Here’s an article I’ve written for the London School of Economics ‘Democratic Audit’ blog on data and engagement. The link to the original is below. Many have welcomed the increased […]
– this is an article I’ve written for the Conversation UK In the UK, thanks to the freedom of information (FoI) laws, the right to know has become routine. Ten […]
I’m co-editing an important book on FOI in Ireland with Dr Maura Adshead at the University of Limerick currently, to be published by Manchester University Press next year. Myself and […]
IN THE mid-2000s, the brash and bullish Johnston Press thought buying into Irish regional newspaper market was a licence to print money. It spent more than €200m building up its […]
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Pat Kenny will find the challenge of presenting his new show on Newstalk a tougher one than he may have imagined. Kenny’s move from RTE after a 41-year career in […]
I’ve just completed a chapter for the second edition of an important book on local journalism in the UK and Ireland, entitled What Do We Mean By Local? Grass-Roots Journalism […]
IT SEEMS it is not only the current crop of newspaper editors that are worried about their papers. Two former The Irish Times editors have now also taken a stand […]
The debate about the future of the new broadcasting charge to replace the TV licence fee is just getting interesting. All sides – commercial broadcasters including TV3 and the local […]
