Media Convergence
A superb piece by Gaby Wood in today's Observer discusses one aspect of the convergence of media and illustrates another. The piece itself, From the web to the White House, discusses how, with the Continue Reading
Perhaps next time
Fintan O'Toole makes a strong case in today's Irish Times (sub req'd) that the leaders' debates on RTÉ's Prime Time television programme the week before last (the debates are here and here) were Continue Reading
Vote, vote, vote
Article 16.2 of the Constitution provides (i) All citizens, and (ii) such other persons in the State as may be determined by law, without distinction of sex who have reached the age of eighteen Continue Reading
Speech just wants to be free – IV
There has been an exciting development in my campaign (see my earlier posts: here, here and here) to persuade RTÉ to make the Prime Time leaders' debates available online without restriction. I Continue Reading
Speech just wants to be free – III
There have been two developments today. First, I discovered that not only is there to be a debate between Bertie Ahern and Enda Kenny on Thursday night, there is also to be one among the leaders of Continue Reading
Speech just wants to be free – II
RTÉ were quick off the mark. Further to my letter to the Director General yesterday, mentioned in my previous post, RTÉ rang the Law School in Trinity where I work, to explain to me that all the Continue Reading
Speech just wants to be free
Over the last few weeks, I have been tracking the fate of a call on Larry Lessig's blog for the US political parties and television networks to eliminate unnecessary regulation of political speech by Continue Reading
Manifestos: Defamation, Privacy & Political funding
As I was having a look this evening at the various manifestos on the political parties' websites, I wondered what each of them might have to say about the kinds of issues discussed on this blog. Continue Reading
Hi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.
