Tag Archives: ireland
Architecture of Participation
In proper Web 2.0 style DCU Journalism student and fellow tweeter (as well as fellow BCFE alumnus) @cianginty is compiling a great list of Irish student journalists and media who tweet. I wont steal his links by quoting his text but I will just mention the two Twitter lists he has created here (of Journalists) [...]
Irish Government asked Google to remove data
The Irish Government has made about 10 requests for the removal of data from Google and YouTube servers according to details released by the search giant. In an update to the company’s own website Google detailed the number of requests it has received from governments for the removal of information from data stored on its [...]
Viruses attacking Irish Websites
Irish websites are being attacked by a series of sophisticated viruses, the website hosting company Digiweb warned today. The company has advised customers, whom it believes have been attacked, that their website passwords have been compromised. In an email sent to customers who have been attacked the company said, “As part of an ongoing investigation, [...]
Dublin City University’s Silver Surfers
WHILE SENATOR DAN BOYLE was attempting to bring down the government last week with the social networking site Twitter, JJ Higgins was doing something slightly more worthwhile. He was sending his first email. JJ (62), a retired postal worker, is among a growing number of older internet users in Ireland. A recent survey by the [...]
Dublin City Head Shops
The selling of legal and herbal drugs is a serious threat to the welfare of children the Dublin City Joint Policing Committee said today. The committee raised concerns to Assistant Garda Commissioner, Michael Feehan, that so called ‘Head Shops’ both glamorise and promote casual drug use. Head Shops are stores that specialise in selling ‘legal [...]
Wealth in Ireland
An increasing number of people believe that wealth is unfairly distributed in Ireland, according to a survey conducted by the independent research organisation TASC. Some 85% of people questioned think that wealth is not fairly dispersed in Ireland. An increase of 15% on 2008. Introducing the survey, TASC Director Paula Clancy says “the onset of [...]
