Archive for November, 2010
Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
Compare and contrast:
There are fears of (more) deaths, particularly of pensioners and the homeless, as Ireland undergoes below-freezing conditions. (That's not a metaphor for the economy!) Local authorities are struggling to keep roads gritted, with limited budgets available for this purpose (and effect still being felt from repair costs after ...
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Friday, November 26th, 2010
The Irish educational system has some strange features. One is that while school staff have their wages and conditions set - and paid for - by the Department of Education - they are not viewed, in law, as employees of the Department. Historically this has been used as a fudge ...
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Friday, November 26th, 2010
The Buddy Pack program in Missouri provides food from a food bank direct to school-age children. Children pick up food at the end of the school week - packaged in backpacks chosen to blend in with those of other children, in order that children participating not stand out and look ...
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Sunday, November 21st, 2010
When I talk with my students about PR I explain that the first rule of crisis communication is to 'fess up - get out in front of the rumours and claims, admitting the truth (in order that you can have a say in framing that truth).
This week the Irish government ...
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Friday, November 12th, 2010
Minister for Health Mary Harney has criticized protestors who throw things at her - today it was eggs, last week paint - as she visits different parts of the country:
"'I think it's a great pity that in a democracy people don't use the opportunity to put their perspective forward in ...
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