I’ve just finished my third radio interview of the day - each of which has been inspired by a press release from DUP MP Gregory Campbell (read it on the DUP website here). Gregory had picked up on the minor stir caused last week by the comments on Friday’s Shaun Doherty Show, where two people [...]
Letterkenny is Ireland’s entry in the large town category of the 2008 Entente Florale - the European Tidy Towns competition. The local tidy towns committee has been working closely with the Town Council, County Council and other groups to ensure that town is in great position to compete for the top prizes. This is together [...]
Shameless plugs for two new websites I’ve helped launch recently:
First up is the Pan American Cycle Test. Four young TCD students are cycling (on bicycles) from the top of Alaska to the southern tip of Argentina. They’ll travel 25,000 km in 260 days, and hope to raise € 200,000 for their charity.
The site contains a [...]
A few updates to the blog, after a long absence….
Digipics design has some great pictures of Letterkenny over the years up on Flickr. I really like the photo above of Dillons supermarket, from about 15 years ago.
Congratulations to Mayor Jean Crossan on a succesful Mayor’s Ball, whic will see a substantial amount of cash going [...]
I was a guest on George Hook’s drivetime show on Newstalk today, to discuss the subject of CCTV cameras following the recent press reports of a UK policeman’s claims that CCTV investment has been a waste of money. My input was to talk about the success of the investment we’ve seen in Letterkenny, and to [...]
A quick pre-St Patrick’s Day post to highlight an important development.
All six of Letterkenny’s new CCTV cameras are now operational. This weekend will serve as the first trial of their use in the town.
Sean Flanagan demonstrating the CCTV Control System
The control unit for the system is based in the Public Services Centre on the Neil [...]
I was on Newstalk this morning to discuss the latest development in the ongoing saga of Nightclub closing times in Letterkenny (first post about it here). This followed a report on RTE News last night, and a few articles in today’s national papers.
The current situation is that three of Letterkenny’s nightclubs have been granted closing [...]
Mary Doherty of the Christian Solidarity Party was on Highland Radio this week discussing her views on Gay Marriage. Needless to say, she opposes any kind of equality leglislation in this regard. I disagree with Mary’s views on many things, this included. I mention this, as I was just emailed this clip from the West [...]
Attached below is a radio interview I’ve just completed on Highland Radio’s Shaun Doherty Show. We were discussing Wikipedia, in light of reports in the press about petty vandalism to Pat The Cope Gallagher’s profile page.
I think Wikipedia is a fantastic resource. But any open-forum will be prone to misuse, and users of wikipedia need [...]
Last night’s Monthly meeting of Letterkenny Town Council was adjourned as a mark of respect on the death of Cllr Jean Crossan’s brother, who was buried on Sunday. The meeting reconvenes next Monday, Feb 18th. I have a few items down for discussion on the agenda, including maintenance on the Lismonaghan Road, formally naming the [...]
