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Blogswipes, Law and the Indo

Posted on 12/12/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Plagiarism is back in blog discussions again after another apparent piece of fat-fingered filching from Talbot street’s Indo group. I won’t be taking quite the same line as the McGarr Solicitors blog (as it takes in such lofty matters as … Continue reading →

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Labour Conference UStream

Posted on 16/11/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Fergal of this parish will be proposing a motion at the Labour Party Conference this evening on behalf of the Labour Lawyers group. I thought I’d try to put up the stream from the podium here. Fingers crossed, I can … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s News Search Engine

Posted on 04/09/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Inspired by the Chipwrapper website, I’ve built a custom Google search engine which searchs though the websites of all the Irish news sources I can find online. So far, I have the Times (paywall blocks reading most of the stories … Continue reading →

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Open Coffee Dublin

Posted on 16/08/2007 by Simon McGarr
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I’ll be popping my head into the Open Coffee meeting in the Morrison Hotel this morning. If you’re there, I’ll see you. If you wish you were there, why not just turn up too. They seem like friendly sorts.

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Manky Toy Monday: Super Shot Ball

Posted on 09/08/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Say Aah! Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp A few weeks ago, I decided to encourage Fustar in his life-affirming journey through China’s finest playthings, Manky Toy Monday. I bought a few likely lads myself intending to remind him of the joys … Continue reading →

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Tuppenceworth 2.0

Posted on 14/06/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Some time ago, Eoghan McCabe ran a little competition to drive up his rss subscribers. I didn’t win, but was granted an unexpected consolation prize. He’d had a look around Tuppenceworth (the real, main Tuppenceworth.ie site) and had liked what … Continue reading →

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Thesis Q & A on Blogging and Politics

Posted on 07/06/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Lucinda McNally is writing a thesis on the impact of blogging on the Irish Election. She sent me a set of questions, which I’ll reproduce later today with her blessing, together with my answers. She also sent me a second … Continue reading →

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“You should be in Make-Up about an hour ahead”

Posted on 22/02/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Visits to RTE tend to be rare occurances for me. The last time I was there, Pat Kenny tripped over the mat in the front door and went in to a paroxym of rage. A few minutes later an assistant … Continue reading →

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Criminally Bad Reporting

Posted on 18/01/2007 by Simon McGarr
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Who knows what the Sunday World, or the Evening Herald will fill their pages with now? The Gardai have been fined €70,000 for breach of privacy after the High Court held them responsible for leaking information to a newspaper. We … Continue reading →

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Video Sharing Sites Article- SBP

Posted on 04/12/2006 by Simon McGarr
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Just in case there are any readers of Adam Maguire‘s article in this Sunday’s Business Post who have arrived to take a look at the guide to video sharing sites’ Terms and Conditions- here’s the link: Video Sharing Sites Terms … Continue reading →

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