Ireland
2010: Big year for semantics
Real initiatives in semantics announced in the first month of the year.
Ireland serious about research
Universities to the fore in R&D
Open data coming to the UK. Where is Ireland on this?
UK government pushes ahead to support linked open data initiative
Are SIPTU for real?
no strikes please – we do not have the time or the money
National government – another plea
Good to see Matt Cooper articulating clearly the justification for FF and FG coming together at this time. He’s absolutely right – will have a negative impact for some of the current senior people. But we need this done – and now. Have commented on this previously: Calls for National Government What and who gets [...]
Irish Diaspora Conference
Image via Wikipedia Well done to David McWilliams and the Irish Government on the forthcoming conference with leaders drawn from the Irish diaspora. Reread the piece in the Irish Times earlier this week. Topics to include: the global economy: positioning Ireland for the upturn Ireland – the innovation island promoting brand Ireland through our global [...]
Climbed the reek Friday 28th August 09
Climbed the reek (Croagh Patrick) for the second time this year – last Friday. One of those days when visibility was ‘in and out’. The climb seemed easier than the last time – increasingly the traffic on the mountain is resulting in a more defined path up the mountain – even in the more difficult [...]
Reek Sunday – 26 July 2009
Image via Wikipedia As readers may be aware this blog takes its name from ‘the reek’ – the mountain, Croagh Patrick, located at Murrisk, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Each year we have ‘reek Sunday’ – when thousands of people descend on Westport – to climb Croagh Patrick. 26 July this year was particularly challenging – in [...]