route to Dubai. Now as readers know I have been there quite a few times, so I would have known…

  • Irish Corruption

    I have been posting more over on Irish Corruption, thanks to an upsurge in Tribunal activity, and a number of stories coming out. It has also received its first comment from a member of Dail Eireann, and its first mention in the Dail, by Ciaran Cuffe during Private Members time on Political donations and planning.…

  • Newsnight blogging

    I’m glad to see that the BBC have come to some arrangement to allow Newsnight‘s Paul Mason to blog. He did blog for a while here, but has now moved here. It is a valuable addition to watching the show, and he joins Nick Robinson in the blogosphere.

  • Documentaries

    Two documentaries tonight to choose from, Mark Little’s Are you afraid of Islam, and Panorama

  • Ireland

    It be funny!