FidoNet Lives On

I’m amazed that FidoNet is still going. I’m embarrassed to say I don’t remember my FidoNet address and my BBS isn’t listed anywhere. Must look harder I guess. Meanwhile, if you had a modem in the 90’s (in Ireland) you’ll recognise the names here!

                           THE ONLINE GUIDE TO:

                 Irelands Computer Based OnLine Services
                        Version 4b  Date: 25.07.1994
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 Service Name :  Connect-Ireland (aka TOPPSI)		      HRS 24
 Data Number  :  (01)-6711047                  V21/22/22bis/32/HST 
              :  (01)-6773547(Lines 2/3/4)     V21/22/22bis/32/32bis     
 Fidonet Node :  2:263/151 
 Sysop	      :  David Doyle
 Note         :  Connect-Ireland concentrates on community, youth, 
              :  education and social topics.  Official Apogee
	      :  distribution site.  GreenNet and K-12 links. 
              :  Lines 2 to 4 are 'banked' on the same phone number.  
	      :	 Internet Email access as @toppsi.gn.apc.org
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 Service Name :  Nemesis' Dungeon                             HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 832 4755               HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
              :  (01) 832 6900*              V21/22/22bis/32/32bis/V.FC
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/150, 2:26/0, 2:263/0
 Sysop        :  Andrew Mowatt
 Note         :  Fax: (01) 832 3966. Amiga based with DLGPro. Multi
                 computer support. PC, Amiga, UNIX and Comms, and
                 Developers Echos amongst others. This unique BBS is
                 also home of the Region 26 FidoNet Co-Ordinator! New
                 Echoes added. New online games just added.
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 Service Name :  GiBBS - Irelands Biggest BBS                  HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 839-3644       (MultiLine) V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
              :  (01) 832-1673*      HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis/32Terbo
              :  (01) 839-3649       V21/22/22bis/32/32bis/V.FastClass
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/79
 Sysop        :  Des Gibbons                                
 Note         :  Largest amount of PC files in Ireland. DOS & Windows,
		 The latest Games, Utilities, Drivers, etc.
		 Many International message areas. FAX: (01) 832-1673
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 Service Name :  Commodore Users Group of Ireland              HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 283-2829*              HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/155
 Sysop        :  Jamie Ruane. Colin Dalton
 Note         :  Multi computer support using an Amiga with DLG Pro.
                 Support for all Commodore computers. Excellent ANSI
                 screens, file areas and echos.  New echoes added.
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 Service Name :  The Highway to Hell                   HRS: 10PM - 8AM
 Data Number  :  (01) 847-5217*              HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/154
 Sysop        :  Iain Black
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Amiga and C64 concentration.
                 The new CompuTimes Echo was added providing a link
                 between you and the CompuTimes journalists to voice 
                 your opinions on general computer topics. This BBS 
                 hosts the CompuTimes Echo.
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 Service Name :  Infomatique                                   HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 872-1232*            V21/22/22bis/32/32bis/Supra
              :  (01) 872-1329       V21/22/22bis/32/32bis/US Robotics
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/152
 Sysop        :  Eddy Carroll. Co-Sysop Aidan Hollinshead
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Amiga and PC concentrations.
                 Heavy Amiga file areas. Also PC DOS and Windows
                 file areas. Online games and loads of mail areas.
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 Service Name :  Alien Line                                    HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 280-0742                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/157
 Sysop        :  Gavin McConnon
 Note         :  The space cadets dream! Run on Amiga using DLG Pro.
                 Has excellent Star Trek Echo. New Echos have been
                 added recently. Excellent ANSI opening screen. Loads
                 of echomail areas. Soon upgrading to HST!
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 Service Name :  E.M.N. - Electronic Media Network             HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 661-1433*                  V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/153
 Sysop        :  Keith Whyte
 Notes        :  Multi computer support. If you like music this is the
                 BBS for you. Specialises in music, entertainment, and
                 the Arts. Gateways for Liffey Arts and other private 
                 gateways. The largest collection of MIDI files known
                 along with recently updated excellent ANSI screens.
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 Service Name :  Game Storm BBS                        HRS: 9PM - 11AM
 Data Number  :  (01) 492-0224*                  V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/156
 Sysop        :  Declan Lynch
 Note         :  A BBS for a computer games store. New Echo's coming
                 online soon. Plenty of games and public domain and
                 shareware files available. Uses JCQWK mailer.
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 Service Name :  DNA BBS                                       HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 454-9029                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  Martin Shortall. Kieran Reilly.
 Note         :  Atari ST based. **Back online** Has more areas than
                 ever before. Nice online screens too!
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 Service Name :  S.I.X.                                        HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 678-9000*                  V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/167
 Sysop        :  Stephen Kearon
 Note         :  Agents in Ireland for McAfee software, Alcom and the
                 Zyxel brands. EMail Internet access available.
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 Service Name :  Infonet Services                              HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (021) 892-582*              HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
              :  (021) 29-4914                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/201
 Sysop        :  Dairmaid O'Cadhla
 Note         :  A commercial system based in Cork
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 Service Name :  Special Projects                              HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (051) 50-143*               HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/402
 Sysop        :  John McCormac                              
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Specialises in projects for
                 TV,Satellite communications, and HAM radio amongst
                 other things.
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 Service Name :  Reflex AV BBS			         HRS: 24AM-9AM
 Data Number  :  (051) 83771
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/401
 Sysop        :  Richard Foley
 Note         :  Waterford based BBS specialising in security issues
                 especially concerned with Anti-Virus topics.
                 ThunderByte distributor
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 Service Name :  STYX                                          HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (061) 338-228*              HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/271
 Sysop        :  John McKeon
 Note         :  PC Based BBS. Limerick based. Multi computer support.
                 Loads of iles. Now using Vfast modem!
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 Service Name :  Deep Space Nine/Techbase                      HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (066) 28929*                    V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/250
 Sysop        :  John Buswell
 Note         :  A BBS dedicated to EchoMail with over 400 areas. Has
                 special interest areas - Star Trek, Techincal Support
                 and Electronics. Loads of online games and with free
