I’m off for a bit of a break. Just a short one mind you!! But I’m sure certain people will be relieved! Fear not though I bring you music!! Just a few bits to bring you before I see what (or who!) Sarkozy’s been doing to la Belle France! Aine Ryan writes in the Mayo […]
Entries Tagged as 'Irish Media'
Bloggers ethics…yeah right.
January 23rd, 2008 · 9 Comments · Irish Media, Michael Lynn, MSM, Uncategorized
I don’t know what cheered me more – the dulcet tones of Michael in the morning or the slightly aggrieved tone of Senator Ronan Mullen as Ger and Claire played their ‘find’ and delayed him in his romp through the papers. You can listen to the newspaper review from the Breakfast Show below – the […]
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Disabled person on Irish Television – Shock! Denied Access – No Shock!
December 29th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Disability, Irish Media, People In Need
RTE and the National Lottery could not make the set of Winning Streak accessible for a disabled participant to play the various games. Derek Mooney did the things that she couldn’t do. Equal Status Act how are you! That is my abiding memory of Saturday night telly – after I got over the shock of […]
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The Business Editor, the auctioneer and the firing
November 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Irish Media, Uncategorized
Richard Delevan, business editor at the Sunday Tribune, sometime blogger and a bit of a general social media/tech evangelical type lost his job yesterday. He and I were never going to agree politically but he ‘got’ blogging and told other people about it and was a very entertaining speaker at last years Blogging the Election […]
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Campaigning to Keep the Pencil
May 29th, 2007 · 6 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics
It was great to see Dr. Garrett Fitzgerald and others teaching Frank Luntz about the Irish electoral system. As you’ll know I was not a fan of the American ‘guru’ and his take on Irish politics, never mind the way in which he tried to put words into the mouths of those participating in the […]
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