August 2003

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Sun 10 Aug 2003

Electronic voting: putting voters first

Posted by antoin under Politics
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Electronic voting should be a hot issue in Ireland. It’s the core of our democracy, and the government wants to convert it to electonic form. But the government doesn’t seem to have fully considered whether it’s necessary or desirable, or whether there might be a better way to improve things.
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Wed 6 Aug 2003

Value for Money in the legal system

Posted by antoin under Politics
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It’s no secret that I think that the Irish legal system is a serious rip-off. There is no value for money. The fees are massive, the service is so-so, the speed of execution is abysmal and the value-for-money is close to non-existent. I’m involved in an ongoing discussion on the Irishlaw mailing list about the topic.
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