                 access to all users.
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 Service Name :  The Village                                   HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-232-602972*                 V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:443/509
 Sysop        :  Harry Broderick
 Note         :  Multi computer support                          
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 Service Name :  InterCommCubed                                HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-504-372925*                 V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:443/333
 Sysop        :  Desmond O Connor
 Note         :  A Toppsi mirror board in Derry
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 Service Name :  Yukon Ho!                                     HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-232-768163*             HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
              :  080-232-763639                  V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:443/59
 Sysop        :  Mark Kerr
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Belfast based. Loads of new
                 files every week direct from the USA and other places
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 Service Name :  Quasar                                        HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-846-693067*             HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:443/10
 Sysop        :  David Byrne
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Co.Down based BBS
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 Service Name :  Starship Enterprise                           HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-232-763014*             HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:443/21
 Sysop        :  Gerry Martin
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Belfast based
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 Service Name :  NIBBS                                         HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-662-247291*                 V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:443/70
 Sysop        :  John Marrow
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Co. Tyrone based.
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 Service Name :  Nautilus                                      HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-232-431514
 FidoNet Node :  2:243/510
 Sysop        :  Ian Moran
 Note         :  This is a ** MAIL ONLY SYSTEM ** in Belfast not a
                 Bulletin Board.
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 Service Name :  The Heart of Gold                             HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  080-247-274919              HST/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:443/13.0
 Sysop        :  Colin Turner
 Note         :  Bangor based BBS. Very nice!Extremely helpfull sysop.
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 Service Name :  Ireland On Line                               HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (091) 592722              ZYXEL/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  Barry Flanagan
 Note         :  A commercial system based in Galway
                 Full Internet access available
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 Service Name :  Ireland On Line [Dublin Access Number]        HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 671-5185             ZYXEL/V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  Barry Flanagan
 Note         :  As for Ireland On Line in Galway
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 Service Name :  BIX ONLINE SERVICE [Dublin Access Number]     HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 661-4466                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  BIX USA
 Note         :  Full duplex, 9600bps, 8 data bits, no parity.
                 You must register with BIX to get access. Register
                 for BIX now by using your modem on +001-617-4915410.
                 Have your AMEX, Visa or Access card handy! Limited
                 EMail Internet Access available free WHEN REGISTERED.
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 Service Name :  FrEd Mail                                     HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 288-9783                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  Conor McHale. Tom O'Brian. Damien Cox
 Note         :  Mac BBS with Multi computer support. Specialises in
                 Free Educational Mail for schools between European,
                 Australian and Atlantic sites. Educational Use Only.
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 Service Name :  Horizon/AST Support On Line                   HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 671-6755                ****PROBABLY OFFLINE****
 Sysop        :  Unknown
 Note         :  Terminal Emulation=VT100 or compatible at 9600bps.
                 Provides AST technical bulletins, system  utilities,
                 flash bios updates and useful utilities for AST users
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 Service Name :  DELL Support BBS                              HRS: 24
 Data Number  :	 (01) 286-6902
 Sysop        :  Unknown
 Note         :  A Dell Corp. BBS service for users and specifiers of
                 Dell computer based equipment. Do not call between
                 2am-3.30am as it is processing Dell's Intermail.
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 Service Name :  Gateway Support BBS                           HRS: 24
 Data Number  :	 (01) 867-0433
 Sysop        :  Unknown
 Note         :  A Gateway BBS service for users and specifiers of
                 Gateway computer based equipment. 
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 Service Name :  Moretec Support BBS                           HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 450-9644                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  Georges Vancauwenbergh
 Note         :  A support BBS for users/purchasers of Moretec equip.
                 Members only are able to download shareware files.
                 Excellent ANSI colour screens right the way through.
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 Service Name :  EXEC                                          HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (061) 229-998                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  Donal O Beirne                             
 Note         :  Multi computer support. Concentrates on mix of Home
                 and Games users. Loads of files available. Agents for
                 Moretec in West/Midlands of Ireland.
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 Service Name :  i-Com Gateway                                 HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 679-8924                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis                                   
 Sysop        :  Unknown                                           
 Note         :  A commercial gateway to the USA at $25 per hour. When
                 connected type 'o' then 'i-com' to sign up. Leased
                 Lines direct to USA allowing you to log onto many of
                 the BBS in the USA.
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 Service Name :  CAD On Line                                   HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (021) 500-632
 Sysop        :  David Burke
 Note         :  Provides support for AutoDesk and CADCO product
                 ranges for Registered Users
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 Service Name :  QuarterDeck International                     HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 284-4381                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 Sysop        :  George Hanratty
 Note         :  International QuarterDeck Support Board. Has patches,
                 utilities for DesqView, XApps, etc. Technical
                 Bulletins and customer fixes. Facility for different
                 languages online - French, German or English.
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 Service Name :  Creative Labs BBS                             HRS: 24
 Data Number  :  (01) 820-3784                   V21/22/22bis/32/32bis
 FidoNet Node :  2:263/158.0
 Sysop        :  Marcel Evans
 Note         :  Technical Support Board connected to FidoNet!
                 Latest drivers and utilities for Creative's products
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 PLEASE NOTE:
 *   = DO NOT call these marked numbers during ZMH

