Libby Jury Loses Only Intelligent Member

It seems that one of the jurors in the Scooter Libby case in Washington has been dismissed due to exposure over the weekend to media trial coverage. Fair enough, you can’t be too careful when a man's liberty is at stake.

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Prangle: Quare Name But Great Stuff?

Prangle. ie (this urban dictionary definition notwithstanding) is a press release service recently launched by a former Sunday Times journalist, Douglas Dalby. It promises to make sense of the hundreds of press releases that daily issue forth from agencies, and target them specifically to the needs of the each journo’s particular beat.

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Election 07: What do PR people think?

If you're working in PR, an election can mean a shower of extra work- if you can persuade a politician or political party that you have a particular insight. Bear this in mind when you throw your eye over "It's the economy stupid", a post from PR firm Edelman (they of the questionable PR). The article begins by telling us that the economy has been taken for granted by the electorate.

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“You should be in Make-Up about an hour ahead”

Visits to RTE tend to be rare occurances for me. The last time I was there, Pat Kenny tripped over the mat in the front door and went in to a paroxym of rage. A few minutes later an assistant came down with a doleful looking man with a toolbelt and had him move the circular mat 90 degrees.

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A Week of FF Press Releases as Tag Cloud

according (22) airport (39) area (21) change (32) climate (26) cllr (28) cocaine (30) construction (22) continue (25) deputy (30) development (32) drug (24) economic (24) energy (52) environment (36) environmental (20) farmers (29) government (37) important (27) industry (25) investment (25) ir ..

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Children’s Rights and Government Hypocrisy

The news this evening is full of the announcement of the publishing of the wording for the new amendment to the Constitution. I use this inelegant formulation because no publishing yet appears to have occurred, though there has been plenty of announcement.

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Michael McDowell’s Conference Speech as Tag Cloud

agenda away believe bring care challenges change commitment competitive constitutional country days deliver democrats economy environment environmental five founded garda generation government harney health ireland irish jobs major mary minister ochana party people plans political programme progressive prosperity reform road services state success sustainability system thousands vision work wrong ..

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