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At tonight’s meeting of Dublin City Council Fine Gael’s Cllr. Gerry Breen was elected as Lord Mayor of Dublin. Cllr. Edie Wynne became Deputy Lord Mayor. Both the Lord Mayor and Deputy Lord Mayor sat down with me in the Mansion House and talked about their objectives while in office and the challenges they believe [...]

For those who were unable to attend the 2010 Dublin LGBTQ Pride ‘Ceremony of Love and Remembrance’ you can listen to the memorial celebration by clicking below Ceremony 2010 This is a full recording of the ceremony, please forgive the traffic noise in the background at times. It was a beautiful and intimate ceremony. As [...]

Today I learnt a very valuable lesson – never give your laptop to a stranger. I was in Starbucks in Dublin enjoying a signature hot chocolate before I went to work. Just as I finished I stood up to close down my laptop and a gentleman beside me asked if he could quickly check his gmail [...]

I was speaking at a higher education conference this week called ‘Re-inventing the University’ which was jointly hosted by Dublin City University and Arizona State University (ASU). The conference itself was highly informative and some revoluntionary concepts for higher education were discussed. The ASU President Michael Crow delivered an excellent paper on the formulae ASU [...]

In light of the rumors surrounding a Cóir demonstration at this years Dublin Pride parade which is scheduled to take place I spoke with Oisín O Reilly, chairperson of the Dublin Pride Committee 2010. The rumors have been circulating for over a week and Susie at Maman Poulet first blogged about it. The Dublin Pride [...]