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Hello Rock the Vote! Welcome to the Party!

May 15th, 2008 · 11 Comments

When one is organising a campaign there’s polite lateness and then there’s Rock the Vote downright tardiness. Yup less than a month to Lisbon Treaty D-Day and John tell’s us that Rock the Vote are relaunching for the referendum. And yes Cian was right, there was some rejoicing tonight, Lisbon was looking a little barren […]

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Tags: More Money than sense · Rock the Vote

Irish Blog Awards 2008 – And the Winners are…

March 2nd, 2008 · 30 Comments

Live blogging was expected but in the best tradition of blog/tech events in Ireland the wifi failed… * Best Popculture blog – Sponsored by Weeno.ie DZ-015 by Rick O’Shea * Best Blog from a Journalist – Redfly Marketing Present Tense – Shane Hegarty * Best Food/Drink Blog – Italian Foodies * Best Crafts Blog – […]

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Tags: Blogging · Irish Blog Awards · Social Media

Who’s scandal is it anyway?

January 25th, 2008 · 10 Comments

I’m sick and tired of men. I’ve had enough of their whining and this does not apply to John Waters. (But I bet he gets in on the act too!) Why when responding to the announcement of a campaign to encourage people (of all genders) to campaign for women’s health care and in particular access […]

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Tags: eejit.. · Equality

What does Cancer look like?

November 23rd, 2007 · 10 Comments

Green Ink thinks this is what cancer looks like. Sorry GI I have to disagree. I saw what cancer looks like on RTE news this evening. Joan Kennedy, one of the nine women who was misdiagnosed in Port Laoise Hospital was interviewed by Ciaran Mullooly. (Interview link can be found on this page.) Joan is […]

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Tags: Irish Politics · Social Policy

The Business Editor, the auctioneer and the firing

November 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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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Tags: Blogging · Irish Media · Uncategorized