Category Archives: General

All those post which do not fall into other catagories. A bit like Misc.

Template Complaint Letter to Data Protection Commissioner about CityDeal.ie (Groupon)

Posted on 12/01/2012 by Simon McGarr
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Template complaint letter to the Data Protection Commissioner re Groupon. Feel free to adapt to fit your complaint. Continue reading →

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National Digital Research Centre: Making Investments or “Investments”?

Posted on 09/01/2012 by Simon McGarr
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What are we to make of an NDRC financial statement which shows no shareholdings? And how does it jib with talk of income returning exits? Continue reading →

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Old Timey News: Phil Hogan’s Assurances

Posted on 05/01/2012 by Simon McGarr
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Old Timey News: Page One Scoop!

Posted on 02/01/2012 by Simon McGarr
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2011: The Year in Mischief

Posted on 01/01/2012 by Simon McGarr
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To five pieces of mischief in Ireland in 2011. Continue reading →

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Take back your life and own your own words

Posted on 29/12/2011 by Simon McGarr
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I think you ought to value yourself and your thoughts. They are, in part, the story of your own life. Buy some space for the price of a Starbucks gut-stretcher beverage a month, take back your life and own your own words.
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National Digital Research Centre responds to my post on ROI

Posted on 13/12/2011 by Simon McGarr
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Amy Neale of the NDRC has been good enough to come back to me with a graciously worded response to my self-admitted numeracy-challenged efforts to make sense of the Return on Investment for the public money invested by the Centre. Continue reading →

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One job, no implementation: Why Your Country, Your Call was still a success

Posted on 16/10/2011 by Simon McGarr
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Readers will know that I have been following the looking-glass world of Your Country, Your Call for some time. I’ve lots of posts with facts and figures about the company. But there was a report in the Irish Examiner by … Continue reading →

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The 27 bus route has not been improved

Posted on 18/09/2011 by Simon McGarr
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The New 27 Bus Route Dear Sirs I write further to my telephone conversation with Phelim of your office today. I write to complain regarding the dramatic drop in quality of service on the 27 route since Monday, when the … Continue reading →

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The RTE Aggregator Excitement: What would I say?

Posted on 12/09/2011 by Simon McGarr
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Today, a number of very well known and established fashion and beauty blogs recieved the email below from RTE. XXXX from the RTÉ Fashion site here, I hope you’re well. We are relaunching the RTÉ fashion site (www.rte.ie/fashion ) in … Continue reading →

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