Okay, there’s been a lot about Mannix Flynn and the fallout from the Ryan report on this blog of late, but one last for a while, as I was invited by Mannix to in Portlaoise this evening for the launch of Padded Cell and Other Stories, which has now been cancelled, for reasons given below. [...]
The Tara Campaigns organised on the 24th of August 2008, a ‘Feis Teamhar’ : A ‘Turn at Tara’ to highlight the ongoing destruction of the Tara Complex by the Irish Government. The Feis was addressed by Pulitzer prize winner Paul Muldoon and Poet Laureate Seamus Heaney . The event was organised in the open air [...]
The Irish Times story of how the quick thinking of an Irish air traffic controller talked and texted down a crippled aircraft via mobile phone has made it to the pages of Slashdot and Gizmodo This is the full Irish times story
As most of you may know by now, The Irish Times has lowered its paywall on its newspaper, though not its archives. This was something that Damien Mulley predicted in January and announced last week on his blog. His initial reaction is here. I’m quoting him rather than giving an opinion myself as I’m still [...]