Well tomorrow I am off to Barcelona for the Anna Lindh Foundation Forum 2010. I will be live-blogging and tweeting about the forum, with the help of a few others. I know I am not a big user of twitter at the moment, but college is taking up a lot of the time I...
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Image by VitiligoCover via Flickr Two recent events should be highlighted to any politician thinking of using twitter to further their electoral prospects. These two stories do serve as maybe a warning, before the commit. Case 1: Dale v McCarthy. This case surrounds allegations made by the Hon. Kerry McCarthy, MP for Bristol East, about the...
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Via Conor on Twitter, a great online video about HIV and Stigma with Konnie Huq (remember Blue Peter?) by the Birtish Red Cross for World AIDS Day 2009. The blurb: What would it take for you to kiss someone with HIV? If Konnie Huq was HIV positive, would you kiss her? The stigma experienced...
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Someone filled me in on a little something at is happening on Staurday here in Cork! See below for the details! Let Mr. Blue Sky in! Who do we want? Everyone! No experience necessary. For what? A flash mob to celebrate the arts in Cork. A Flash mob? Check out these links http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UE3CNu_rtY...
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I wasn’t actually going to blog about that Jan Moir article in the UK Daily Mail (they had more sense not to publish in the Irish version) but a statement released by Jan Moir claims that we are all over reacting and there is a ‘heavily orchestrated internet campaign‘ against her. (Link via @Glinner)...
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So much for not blogging politics, but this cant be left go. I witnessed an “interaction” on twitter between the Green Party and Peter of Donegan Landscaping. It was started with Peter pointing out that @Deirdredeburca only uses twitter for announcements. To which the Greenparty responded by saying Now this is a big mistake...
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Are you a blogger or a tweeter in Cork? Then check out Joe’s blog as he is organising a little getogether next Thursday or Friday in the Thirsty Scholar. Do come along!
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Thanks to Eoin Ryan MEP for highlighting this on twitter. Vist www.dyp2008.org/ to see how you could win a trip to Africa. One person from Ireland has to win! Check it out! Best of luck if you enter!
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So since I did my post about Fine Gaelers on twitter I have come across some more on Twitter! One is a Senator and the other two are councillors. Fist up is the Senator Jerry Buttimer who is FG’s spokesperson on Community, Rural and Gaeltach Affairs. Cork City Councillor Laura McGonigle is also on...
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Yesterday I had 17 followers on this blog, today I have 15 What did I do to offend two people? I dont know, but I dont think they unfollowed because Gamma recently asked in a comment why I unfollowed him (I didnt) and when I went to check I wasnt a follower but the...
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