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Entries Tagged as 'Consumer blogging'

John ‘Lights Out’ Gormley is planning on making me ill

January 10th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Consumer blogging, Cop Out, Disability, eejit.., Irish Politics

While the debates about the ban on traditional lightbulbs continue it’s probably about time that the many people living in Ireland who will be physically and emotionally affected by the move to low energy (CFL) bulbs put their two cents in. For those of you who are not light sensitive or allergic to UVA rays […]

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The Dublin-Waterford Train and people who think they have a right to a seat because they paid for it

October 31st, 2007 · 5 Comments · Consumer blogging, Disability, eejit.., Equality, Irish Rail, Uncategorized

I get more than a few visits to the blog – Google is kind to me – lots of google searches for Steve Staunton, Niall McElwee, more recently People in Need land here. This morning a commuter from yesterdays Dublin-Waterford 4.25pm train searched visited and went to the post on signage for people with disabilities […]

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Blogging about buying and using

September 11th, 2007 · Comments Off on Blogging about buying and using · Blogging, Consumer blogging, Social Media, Uncategorized

Conor Pope writes about consumer blogging and online activism in today’s Irish Times (something I’m not adverse to myself you might have noticed…I’d be interested in any reactions to the piece. I regularly check into Iwillnothold.com and ValueIreland – where you’ll see questions asked that are never asked in the mainstream media – particularly on […]

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Lesbians and the Internet

September 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on Lesbians and the Internet · Blogging, Consumer blogging, Social Media, Social Policy

otherwise titled Demand is hardly THE issue…(no porn here – move along lads) The reason many people will get irked when and if they hear one of the government’s excuses for poor broadband takeup (lack of demand by the public) being backed up by a prominent journalist is that many of us go down the […]

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Maman Poulet 1 UPC 0 – Pricewatch refereeing?

August 23rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Maman Poulet 1 UPC 0 – Pricewatch refereeing? · Consumer blogging, UPC

Message on my mobile today indicates that this matter has been sorted, more tomorrow! I think Conor had a lot to do with it!

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