Archive for July, 2012
€20k communications platform allows connectivity and cost management Frank Keane Holdings newest car dealership, Frank Keane Volkswagen on the Long Mile Road in Dublin, has invested €20,000 in a state-of-the-art unified communications platform, provided by Abacus Systems, that allows full connectivity for staff and cost management. The new Frank Keane Volkswagen dealership is in a […]
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Tags: Abacus, communications platform, Frank Keane Volkswagen, Ireland, IT, PR, Practice PR, Press Release, Volkswagen Dublin
‘Debt dating site’ will match indebted punters with ordinary angels/investors Cavan business man Hugh Leddy is to launch an innovative web platform in early 2013 to assist the 100,000 Irish people stuck in debt by matching them with potential ‘ordinary’ business angels. Leddy is currently raising funds for his project, called Debtrow, that will act […]
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Tags: business angels, Cavan, Debt, Debtrow, Down a Million on the Dole, Fundit.ie, Hugh Leddy, Ireland, PR, Practice PR, Press Release
‘These are the Days’ raising funds for Ireland’s Paralympic athletes ‘These are the Days’ a new song by Irish songwriters Fran Stone and Pat Cushe and performed by well-known artist has been released to raise money for Ireland’s Paralympic athletes competing in London in August. Sometimes it is nice to give a bit back and […]
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Tags: charity song, David O'Connor, Fran Stone, Ireland, Ireland Paralympic Athletes, Nollaig O'Connor, Olympics, Paddy McKenna, Paralympians, Paralympics, Pat Cushe, Paul McGrath, Robert Hall
Musgrave, the leading independent food retailer purchasing group in Ireland and the UK has upgraded all warehousing to Infor SCM Warehouse Management (WM). The new system provides detailed inventory management of all stock, including multiple units of measure, lot control and catch weights, all aimed at improving accuracy and margins. Infor SCM WM controls work […]
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Tags: enterprise applications, Infor, Infor SCM WM, Ireland, Musgrave, PR, Practice PR, Press Release, UK, warehouse management
Sunday August 11, Prize money all to winner of €500 MPM Equestrian will host the inaugural John Mullen Memorial Cup on Saturday August 11, 2012. This One Day Horse Show is in memory of the late John Mullen co-founder of MPM Equestrian. This show will consist of five classes, an 80cm class, a 90cm class, […]
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Tags: equestrian yard, horses Ireland, Ireland, John Mullen Memorial Cup, MPM Equestrian, one day horse show, PR, Practice PR, Press Release, public relations, Wicklow
Full marks for Rathwood team
Rathwood among Best 100 shops in Ireland Retail Excellence Ireland mystery shoppers have given full marks to Rathwood, placing the Tullow shopping, restaurant and activity centre among the Best 100 stores in the country. The mystery shopper visited Rathwood to assess customer service, friendliness, attention to detail and the overall shopping experience, as part of […]
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Tags: activities, best 100 stores in Ireland, Carlow, PR, Practice PR, Press Release, Rathwood, retail, retail excellence awards, retail excellence Ireland, shopping, Wicklow
Don’t hire a PR company if…
Top misconceptions when hiring PR Are you thinking about hiring a PR company to help your business? Don’t do it if you think… -The PR company will ‘make’ stories for you. Not quite. In order to write stories (good stories), the PR company you hire will need the raw material and content that only […]
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Tags: hiring PR, Ireland, PR, PR advice, Practice PR, public relations, small business, top misconceptions
Woodlands Falconry, the educational bird of prey centre at Rathwood, will be hosting free flying displays during the Summer holiday period. The bird of prey flying displays will start on Sunday 15th July and will take place from Wednesday to Sunday at 4pm until September, weather permitting. Woodlands Falconry at Rathwood opened in 2009 and […]
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Tags: birds of prey, Carlow, children activities, falconry, falconry display, falconry Ireland, Ireland, PR, Pulblic Relations, Rathwood, summer activities, Wicklow, Woodlands Falconry
Art lovers and investors competed for a rare pencil drawing of famed English artist Thomas Gainsborough at the second art auction hosted by Riverside Art Gallery in Tinahely. Eventually, the much sought-after prize was won by a telephone bidder at a price that well-exceeded the reserve of 350 euro. The ‘Portrait Study of a Lady’s […]
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Tags: art auction, art exhibition, art gallery, PR, public relations, Thomas Gainsborough, Tinahely, Wicklow
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The Olympics… It’s complicated
From controversial fast food sponsors to ambush marketing ‘counter-attacks’, Olympic sponsorship seems to be one of the toughest games at play in London 2012. We have seen it coming in past editions but in London, questions about sponsorship have hit the headlines regularly and a couple of important points that can’t be ignored have been […]
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Tags: London 2012, Olympic Games, Olympic sponsorships, Olympics, PR, public relations, sponsonrs, sponsorship rules