Marriage equality is being debated in many countries at the moment. It's a serious topic and it impacts a lot of people. Having said that there's no reason why all the talk around it has to be boring as this New Zealand politician, Maurice Williamson, shows: [youtube]http://youtu.be/pCDEiaoEP2U[/youtube] And New Zealand has now legalized same sex marriage .. … [Read more...] about New Zealand Politician Gives Hilarious Speech On Marriage Equality
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There’s Two Sides To Every Story – Minister Sean Sherlock Explains
This is a slight departure from the stuff I normally post and while I have posted several times about the copyright debacle on the company blog, as well as covering it at length on the technology.ie podcastthis doesn't quite fit there either .. so it's here .. Tomorrow there's going to be a public debate about copyright in the Science Gallery. I was contacted the week before … [Read more...] about There’s Two Sides To Every Story – Minister Sean Sherlock Explains
Solving An Irish Voting Problem
Ireland is a wonderful country in many respects. One of its weaknesses, however, is that its electoral system has some flaws. If you are not physically in Ireland at the time of an election you cannot vote. So if you are overseas, like so many Irish citizens are, then you have no say in any Irish election. Other countries have systems and processes that ensure that citizens get … [Read more...] about Solving An Irish Voting Problem
Labour Overlook A Basic Issue
Politicians and political parties love to throw around buzzwords. In Ireland we have got used to terms like: "digital economy" "knowledge economy" and, of course, "celtic tiger". Labour have released a document with the rather pretentious title of "Plan for Digital Ireland". Download it. Read it and try not to spill too much coffee all over yourself. Their … [Read more...] about Labour Overlook A Basic Issue
Irish Political Candidates Given Advanced Warning
Irish politicians love to coo about our "knowledge economy" and how they see Ireland as some form of "digital hub". It probably used to help with votes. I wonder does it still? Of course, as we all know all too well, the track record of Irish politicians and the digital world is far from stellar. Fine Gael got their site hacked, The Greens spammed loads of bloggers and made … [Read more...] about Irish Political Candidates Given Advanced Warning