Cian Ginty

Blogging may be slightly out of vogue, but Irish media blog Blurred Keys is being updated again at blurredkeys.com and now also on twitter @blurredkeys.

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 [...]

The reason Bertie got artists’ tax exemption, as explained in The Irish Times letters page the other day:
Bertie Ahern’s tax perk
Madam, – When I wrote a biography of Brendan Bracken I was denied the artists’ tax exemption by the Revenue because a biography, being a recital of facts, did not rank as an original and [...]

Cycling is in fashion, even in Ireland. There has been a number of  signs of continued growth in cycling here this year. The phrase “On your bike!” started to be sicking. Sub editors showed they never read newspapers, with ‘on your bike’ appearing in headlines again and again on some of the many cycling [...]

U2 – I’ll Go Crazy If I Don’t Go Crazy Tonight from David OReilly on Vimeo.

Images from Electric Picnic last weekend:

Stuck in the mud.

The wonderful Florence and the Machine on Sunday night.

The very serious looking 2 Many DJs.

Art work on a small boat in a field.

These has nice mash.

For those still following the blog but not twitter, here’s more recent updates from my twitter account at http://twitter.com/cianginty

RT @guardiantech PS3 (Playstation 3) sales increase tenfold since relaunch http://bit.ly/U2DOr
EP photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/cianginty/sets/72157622282341640/ #ep09
“I am writing this post onmy iPhone so excuse typos!” says Harry McGee, first comment asks ‘Why?’ http://is.gd/2NLCM (via @irishelection)
Can Brian Cowen [...]

From flickr.com/photos/cianginty/:

Ikea Dublin

Rainbow over Ballymun

Garda turning motorists and moterbikers around at the  rush hour ‘bus gate’ on College Green in central Dublin.

Flat Earth News

Sparky likes potatoes — ok, so she just sees it as a type of stick or stone.

Seats are for bums.

Hot food back on the menu on Irish trains — or even menus [...]

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 [...]