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Entries Tagged as 'Irish Media'

Richard Crowley joins Prime Time

January 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Irish Media, Uncategorized

RTE have this afternoon announced a new member of the Prime Time team to replace Mark Little who left the programme before Christmas and is on a year’s leave of absence from RTE. Journalist and broadcaster Richard Crowley is joining RTÉ Prime Time as a presenter, starting on Thursday 14th January. He will continue to […]

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The Gentleman’s Agreement and other controls

December 29th, 2009 · 14 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics

A slumber inspired rambling tangent on recent events. We now know that TV3 didn’t believe in it or stick by whatever the press office in the Department of Finance or Government Press Office asked for before Christmas. Some people, myself included, have difficulty in these agreements and the culture that surrounds them – ie.when a […]

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While you were out shopping

December 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics

What the agents of the State were up to yesterday in case you didn’t notice. The Board of NAMA was announced. One woman and no lawyers. The Department of Finance released its regulations regarding the determination of long-term economic value for assets. Read Karl Whelan on Irish Economy for more analysis (h/t Mark) The appointments […]

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The Whitehouse Cabinet

December 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics, US Election 2008

From the Whitehouse website a rare insight into the holding of a cabinet meeting under Obama. I know the Irish cabinet confidentiality rule will be rolled out here to say why it couldn’t happen but I would support any insight into how politics works here from my perusal of youtube comments and facebook groups the […]

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Newstalk’s Ego… oops I mean Editorial

December 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics, Newstalk

I’m very glad I wasn’t around yesterday listening to the radio when Newstalk decided it was going to do an O’Reilly – I meant Bill O and not Tony O… but hey if it narks Denis O’Brien who cares! If you missed the Newstalk Editorial you can read it in full here. But here’s the […]

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