Communications Minister Alex White
Theseuswhatnow?
From the Irish Times letters page…
“I don’t understand why Minister for Communications Alex White is so averse to legislation to clean up past media ownership deals that are strangling freedom of speech (“McDowell ‘chancing his arm’, says Minister”). In the past Mr White has vigorously defended openness. But he is guardian of an industry where Denis O’Brien has been allowed a controlling interest in media from Antrim to Kerry, in print and on the airwaves.”
“Diversity is obviously necessary in media ownership. But both the Competition Authority and the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland have been remiss in protecting the public interest on this issue. Why? It seems to me that corporate power speaks loudest in the ears of each of these bodies.”
“Mr White believes “constitutional property rights” prevent retrospective legislation. But the nursing home charges in 2004 were installed under a retrospective law. Neither the Supreme Court nor his own Government have done anything to reverse that situation. The constitution forbids retrospective criminal legislation, but is silent on such retrospective civil legislation as this.”
“Sadly I fear Mr White gets to the heart of the issue when he also cites “labyrinthine commercial issues”. It’s my guess that, at the heart of that labyrinth is a Denis O’Brien, still awaiting his Theseus.
RONAN BRADY,
Dublin 7.”
Diversity of media ownership (Irish Times)
Pride! You won’t find it everywhere but this weekend in dublin, it’s party time, excellent.
Pride is available everywhere, nationwide, all the Spar shops stock it.
Can you buy pride in 2 liters? or is it only 6 packs
You buy it buy the loaf, full of carbs, no six pack.
I’m sure someone will be along to explain it in a minotaur two.
: )
…best lol this week
Can someone order more LOLs please.
I look forward to see Alex White not being re-elected
Nothng will Pasiphae him except total control!
: o
Phaedra not
It’s knossos if he has anything to hide.
it’ll be hellen earth for him when he’s found out.
Crete stuff altogether.
Its like Theseus Minos the hero.
“But the nursing home charges in 2004 were installed under a retrospective law” which law was swiftly struck down as unconstitutional on a reference to the Supreme Court by the President pursuant to Article 26: http://www.supremecourt.ie/supremecourt/sclibrary3.nsf/(WebFiles)/8656ED6FCD1EAD03802575F300335737/$FILE/Health_%5B2005%5D%201%20IR%20105.htm
+1
Widely acknowledged as a complete effing disaster.
best punnage in a long time. well done all
I had better caic with the yiddish ceili puns, but apparantly thats racist. I do expect this comment to be removed when the bs staff sober up later.
better caic. Yup. pretty much that’s how it rolls on here.
What’s this thread about?
Is it exclusive to those of you who have Television Licenses?
And televisions?
I haven’t a notion, and sequentially I I feel victimised and forced into a minority I never knew existed.
Please, Broadsheet,…
…do the right thing. Just send me their e-mail addresses…I’ll do the rest meself.
Victimised ’cause you don’t have s telly?
Ask the Gay Pride crowd ta’ give you an Initial
So you can join in
Like
Yeah, I s stutter.
S so what?
You would if you had s spiders.
You’re scuttered
Again
Dept of Agriculture inroduced retropective conditions attached to the
Single Farm Payment about 3 years ago where they changed stocking ratio’s
for a previous year, if one arm of the Government can do it, then there is
no reason where it can not be invoked in media monoplies, the private
property right is not absolute, the common good has to be taken into account
It all boils down to who is afraid of Dennis O’Brien and his legal eagles, it
seems almost everyone, other than Broadsheet, as for Alex White he too
preuccupied how he might prop up RTE before he too is poliiically liquidated.