http://jameslawless.ie Politics, Kildare, Work and Play! Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:12:25 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was in N.U.I. Maynooth earlier this week, where I gave a guest lecture on social media. The lecture title was 'socialnomics' and I focused on technology and particular the web was changing the world and how it could and should be used by organisations. I can ... http://jameslawless.ie/2010/03/04/irelands-university-town-aka-maynooth/ Irish Blog Awards 2010 (aka #iba10 to Dan Boyle and the like) is here again. Delighted to see that for the third year in a row I have been nominated for an award. This year I feature in two categories, this blog is in under 'Best blog by a politician' which ... http://jameslawless.ie/2010/02/22/iba-10/ Catch my latest post over at IrishElection.com ; http://www.irishelection.com/2010/02/boy-george-no-more/ A story about a little boy who threw all his toys out of the pram. http://jameslawless.ie/2010/02/08/boy-george-bye-bye/ I attended a meeting last Wednesday night, organised by the residents of Killeenmór to discuss the recent and recurring flooding issues. The meeting was also attended by Cllr. Liam Doyle, Cllr. Brendan Weld and Michael Fitzpatrick (who had to vote in the Dáil) was ably represented by his aide Johnny ... http://jameslawless.ie/2010/02/07/updates-on-killeenmor/ The Kileenmór region just outside Sallins was flooded again last weekend for the third time in three months. There are maybe twenty houses along this road and they have been hit each time it rains with water on the road, in the gardens and in some of the houses. The ... http://jameslawless.ie/2010/01/18/fresh-flooding-at-kileenmor/ Note this is a cross post from IrishElection.com where I've been posting a lot lately. There is quite a busy discussion going on over there also on the same piece. This post stems from a discussion in the comments section under ‘All politics is local'. We were comparing and contrasting the ... http://jameslawless.ie/2010/01/15/mostly-all-politics-are-local/ Last week I spoke of the RTÉ enquiry which led to much acrimony within the Waterways estate at the Minister's comments which contradicted the technical evidence previously presented. The ful episode can be seen here: http://www.rte.ie/player/#v=1063707 Similar claims had also been made in local media at the outset, example here: 02 December 2009  Leinster Leader ... http://jameslawless.ie/2010/01/14/clarification-sought-on-ministers-remarks/ Just to advise, I have published a longer version of my original highs and lows on IrishElection.com at the following URL: http://www.irishelection.com/2010/01/highs-and-lows-2009/ Quite a few comments and discussion if you want to drop by there. http://jameslawless.ie/2010/01/11/more-highs-and-lows-2009/ Last night (8th Jan, 2010), RTE Prime Time screened a program on the floods in Sallins, amongst other places. I spoke to the program makers, on camera, for about thirty minutes, however I did not feature in the eventual program. I did show them around the local landscape and bring them ... http://jameslawless.ie/2010/01/08/prime-time-on-sallins-flooding/ For the benefit of anyone who may have been affected by the recent flooding at Sallins, there is a new page here with pointers to the different resources available. http://jameslawless.ie/2010/01/05/flooding-relief-efforts/