Ok so it’s unasked for advice but here goes anyway. You may have heard that Brian Cowen is interested in blogging and twittering. On Saturday last while speaking to Marian Finucane about Twitter I had hoped to be able to deal with the matter of the Taoiseach and Twitter but alas there was only so […]
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Dublin Web Summit emerges from MiCandidate’s Ashes
October 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments
It was announced yesterday that MiCandidate has been acquired in a management buy out for ‘an undisclosed sum’ by one of it’s former directors Paul Healy. Former directors Paddy Cosgrave and Oisin Hanrahan are moving to other projects. No idea where the fourth director has gone. You may of course remember the focus of this […]
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The Reasons Why?
September 18th, 2009 · 7 Comments
Why would I get an email from a PR Company saying that Lisbon is about to get ‘very spicy’? I’m on my way to taste Piri Piri in Portugal maybe they knew this? No I was getting a press release to tell me about the publication of a book by a staff member in a […]
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So who is a Junior Minister answerable to?
May 1st, 2009 · 4 Comments
Adrian Weckler from the Sunday Business Post received a phonecall from Conor Lenihan after writing a column last weekend critical of ministerial appointments and the manner of appointment of junior ministers. (Another example of FF ministers not taking well to press criticism and handling things … well you’ll see!) Go read the blog post about […]
Tags: Irish Politics
When a seminar became a launch
February 25th, 2009 · 29 Comments
Yesterday I heard about a seminar being organised by Strawberry Media where Joe Rospars, New Media Director for the Obama campaign was to speak. It was pitched at bloggers and political and techie types and I was among the first to sign up and the organiser asked me to blog about the event and spread […]
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