Daily Archives: May 27, 2010

Eurovision: Semi 2 – Come on Niamh!

May 27, 2010
By Stephen
Eurovision: Semi 2 – Come on Niamh!

Image by adrian, acediscovery via Flickr Tonight sees the second of the 2010 Eurovision Song Contest Semi-Finals. Again 17 countries are competing for 10 places in the Grand Prix on Saturday. Tonight will also see Niamh Kavanagh represent Ireland for the second time. She is strongly tipped to qualify. Hopefully she will do us proud! Again ESCIreland.com will be hosting a liveblog on the website and also here. The running order for tonight can be found here and please...

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OpenFM

May 27, 2010
By Stephen
OpenFM

Yesterday I met with Sam Lyons and Emma Carroll of OpenFM a temporary station that will be broadcast in Dublin over the pride season and will also be online. The idea behind the station is to create an open space for discussion on LGBT issues, mental health issues and anything else. It wants to create a community space. It wants every one to be open. This is a laudable goal. They have managed to recruit 72 volunteers who have...

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