Daily Archives: March 17, 2009

2009 European Young Journalist Award

March 17, 2009
By Stephen
2009 European Young Journalist Award

The European Commission’s DG Enlarement is running the 2009 European Young Journalist Award. From 2 February 2009 – 31 May 2009 young journalists aged 17 – 35, citizens or residents of the 27 member states of the EU or the candidate and potential candidate countries, are invited to participate in the 2009 European Young Journalist Award So what do you have to do? The 2009 European Young Journalist Award invites print, online and radio journalists from the 27 EU...

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5th Think Post – "What Women Want"

March 17, 2009
By Stephen
5th Think Post – "What Women Want"

Image by stephen.spillane via Flickr Well I seam to be getting used to blogging over on the thinkaboutit.eu blog becuase I just published my 5th post on it! Its on women and European politics. Eurobarometer recently did a Flash survey on Women and Politics in the EU. It found that 79% of Irish Women and 78% of women in the United Kingdom think that politics is male dominated. Read Full Post, dont forget to rate it!

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Lá Fheile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!

March 17, 2009
By Stephen
Lá Fheile Pádraig Sona Daoibh!

I hope you are all enjoying your St. Patricks Day. I for one have spent most of the actual day in bed. I had to get up early this morning and bring the Macoaimh (Cub Scouts) to mass. So I went back to bed afterwards. So whats the point of this post? I was going to do a post like this but then decided, why should I be posting about that on what is our National Day as well...

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The Running Order

March 17, 2009
By Stephen
The Running Order

Image via Wikipedia The Draw for the running order for the 2009 Eurovision Song Contest took place today in Moscow and the results are as follows. The first Semi-Final (May 12th) 1. Montenegro 2. Czech Republic 3. Belgium 4. Belarus 5. Sweden 6. Armenia 7. Andorra 8. Switzerland 9. Turkey 10. Israel 11. Bulgaria (chosen with a wildcard) 12. Iceland 13. FYR Macedonia 14. Romania 15. Finland 16. Portugal (chosen with a wildcard) 17. Malta (chosen with a wildcard)...

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