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Corrib Gas Field: Questions for Mr. Dempsey

In the context of the jailing of five Mayo men for contempt of court I have today delivered an open letter to Mr Noel Dempsey, Minister for Communications Marine and Natural Resources. It seeks 21 points of information, including the release of documentation, persuant to Council Directive 2003/4/EC. The full text of this letter is available to read on Tuppenceworth.

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Tuppenceworth.ie: MVM v Grokster

Fergal has a very readable essay on the MGM v Grokster on Tuppenceworth. ie today. He explains the kinds of things that are being contested in the US Supreme Court case, and gives a bit of historical background to the previous legal decisions in the same area.

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Everything Old is New Again

Conceptual Art is tottering now. I wrote about this topic obliquely in my review of the Douglas Hyde Gallery's Exhibition of Rivane Neuenschwander's work, and explicitly for the now defunct magazine of the now defunct Artist's Association of Ireland in Petrified RevolutionariesI'll write more on this, probably a full essay, I think, when I've finished thinking it through.

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Tuppenceworth.ie: E is for Exhibitionism

Fluffy Dutton's burlesque club night Rouge has had to postpone their next outing, due to venue wobbles. But in the meantime, she still has time to consider what it is that she, and her fellow troup members get out of making an exhibiton of themselves in 'E is for Exhibitionism'.

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Tuppenceworth.ie: Red Hot At Rouge

What can I add to Fluffy Dutton's ongoing escapades as a Pony Girl? Nothing much, really, as the entire endeavour renders me speechless with its bravado. Her latest, and unexpectedly Lithuanian-Crossover tinged, gig report features in her own words "Ponies. Prizes.

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Tuppenceworth.ie: A Better Irish Brew

Local Hero Kevin O'Donnell has set aside all personal safety, casting his weekly Units to the breeze as he gives us the benifit of his in-depth analysis of Irish micro breweries' output. He even chooses his top three micro brews- Curim Celtic Beer (Carlow Brewing Company, 4. 3% vol.

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Tuppenceworth.ie: Black Like Them

William Kincaid, who wrote the ever-popular article on the forgotten context for the Alamo returns to tuppenceworth's fold with the first of a series of articles on his life and times. This week (or month depending on when I get to put up the next set of articles.

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