Miscellaneous

Irish Harassment Survey
The Irish law firm Peninsula has released a survey reporting that 77% of Irish men report being the target of sexual banter by women. 84% of those are afraid to report it, and 89% of employers admit that they would...

Hope springs eternal
For everyone else the college football season kicked off last weekend, but the Irish have had to wait one more week. I've seen some of the practice videos and read the press conference transcripts from the past month and believe there is plenty of reason to be optimistic that this season will be a definite improvement over last season - maybe even a success by the Irish faithfuls' exacting, always-high standards :) We certainly have the talent, and now a lot of it should be seasoned by, basically, a year of getting pounded into the ground...

They could not take your pride
40 years to the day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cDRWvDx8h4 SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "They could not take your pride", url: "http://apublicdefender.com/2008/04/04/they-could-not-take-your-pride/" });

PRIDE!
Yesterday was June 1, the beginning of Pride month here in the U.S. and the day of Motor City Pride held each year in Ferndale (and sponsored by Triangle Foundation). Rainbow Law Center had it's first booth at Motor City...

Fraud investigators raid Anglo Irish Bank
Fraud investigators raided the headquarters of Anglo Irish Bank in Dublin yesterday morning, compounding the economic woes of the Irish Republic and helping to send its stock market to a 14-year low.

Irish Blackout: Why Irish ISPs Should Stand with Their Customers