Terry Gorry – Page 18

Smart alec comments will be ignored

It would be easy for me to be put off my stride by unpleasant, sneering comments on my YouTube channel, and let those comments determine or influence how I make my videos. But it is something I must guard against and ensure it does not happen. Because for every smart alec, sneering comment there are… Continue reading Smart alec comments will be ignored

The Conor McGregor trial and a change in marketing strategy

The viewing figures and engagement on my videos covering the Conor McGregor trial have been so strong that I will have to consider whether a change in direction with my YouTube channel is justified. The appetite for information and discussion about a high-profile case like this opens up a significant opportunity to use this type… Continue reading The Conor McGregor trial and a change in marketing strategy

The comments online about the Nikita Hand/Conor McGregor case

Some of the comments on my YouTube channel in relation to the Conor McGregor case have been shocking. What surprises me, however, is that a good number of the appalling comments are from women. I would have thought that chauvinism and misogyny could explain the appalling, gross, invasive comments from men. But the comments from… Continue reading The comments online about the Nikita Hand/Conor McGregor case

“She (Nikita Hand) was only in it for the money”

Supporters of Conor McGregor, and others, have published many comments online over the course of the High Court trial involving McGregor and his buddy James Lawrence. A repeated accusation is that “she was only in it for the money” and “it’s a shakedown”, and similar accusations. Anyone who understands or has any familiarity with civil… Continue reading “She (Nikita Hand) was only in it for the money”

Charging the jury in the Conor McGregor case

The judge in the Conor McGregor case has taken a good deal of time-hours-to charge the jury. And it is just as well, given the ignorance displayed by much of the public in the comments sections of YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and elsewhere. The rush to judgement, the focus on the wrong issues, the conflating issues… Continue reading Charging the jury in the Conor McGregor case

Determining employment status-updated Code of Practice

This post is a reminder to myself to do a blog post at the weekend on the Department of Social Protection’s new guidelines on determining employment status. This is an important Code of Practice and one that is suitable for publication on my employment law website, EmploymentRightsIreland.com The Supreme Court decision in the Domino’s Pizza… Continue reading Determining employment status-updated Code of Practice

Books I am reading

I went through a binge of reading all the books on the Pulitzer Prize list in the last few weeks. It was a good way, I thought, of getting a steer for the next book I ought ot read. I came across “Empire Falls” by Richard Russo and thoroughly enjoyed it. So much, in fact,… Continue reading Books I am reading

The essential, democratic work on Sunday morning

I was out early last weekend on my bicycle and on my Vespa. As I went through the small hamlet of Kilshanroe, near Johnstownbridge, Co. Kildare, I saw a couple of election workers walking down the footpath with election posters looking for the most suitable location for their placement. And it struck me that it… Continue reading The essential, democratic work on Sunday morning

Go back to where you came from

“Go back to where you came from” is what Derek Blighe, the President of the Ireland First party, told Mr Gomez at the Abbeyville House, Fermoy, Co. Cork in December 2023. Last Friday, Blighe was found guilty of threatening behaviour under Section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994 and ordered to pay… Continue reading Go back to where you came from