Archive for November, 2005
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
Thanks to the ICTE list I've read a transcript of yesterday's Dáil debate on electronic voting, including this comment from Minister Dick Roche:The Government decision in February 2000 to move to electronic voting and counting in Ireland aimed at securing a broad range of identified benefits compared to the current ...
Posted in Electronic Voting | Comments Off on Roche on the rationale for evoting
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Those outside of Ireland may not have caught wind of the current dispute at Irish Ferries, but for those paying attention, the manner in which this single dispute has catalysed much of the tension in industrial tensions, while exemplifying many of the absurdities of globalization and the neo-liberal market-focused policies ...
Posted in Labour issues | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 29th, 2005
Terrorism. Organised crime. File sharing. Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? That's what the music industry seems to think in Europe, where they are lobbying for the proposed data retention directive to beextended to cover all criminal offences, including piracy, and not just "serious" crimes, as the original proposal ...
Posted in Computing Technology, Intellectual property issues, International Affairs, Media regulation, Online communication | 1 Comment »
Sunday, November 27th, 2005
I've occasionally posted about the challenges faced by the Travelling community in Ireland. The Guardian has a good summary of some rather worrying recent developments.
Posted in Society and culture | Comments Off on Travellers and prejudice in Ireland
Sunday, November 20th, 2005
Karlin Lillington reports on an interesting observation made by Fergal Crehan (fellow Tuppenceworth contributor and Flirt FM alumn) regarding the proposed Irish press council. The idea is that in return for self-regulation by a press/media council, media outlets will have some protection from the currently rather over-bearing law on defamation/libel. ...
Posted in Media regulation | Comments Off on What implications will the Irish press council have for small/amateur media outlets?
Thursday, November 3rd, 2005
The Irish Arts Council is urging people to send 'e-postcards' to the Minister for Finance, asking him not to end the tax exemption scheme for artists.
What I find interesting about this is that the Arts Council is a government-appointed entity, though one self-described as autonomous, and with the roles of ...
Posted in Society and culture | Comments Off on Call to save creative exemption in Irish tax law