Blogging has been brutally slow here for weeks now, work is shaggin busy. But if you follow the wee link to Irishblogs.ie you’ll get a nice collection of Irish weblogs which, unlike this site, are of a standard actually worth visiting. And don’t forget Slugger, always worth a gander, and where you’ll find me most [...]
Via the Gaelport.com mailing list: Inaugural Report of An Coimisinéir Teanga. “The State may not be getting an adequate return for the money it invests in the teaching of Irish according to the inaugural report issued by An Coimisinéir Teanga, Seán Ó Cuirreáin.”
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone has broken the church’s silence and spoken out about Dan Brown’s best seller The Da Vinci Code branding it “shameful and unfounded”. Tomorrow the Cardinal will host a seminar on the subject “Story Without History” to rebut the claims of the book. The book itself [roughtly: a story about the Church suppressing [...]
The Irish Language Commissioner, Sean O’Cuirreain has reportedly called for a review of how Irish is taught in primary and secondary schools. His advice is contained in his first annual report as Commissioner. “Reports this morning said Sean O’Cuirreain had advised that such a review was essential if the State was truly committed to promoting [...]
I was at Cebit a few years ago, very interesting experience but over the two days I was there we barely scratched the surface such is the wealth of exhibitors to see. BBC has taken a snapshot of the event and highlighted some of the more interesting products on display this year. Sony Ericsson’s bluetooth [...]
Interesting one here, Apple has won it’s legal battle to force three bloggers to reveal the source who gave them information on unreleased Apple products. The bloggers posted information about Apple’s Asteroid product on the PowerPage, Apple Insider and Think Secret and Apple have been fighting since then to find the leak in their company. [...]
Via a Slugger discussion on a South African Police Chief Robert McBride [yes, there is an Irish connection] I discovered Africa’s self-proclaimed ‘premier hard news website’ African Crisis, and within those pages attitudes which shocked and astounded me. It’s worth taking a look just to see the sort of people which exist.
Interesting one here from Mexico where the 1,100 strong police force of the Nezahualcoyotl district of Mexico City have been ordered to read at least one book every month or lose any chance of promotion! Currently a substantial proportion of the force are semi-literate with about 20% not even educated beyond primary level. With a [...]
Apparantly the IRA offered to shoot the killers of Robert McCarthy. Disgusting – that’s the only think I can think of to say. It’s astounding.
Believe it or not Bono has been suggested for the role of head of the World Bank by the LA Times and US Treasury Secretary John Snow has said he would not rule out the idea of Bono making the shortlist of potential candidates!! It’s also believed that Bono might be among the nominees for [...]