The following are links to a sample of my written work published in print or online. Unless otherwise noted, articles are as published and with headlines which are most likely written by an editor or sub-editor.
Most article headlines below are external links to publishers’ websites. Sorted by publication and article type:
Sunday Times
NEWS
- Irish language barrier link to crossing crash
- Dublin Bay cycle route to cost €100m
- Bike path locks out drivers’ quays to the city
- TDs turn down travel handout
- Cyclists escape ‘on-spot’ fines
- Demand for safe cycle lanes
- TDs still lobby for fast passport (joint byline)
- My week: Henry Healy (in conversation with)
- US fraudster sells success in press
- Achtung, Bono! Protest goes pop
- Bribes fail to sell electric cars
- Golf membership below par
- Pay back time for TDs (joint byline)
- Flawed repairs left train at risk
- Briefing: Nursing homes subsidy
- Your bus is coming and it will be as Gaeilge, too
- Gaeilgeoiri show signs of anger over bus stops
- Cyclists fuming over ‘worsethan useless’ bicycle lanes
- Gates make bicycle route ‘inaccessible’ (joint byline)
- Google beats £3bn tax (small amount of addition reporting only!!!)
Irish Independent
NEWS
- Hole ‘the size of a fridge’ found in rail bridge on busy line
- Safety tests for cycle route ‘traffic lights’
- New traffic trial to picture red-light jumpers in the act
- Counting the cost of the passing bicycles
The Irish Times
NEWS
- Dublin bikes expansion scheme to be delayed
- Dublin ranked in top 10 cycling cities worldwide
FEATURES
- Want to take a picture? You’ll need a permit
- You’ll look sweet upon the seat
- There’s never been a better time to get on a bike
BUSINESS / TECH
- Hacks and hackers unite to get solid stories from difficult data
- Microsoft aims to get casual gamers turned onto Xbox
- Sony enjoys the happier Christmas
- Canon positive on future digital sales
Irish Examiner
NEWS
- Bicycle counter costing €20k unable to give proper tally of passing cyclists
Sunday Business Post
TECH
- Sony aims for top of the boxes
- Rise of online gaming takes Irish industry by surprise
- Broadband Bravado
- Better data storage for SMEs
- Buyers’ Guide: Designer storage
- Wireless operators ***
PC Live
FEATURES
- Havok overview feature for PC Live
The Register
News
- DIntel snaps up Dublin gaming firm?
Business & Finance
FEATURES
- Data laws: protecting society or invading privacy?
ENN.ie
NEWS
- Gov to set up phones registry it called “not practical”
- AIB confirms payment receipts mix-up
- First Irish games rental service launches
- Rockstar still ‘proud’ of Manhunt 2
- National Broadband Scheme gets go-ahead
- Java conference to attract 500 developers
- Dublin gaming firm snapped up by Intel
- ComReg report ‘decoded’ by analyst
- Halo 3 hits 1 million pre-orders
- Microsoft Digg ads deal
- World Cyber Games Ireland announced
- Microsoft unveils XNA Game Studio
FEATURES
- Review: Channel 4 on Demand
- Review: Sony Ericsson W810i
- Will the fake Steve Jobs please stand up?
- Apple’s iPhone: Is it all that?
DublinObserver.com
NEWS
- Shots fired in Smithfield
- Probe launched after Garda car hits suspect
- Millions for strategic cycle route suspended due to objections
- Disgruntled commuters high-jack station awards
- Council says modified election posters within ‘protocol’
- 30km/h limit could be expanded under Dublin plans
- Dublin Bus cuts top route by 36%
- Council challenged on “anti-social” height limits
- Poolbeg incinerator could cost taxpayer €120m
- Space hopper World Record broken in Dublin
- Minister says he needs to approve Moore St changes
- Temple Bar Cultural Trust to be reviewed
- Expanded D2 pedestrian zone gains support
- New station to remain closed on Dunboyne line
- Quango goes against bike plan on safety concerns
- Penguin returned to Dublin Zoo
FEATURES / BLOG POSTS
- Wheels set in motion for Dublin Bikes expansion
- Map of Dublin murders and killings
- Cycle lane highlights in Dublin
- Snow watch: Websites and accounts to follow
Cycling in Dublin
NEWS
“We have to do” quays cycle route – senior Dublin engineer
“Little or no progress” with complex junctions, one-way streets says report
Cycle lane guidelines only adopted after major Dublin repairs
Irish cycle track law to be revoked
FEATURES
- Ten reasons cycling in right for Dublin
- Under review: Dublin’s cycling network
- Are all doors open for cycling in Dublin?
- Dublin Bikes: From city to suburbs
- Cycling against traffic legally
- The urban SUVs of bicycles
The College View
NEWS
- Confusion over funding of Mortimer’s campaign
- DCU graduates may get Seanad vote
- Commuters to face Metro chaos
- Report shows ‘notable delays’ on Ballymun Road
- Out in the cold: Students refused entry to DCU Ball
- Estates investigate bike damage claims
COMMENT
- Parking at DCU: Why are so many students driving in the first place?
- Obsession with property ownership which got us into this mess continues
- Campaign against city centre bus gate ranges from dishonest to ill-informed
- Being green is not just for one week
- For safety, facts need to win over beliefs
- Abuse of DCU mailing lists is worse than spam
TECH
- Boards.ie: the true home of DCU on the web?
ARTS
- The man who spoke to men who stared at goats
- Point and click
- That’s not the Point
The Ballyfermot Post
NEWS
- Poor internet access damaging to BCFE
- Far right-wing group targets students
- Programme aims to demystify third level to school pupils
- Morning after pill debate heats up student union congress
- Integrated ticketing mooted 17 years ago
- Dail30.ie plans to interview every TD
- West Dublin to get Dart, Luas, Metro
- Opens days for planned west Dublin Luas
- SU president elected unopposed after troubled year
- SU welcomes official grants website, warns of rise in rents
- 88% do not know of Irish “digital dossiers”
- Report warns students over rail tickets
- SU welcomes official grants website, but warns of rise in rents
- Internet blocking at BCFE expands
- Star Wars the Musical at BCFE
- USI president elected unopposed after troubled year
- Cherry Orchard beds closures will cause “stress and suffering”
- Darklight festival calls for student work
- Student union “slam” immigration bill
- UCC to hold journalism conference on the future of newspapers
- Lecturer bans Google and Wikipedia
- Ballyfermot could get Dart station
COMMENT / EDITORIAL
- Worse than China
- College spirit
- What’ next? blocking Google?
- Democracy, the real loser with Lisbon
- Road safety must be taken seriously
Jameson Dublin International Film Festival
- Vox Pop: Small Engine Repair
- Vox Pop: Once
- Vox Pop: The Lives of Others
- Vox Pop: Mine Your Own Business
- Vox Pop: Fast Food Nation
- Gabriel Byrne presented award on opening night
- REVIEW: Mine Your Own Business
- REVIEW: The Lives of Others
- Dublin International Film Festival launched