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Today eircom implemented their three strike rule. Here is a letter I sent to my local TD recently on the subject. Dear Ciaran, Thanks for your tweet regarding the judicial decision regarding the so called ’3 strike rule’ being implemented by eircom at the request of the music and movie industries. I hope you have [...]

Dear Councilors & TD’s, It was with incredulity that I read reports in the Irish Times of the destruction of parts of Dalkey Quarry. The first recorded climbs by the Irish Mountaineering Council were undertaken in the 1940′s. Today the quarry is used almost daily by climbers and the routes range from the very beginner [...]

The start of 2010 has been an interesting time in the EU. Where, in stark contrast to most places, we seem to be coming up with good legislation and ideas. February 22nd: The EU Commission proposes a ban on all commercial fishing of Atlantic bluefin tuna by 2011. Predictably the Japanese are the ones who [...]