Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

BBC Radio 4 did a special report on the influx of immigrants to Ireland, and the affect it’s having on the country. Worth a listen.

In an interview with the paper that published stories relating to a leak from the Tribunal, Ahern has this to say: “I find it all more bemusing than anything else. Mr Gilmartin has made a series of completely bizarre allegations and what he has said has nothing to do with me or my friends helping…

I have a workaround for copying Mahon Tribunal transcripts. I will be gradually adding DRM-free transcripts to the Mahon Tribunal wiki. The transcripts will then be locked to prevent changes or vandalism. If the Tribunal is unhappy with this, my email is in the about section. UPDATE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE UPDATE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE…

Having watched Prime Time’s coverage of Ahern’s performance in the Tribunal yesterday I am somewhat dismayed. It took 14 minutes and three journalists to eventually mention the core reason for both the questioning, and the module itself. The question is this: Did Bertie Ahern receive a bribe from Owen O’Callaghan, either directly or indirectly? The…

In relation to the loan for almost £20k, and the fact that repayments did not start until 1995, Mr Ahern said: “I… let the loan there until the bank came after me about it.” (Q520) The money question is Q552. Counsel makes this assertion: The reason the first digout was the the non-round figure of…

The new Mahon Tribunal website has been ranked number two on Google for Mahon Tribunal searches. I wonder what the Tribunal will say when I start posting transcripts. And I wonder will they be mad that someone is actually going to the effort of making the whole thing easier to understand. And not just throwing…

UPDATE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE UPDATE: TRANSCRIPTS ARE AVAILABLE HERE Two things. 1. Tribunal transcripts cannot be copied and pasted. I asked the tribunal why, and was told it was in case someone modified them. That does not make any sense, it is a public tribunal, paid for by the public. If I wanted to…