It’s not wholly surprising, but it seems possible that the meteoric rise of the Celtic Tiger could very soon be eclipsed by the current free-fall of the Irish economy. Following on from news that the economy fell into recession in the second quarter of 2008 (with two consecutive quarters of declining …
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Irish economy in crisis
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Opportunities for new community stations in Ireland
http://funferal.org/blog/2008/09/17/opportunities-for-new-community-stations-in-ireland/The BCI has just issued a call for expressions of interest in new community radio stations, with a deadline of October 23rd. Expressions of Interest are an initial step in which groups encourage the BCI to issue a call for applications for specific stations (usually covering specific areas or audiences). …
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This is integration
http://funferal.org/blog/2008/09/16/this-is-integration/Amidst a BBC report on Roma migration in Europe is this note on education policy in Hungary, which : In Hungary, an earlier policy to give money to schools for the mentally disabled, to which a disproportionate number of Roma were sent, was abandoned when it was realised that it encouraged …
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Indyblogs
http://indyblogs.protest.netfunferal - Urbana — Ronnie Drew passes If ever you go to Dublin town, a hundred years from now… So that line’s from Patrick Kavanagh, but it came to mind on hearing of the passing of Ronnie Drew today. The music of Ronnie and the Dubliners has been a constant in my music-focused
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mediageek 25 July 2008: Radio and the March of Technology
http://radio.mediageek.net/?p=337Andrew O’Baoill
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Indyblogs
http://indyblogs.protest.netfunferal - Urbana — Healthcare provision in the United States The American Federation of Teachers - with which my union, the GEO, is affiliated - has voted to endorse a bill to provide Universal Healthcare in the United States: HR 676 would institute a single payer health care system in the U.S.
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Free Speech, even for Kevin Myers
http://www.cearta.ie/2008/07/free-speech-even-for-kevin-myer...But write it he did. And the controversy he predicted has indeed erupted. In truth, it was not a difficult prediction to make - he has been here before: for three or four weeks in February and March 2005, outrage and controversy engulfed The Irish Times over an opinion piece Myers had written (in The Irishman’s Diary) objecting to the welfare benefits received by unmarried mothers, who he described as “mothers of bastards”. And now, inevitably, there are calls (
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Grassroots organizing at the NCMR
http://www.pinknews.co.uk/aroundtheworld/2008/07/grassroots-...I’m at a grassroots action session at the Media Reform conference in Minneapolis. Read more….
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Rolla Nd
http://zer.speizer.org/blog/2008/07/rolla-nd.htmlrolla nd tags: rolla nd rolla nd links: http://funferal.org http://euroceny.sk http://schooltuinridderbos.web-log.nl/mijn_weblog http://oceanskies79.blogspot.com http://scores.de/blog http://valuingeconomics.blogspot.com http://loycie.yculblog.com http://kendimenot.bortubocek.net
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http://www.toddsuomela.com/ecec
http://www.toddsuomela.com/ececSearch and Technorati. Girlmedia Maven on Bill Moyers and the missing female voices and the power of collaboration. Harold making fun of Bill O’Reilly at WetMachine. Funferal on the keynote and grassroots organizing. BitchPhD on copyright and fair use LocalMN with some in-depth panel coverage. PF Hyper covering Minneapolist WiFi and the opening Listics with some short comments. Uppity Wisconsin also has some interesting notes and praise for Bill Moyers.
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Coverage of NCMR2008
http://www.toddsuomela.com/ecec/2008/06/coverage-of-ncmr2008...Search and Technorati. Girlmedia Maven on Bill Moyers and the missing female voices and the power of collaboration. Harold making fun of Bill O’Reilly at WetMachine. Funferal on the keynote and grassroots organizing. BitchPhD on copyright and fair use LocalMN with some in-depth panel coverage. PF Hyper covering Minneapolist WiFi and the opening Listics with some short comments. Uppity Wisconsin also has some interesting notes and praise for Bill Moyers.
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red pill
http://wingolog.org/archives/2008/06/19/red-pillprimaries this year, defeating the Clinton machine and its +47 cloak of inevitability. It is possible that Obama effect some meaningful change in the US, and in the world. But. As an attendee of the recent National Conference for Media Reform noted (edited slightly), Although there can be something invigorating about being in such a large crowd of like-minded people, I feel more passion and energy in a march, where we are more participants than audience.
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Activism compendium
http://www.politicsinireland.com/13414/First, the picture to the left is of Labour TD Joe Costello, who for the last 5 years has run a weekly protest outside the Mater hospital, calling for better healthcare. Second, potentially good news for grad employees in private …... Continue reading »
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