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		<title>Comment on Cork City Council - Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? by JACKIE</title>
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		<dc:creator>JACKIE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Cork City Council - Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? by AARON</title>
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		<dc:creator>AARON</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 04:18:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Cork City Council - Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? by Brigette</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brigette</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:14:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi Finbarr,

Just wanted to know what the latest update is, did you go to court and have your say?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi Finbarr,</p>
<p>Just wanted to know what the latest update is, did you go to court and have your say?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cork City Council - Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? by Marian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Marian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dear Finbarr,

I happened upon your blog post while carrying out some research on the topic of parking fines appeals lodged to Cork City Council, and I have read of your trials with great interest. I, too, have had an irritating problem with the Traffic Division in recent weeks: in short,  I received a Fixed Charge Penalty for allegedly not displaying a parking disc on College Road some weeks back. Despite submitting an appeal which was supported by a substantial body of evidence which shows that I did, in fact, use a parking disc on that day, my appeal was also rejected, and I received exactly the same correspondence as you received (although the grammar used in the template appears to have degenerated in the intervening time!). Unlike you, I paid the €40 fine without prejudice so as to avoid being issued with an even higher fine for an offence which I demonstrably did not commit, but am actively seeking a rebate at present.

I wondered if you might update as to the outcome of your appeal to the Ombudsman? Since I, like yourself, have found that the employees of the Traffic Division have failed entirely to properly discharge their duties in relation to my case, I am considering bringing the matter to the attention of the Ombudsman and would be interested to know if you have had any success in this endeavour. Furthermore, the question of parking fines, clamping and towing seems to be something of a local media 'hot topic' this week and I'm sure that my story could be of interest to any of the media outlets which have discussed the topic in recent days.

All the best,

Marian.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dear Finbarr,</p>
<p>I happened upon your blog post while carrying out some research on the topic of parking fines appeals lodged to Cork City Council, and I have read of your trials with great interest. I, too, have had an irritating problem with the Traffic Division in recent weeks: in short,  I received a Fixed Charge Penalty for allegedly not displaying a parking disc on College Road some weeks back. Despite submitting an appeal which was supported by a substantial body of evidence which shows that I did, in fact, use a parking disc on that day, my appeal was also rejected, and I received exactly the same correspondence as you received (although the grammar used in the template appears to have degenerated in the intervening time!). Unlike you, I paid the €40 fine without prejudice so as to avoid being issued with an even higher fine for an offence which I demonstrably did not commit, but am actively seeking a rebate at present.</p>
<p>I wondered if you might update as to the outcome of your appeal to the Ombudsman? Since I, like yourself, have found that the employees of the Traffic Division have failed entirely to properly discharge their duties in relation to my case, I am considering bringing the matter to the attention of the Ombudsman and would be interested to know if you have had any success in this endeavour. Furthermore, the question of parking fines, clamping and towing seems to be something of a local media &#8216;hot topic&#8217; this week and I&#8217;m sure that my story could be of interest to any of the media outlets which have discussed the topic in recent days.</p>
<p>All the best,</p>
<p>Marian.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Why the Irish Government needs an IT Strategy by Rayzer</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rayzer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:06:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finbar , 

Good article and I completely agree with you from the development point of view. I think the LGCSB has a lot to answer for as they were supposed to be the ground breakers from a development and systems production point of view. From experience, I have found that this is not the case. Dare I say that the crack team of developers that you suggest would have to be private sector orientated!!!

I have a small bit of an issue with the cloud computing scenario. The whole Microsoft Azure and such, sounds great and I have been to the demo's, but when you get down to it, it's a subscription service. These services, while they provide savage hardware capabilities may suffer for pure connections issues (back to the offices). I think that most of the money that you would save on local hardware and resources would be spent opening up the "Government Network" and subscriptions. Also I’m sure the offices would need some resources locally just to keep the other employees from going out on strike.

Everybody seems to suggest that the Government need to get their finger out. I actually think they have all the cards but they are playing them completely wrong. The department of finance’s arm on this (CMOD) has basically failed to make any sort of impact when you look a centralised provisioning of software and other agreements. As far as I can remember, we give a lot of these companies’ tax breaks. Surely some agreements in relation to hardware/software/communications could be put in place as part of these tax breaks. 

