Archive for October, 2006
Sky News Ireland to close
Tuesday, October 31st, 2006Sky News Ireland will cease broadcasting on the 30th November 2006, with the Dublin and Belfast offices being re-focused and all Irish news content being replaced into the main UK broadcasts.
The Dublin office will reduce in numbers from 25 to 5 with the Belfast office going from 5 staff members to 1. Sky News have […]
On the Pigsback in Britain (SBP - 29th October 2006)
Sunday, October 29th, 2006My article from today’s Sunday Business Post:
Six years after he founded online firm Pigsback.com during the dotcom bust, Michael Dwyer has scooped €4 million in funding for the firm and is eyeing an aggressive expansion in Britain.
Hotbed, a British private investor, provided the funds to Pigsback.com, which offers its members ‘piggy points’ for discounts on […]
Irish animators produce Oasis video (SBP - 29th October 2006)
Sunday, October 29th, 2006My article from today’s Sunday Business Post:
Dublin animation firm Brown Bag Films has made a five-minute animated video for rock group Oasis.
A team of animators spent six weeks hand-painting each frame of the video for The Masterplan, which is being released as a single from a new best of Oasis album. In total, the team […]
FG accuses Ahern on e-voting costs (SBP - 29th October 2006)
Sunday, October 29th, 2006My article from today’s Sunday Business Post:
Fine Gael has accused Taoiseach Bertie Ahern of misleading the Dail about the cost of changing e-voting machines to bring them into line with recommendations made by the Commission on Electronic Voting.
Fergus O’Dowd, FG spokesman for Environment, Heritage and Local Government, said that Ahern ‘‘didn’t articulate the findings of […]
Google fixed their error…
Thursday, October 26th, 2006It looks like Google has fixed the algorithm error suggested by Adam Lasnik (see comments), as now googling for Thinkhouse PR shows Mulley’s open letter as the third result (and his blog on the post going missing in fourth).
Up until yesterday googling for Thinkhouse PR would give you results that didn’t include Damien’s blog, although […]
Interview with Sen Tom Morrissey
Monday, October 23rd, 2006On Friday I spoke with Senator Tom Morrissey of the Progressive Democrats at the end of the party’s ‘A New Heart for Dublin’ conference, which detailed their idea of redeveloping Dublin Port into a residential area. Sen Morrissey is the man spear-heading the idea, and the conference was launched by Michael McDowell, where he spoke […]
I’m Mulley-cus!
Monday, October 23rd, 2006Google seems to have mysteriously dropped Damien’s post on Thinkhouse PR spam, making it far harder to find for many web users… Simon has stepped in to make this process a little simpler and I shall do the same.
Anyone else wanna join in?
The post:
Hi everyone in Thinkhouse PR! As promised, here is my formal complaint […]
O’Brien wades in
Tuesday, October 17th, 2006The news is just circulating that Denis O’Brien has waded into the Aer Lingus / Ryanair debacle, buying over 2% in the ex-State airline.
A statement from the businessman says he did so as he believed in competition, but his not-so-secret dislike for Michael O’Leary may well have something to do with it. Either way, with […]
Metro and the little duckies
Monday, October 16th, 2006I see RedMum’s photography has been picked up by Metro recently, but not in the fairest of ways…
One of her pictures was used on the front cover of the 12th October issue of the Dublin freesheet Metro but without permission, credit or payment. There’s little denying that it’s her picture and hopefully she’ll keep us […]
The old lady shuffles down the road
Monday, October 16th, 2006As Cian noted, today’s Irish Times is the first edition in over 100 years to have no connection with D’Olier Street, a location formerly synonimous with the publication.
The old lady was, by all accounts, completely antiquated and inadequate as a modern office space and the cost of renovation seems to have been more than it […]
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