http://kildarestreet.com/news/ The weblog for news about site updates, etc. en-gb http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/11/05/still_more_clari From correspondence it seems there's still some confusion about who we're calling "incompetent". It's not the Debates Office in the Houses of the Oireachtas - in all our time doing this.we can count the number of mistakes we've found of theirs... theyworkforyou 2009-11-05T18:30:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/10/18/why_youre_not_ge The lazy, incompetent fools who get paid substantial amounts of your money for not doing the job they're paid for, in respect of publishing the Official Transcript of Dáil proceedings, have now actually surprised us. They're now not... theyworkforyou 2009-10-18T18:00:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/10/14/winners KildareStreet.com is officially Ireland's Best New Web Application after Saturday night's 2009 Realex Irish Web Awards ceremony, held at the Radisson Hotel in Dublin. We're a little surprised, and absolutely delighted. John Handelaar picked up... theyworkforyou 2009-10-14T00:40:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/10/13/updates We've just made a few alterations to TD and Senator records to reflect changes in party whips, changes in party existences, the extremely-imminent departure of the Ceann Comhairle, and the death of a member of the Seanad. We've also received a... theyworkforyou 2009-10-13T23:40:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/09/17/and_the_counters Evidently the taxpayer-funded work on the Oireachtas Record, which you pay for, is still not worth doing properly to the current tender holders. The clock goes back up, updated of course to reflect the now-very-long-indeed period that's elapsed... theyworkforyou 2009-09-17T21:40:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/09/17/now_merely_count They've had two months to contemplate the possibility of doing their jobs properly, but here we are after the summer recess and at the time of writing the evidence from looking at the official record from yesterday is: All the same amateur,... theyworkforyou 2009-09-17T14:03:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/07/15/cockup_sidebar_r Despite our helpful hints and tips the Dáil record limped off the stage for this session with another week of complete failure. This one is still broken after a week at the time of writing. So why has the Big Graphic of Fail been pulled?... theyworkforyou 2009-07-15T17:10:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/07/09/a_quick_note_to_ Hi there! Apparently keeping a running tab on how long it's been since you didn't screw up the Official Record has had no effect whatsoever on your motivation to do your job better. And you only have one day left to make the counter box go... theyworkforyou 2009-07-09T20:10:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/07/01/you_wont_get_you [June 26] You know what? I'm done being polite about this. Every single day this week, the official report has been dripping with errors and stupidity. Just now they updated the file from yesterday and instead of simply adding the remaining... theyworkforyou 2009-07-01T19:25:00+00:00 http://kildarestreet.com/news/archives/2009/06/11/yes_theyre_at_it Our apologies -- the official report is once again in a state of utter nonsensical garbage because someone's published a debate XML file which can't possibly even validate under their own rules. (Hi, guys! Want us to stop calling you out?... theyworkforyou 2009-06-11T17:45:00+00:00