As far as I am concerned IT is not top of a lot of government agenda's. Most government departments and even county council's are a complete law onto themselves. Therefore, IT will never become top priority keeping it well hidden as a cost centre. I am inclined to agree with Paul’s suggestion of consolidation. I not sure how it would work as one centre would never be enough. Maybe 5-6 centres strategically around these digital hubs would be a better solution. One thing I’m sure is that I’d need a calculator.... Even better would be a licence for excel 2010.........</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finbar , </p>
<p>Good article and I completely agree with you from the development point of view. I think the LGCSB has a lot to answer for as they were supposed to be the ground breakers from a development and systems production point of view. From experience, I have found that this is not the case. Dare I say that the crack team of developers that you suggest would have to be private sector orientated!!!</p>
<p>I have a small bit of an issue with the cloud computing scenario. The whole Microsoft Azure and such, sounds great and I have been to the demo&#8217;s, but when you get down to it, it&#8217;s a subscription service. These services, while they provide savage hardware capabilities may suffer for pure connections issues (back to the offices). I think that most of the money that you would save on local hardware and resources would be spent opening up the &#8220;Government Network&#8221; and subscriptions. Also I’m sure the offices would need some resources locally just to keep the other employees from going out on strike.</p>
<p>Everybody seems to suggest that the Government need to get their finger out. I actually think they have all the cards but they are playing them completely wrong. The department of finance’s arm on this (CMOD) has basically failed to make any sort of impact when you look a centralised provisioning of software and other agreements. As far as I can remember, we give a lot of these companies’ tax breaks. Surely some agreements in relation to hardware/software/communications could be put in place as part of these tax breaks. </p>
<p>As far as I am concerned IT is not top of a lot of government agenda&#8217;s. Most government departments and even county council&#8217;s are a complete law onto themselves. Therefore, IT will never become top priority keeping it well hidden as a cost centre. I am inclined to agree with Paul’s suggestion of consolidation. I not sure how it would work as one centre would never be enough. Maybe 5-6 centres strategically around these digital hubs would be a better solution. One thing I’m sure is that I’d need a calculator&#8230;. Even better would be a licence for excel 2010&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cork City Council - Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? by Terence O'Sullivan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terence O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finbarr,

I'm a solicitor and confirm if you haven't retained a lawyer yet that I'm prepared to act for you pro bono, or free of charge. What happened to you is simply not on.

You can find me at www.tjos.ie.

Terence O'Sullivan
Terence J O'Sullivan Solicitors</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finbarr,</p>
<p>I&#8217;m a solicitor and confirm if you haven&#8217;t retained a lawyer yet that I&#8217;m prepared to act for you pro bono, or free of charge. What happened to you is simply not on.</p>
<p>You can find me at <a href="http://www.tjos.ie" rel="nofollow">http://www.tjos.ie</a>.</p>
<p>Terence O&#8217;Sullivan<br />
Terence J O&#8217;Sullivan Solicitors</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cork City Council - Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? by Terence O'Sullivan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Terence O'Sullivan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Finbarr,

I was trying to check on the floods and came across your story. Appalling, and I must commend you on the organised way you went about dealing with a fine improperly imposed.

You may already have retained a solicitor but if not I'm prepared to act on your behalf pro bono, or free of charge. It's just not acceptable!

Terence O'Sullivan
Terence J O'Sullivan Solicitors</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Finbarr,</p>
<p>I was trying to check on the floods and came across your story. Appalling, and I must commend you on the organised way you went about dealing with a fine improperly imposed.</p>
<p>You may already have retained a solicitor but if not I&#8217;m prepared to act on your behalf pro bono, or free of charge. It&#8217;s just not acceptable!</p>
<p>Terence O&#8217;Sullivan<br />
Terence J O&#8217;Sullivan Solicitors</p>
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		<title>Comment on Has Cloud Computing Killed The Operating System? by Three Phones That Show Just Why A Big Screen Is Important &#124; HTC Touch Windows Mobile Smartphone</title>
		<link>http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/10/has-cloud-computing-killed-the-operating-system/comment-page-1/#comment-606</link>
		<dc:creator>Three Phones That Show Just Why A Big Screen Is Important &#124; HTC Touch Windows Mobile Smartphone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:11:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Comment on Cork City Council - Corrupt, Discriminatory or Incompetent? by Owen</title>
		<link>http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/09/cork-city-council-corrupt-discriminatory-or-incompetent/comment-page-1/#comment-604</link>
		<dc:creator>Owen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let it go to court, on the day when they decide to drop it (as they will) ask your solicitor to make them pay for your time and the worry. Call the press beforehand and make sure it makes the paper. Don't sweat this one, any judge will throw them out on their ear for dragging you in.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let it go to court, on the day when they decide to drop it (as they will) ask your solicitor to make them pay for your time and the worry. Call the press beforehand and make sure it makes the paper. Don&#8217;t sweat this one, any judge will throw them out on their ear for dragging you in.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Cloud Computing and The Rigid Iron Fist of Security Managers by Elaine @ O2 ideas room</title>
		<link>http://finbarrmccarthy.com/2009/11/cloud-computing-and-the-rigid-iron-fist-of-security-managers/comment-page-1/#comment-592</link>
		<dc:creator>Elaine @ O2 ideas room</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great post . Lindsey Armstrong, one of our O2 ideas room Bloggers, recently blogged for us about this issue. Cloud Computing must ensure this level of security. Having said that, their have been a number of security issues to date with the current IT structure in businesses. 

http://webkit.o2online.ie/ideasroom/?p=1005 

Thanks for the post, keep up the articles.

Elaine @ O2 IdeasRoom</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great post . Lindsey Armstrong, one of our O2 ideas room Bloggers, recently blogged for us about this issue. Cloud Computing must ensure this level of security. Having said that, their have been a number of security issues to date with the current IT structure in businesses. </p>
<p><a href="http://webkit.o2online.ie/ideasroom/?p=1005" rel="nofollow">http://webkit.o2online.ie/ideasroom/?p=1005</a> </p>
<p>Thanks for the post, keep up the articles.</p>
<p>Elaine @ O2 IdeasRoom</p>
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