Archive for February, 2011
Horse lovers can now purchase the ‘Save a Horse’ mobile application for iPhone, launched in support of the Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT). The app contains 17 topics including information about Ireland’s only dedicated equine charity, videos, volunteering opportunities and fundraising; as well as useful information for horse owners, from nutrition tips to dental care. […]
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Tags: Grey Horse Apps, horses Ireland, IHWT, Irish horse charity, Irish Horse Welfare Trust, mobile app, PR Ireland, Save a Horse
http://boos.audioboo.fm/swf/fullsize_player.swf Jillian talks to rugby player and young farmer Sean O’Brien about the benefits of http://www.stockwatch.ie and then travels to Tullow Livestock Sales to find out how this new website can help marts around the country.
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Tags: cattle sales, Daryn Dunne, Eric Driver, farming, horse sales, Ireland, livestock sales, Sean O'Brien, sheep sales, stockwatch.ie, technology, Tullow Livestock Sales
Novosco, Ireland’s leading provider of virtual and cloud IT infrastructure and services, today announced that it has been chosen to implement a new private cloud computing infrastructure for the SISK Group, headquartered in Dublin. The solution contains fully integrated and supported elements from the VCE coalition, using technologies from VMware, Cisco and EMC. The Virtual […]
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Tags: Cloud computing, Daragh Doohan, Eddie O'Rourke, IT infrastructure Ireland, Novosco, PR Ireland, Sisk Group, virtualisasion
The Irish Horse Welfare Trust (IHWT) working with Fingal County Council and responsible horse owners from the Dunsink area succeeded in rounding up and identifying over 70 equines in the area over a two day period during the week. For the first time ever all the horses were rounded up from the old dump site […]
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Tags: Dunsink, equine welfare, Fingal County Council, horse charity, Horse Sport Ireland, horse welfare, horses Ireland, IHWT, Irish horse crisis, Irish Horse Welfare Trust, PR Ireland
Top reasons we ‘unlike’ brands
Many marketing gurus might recommend keeping an up to date Facebook profile and posting frequently is best practice to engage with your potential clients and fans. But posting too much could easily backfire – especially if the content posted is pure self-promotion and of no real use to fans and followers. According to ‘The Social […]
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Tags: branding, digital marketing, Facebook, PR Ireland, public relations, Shillelagh, social media, Twitter, Wexford, Wicklow
Reduces on site traffic by 90% with Modular Buildings RoanKabin, the leading provider of sophisticated off-site modular building systems, has won a third contract with Co. Wicklow VEC for building systems at Colaiste Bhride, Carnew. This time, the deal is worth circa €500,000 and is to erect a permanent two storey building containing two classrooms […]
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Tags: Colaiste Bhride Carnew, Linda Dunne, Michael Burke, modular buildings, modular buildings Ireland, off-site building, PR Ireland, Roankabin, school buildings, VEC Wicklow
Infor, a leading provider of business application software serving over 70,000 customers, today announced the extension of its relationship with Ferrari, which has decided to migrate its information systems based on Baan IV to the latest version of Infor ERP LN. News: In 1998 Ferrari adopted ERP Baan IV for its production plant to cover […]
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Tags: business software Ireland, Ferrari, Infor, Infor ERP LN
Johnstown Castle in County Wexford is welcoming gay couples to celebrate their civil union at the castle. The venue, that has been a popular wedding photography spot for years, was approved as a civil ceremony venue in June and hosted its first wedding in 100 years in September. “We are delighted that Ireland’s Civil Partnership […]
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Tags: castle wedding, civil ceremony, civil partnership Ireland, civil partnership venue, gay couples, gay friendly venue, Johnstown Castle Wexford, Rosemarie Meleady, The Wedding Planner, wedding planning
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Are the days of election posters counted?
So the General Election 2011 #ge11 is over. Five TV debates, countless radio interviews, Twitter sentiment tracking and a few ‘twibbons’ later, we are left wondering what sort of role played the old fashioned election poster in Ireland’s most ‘digital’ campaign to date. And more importantly, is there a role for them in future electoral […]
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Tags: #ge11, campaign posters, election posters, general election 2011, general election Ireland, PR Ireland