Month: April 2005

GAMA managers have taken 230 striking workers off their payroll and are trying to starve them into submission. The workers, who held a protest march yesterday afternoon to the Turkish firm?s headquarters in Santry, Dublin, said they have not received food yesterday and were also being threatened with eviction from their accommodation. Socialist Party leader…

Newstalk’s claim that the piece was an “evolving element” in the show is comic in itself. Do BCC decisions give leave to on air apologies? NT106 did get the Cardinal Ratzinger piece correct in historical(?) terms. I have not heard this piece of raido sketch, I wonder what Mitchell McLoughlin and Jeffrey Donaldson said on…

On Saturday afternoon I attended the ÉIST – Great Radio Debate “Radio in the iPOD Age” speakers wereCelene Craig, Deputy Chief Executive and Secretary Broadcasting Commission of IrelandAndrea Martin, Media LawyerWillie O’ Reilly, Chief Executive Today fmKieran Mc Geary, Chief Executive Beat 102 103Fiona Stack, Editor Newstalk 106 The event was poorly attended (15 people)…

The United Kingdom declares martial law in Ireland. (Wikipedia)8<The British worked slowly, unsure of how many they were up against, and put their efforts into securing the approaches to Dublin Castle and isolating the headquarters at the GPO, before the gunboat Helga shelled large parts of the city and burned much of it down. 8<The…

I said some really nice things about my XDA in my most recent podcast. Like it knows how to crash, no blue screen, it crashes and 99% of the time it just needs a soft reset and its back on track. Then tonight when I least needed it to crash it crashes big time. A…

As a two thirds majority is needed, the Croke Park Grab All Association will decide today if Soccer & Rugby will be played on its turf. It has hosted Oz Rules and American Football, Neil Diamond, U2, Lou Reed, Simple Minds. A wonderful stadium part paid by our taxes (through the consent of the elected…

Anocht fm, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta’s dedicated service for younger listeners featuring English-language songs, will be launched next month. Described as a radical departure from mainstream RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta programming, Anocht fm begins on Monday 2 May 2005, broadcasting seven days a week between 9pm and 1am. more

It was Wednesday morning the wife is at the dentist and charlotte (aged 2) and I are trying to get around the shopping center in Donaghmede. The O2 shop had my XDA parts I ordered, and I failed to spend a €20 voucher for Golden Discs, as they had no CD-Rs and no mini-discs (I…