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...actually an update to a dormant blasphemy law that had been included in Ireland's 1937 constitution but proved too vague to be enforceable. A parliamentary committee set up to overhaul the constitution issued a report in 2007 recommending that the old law be dropped altogether. But Justice Minister Dermot Ahern led a campaign to clarify the law instead, defining blasphemy as any statement "grossly abusive or insulting in relation to matters held sacred by any religion" and adding a fine of up to $34,000 for offenders. And despite public protests against the updated measure, Parliament passed it last...
...which you stood naked while Dermot Mulroney critiqued your body. You're always told as an actor, "Be in the moment," and at that moment, I was as vulnerable, stupid, brave, adorable as the girl I was playing, and I was definitely in the moment. Although I hope it doesn't always take my taking off my clothes to feel that...
...Meredith Morton, a prissy and uptight executive, meeting her boyfriend Everett Stone’s (Dermot Mulroney) parents for the first time, in “The Family Stone” Parker channels a woman more Bree Van Der Camp (of “Desperate Housewives”) than Carrie Bradshaw...
...Irish Foreign Minister Dermot Ahern reportedly said after a Washington meeting with Rice that she expected U.S. allies to take it on trust that the U.S. does not allow abuses of prisoners. But the administration appears to be distinguishing between abuse - which it denies - and holding ?ghost? detainees in secret prisons abroad, which it has not denied, but only refused to confirm on the record or give details. Indeed, U.S. officials hint that at least some foreign officials have been in the know on movements of CIA aircraft, secret holding facilities or other operations, those governments may be getting...
...broadcasters could enjoy a spike in viewers and advertising revenue; and mobile operators, at least initially, could boost their turnovers, too. London research firm Informa Telecoms & Media estimates that by 2010 the market for mobile entertainment - which includes TV as well as games and music - will reach $42 billion. Dermot Nolan, an analyst who has written a report on mobile TV for London consultancy Screen Digest, notes that in Britain alone there are 55 million mobile users. "Even if you get 10-15% penetration, that's big bucks," he says. And he predicts that by 2012 some 256 million mobile...