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Sports Pic of The Day – League nearly upon us

Published on January 31, 2012 by in In The Papers Today, Pic of the Day, Sport

Donegal manager Jim McGuinness, Cork boss Conor Counihan, new Galway manager Alan Mulholland and Dublin supersub Kevin McManamon joined forces yesterday to launch the Allianz National Football League which starts this weekend. In just four days time, in Division One, we can look forward to Laois V Mayo, Down V Donegal and of course a repeat of last year’s All Ireland final, Dublin V Kerry under lights in Croke Park. Let’s not forget Armagh who face Cork in the Morgan Athletic Grounds on Sunday. The pick of Division Two’s clashes is on Saturday,  McKenna Cup winners Tyrone take on Kildare in the first

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Pic of the Day – Goatee the surfing goat!

Published on January 30, 2012 by in Pic of the Day

Pictured in today’s Irish Sun is what may surprise a lot of people, a surfing goat called Goatee.   The two year old goat is a real water baby and loves nothing more than donning her special life-jacket to catch a few waves.  Speaking of Goatee’s first seaside trip, Dayna McGregor of Pismo, California, said: ‘She did pretty well; she got up on a couple of waves. I say got up – we put her on a couple.’ Online videos of Goatee, who may have been inspired by the Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds album, are now an internet hit.  

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Sports Pic Of The Day – Marathon Man

Published on January 30, 2012 by in In The Papers Today, Pic of the Day, Sport

After an epic five hours and fifty-three minutes,  Novak Djokovic claimed victory in the Australian Open final over Rafael Nadal. The world number one said: “We played for almost six hours. It was incredible. It was the longest grand-slam final of all time. Just hearing that fact makes me cry.” Nadal congratulated his opponent, who has now beaten him in the last three grand slam finals. “Now he’s the best in the world,” the Spaniard said. “That’s how great he is. His returns are probably the best in history. I never played against a player who’s able to return like this every

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Song of the Week

Published on January 27, 2012 by in Our Song of the Week

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 – Blue On A Black Weekend Bob Dylan –

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Sports Pic Of The Day – Rory and Tiger tee off

Published on January 27, 2012 by in In The Papers Today, Pic of the Day, Sport

  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 of the season, card in your hand, you can get a little bit tentative or a

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GAA and alleged payments to managers

Published on January 26, 2012 by in Our Favourite Blogs

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 rules fully or introduce a new system to regulate payments

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Sports Pic of the Day – Brogan and Donaghy kick off Setanta Coverage

Published on January 26, 2012 by in Sports Pic of the Day

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 be broadcasting this season.

 
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Pic of the Day – It’s a Pyjama Party

Published on January 26, 2012 by in Entertainment, In The Papers Today, Pic of the Day

  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.

 
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Creative Campaign – Tesco Homeplus Virtual Subway Store in South Korea

Published on January 26, 2012 by in Creative Campaigns

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 transfers to their online basket. Once

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Sports Pic Of The Day – Sexton and Cullen Reunite

Published on January 25, 2012 by in Sports Pic of the Day

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.

 
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