Tom Raftery’s Social Media

I voted in the Lisbon Treaty this morning. Probably my last time voting in this country (as I am moving to Spain next week!).

I’m curious, if I run a poll here and enough people respond truthfully, we should get an accurate exit poll!

So, if you voted in the Lisbon Treaty, how did you vote?

[Update] Apologies, I accidentally closed the poll earlier when trying to make it legible in IE6!!!

Open again now.

[Disclaimer - obviously this is totally unscientific but it will be fun to compare the answer here with the final answer tomorrow]

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I saw fellow CIX director Adam Beecher’s post on fast food, the ads and the reality last night and it reminded me that I had taken similar photos in Supermacs Hueston Station, a couple of months back and never uploaded them.

I dug them out and uploaded them - big difference between the promise and what is delivered, isn’t there?

This always reminds me of the Michael Douglas character in the movie Falling Down!

Shouldn’t they be done for false advertising?

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I posted a photo of a pedophile last week which Interpol had released to try to solicit help in capturing him.

A week later and I was delighted to see that the Guardian is reporting that he was caught in a remote part of Thailand after fleeing there to hide when the photos were released.

His name is Christopher Neil. He is Canadian and before posting his photo on the Internet police had been trying to identify and catch him for three years.

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In fairness, we guys have it soooo easy

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Interpol want help to catch this pedophile.

Interpol came across images of this guy abusing young boys in South East Asia. His face was digitally disguised but Interpol was able to unscramble some of the photos and they have posted them on their site.

Interpol’s request is,

Anyone with information on his identity or whereabouts should contact their local police or INTERPOL’s Trafficking in Human Beings Unit via email.

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I received an email this morning from Margaret Durand of FEIW (Female Entrepreneurship Ireland Wales).

Feiw are currently setting up

a pioneering enterprise development course for women in business in the South East. We have designed the programme around the training needs of businesswomen in the region based on the input of these women and the programme is the first of its kind in Ireland. We are currently recruiting for the next intake of participants and are trying to reach a new audience of businesswomen including those working in the technology and ICT sector.

If you are interested in this course you can download the application form from the FEIW website. A parallel course is running in Wales at the same time, so if you are based there, or know someone who is, and could benefit from this course head on over to the FEIW website for more info.

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