The conviction was secured against a middle-aged man who had made false and abusive comments on Facebook about a Dublin woman he had known for years.
Tag: On the Media
Posted inCulture Desk
An Inchicore radio station offers hyperlocal news and all kinds of country music
Or, as its tag line goes, it’s “Country to the ‘Core”.
Posted inCover
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #36
“People are watching the world through their phones, and from that perspective it seems to always be in flames,” writes illustrator Oleg Brazhnyk.
Posted inCity Desk
A New Group Takes Aim at Unpaid Internships in Journalism
“Everyone’s giving out about the lack of diversity in the media,” says Stephanie Costello, of the Media Interns Alliance. “But nobody’s looking after the most vulnerable: the student journalists and the interns.”
Posted inCulture Desk
A Post-Punk Zine Offers a Glimpse of 1980s Dublin
Dave Clifford published Vox from his bedroom, between 1980 and 1983.
Posted inA Quick Note
Apply: A Free Half-Day Workshop on Journalism Tools
We’re delighted to be helping to organise a half-day free workshop for community journalists, run by the Centre for Investigative Journalism (CIJ).
Posted inOpinion
Niamh: Irish Right-Wing YouTubers Seem to Be Following an Alt-Right Playbook
For practical reasons, it’s hard to challenge the sea of misinformation in these rambling video monologues.
Posted inThe Dish
New Publications Launch to Chronicle Dublin’s Thriving Food Scene
In recent months, the online publication All the Food launched, as well as the print magazine Char. And there’s more to come.
Posted inCity Desk
No, a Third of Homeless Families in Dublin Aren’t Here Illegally
That idea appears to be based on a misuse of statistics by Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy, which was further distorted in the media.
Posted inOpinion
Niamh: Did the Media Give Peter Casey Too Much Coverage?
Michael D Higgins may have won the race to the Áras, but Peter Casey took the podium in the media, garnering the most coverage of any candidate, writes a media analyst and DCU researcher.