 ZMH = Zone Mailing Hour is currently 3.30am to 4.30am. Do not call
       FidoNet Nodes during these hours.

 HRS = Times available. Do not call outside of these hours
       Sysops have a life too.
 
 All systems are 8-N-1 [8 Data Bits-No Parity-1 Stop Bit) unless
 stated. Data numbers are in local area format. Outside of Rep.
 of Ireland please use +353--.

 If you are new to computing/comms, please read the New User Bulletins
 carefully. You can access a FidoNet Node in a different Zone with 
 Credits - see your Sysop for information. Zones are divided into 
 world regions. Grateful thanks to all who actively participated in 
 compiling this list especially users and the Sysop of 2:263/150 and
 to those Sysops/BBS that currently have this file. Permission to 
 reproduce this list is granted as long as the source is acknowledged
 (c)1994 Aidan Henderson. E+OE.

 Any corrections/updates please netmail me at FidoNet Node 2:263/150

Stop Ireland’s SOPA

Before the end of this month the Irish Government will introduce a very vague copyright protection law. It won’t be debated in the Dáil as it will be enacted by a ministerial order. Protection of copyright is a laudable endeavour but when so little is known about the amendment or how it’s implemented it’s impossible to figure out how it will affect us. Once IRMA get a whiff of any more power or influence you just know they’re going to abuse it! Remember the infamous “3 strikes” rule?

Before I go any further, here’s how you can help. Sign this petition or use this contact form or this list to contact your local TD to express your misgivings and anger at this law being pushed through so quickly.

From the stopsopireland.com website:

SOPA is the name of a piece of US legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act, recently proposed in the US. It caused an Internet-wide outcry due to its far-reaching implications; way beyond simply closing access to outlaw file sharing websites, it would have enabled law enforcement to block access to entire internet domains due to infringing material posted on a single blog or webpage.

