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I will always know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen

I will always know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen

The image is a thumbnail of an apology printed in yesterday's Irish Mail on Sunday; click through for a full-size twitpic by David Cochrane. It is headed "Brian Cowen", and it consists of four Continue Reading

I still know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen

This image, by Corey Seeman on Flickr, is the Monument to your Future Collaborators, on the pavement outside the Knight Management Center in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, Continue Reading

I know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen

I know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen

I know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen, and in fact we all know what you did last Summer, Mr Cowen, because the the Irish Mail on Sunday reported on your enrollment in the Executive Education Continue Reading

#Cameron to #Leveson: LOL

#Cameron to #Leveson: LOL

One of the most entertaining pieces of evidence that Lord Justice Leveson heard during his inquiry's hearings into the culture, practice and ethics of the press concerned UK Prime Minister David Continue Reading

Horgan at Leveson – the Irish Press Ombudsman gives evidence to the UK press inquiry

On Friday 13 July, Prof John Horgan, the Irish Press Ombudsman, gave evidence to the Leveson Inquiry on the Culture Practice and Ethics of the Press sitting in London. His written statement is here Continue Reading

The motes and beams of privacy

The motes and beams of privacy

By way of a break from #CRC12, I've been musing since Wednesday about motes and beams. A quick online search confirmed to me that the phrase comes from the King James version of St Matthew's Gospel Continue Reading

Is the Press Council system working?

Is the Press Council system working?

With the recent publication by the Press Council and the Office of the Press Ombudsman of their Annual Report 2010 (Report (pdf) | Press Release), it is an opportune time to consider whether the Continue Reading

Emails, photos, and the public’s interests

Earlier this week, I appeared on the Todayfm radio programme The Last Word, with guest presenter Anton Savage and fellow contributor Patrick Kinsella of the School of Communications at DCU (you can Continue Reading

Welcome

Yours trulyHi there! Thanks for dropping by. I'm Eoin O'Dell, and this is my blog: Cearta.ie - the Irish for rights.

"Cearta" really is the Irish word for rights, so the title provides some sense of the scope of this blog. In general, I write about private law, free speech, and cyber law; and, in particular, I write about Irish law and education policy.

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