Environmental pressure group, Friends of the Earth, are reported to have lodged an official complaint to the European Commission that the Department of the Environment had breached EU laws by not setting in place an independent Environmental Protection Agency. And if I’m not mistaken, they’re pointing to the recent High Court Judgement noted here. [Was the Minister listening then? - Ed]
It took me a long time to warm to advertising agencies. The first time I worked with one I was working in sales management on Fairy Washing Up Liquid. I was due to attend a meeting at which I was to be told what consumers really thought of the brand. I remember my reluctance to [...] read our review »
I’ve been catching up on some reading, recently. Most pleasantly surprised by John Drennan’s latest opus from Gill and Macmillan, Cute Hoors and Pious Protestors… It’s early days yet, but I was struck by this paragraph, part of a dissection of Fianna Fail near the beginning: One of the more fatal consequences of our colonial [...] read our review »
Dr Gordon Gillespie, a researcher at the Institute of Irish Studies at Queen’s University Belfast, gave a presentation on “Graphic Portrayals: Northern Ireland, Graphic Novels and the Peace Process”, at the Linen Hall Library. Gordon started with a clarification that he was going to talk about graphic novels/comic books, not cartoons, and material that was [...] read our review »
Of course, Pete, recently our beloved Assembly more or less told our High Court to stuff it.
Wonder if they’ll be so cavalier with the EU Commission?
Im all for smaller government etc, but something has to be done. Northern Ireland’s Waste-water Treatment performance is surpassed by many third world countries.