Paper Round Podcast: Episode 1 on Thursday
Look out for a piece of Paper Round Novelty this Thursday. Girls, Guns and The Daily Mail is our first Podcast. The examples are all taken from the newspapers of the weekend of Jan 26th-28th.
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Michael McDowell’s Conference Speech as Tag Cloud
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Pat Rabbitte’s Conference Speech as Tag Cloud
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The Paper Round: Stories so Far
After a very pleasant, though surprisingly wearing, trawl through yesterday's papers it was agreed by all those present to meet again the following day in the same spot (Westin Mezzanine, or Atrium as styled by some) at 2pm. So if you're in town pop in and prepare to be handed a Sunday supplement to ponder.
FOI: Not as Free as Previously
According to figures given out by Michael McDowell last week in a Parliamentary Question regarding FOI requests, 41% more people were being charged a €15 application fee by the Department of Justice in 2006 than in 2004.
Why Podcasting is harder than it looks
Podcasting is very hard work. Videocasting would be insanely hard work. This is because there are two very difficult parts to any successful effort in either- preproduction and post-production.
Playing Twenty Questions
Last week, Damien Mulley emailed a goodly number of bloggers and asked them for a max of 5 questions they'd like politicians to answer on their door steps. Some of the subjects were fairly predictable- each person took the chance to take a quick ride on their hobby horses, myself included. However, there are also a fair number of interesting questions raised.
Free Books from Ireland
A new site launched this week, offering out-of-print Irish books as free downloads under a Creative Commons licence. The Irish Literary Revival site has novels and poems, but is interested in hearing from any writer who might have a published out-of-print work that they'd like to see re-enter the world. They even accept non-fiction books.
Seanad Phone Tap Bill Debate
I’ve discussed this previously here and here. The Seanad Debate on Thursday touched on some of the issues I mentioned regarding the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill. The core portion of the debate from a Digital Rights point of view comes after the 12 o’clock mark.
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