A similar proposal is about to become law in Ireland. And while 7 million Americans contacted their representatives to say No to SOPA in the US, Irish citizens will not get that chance because the new law in Ireland is not being voted on in the Oireachtas.

Instead, the law is being enacted by ministerial order. This new law will give music and movie companies the legal leverage to force Irish ISPs like UPC, Eircom and mobile networks to block access to sites suspected of having copyrighted material on them. It also means judges can order ISPs to block access to sites like YouTube, Facebook and Twitter where an individual user from anywhere in the world has shared infringing material.

As I mentioned in my Wikipedia post, this law might already be illegal:

The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered a landmark case for protecting free speech in the fight against online piracy. In a decision issued today on the Scarlet Extended SA v SABAM case, the Court stated that web filtering systems used to prevent illegal downloading on peer-to-peer networks was incompatible with fundamental human rights.

Minister Sean Sherlock will be on drivetime (RTE Radio 1) after 6pm this evening to talk about this law. I hope he comes to his senses.

Oh, it is very easy to bypass any spying the music and movie industries force on Irish ISPs. All you need is an encrypted tunnel to a remote host outside the country. If Irish ISPs ban users from using tools like that then you can say goodbye to a huge number of IT jobs. I rely on these tools every single day of the week to do my work.

More links:

Next in the firing line of laws that will limit consumer freedoms is ACTA but let’s get one bad law stopped before we move on to the next one, ok?

The image above taken from No Shit, Sherlock website. Thanks Sean Sherlock.

Hey The Cork News! Give to charity?

The other night my wife showed me a local paper pointing at a picture of Ray D’Arcy and Jenny Kelly that sat next to a report about their recent engagement. Great! We’re fans of the show, they’re nice people, lovely!

Only thing is, that photo looked familiar. I searched and found it in my US Book Launch Party post from way back in 2005. I’m used to websites borrowing stealing my photos but it saddens me when commercial newspapers like The Cork News do it too. I found their Twitter account too and guess what? I’m not the only photographer who’s had a problem with them.

So… @TheCorkNews- can you address this? MT @ElishaClarke Don’t appreciate my photo being used without my permission. http://t.co/tCqnTTKk

@TheCorkNews did reply positively which is good.

@DeclanMadsen Sure, we’ll be in touch with the photographer.

But the fact remains that they used another photo without permission, my photo. Leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.

The Cork News, I don’t want payment for the photo, or reimbursement for the 100 Euro train fare to Dublin, or the 40 Euro it cost to stay in a local hotel that night. If you want to make this good, please make a donation to Matt’s charity water campaign for his birthday. Thank you.

Futureproof on Newstalk

This morning there was a compilation of interviews from the science radio show Futureproof on Newstalk. It’s a show that broadcasts at 6pm on a Sunday evening and so I’ve hardly ever listened to it. No more, I subscribed to the show podcasts. Hard enough finding the xml feed. You have to listen to a show and in the Flash interface click on the XML link!

Good interview with Richard Dawkins during the year too.

The Irish Citizenship Test

I saw this on reddit a few days ago but this morning Rick O’Shea retweeted this 2fm tweet announcing the sale of a poster with the image above:

The Citizenship Test Poster! On sale now & with all profits going to Médecins sans Frontières, the world’s… http://fb.me/1ySOHnDU5

You can buy the poster here where “€4.50 from the sale of every poster will be donated to Rick and RTÉ 2fm’s nominated charity, Médecins sans Frontières, the world’s leading medical humanitarian organisation.”

Click on the image above to get a slightly bigger and more readable version. You’ll still have to squint a bit but it’s worth it. Well done to everyone who contributed a tweet!

Now, where’s the Cork Citizenship Test? (You knew I had to bring this up didn’t you?)

Charlie Chaplin’s Kerry Accent

Charlie Chaplin, the star of silent movies of a bygone era spoke with a Kerry accent. Well, he did when he spent time in the town of Waterville in that county of Ireland. So his daughter says in this RTE documentary called “Kerry and the Tramp”.

It’s a wonderful documentary to listen to, especially as they interviewed his family and people who met him who all had their own stories about the actor.

I did not know that he was practically forced out of the United States because the authorities there suspected he was a communist. They let him back in the 70’s, but only for 15 days. He joked that they were still afraid of him!

