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Students’ advice for Irish government

By ⋅ February 26, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Lectured some university students today in News Reporting and asked them to talk directly to the government – using Post-It notes. After class, I was going on BBC2 NI’s show Hearts and Minds as a guest along with Martin Mansergh. I told them I would give them to him after the show. It didn’t happen [...]

Beware the legalese virus

By ⋅ May 30, 2008 ⋅ One comment

EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS are concerned about the rapid spread of an aggressive virus known as legalese LT08. A close relative of jargonitis, academicspeakis and gobbledegook, the malady has taken hold of European laws and infected civil servants throughout the EU. The virus, mostly found in EU legislation and government publications, attacks the human mind and hijacks [...]

Welfare as tragi-farce

By ⋅ July 17, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Friday, July 13, 2007 Scene: A social welfare office in Ballythisis- progress. Ten staffed customer-service hatches line the far wall. The first person in the queue, a very nervous, bald, middle-aged man, looks down at his wet, scuffed shoes. Behind a shiny glass partition, two Government ministers sit back-to-back to ensure a full view of [...]

Wanted: celeb to emulate Buffett

By ⋅ May 13, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

The Irish Times Business This Week, May 11th 2007 On tonight’s episode of “Sage of Omaha: the next generation” Grandpa interviews his potential successors from Europe’s greatest economic success story – the Emerald Isle Stay tuned to see if they have the modesty, frugality, economic knowledge and common sense to become . . . the [...]

Paying for jargon

By ⋅ April 6, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

If you remember the first time you received pocket money, or had a warm coin pressed into your palm by a relative, you’ll remember the thrill of spending it.

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