Comments on: Cowengate: Pictures at an exhibition http://www.cearta.ie/2009/03/cowengate-pictures-at-an-exhibition/ the Irish for rights Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Our Shame: The Irish Prison Inspector’s Report into Mountjoy Prison « No Ordinary Fool http://www.cearta.ie/2009/03/cowengate-pictures-at-an-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-10504 Our Shame: The Irish Prison Inspector’s Report into Mountjoy Prison « No Ordinary Fool Sat, 26 Sep 2009 13:11:17 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=2264#comment-10504 [...] Back in March, there was remarkable uproar online over Cowengate and what it might signify for our right to freedom of expression. The scale of this reaction is nicely demonstrated here. [...] [...] Back in March, there was remarkable uproar online over Cowengate and what it might signify for our right to freedom of expression. The scale of this reaction is nicely demonstrated here. [...]

]]> By: Popcorn Maker Enthusiast http://www.cearta.ie/2009/03/cowengate-pictures-at-an-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-8403 Popcorn Maker Enthusiast Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:33:43 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=2264#comment-8403 The damage has already been done, by the politicians and the police who abused their power. Threatening this poor man with prosecution is in itself intimidation, and a disgraceful misuse of authority. It’s also an assault on democracy and something we can’t tolerate.. The damage has already been done, by the politicians and the police who abused their power. Threatening this poor man with prosecution is in itself intimidation, and a disgraceful misuse of authority. It’s also an assault on democracy and something we can’t tolerate..

]]> By: cearta.ie » Cowengate: no use crying over spilt milk http://www.cearta.ie/2009/03/cowengate-pictures-at-an-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-8309 cearta.ie » Cowengate: no use crying over spilt milk Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:47:26 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=2264#comment-8309 [...] some more Cowengate coverage online, since my previous sets of [...] [...] some more Cowengate coverage online, since my previous sets of [...]

]]> By: Niall http://www.cearta.ie/2009/03/cowengate-pictures-at-an-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-7835 Niall Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:08:22 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=2264#comment-7835 Allan, "The RTE piece wasn’t satire. It was news reported in a tongue-in-cheek way." Either way it is beyond RTE's remit. The original broadcast was inappropriate and an apology was justified regardless of the other events surrounding it. Regarding the warrant, if I was a Garda I would ask for information first of all before I went through the protocol of securing a warrant; that just seems like good working practice. Being there at the behest of the "powers that be" could mean a lot of things, eg Garda top brass. That they only escalated the investigation after the RTE report is hardly surprising; if journalists are ringing them up asking how the investigation is going they would be sure to pull the finger out to make themselves look productive. All in all I think a mountain has been made out of a molehill in all of this. Allan,

“The RTE piece wasn’t satire. It was news reported in a tongue-in-cheek way.”

Either way it is beyond RTE’s remit. The original broadcast was inappropriate and an apology was justified regardless of the other events surrounding it.

Regarding the warrant, if I was a Garda I would ask for information first of all before I went through the protocol of securing a warrant; that just seems like good working practice.

Being there at the behest of the “powers that be” could mean a lot of things, eg Garda top brass.

That they only escalated the investigation after the RTE report is hardly surprising; if journalists are ringing them up asking how the investigation is going they would be sure to pull the finger out to make themselves look productive.

All in all I think a mountain has been made out of a molehill in all of this.

]]> By: cearta.ie » Cowengate follow-on: a question, and more pictures at the exhibitions http://www.cearta.ie/2009/03/cowengate-pictures-at-an-exhibition/comment-page-1/#comment-7813 cearta.ie » Cowengate follow-on: a question, and more pictures at the exhibitions Sun, 29 Mar 2009 20:25:53 +0000 http://www.cearta.ie/?p=2264#comment-7813 [...] Cowengate controversy certainly caught the imagination this week; and, by way of update to my earlier posts on the topic, [...] [...] Cowengate controversy certainly caught the imagination this week; and, by way of update to my earlier posts on the topic, [...]

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