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)

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”?

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

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Old Timey News: Page One Scoop!

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2011: The Year in Mischief

To five pieces of mischief in Ireland in 2011. Continue reading

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Take back your life and own your own words

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

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

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

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?

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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