Niall Farrell, Niall O’Connor, and myself have set up a project called DublinObserver.com.
It’s going to be covering news in Dublin city from local angle (so, it’s not a national publication also covering local stories, or a local publication pretending to be a national paper). We will have stories only people from certain areas will be interested in, but that’s the nature of the [...]
On how to silence the noise from vuvuzelas at the World Cup in South Africa, this press release came from DCU today.
Interestingly it notes after method two that “This could be done by broadcasters”, so now there’s no excuse for the likes of RTE to claim they can’t do anything?…
So you’ve started watching the World Cup in South Africa, you’re enjoying the [...]
Make sure you wear your cycling and motoring helmet this week as it’s National Helmet Week in Ireland.
The Department of Transport and others have gotten together this week to promote helmet use, mainly aimed at cyclists. The department has spent money advertising the use of helmets at bus shelters, in a supplement in the Irish Independent newspaper and elsewhere. You can [...]
The issue is an ongoing one discussed on Boards.ie’s News / Media forum (the long list is below), and two years ago Shane Hegarty also blogged at IrishTimes.com on journalism courses and standards.
Here’s a few questions I’m interested getting answers to:
Are courses worth it?
Are journalism degrees and diplomas respected in the industry?
Which ones are most [...]
As I seem to be using Twitter for many links I would usually put on this blog, here’s some of the recent Twitter updates from @cianginty:
‘Taoiseach in High Court challenge to release Cabinet CO2 document’ http://www.irishtimes.com/n… …Getting a look at the minutes of Cabinet discussions on Ireland’s emissions would be interisting to say the least
‘Two [...]
Wide Open Spaces looks like fun (Via Linehan). Due to release in Ireland on July 17…
DCU Drama Society’s version of Rent at the Olympia — which is due to close tonight (Saturday) — is getting rave reviews from the media and bloggers. Here’s links to reviews and other coverage: here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Congrats to all involved.
I don’t know much about musicals, but I like what [...]
From over the weekend, some story telling with a diffrence:
David OReilly’s animation short ‘Please Say Something’ (via Graham Linehan). Described a “A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse set in the distant Future. Winner of the Golden Bear for best short film at the 2009 Berlinale”.
The other — and I’m not sure which is [...]
(Via amsterdamize.com)
The blog of the guy who did that Famine & Byrne / Hardtimes stuff, ‘Will Saint Leger’, is here. The design of his “Bertie Bills” is great, on that he says:
The day before Bertie Ahern resigned from office, I loaded Molly Malone’s statue with £50,000 worth of ‘Bertie Bills’ for anyone to take away. People [...]
