watch this qik video: (full audio podcast on 2.5 hour debate to be added in the morning.)

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I strongly support the actions taken by the FIF. Irish Fishermen must not be priced out of the sea by fuel taxes & costs nor cheap fish imports. Minister Brendan Smith TD and Minister of State Tony Killeen TD must act fast from Ireland’s perspective & secondly via the EU Maritime Affairs Commissioner & the wider European perspective, too many factors have grouped together on the livelihoods of fishermen & their families, and with out further delay action is demanded on this issue. Brian Greene 04/06/2008 (Howth Harbour).

Federation of Irish Fishermen to Hold Demonstration at Dail Eireann
On Thursday 5th of June 2008, members of the the Federation of Irish Fishermen (FIF) will hold a demonstration outside Leinster House in Kildare Street between 12 noon and 3 pm to highlight the effects that the current high fuel prices and cheap fish imports are having on the fishing industry.
The CEOs of the four main fish producing organisations will be available at this demonstration to give interviews.
Mr Michael Walsh, chairman FIF and CEO Irish South and East Fish Producers Organisation, 087 2582842
Mr Lorcán Ó Cinnéide, CEO Irish Fish Producers Organisation, 087 6299522
Mr Gerard O’Flynn, CEO Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation 086 2360001
Mr Sean O’Donoghue, CEO Killybegs Fishermens Organisation. 087 4196535

During this demonstration fishing vessels will be tied up in all major fishing ports around the coast.

last night in Swords I chaired the no nonsense ‘no’ debate on Lisbon mp3 64kbits 90 minutes. Speakers Clare Daly Socialist Party & Patricia McKenna Green Party.

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From outdoor

taken at a different cycle of the boom. passive poster advert, there was jobs if you had boots & hat. now there are no boots no hats no jobs.
also new in outdoor

From outdoor

when accountants run planning housing building land & politics we in Ireland call them elected FF. the margins may be soft but they are wide (for errors).

the PDF contains the April 17th proposal to councillors of the local area committee from Niall D Brennan & Associates.

filmed this while waiting to go on stage at the curragh on Saturday night

For the saturday clean up I chose an internet radio station over satellite, this is odd and noteworthy. I did this for a few reasons

1. availability: with a PC in the room (this is new) i was able to turn it on. The PC is wifi’ed to the BB.

2. I had affinity with a station & it popped into my head before the satellite stations did. It has taken months for this affinity to build. net radio has an affinity build problem built in. net radio affinity problem is: if its on a device we don’t think is radio (hardware) we don’t think it has radio (content) & turn to / tune to less. Awareness build is needed here, but will we hear on air radio promote online streams for when I get online my choice rises from 200 stations to 10,000. Not any day soon, someone else may need to point this out. On air radio has edge is specturm exclusivity no matter how bad they are people listen, remember there are many more homes with WIFI than DAB in Ireland. wifi is in more Irish & UK homes that DAB. DAB not standard in cars. ILRs should deal with telcos for data carriage on cells and revenue share (bhg 07:30 AM April 25, 2008)
3. Favourites: my radio player (we built our own for the PC/PSP) has favourites & login & cookies & tracks my recent plays & twitters my iLike’s & records them, and examines my iLikes against others that are like mine giving a weLike. Having preset buttons made car radio listening easier, poor old radio stations saw listeners being easier able to hop, but don’t fence me in. Internet radio must not make the mistake of w@p and mobile content, walled gardens walls have two sides, the inside may be ivy clad but the outside is wild with banksy murals of taste decency indecency and CHOICE painted on the outside looking out on the world (net radio is unregulated not deregultated).

4. Satellite radio just didn’t seem cool enough to tune into this morning.

today at about 4pm in Baldoyle the Coast Guard helicopter was circling the racecourse lands and building site. all 5 of us were in the garden looking up at it, we were not as close to it since the day we saw an aborted display in Killkee Harbour Co. Clare. But not as close as me old mate richie wilson who snapped a super series of photos recently when there was a fallen walker up on the hill of Howth.

if he never posts another blog post he’ll have better photos than I’ll ever have! nice one Richie. [image size html squashed - view image in new tab to see full size.]  See the martello above the men below the helicopter and the harbour beyond that.