I stop watching for a minute
I have been busy for the last few days. I know I am always busy but somehow I have been even busier than usual. As a result of being so busy, I have taken my eye away from the world … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Law
Following the tobacco template
There is yet another bill worming its way through our legislative process. This one is the “The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill” which proposes all the crap that us smokers know so well – warning labels, advertising bans, doors of shame … Continue reading →
Tedious shit
There has been a bit of talk recently about the new privacy thing brought in by the EU. I know this because I have been inundated with tons of shite from every company I have ever had dealings with telling … Continue reading →
Solving an age old problem
Life has a habit of throwing little problems our way. More often than not, those problems are man-made. More often than not those man-made problems are down to restrictions on our lifestyles “for our own good”. There are always ways … Continue reading →
Guilty until proven innocent
Oh boy but the Keyboard Warriors were out in force yesterday! So there was a high profile rape case. I suspect the only reason that it was so high profile was that the defendants were rugby players, but seeing as … Continue reading →
When is a crime not a crime?
Yesterday I came across a piece. Gardaí and Revenue have ‘dismantled’ Ireland’s first ever illegal cigarette factory in Co Louth. In a hen’s teeth moment I Tweeted it along with the comment “The first of many such facilities, I would … Continue reading →
Being bad on Good Friday
Every now and then we hear of an event that is so rare as to be remarkable. Maybe it’s a planetary alignment that won’t happen again until the year 2544, a flower blooming in the desert that only blooms once … Continue reading →
More dangerous than smoking
Well, waddya know! Now they want to ban cheeeldren from the Interwebs. It only seems like a couple of days ago [actually it was only a couple of days ago] when I scribbled about how they want to police the … Continue reading →
A Totalitarian Internet
“We need to monitor the Internet to combat terrorism” they said. “Fair enough” we said, as we don’t like terrorism. “We need to monitor the Internet to combat hatred” they said. “Fair enough” we said. We don’t like hatred. “We … Continue reading →
Health services breaking the law
Over 300 retailers targeted in sting operations to see if they’re selling cigarettes to under 18s. Hmmmm….. There are a couple of interesting points here. Let’s examine the basis for this operation. It is illegal to sell cigarettes to someone … Continue reading →
