Gizmodo Bans Its Own Editor For Breaching Comments Policy

Gizmodo Bans Its Own Editor For Breaching Comments Policy

This site has a fairly liberal comments policy, but there are certain limits that everyone is asked to observe, the most important of which is the requirement to respect other [...]

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Public Service Broadcasting

Public Service Broadcasting

The government is changing the TV licence.  Instead of charging you for having a television, they're going to charge you for reading  the internet, but only because they think you're [...]

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Mary Raftery, Journalist, Dies

Mary Raftery, Journalist, Dies

Mary Raftery, investigative journalist, has died at 54. Raftery's States of Fear documentaries exposed the violence, both emotional and physical, as well as the sexual abuse inflicted on children in the industrial [...]

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Cityvoice -  Some UL Journalism Students On an Ego Trip

Cityvoice – Some UL Journalism Students On an Ego Trip

The journalism students at UL produced a newspaper which was mostly very good, apart from one derivative, cliché-filled piece of fluff, which would be unsuitable for a free local rag, and [...]

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Spam

MESSAGE: Hello. My name is Tony at Reputation Thrusters. This is a general presentation because time is money so I will keep this short. If you need more details you [...]

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Put That In The Blog

If I had sixpence for every time some fool said put that in the blog, I'd be buried under a huge pile of old-fashioned vinegar-soaked and uneaten chips. Why would [...]

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RTE News and the Kevin Reynolds Libel Case

Remind me again how much RTÉ gets in licence fees.  I think it's about €200 million, give or take, in addition to another €100 million or so from advertising.  A €300 million [...]

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The Spirit Store Poetry Bus. Culture Night in Limerick

The Spirit Store Poetry Bus. Culture Night in Limerick

Last year for Culture Night in the Milk market, the Spirit Store offered the experience of bespoke poetry. Choose your subject and discuss it with a poet who creates a [...]

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Give Adele a Bell

Give Adele a Bell

They're joking surely, aren't they? Ask the Widow Twankle.

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Murder Statistics

Murder Statistics

Spinning the stats

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