The Irish Times Main Paper: The international fallout from the release of hundreds of thousands of US diplomatic cables by whistleblower organisation, Wikileaks, continued yesterday, as Washington scrambled to limit the damage caused by the leaks, write Mary Fitzgerald and Lara Marlowe. http://tinyurl.com/2dqmoee The Growing up in Ireland Study, published yesterday by the Minister of [...]
Irish Examiner: Feature on Kanturk. Co. Cork and its small businesses. 22 new businesses have opened in the town in the past year despite the tough economic times. They credit the diversity of small businesses as the key element in its successful mix – Sean O’Riordan. http://tinyurl.com/2whdzhx British shoppers are predicted to spend €632million online [...]
Irish Independent Bono and the Edge have written the score for a new Spiderman musical, which, after nine years in the making, will preview on Broadway this Sunday, writes Jason O’Brien. http://tinyurl.com/3x7rh3a The European Consumer Centre (ECC) in Ireland has warned consumers of the dangers of buying ‘bargain’ gifts online this Christmas as scammers step [...]
Irish Independent: Families throw away €1,000 worth of food every year, a survey by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found. The survey was carried as part of the Stop Food Waste movement, supported by some of Ireland’s top chefs, writes Paul Melia. Politicians are ramping up their Facebook campaigns in advance of next year’s [...]
The Irish Times Irish teens are among the most politically aware in the world but they are trailing behind in language skills, writes Pamela Duncan. Calls for help from the Saint Vincent de Paul Society are up by 50%, writes Kitty Holland. Feature on Ireland’s increasing heroin abuse problem from Cian Traynor. Business: Full page [...]
The announcement by our client, Phonovation of a €500k investment in the expansion of their network was covered in the Sunday Business Post’s Done Deal on November 21, 2010. Phonovation made the investment in the SMS Gateway service it provides to businesses to allow them to send ‘bulk’ texts to their customers for security authentication, [...]
Increased Demand for SMS and Phone Services Result in Expansion and New Hires November 19th 2010 Phonovation, an Irish SMS and Integrated Voice Response (IVR) company, announced today that it has invested €500k in a network expansion. The investment is being made off the back of increased demand for its services and will increase the [...]
Robert Carry is a journalist with JOE.ie, Ireland’s first men’s website. First launched in April 2010, it attracts more than 200,000 visitors a month. His CV also boasts freelance work for The Irish Daily Star, The Irish Sun, The Irish Echo and The Sunday Tribune along with slots on RTE News, BBC Radio Northern Ireland, i102, Newstalk, 98FM and Spin 103.8. . Robert talks to us about writing for online media and how having a few extra strings to your bow can sharpen your competitive edge in the media world.
‘There’s no place like home’ this Christmas. So say 61% of people in Ireland after being surveyed for leading travel and leisure website, lastminute.com. Respondents shunned snow-capped destinations and sunny beaches in favour of the Emerald Isle when asked where they’d like to spend Christmas this year.
