Campaign Jitters 3: Politics Junkie #ge11
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Campaign Jitters 2: An alternative to a Banking Inquiry #ge11
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Campaign Jitters 1 #ge11
Hot off the wires, we have another slab of Audioboo'd goodness.
Your Country Your Call: FOI reveals a System of the World
The key document released to Rossa McMahon following his FOI appeal to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation was An Smaoineamh Mór's proposal document for the Your Country Your Call competition. It is valuable because it exposes more than just this particular set of proposals. It reveals the relationship between Fianna Fáil's public, elected, face and its much larger invisible manifestation.
Your Country Your Call: FOI docs reveal consternation, hubris
Rossa McMahon made a request under FOI for documents from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation regarding the Your Country, Your Call competition. Mostly, it was refused. So, being a curious sort, he appealed.
Free Tickets to see The Pipe in the IFI
Regular readers will know that Tuppenceworth is interested in the transpirings and doings around Rossport and the Corrib estuary over the last few years. There is currently, as in this week, an Irish produced documentary in the Art House cinema of Ireland, the IFI. The Pipe has won awards on the festival circuit, and has picked up some very strong reviews.
Your Country Your Call: Minister won’t answer Parliamentary Question on the money
Yesterday, Ciaran Lynch TD put down a follow-on Parliamentary question regarding the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation's undertaking to pay public monies to An Smaoineamh Mor Ltd's competition and lobbying plan Your Country, Your Call.
Do Not Want
The part of the tale of the Emperor’s New Clothes that is often forgotten is what happens after the little boy in the crowd shouts his heresy. You might think that his shout would break the spell, and the brute reality would dawn on all participants, the king suddenly grabbing a coat from a minion to preserve his modesty.
Your Country Your Call: SIPO reopens the door to evidence
The Standards in Public Office Commission recently rejected an application by me, amongst others, for an investigation of the Your Country Your Call competition and lobbying effort. You can read their rejection, and my analysis of its shortcomings in Your Country Your Call: SIPO fail the test.
Irish Journalists- Can We Trust You?
UPDATE: Well, that took less time to answer then I expected. The next five days are going to see a lot of things happening all at once. One of those things will be the making and breaking of news organisations' (and individual journalists') professional reputations.
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