Art, media, opinion and ideas
Quite unexpectedly, I've been asked to be on the panel for the Leviathan 3rd anniversary /Christmas special on next Thursday. As the topic is Ireland in 2016: The Pope’s Revenge it's likely that the discussion may travel to some unexpected places. However, as all but one of the other panelists are journalists (some of whom may have read the Paper Round) it could just be an elaborate trap.
If you'd like to see what happens when you accuse a solicitor's firm of defaming you on their website, you could take a look at the McGarr Solicitors post:The Medical Defence Union "MDU"If I may venture a prediction, this one has legs.
Elsie, a tuppenceworth reader, was so pleased by the Paper Round that she has set up her own newspaper-reader blog An Exception to the Rule. She already has a great story from the Irish Independent. "Ms Davison was in her first year at UCD when she represented Ireland at the Miss World contest in China in 2003.
Like Fingerbobs, but made with facts, instead of digits. Factbob1: Speaking in UCC at the student Law Society Law Conference, Seamus Dooley of the NUJ conceeded that standards in newspapers have fallen in recent years. Factbob 2: At the same conference Gary Davis, the Deputy Data Protection Commissioner said that (a) Gardai were accessing telecommunications data at a rate of 10,000 requests a year.
Just in case there are any readers of Adam Maguire‘s article in this Sunday’s Business Post who have arrived to take a look at the guide to video sharing sites’ Terms and Conditions- here’s the link: Video Sharing Sites Terms and Conditions: A legal drive-by ..
This weekend there was a little bit of interest in the Paper Round from the Irish Times. Shane Hegarty had a piece on the back page of the Weekend Review section. For those without an Ireland.
Take a wander over to the site for our VoteTube Competition. For the moment, we're running various political ads from the US along with some ideas for people who might like some help gettting started. Hopefully, we'll start to see some videos from closer to home.
Kevin D'Lefty mentions a rather damning review of Christopher Hitchens’ new book here. It is a salutary reminder of how a fine mind can, with or without the aid of alcohol, paint itself into a corner.
Star Sunday Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. Notes are on the wiki for the Star Sunday, my final contribution to the Cause Celébre that The Paper Round has become. It was surprisingly hard work, and deeply depressing, but I for one am glad I did it.
Paper Round: The Indo's Response? Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. For all our education and enlightenment, I thought I'd highlight this slightly peculiar article which appeared in Thursday's Irish Independent. (brought to our attention by Travors.
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