blogtalk
BLOGTALK NI (Episode 3)
In this week’s show bloggers Owen Polley, Gary McKeown and Conall Mc Devitt talk about the highlights of the week in Northern Ireland’s political Blogsphere. Topics discussed are dissent in the UUP over the Tory deal, Jan Moir and the online campaign against her comments about Stephen Gately, and the ‘No Pope Here’ Facebook Group.
BLOGTALK NI (Episode 4)
Owen Polley and Conall McDevitt return to the show this week joined by Gerard Mc Keown. Looking at how the Kelly Report will effect local politicians, Nelson McCausland's Blog and what remembrance means in contemporary Ireland. Interview with Niall Connolly, of Muck and Brass blog cited recently as the reason why 11 councillors resigned in Somerton in England.
BLOGTALK NI (Episode 5)
Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) and Brian Crowe (Burke's Corner) return to the show this week and are joined by Slugger O'Toole's, Chris Donnelly. Topics discussed include preparations for the approaching (and possibly) divisive centenary celebrations raised by the purchase of Edward Carson's old uniforms; what is meant by community confidence in the context of policing and justice; how political parties engage with their electorate and what a cycling and pedestrian bridge in the Gasworks and Embankment areas will mean to the city of Belfast.
BLOGTALK NI (Episode 6)
On this week's show Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, Mick Fealty and Gary Mc Keown discuss how digital media affects elections and how we come to terms with the legacy of the Troubles. Also up for discussion are the plans for independently funded news consortia being put forward by government and the plans of the industry regulator, Ofcom, in this regard.
BLOGTALK NI (Episode 7)
In the last of the series, Geoff Mc Gimpsey (Bobballs) and Alan Meban (Alaninbelfast) join Donal Lyons on the sofa. Discussion includes social housing in East Belfast, the problems of a Deputy First Minister and where to now for the dead tree industry. Also, extended highlights of the Slugger Awards that were held in Belfast last week. Northern Visions would like to thank everyone who supported the series and will look to organising a second series in the New Year.
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