Image by cobalt123 via Flickr In Luxembourg as part of the training with the Anna Lindh Foundation we had to write a list of things that we think identify us. One suggestion was to draw a flower and on each petal write one thing. I of course am useless at drawing so decided to write a list. So how do I see myself? The first things that came to my mind was European, the next was Irish and after...
On the 26th of August Talk To EU comes to Cork City and are holding an event in Jurys Hotel on the Western Road at 8pm. This is an opportunity to ask some questions and learn more about the EU. From the poster: The EU is coming to you. It’s a forum where you can learn more about what we do, and we can learn more about what you think. It’s open to you, your friends, work colleagues, or...
Image by zaQography – Quite Busy via Flickr So I have finally updated my blogroll! I decided to split it into different sections refelecting the different type of blogs I read. If your blog is there and you think its in the wrong section or if you think your blog is missing let me know in the comments and I will add or change it or whatever! Oh and yes blogging will return to normal this week.
Until this week I didn’t know there was such a thing as blogger training (that wasn’t aimed at companies and such) but a friend send me information about the Hyperlink Project from The Euromed Anna Lindh Foundation for Dialogue between Cultures. Part of this project is “the ALF Euromed Bloggers Training on Intercultural Dialogue”. This will take place on the sidelines of the campaign Restore Trust – Rebuild Bridges which was launched by the Anna Lindh Foundation and the...
Image via CrunchBaseI had a post last month asking you to nominate @mcawilliams for a Shorty Award, well he is in the final for the personal category and needs your votes! The format is the same. Tweet the following: @shortyawards I vote for @mcawilliams in the Shorty Awards Finals for #personal because…he’s very personal Also there is another Irish twitterer up for an award, @dongenland who is up for a green award. So while you are at it, tweet:...
Jan Moir
I wasn’t actually going to blog about that Jan Moir article in the UK Daily Mail (they had more sense not to publish in the Irish version) but a statement released by Jan Moir claims that we are all over reacting and there is a ‘heavily orchestrated internet campaign‘ against her. (Link via @Glinner) It is amazing that someone with views like that are allowed print them. It is crazy and it is offensive. To be honest, I wasn’t...
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