New beginnings.

Life had been hectic of late. I have just been appointed staff editor at Woman’s Way. The job is varied and exciting so I’m looking forward to the challenge ahead.
The first issue with my work in is available now – Issue 40: The Breast Check special.

Work, work, work

I have been too busy to blog in recent weeks thanks to ivenus. I have been busy writing content for the site from celebrity gossip to health and chocolate news.
Check out some of my favourite blogs in the links section until I find time to write something more substantial.

Top fashion stores rip off customers [Sunday Times 7/9/08]

Retail Euro prices 45% more than sterling
Jan Battles and Angharad Williams
 
FASHIONS change but not the rip-off prices. There may be new stock for autumn/winter on the rails, but some retailers in Ireland still haven’t turned over a new leaf.  More…

State of things to come

One of Ireland’s newest music magazines is going through a few changes. From the beginning of October State will be available for free in a venue, bar, cafe and shop.
Since Mongrel went to magazine heaven there has been a gap in the market for a decent free magazine (no offence to publishers of other the free mags but I [...]

Golwg is 20

Wales’s only weekly news and current affairs magazine Golwg is 20 years old this month.
The company has flourished from its first magazine in 1988 to becoming the leading publisher of Welsh magazines which include Golwg, V (a monthly magazine for young people, Lingo Newydd (a bi-monthly magazine for learners) and Wcw ai ffrindiau (a monthly comic for [...]

All In Media & Irish DAB

I found this news online today:
AIM technology powers Irish DAB trial
All In Media (‘AIM’) is a technology development company that provides innovative interactive solutions and consultancy services to radio stations around the world.
AIM has finalised deals with both state broadcaster RTÉ and Dublin-based commercial operator, Digital Radio Ltd to supply data services to radio [...]

Does the medium matter?

I am currently finishing my MA thesis on DAB radio in Ireland, so the BCI conference is of particular interest to me at the moment:
NATIONAL BROADCASTING CONFERENCE 2008
This year the BCI National Conference will address the various propositions for the delivery of content across different media. It will look at the proposals for commercial digital terrestrial [...]

Haggling hits the high streets : Sunday Times. August 24 2008

A trip around Dublin’s shopping centres reveals stores can be persuaded by some bartering

One dream?

Before the Olympics began I had decided that I wasn’t going to watch the games because of the blatant human rights violations in China. I watched the protests on the route of the torch and saw some of a protest in central Dublin.
However, I began watching the swimming last week and since then have been [...]

Going Daft

House hunting is one of my least favourite things to do in life. Once you make up a list of places available you have to spend hours trapsing from one place to another and then once you get there you are confronted by the house of your dreams or absolute hell…with fungus on top. 
I find [...]