It’s been quite a while since I last blogged. A number of reasons but mostly because my research and lecturing has essentially taken over my life. At the weekend I was encouraged to take up blogging so here’s my re-entrance onto the online stage… Yesterday I received a suggested link on Facebook: I found [...]
The Representing Women Research Project at Dublin City University is hosting a one-day seminar on Representing Women: Images, Discourses and Realities in Irish Political Life, which will bring together researchers, politicians and other stakeholders to exchange ideas and share experiences on the gender dynamics operating within Irish parliamentary democracy with a particular focus on the [...]
Students this year have been finding it increasingly difficult to get any information on the third level grants for the upcoming academic year; or at least easily understood information. You can get all the infor on the Citizen’s Information portal here, as always. Universities and the USI have been encouraging students to apply early and [...]
09 Jun, 2011
Pro-Life campaigners have established a new campaign known as Women Hurt which seems to be quite well funded, with AdShell posters (which I am reliably informed will last two weeks), Facebook advertising and a website. Sample Facebook advert in which they state themselves as a ‘project’ rather than campaign: According to the site the campaign has [...]
21 May, 2011
Posted by: Steve In: Blog|Humor|Politics|US Politics
US President Barack Obama will be conducting a State visit on Monday to Ireland. Queen Elizabeth II just concluded a State visit to Ireland which was the largest security operation undertaken by the Irish police force and Defence Forces in light of the dissident republican threat. Although the threat to Obama is far less [...]
