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Dublin South West: ‘Change-mode’ confuses Rabbitte (SBP - 27th May 2007)
Monday, May 28th, 2007My article as part of the Sunday Business Post’s Election 2007 coverage:
It was over before it began in Dublin South West, with outgoing Sinn Fein TD Sean Crowe conceding defeat before the first count.
In a result that reflected the national trend, Sinn Fe¤ in bore the brunt of the Fine Gael jump, rather than Fianna […]
Media buyers still doubt Channel 6 (SBP - 13th May 2007)
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007An article of mine from the latest Sunday Business Post which analyses the performance of Channel 6 now that it’s one year old:
Channel 6’s presence on Sky’s digital platform has caused a slight improvement in its performance, but it is clear from the entertainment channel’s aborted attempt to attract the lowest common denominator by introducing […]
HDTV trial to start in July (SBP - 28/April/2007)
Sunday, April 29th, 2007My article on HDTV in Ireland, from today’s Sunday Business Post:
Ireland’s terrestrial television broadcasters are expected to start a high definition (HD) trial in July as part of the government’s digital terrestrial television pilot.
It is hoped that the trial, details of which have yet to be formalised, will feature content from RTE, TG4 and TV3 […]
Bloggers debate code of conduct (SBP - 22 April 2007)
Sunday, April 22nd, 2007An article of mine from today’s Sunday Business Post, featuring comments from Damien Mulley and Tom Raftery.
One of the central figures behind recent calls for a blogger’s ‘code of conduct’, Tim O’Reilly, now says his idea was misguided.
The suggestion, however, has brought focus on the issue of civility online.
Calls for a code of conduct first […]
Irish News launches Ireland’s first online TV news service (SBP - 21 Jan 2007)
Sunday, January 21st, 2007An article of mine on a new online TV service for Ireland, in.tv, from today’s Sunday Business Post:
The Irish News, based in Belfast, will launch the country’s first full online TV news service tomorrow, called INTV.
The website, www.in.tv, will offer news, sport, entertainment and religious content, as well as discussion programmes and features. Irish News […]
Espie to head unofficial FF party in North (SBP - 10th December 2006)
Sunday, December 10th, 2006An article of mine from today’s Sunday Business Post. Unfortunately the article didn’t turn up in the online version, but it’s available in the print edition (scan here), and I’ve transcribed it below:
Former SDLP members — including the party’s former vice-chairman and a former Lord Mayor of Belfast — are setting up an unofficial Fianna […]
Caterpillar brand-owner’s profits up 80% (SBP - 19th November 2006)
Sunday, November 19th, 2006My article on McCormick Macnaughton, which owns the Caterpillar franchise in Ireland, from this week’s Sunday Business Post (link here):
Pre-tax profits at Ballymana Holdings, the company behind McCormick Macnaughton, owner of the Caterpillar machinery brand in Ireland, rose by almost 80 per cent to €5.2 million last year.
Turnover at the company increased by 19 per […]
Glen Dimplex owner: Sales will hit €2bn (SBP - 19th November 2006)
Sunday, November 19th, 2006I managed to have a few words with Martin Naughton, owner of the Glen Dimplex Group, on Friday; he had plenty to say and it’s a shame that the column inches stopped me from covering more of his quotes (I’ll probably post them up here during the week).
Here’s the resulting article from the Sunday Business […]
Machinery company makes €3.2m profit (SBP - 19th November 2006)
Sunday, November 19th, 2006My article on Irish company Modern Plant, from today’s Sunday Business Post (link here):
Modern Plant, the engineering-machinery company that has its head office on the Naas Road in Dublin, made a pre-tax profit of €3.2 million in the year ending March 2006, according to accounts just filed.
The business reported operating profits of €3.1 million.
The company […]
Ireland a world leader in online legislation (SBP - 19th November 2006)
Sunday, November 19th, 2006My article on Bebo from today’s Sunday Business Post (link here):
Ireland is one of the best countries in Europe for legislation on online security, according to the chief safety officer of social-networking website Bebo.
Dr Rachel O’Connell - who is based in Dublin and has a PhD from UCC in online crime - said the government […]
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