… dedicated to sharing documents, combing and combining data and promoting transparency in public life: An experiment in journalism and crowdsourcing hoping to shed light on the government. If you’re spending the Irish taxpayers’ money, you’re on the radar.
The views expressed here are those of the writer alone and relate in no way to the the views or lack thereof of their employers, past or present.
Gavin Sheridan is a blogger and journalist from Cork. He established one of Ireland’s longest running blogs, Gavinsblog.com and helped set-up Kildarestreet.com. Kildarestreet is designed to allow citizens keep tabs on what their TDs and Senators are up to in the Oireachtas. You might see his name pop up in the Irish Examiner and the Sunday Times the odd time too. (gavinsblog AT gmail DOT com). He works at a new media startup founded by former broadcaster Mark Little.
Mark Coughlan is formerly of this parish but has moved on to other things. You can find his posts throughout the archives.
Methods:
Freedom of Information Act 1997/2003 (Ireland)
Access to Information on the Environment Regulations SI/133/2007 (Ireland)
Regulation 1049/2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents
European Communities (Re-Use of Public Sector Information) Regulations 2005
TheStory.ie feedback
“Excellent”. Broadcaster and columnist Matt Cooper. Irish Examiner.
“…ferrets relentlessly through information obtained through Freedom of Information requests and publishes the results.” Hugh Linehan, The Irish Times, August 3, 2010
“…fantastic.” John Burns, The Sunday Times
“indispensible” Gene Kerrigan, The Sunday Independent
“Support them, shower them with breakfast cereals and all the gold they can eat.” Stephen Kinsella, Economics lecturer.
“….does for Irish political life what the Sunlight Centre for Open Politics does for the UK, except they do it better.” Peter Stafford, research analyst.
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