Quite a bit of noise this week regarding the HPV vaccination programme. The latest seems to be in The Examiner with a leading public health researcher now claiming she is being misquoted and seeking a published apology from the reporter Today the Examiner published a news article being on a letter to the editor from [...]
Entries from August 2010
Bias and reporting on the Cervical Cancer Vaccine
August 31st, 2010 · 14 Comments · Uncategorized
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Ivor wants to go to observe elections in the USA
August 30th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Politics
Update: The Government Chief Whip says that Ivor Callely was removed from his position as leader of the Oireachtas delegation to the OSCE in June and so won’t be going to the US in November. Since Ivor went to the OSCE meeting in July it’s seems that nobody enforced that ‘decision’. -0-0-0-0-0-0-0 Original post from [...]
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Blaming Unemployed people for Unemployment
August 29th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Recession
Today’s announcement of the Government’s intention to introduce Work for Dole/Mutual Obligation is more than a kite that is being flown. This evening’s RTE news showed examples of where people who participate in such a scheme may work including cleaning mountain walkways, community childcare, care of the elderly. A pilot scheme of 10,000 places is [...]
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When there’s clampers going rogue in your neighbourhood
August 26th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
who ya going to call?
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Ivor Callely accuses FF of a Lust for Judgement
August 25th, 2010 · No Comments · Irish Politics
When I mentioned pram and playthings I didn’t think it would get more kindergarten like. (Ok it is Ivor so nothing should surprise me!) Other than the lust for judgement I love the bit about the media’s ‘attention to accuracy, balance and fairness is subservient to the requirements of sensationalism at the expense of truth’. [...]
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Scraping the barrel
August 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Irish Media, Irish Politics, MSM
While #Fag-gate starts to rumble (it’s still August unfortunately) some political correspondents are clearly desperate for news to joke about it. It is a joke right? Niamh Lyons is a political correspondent with the Irish Daily Mail – wishful tweeting? It’s not the usual political correspondent tweet (no they’re not all devoid of humour but [...]
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Particularize that
August 25th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Irish Politics
Get the violins and tissues out – Senator Ivor Callely has left Fianna Fáil. He has resigned because the FF committee investigating him would not ‘particularize’ his conduct unbecoming a party member. Well the solicitors who issued the statement won’t win plain english awards – or maybe it’s Ivor’s version of refudiate! He has a [...]
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Election posters in Dublin
August 23rd, 2010 · 5 Comments · Elections
For the Australian Election. From the Australian Labor Party. Really tiny writing and hard to see if you are looking up the poll. They were spotted in Talbot Street and near Custom Quay in prime backpacker territory – the Irish Labour Party have been helping their sisters and brothers out it seems. (h/t to Alexia [...]
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The Battle of the Tipp TD’s and their websites
August 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Irish Politics, Social Media
Remember Michael Lowry’s 20 Oxygen Weekend Passes Give-away earlier this year to celebrate his Facebook page and to launch his website? It seems that Fine Gael TD for Tipperary North, Noel Coonan, has decided he needs a party to help launch his new website! The launch of Deputy Noel Coonan’s website will take place in [...]
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How not to conduct a Ministerial visit
August 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments · Uncategorized
These things are not supposed to happen in modern politics. If a Minister goes to visit a project it is usually squeaky clean with no bad news hidden about it. It seems someone in British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg’s office didn’t do their homework. Oops Malcolm Tucker (The Press Guru in the The Thick [...]
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