General

Stirrings

The Blog Awards are starting to look like the start of something new in Baile na Bloga. People are feeling that they want some kind of follow up already, without having to wait a year. I'm pretty sure that something is stirring in the undergrowth.

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Buying the Irish Times

Jon Ihle of Backseat Drivers has a piece on the Irish Blog Awards in today's Irish Times. He mentions on his blog "You'll be happy to know I'm getting another good crack at the blog awards for the main news pages Monday. Should be a nice spread.

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Infobursts

There follows a few things I wanted to let readers know, but couldn't think of enough to say about to warrant a full post. 1) Bernard, of Running with Bulls, has set up a T-Shirt shop. All the proceeds of his clothy wares are being donated to Digital Rights Ireland.

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Mutual Assitance with Phone Taps

I posted quickly about the phone tapping bill which appeared in the Seanad through the medium of Irish. Mr McDowell may as well have introduced it through the medium of modern dance, given the general populous' (and who knows maybe even Senators) ability to decrypt legislation at the best of times. However the stunt may have backfired a little.

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Commentary on Lourdes Report

From Sarah Carey's valuable reflection on the meaning of the Neary scandalThe Neary saga could only happen where an authority — be it religious, civil, medical or military — is permitted to operate without question and where professionals instinctively cover up for each other. The young midwives who eventually complained successfully about Neary were not the first. There had been others.

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Phone Tap Bill

Phone Tap Bill Originally uploaded by Editor_Tupp. Some background links. The Criminal Justice (Mutual Assitance) Bill's tracking pageThe Minister's speech in Irish.

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“Order Must Be Imposed”

It took a few days for things to crystallise, but a consensus has developed regarding the O’Connell St riots. Republicanism has by and large gotten off lightly. Sinn Fein were nowhere near the march, and Republican Sinn Fein members are now largely accepted to have been in a minority of those involved.

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Sweety things

Om nomb. That's the noise my brain makes when it sees superlative food being discussed. I like reading the likes of Jeffrey Steingarten to prompt that kind of noise.

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The Lourdes Hospital Inquiry

Readers ought to be aware that the editor may have a new bee buzzing about his bonnet. To add to his usual mix of fretting over Digital Rights and access to the Four Courts he has decided to take a closer look at the Lourdes Hospital Inquiry Report. I have attempted to find a copy of this report online.

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