Archive for February 2012
Regulation of Lobbyists in Ireland
Posted on February 29, 2012 by Bronwen Maher
Lobbying is a topic which has deservedly received a lot of attention during the informal inquest into mistakes made during the boom years, but which has seen very little change in practice, until now.
Today is the last day of public consultations for Minister Howlin's proposed regulation of lobbyists, and after campaigning successfully to have a similar register enforced here in Brussels, I made a submission to the minister on how this process could continue in Ireland. Read a copy of my submission here
Since June 2011, a 'joint-transparency register' has been in practice between the European Commission and European Parliament, controlling which groups are given access to politicians in the two institutions.
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Media Diversity: Why does it matter? Video and summary report from the the conference
Posted on February 27, 2012 by Bronwen Maher
Speakers and interviews taken at the Media Diversity Conference, including Nessa Childers MEP, Dr. Roddy Flynn, Senator John Whelan, Alan Crosbie, Christine Bohan, DR. Karin Wahl Jorgensen, Minister Pat Rabbitte TD and Dr. Aphra Kerr
For a copy of the summary report see here.
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Posted on February 16, 2012
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‘Media Diversity: why does it matter?’ Conference programme & Speaker presentations
Posted on February 08, 2012 by Bronwen Maher
Radisson Blu, Golden Lane, Dublin 8 - Monday 6th February 2012
(Copy of presentations inserted beside each speaker's name)
Speakers and interviews at the Media Diversity Conference held on 6th February in the Radisson Blu, Golden Lane, Dublin 8. Speakers include, Nessa Childers MEP, Dr. Roddy Flynn, Alan Crosbie, Dr. Karin Wahl Jorgensen, Minister Pat Rabbitte TD, Senator John Whelan, Christine Bohan and Dr. Aphra Kerr.
For a copy of the summary report see here.
09.00 Coffee and registration
09.15 Session 1 - Chair: Professor John Horgan, The Press Ombudsman.
Nessa Childers MEP - Opening Address. Read Nessa's speech here
09.40 Media ownership in the European Union: trends and regulation
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Need for legislation to regulate Media Ownership highlighted at Media Diversity Conference
Posted on February 07, 2012 by Bronwen Maher
Primacy of Competition laws & failure to regulate is having detrimental effect on workers’ conditions and freedom of the press
A National Conference heard that in order to ensure media diversity it is essential that legislation to regulate Media Ownership must be introduced.
The conference Media Diversity: Why does it matter? which was organised by Ireland East Labour MEP, Nessa Childers was aimed at exploring the implications for traditional notions of democratic accountability and journalistic independence given the emergence and dominance of multi-national media corporations.
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2012 Survey of Irish Journalists attitude to media ownership and diversity
Posted on February 06, 2012 by Bronwen Maher
I launched a report today on Irish Journalists' attitude to media ownership and diversity, the research was commissioned to coincide with the conference Media Diversity: Why does it matter?
See ful report here 2012 Survey of Irish Journalists. The study was conducted with the assistance of the National Union of Journalists (NUJ). Respondents ranged from Broadcast, Print and online media.
The survey shows 77% of Journalists believe media diversity is at risk due to trends in Media Ownership. One fifth (20.3%) say media owners have editorial influence on their work, and almost half believe growth of internet protects media diversity
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