French lad wants to work in 33 countries in 33 weeks. Pulls a few pints and collects glasses in Brazen Head. Pub gets a plug. Nearly broke business man writes a book. Shots of him in his businesses. Plug Plug Plug. But PR honchos hope so and voila bored news editors think it is.
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Suggestions as to what Mr. Desmond’s Cultural Odyssey might be in the comments please. Wonder if he had an arts guru think that up for him. (Original and really interesting article on the new found love of the arts from the Political classes and business tycoons here. )
RTE broadcast two features on news programmes yesterday on Job Bridge. The first was an interview on Morning Ireland and the other was a report later in the day on RTE TV saying that the Government was now going to review eligibility criteria for the scheme. The interview with the employer on Morning Ireland set [...]
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You will no doubt have heard about that ad, either by reading blog posts or hearing debates on radio. What you may not have known is that the brand’s PR company are sending crates of the stuff to media organisations all over town so that the more people talk about it the more the presenters, [...]
Last week we learnt that the London Times said that they have 50,000 online subscribers since they put up a paywall accessing the site four months ago. They said that they had 105,000 subscriptions but only half this figure paid more than a once off £1 subscription fee and it includes those using the Kindle [...]
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The Satire bit from Monday night’s Frontline is on Youtube – it finally put the S in satire bit on RTE. Wonder did any phones ring in Montrose after it.
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Yes it surprised me also. Next Monday night a public debate on Politics and the Media will be held in Galway City Museum at 8 pm. Hosted by the Galway Green Party the panel will debate the relationship between old and new media and politics and given garglegate last week and #simoncoveneysfault promises to be [...]
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Lenihan was at the races when the head of the ECB called and he didn’t remember Cowen swearing during the talks where the Government guarantee was agreed on. And oh Brian Lenihan can speak French. What else can we garner from last nights Freefall other than the programme makers love shots of traffic and big [...]
If you were to name your LGBT Friendly Politician of the Year who would you include? Senator David Norris? (well if he wasn’t gay friendly that’d be a problem) Senator Ivana Bacik (won the title last year) Senator Eoghan Harris? Yes Eoghan Harris – he’s made the shortlist for the GALAS – The awards ceremony [...]
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