As this weekend is the last one of January our SOTW is a simple dedication to the Weekend!  With so many songs dedicated to the weekend we had a great selection this week!  The Choices where; Friday Night – Lilly Allen Kaiser Chiefs – Saturday Night The Jam – Saturday’s Kids Calvin Harris  – Ready for the Weekend   Easybeats – Friday’s On My Mind Bill Haley – Happy Days Theme Tune Oliver Cheatham – Get Down Saturday Night The Specials – Friday Night, Saturday Morning Nick Drake – Saturday Sun Travis ...

Source: Irish News   Pictured above, Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods on the 10th green during their first round at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship yesterday. McIlroy finished the day in a share of the lead with Robert Karlsson after carding a five-under-par 67.  Meanwhile, Woods was three back his opening round 70.  McIlroy said afterwards, “Tiger definitely looked very good to me – he’s got the ball under control. I don’t feel I drove the ball particularly well, I think it’s just because your first competitive round ...

Uncovering the debate on the GAA and payments to managers The difficult issue of payments to top GAA managers has been brought to the attention of the national media once again by the publication of a discussion document by GAA director general Paraic Duffy last week.  After all, in more recent times we have been hearing whispers that top county managers are being paid up to six-figure sums per year. There are three possible options proposed by Duffy’s report. Those are, continue with the current policy, implement the Association’s existing ...

Source: Irish Daily Star Pictured all over today’s sports pages are some amusing pictures of 2011 footballer of the year Alan Brogan and Kerry giant Kieran Donaghy. They met face to face in the capital yesterday to launch Setanta’s coverage of this season’s Allianz Leagues. Excitement is slowly building as Dublin and Kerry face each other for the first time since last year’s classic All Ireland final, on Saturday 4 February under lights in Croke Park. This is the first of 14 Allianz League matches that Setanta Sports will ...

  Pictured in today’s Irish Examiner is Ruth Leon, James Sexton and Catriona Kelly from Little Oaks Creche at the launch of Early Childhood Ireland’s national pyjama day 2012 on 23rd March.   This event is organised to help raise money for the Irish Hospice Foundation’s children’s hospice.   Do you think this might catch on in the work place or perhaps a work from home in your PJ’s Day?  Paula.

When grocery giant – Tesco / Homeplus as it is known in South Korea wanted to expand their market in South Korea they innovatively used QR codes to capture the public’s attention. South Korea statistically has one of the longest working days so the one barrier this campaign had to overcome was lack of time. Homeplus put up billboards throughout subway stations which contained a range of the supermarkets products accompanied by a QR code for each product. All commuters have to do is scan the QR code of each product they want which then ...

Source: Irish Examiner Pictured yesterday, during Ireland Six Nations training at the University of Limerick, Jonathan Sexton and Dublin GAA captain Bryan Cullen. Cullen is a strength and conditioning coach with the Leinster sub-academy.

Source: Irish Times  Dublin GAA and its current shirt sponsor Vodafone yesteday launched plans to open the county’s 2012 league campaigns with a unique charitable initiative. Instead of wearing jerseys emblazoned with the Vodafone logo during the county’s mouth-watering matches with Kerry and Galway in the football and hurling leagues, Dublins teams will take to the field in kits bearing the logo of mental health charity Suicide or Survive (SOS).  Pictured above - Dublin footballer Mick Fitzsimons; Dublin hurler Conal Keaney; chief ...

Pictured in possibly every national paper today are fabulous pictures of nature putting on one of its most awe-inspiring shows over north Donegal with a rare glimpse of the Aurora Borealis, better known as the Northern Lights. The stunning display was seen by thousands of people and captured on camera along the north Donegal coast on Sunday night and yesterday morning. This picture was taken by Adam Porter, Chairman of the Buncrana Camera Club during a parting of the clouds on Sunday night when the rain stayed away just long enough to give him ...

Okay, now that I may have caught your attention with the headline I thought that I would write a blog on the one thing that we Irish absolutely love to talk about.  The weather, I hear you say?!  Yes, you have hit the nail on the head.  You know you do it! Even though you don’t intentionally set out to do it, when you’re sitting in a taxi trying to make conversation with the taxi man that is sitting in silence, it always slips out! “The weather is miserable/dry/cold” oh and we can change the varieties of ways that we talk about the weather.  ...