I installed the RTÉ DocOnOne app but it’s stuck on the “Loading” page so best to not use that if you’re on Android. Does the iPhone version works better?
Then I was left wondering how do I subscribe to an itunes podcast without itunes but thankfully searching for “documentaries on one” in Podkicker worked!

Makerbot 3D Printer makes a Church

Last Saturday I went to the Coderdojo party in the NSC with my son Adam to see what it was all about. We arrived late and all the pizza was gone but there were loads of balloons for the younger kids to play with!

The adults and older kids watched a 3D Makerbot printer demo. I love the open wooden case the printer is made from and when it started making a replica of St. Anne’s Church all eyes were glued to it as layers of plastic were laid down layer by layer. I posted some more photos here too.

One that was made earlier

Thanks Ann for tweeting about this on Saturday morning and reminding me it was on! Hopefully I’ll get to more Coderdojo events in the future!

The 2011 Irish Presidential Ballot

Today Ireland goes to the polls to elect a new president. The job isn’t as important as in other countries, but one of the primary roles of the President is to veto new laws if they are unconstitutional. Nevertheless the election campaign has been downright dirty and negative as the hopeful candidates can’t really attack each other on policy issues.
It was the same last time. Skeletons are dragged out of closets, old events rehashed and exposed to the light of day again. There must be a better way of electing the first citizen?

I know who I don’t want to vote for: Dana, Sean Gallagher, David Norris, Martin McGuinness or Mary Davis. The remaining candidates, Gay Mitchell and Michael D Higgins, haven’t made any impression on me. A random number generator would make more sense than trying to decide among that lot.

Last I heard Sean Gallagher was in the lead, contrary to opinion on Twitter, and to this ballot taken by expats.

What’s more important for the country are the two referendums. There is the referendum website but since I guarantee that it will be gone by this time next year here are the two questions being asked of the Irish populace:

Referendum on the pay of judges

This referendum is about whether the pay of judges can be reduced in certain circumstances. At present the Constitution does not allow for the reduction of the remuneration of sitting judges.

Referendum on inquiries by the Oireachtas

This referendum proposes to give the Houses of the Oireachtas (the Dáil and Seanad) express power to conduct inquiries into matters of general public importance and, in doing so, to make findings of fact about any person’s conduct.

I think I’ll be voting no to the first amendment, and possibly no to the second one but I’m undecided about that. That’s the amendment I’m most interested in but have heard the least debate about on radio. This post seems quite clear on the changes, admitting that some aspects are still vague and letting the chair of a committee decide the rights of witnesses is worrying. Will this second amendment bring us “broadly” in line with other countries?

Here are the two amendments, for history:

Proposed amendment – judges’ pay

At present, Article 35.5 of the Constitution states:
“The remuneration of a judge shall not be reduced during his continuance in office.”

It is proposed to replace this with the following wording:
5 1° The remuneration of judges shall not be reduced during their continuance in office save in accordance with this section.

2° The remuneration of judges is subject to the imposition of taxes, levies or other charges that are imposed by law on persons generally or persons belonging to a particular class.

3° Where, before or after the enactment of this section, reductions have been or are made by law to the remuneration of persons belonging to classes of persons whose remuneration is paid out of public money and such law states that those reductions are in the public interest, provision may also be made by law to make proportionate reductions to the remuneration of judges.

Proposed amendment – Oireachtas inquiries

At present, Article 15.10 states:
“Each House shall make its own rules and standing orders, with power to attach penalties for their infringement, and shall have power to ensure freedom of debate, to protect its official documents and the private papers of its members, and to protect itself and its members against any person or persons interfering with, molesting or attempting to corrupt its members in the exercise of their duties.”

It is proposed to renumber this as 15.10.1° and to insert the following subsections:

2° Each House shall have the power to conduct an inquiry, or an inquiry with the other House, in a manner provided for by law, into any matter stated by the House or Houses concerned to be of general public importance.

3° In the course of any such inquiry the conduct of any person (whether or not a member of either House) may be investigated and the House or Houses concerned may make findings in respect of the conduct of that person concerning the matter to which the inquiry relates.

4° It shall be for the House or Houses concerned to determine, with due regard to the principles of fair procedures, the appropriate balance between the rights of persons and the public interest for the purposes of ensuring an effective inquiry into any matter to which subsection 2° applies.

(First image via this Reddit thread)