Today’s sports pic of the day shows England midfielder Joe Cole undergoing a routine medical yesterday. The former Chelsea player flew out to join his new Liverpool team-mates at the club’s pre-season training camp in Switzerland on Monday. Cole looks unusually delighted to be undergoing a medical examination…..but wouldn’t you if it ensured a €100,000 a week wage packet? Lisa
Radio and Newspapers – an unlikely marriage? 
Workplace Fashion: Pembroke Ladies Grace Irish Tatler 
Crisis As Usual 
ABC’s and the death of newspapers… 
Finding the Silver Lining in a Crisis 
Ó Buachalla – what’s that in English? 
Pic of the day…Battle of the Jennys
2fm DJs Jenny Greene and Jenny Houston are pictured in today’s pic of the day from the Metro Herald. Both girls will go head to head to headline this year’s RTE 2fm Silent Disco at Electric Picnic this year. The boutique festival takes place in Stradbally, Co. Laois from September 3 to 5. Art-Rock legends Roxy Music are this year’s headline act. Lisa
On the front page today…
Anita Guidera and Michael Brennan report in the Irish Independent this morning that Enda Kenny is furious with Lucinda Creighton after she criticised him for accepting political donations from developers tied up in NAMA. She is quoted as saying “it is not a good image for any political party to be in receipt of donations from developers tied up in NAMA.” She made the comments while in Donegal to highlight the party’s initiatives in border counties. Harry McGee reveals in the Irish Times that Labour Leader, Eamon Gilmore has ruled out any possibility of a coalition between his party and
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Pic of the Day…
Our pic of the day is taken from the Irish Independent. It portrays a group of scantily clad cyclists taking part in the ‘Bare-it-all’ bike ride in Cork yesterday. The objective of this was to remind motorists that cyclists are nothing more than skin and bone. It also took place to encourage people to throw in their keys and opt for more human powered transport.
Blog of the Week – CheapEats.ie
By now we are all pretty bored of recession babble, right? Take a look on the bright side even with the gloomiest of topics there is a silver lining. A few blogs have popped up advocating thrifty ideas to keep us all eating well on a budget. One of the best of these blogs is cheapeats.ie. Eating is not something we can give up, recession or not, and this blog shows us how to keep being foodies on a smaller budget – a sigh of relief all around. Cheapeats.ie is run by food enthusiasts including journalist Peter McGuire who contributes
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On the front page today…..
Proposals to tax or means-test child benefit payments in the next budget are becoming increasingly unlikely due to administrative and legal problems according to Carl O’Brien in the Irish Times this morning. Officials say there are significant problems in, for example, seeking to tax cohabiting couples with children. If tax on child benefit was not applied equally, officials warn that there could be constitutional difficulties if married people were treated worse than cohabiting couples. In addition, an audit and control system would need to be put in place, along with expensive administrative and information technology. Lenders are going to hike
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Sports pic of the day…Rossies Revelry
Today’s sports pic of the day from the Irish Independent shows Roscommon star forward Donal Shine being held aloft by his teammates after Roscommon’s triumphant win over Sligo yesterday in the Connacht senior football final. The game, described in one of the great games this year by pundits, ended in a nail-biting finish with Roscommon winning by just one point thanks to Shine’s final minute decider. Lisa
Pic of the day….An Alternative Canvas
Today’s pic of the day from the Irish Sun shows an artist creating a mind-blowing underwater scene- out of sand! A giant octopus, oyster complete with pearl, starfish and an abundance of coral are visible in the impressive sculpture. The masterpiece is just one of the many eye-popping pieces by 50 sculptors on show at the Sand Sculpture Festival in Pera, Portugal until October. Meanwhile, reports this morning claim that we are enjoying the hottest year in history. Once again, Ireland defies the norm when it comes to our weather! Lisa
On the front page today…
This morning’s Irish Independent leads with some bad news for learner drivers. Paul Melia believes that within weeks The Road Safety Authority will introduce tough new rules that will force learner drivers to undertake compulsory training before applying to sit their driving test. This new process, which could cost them up to €700, will require all learners to take a set number of lessons from a qualified driving instructor and keep a logbook of their hours spent practicing. On the other hand, there is good news for property owners as the Irish Times suggests that a property tax is unlikely
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Song of the Week
We are delighted with the news that Robbie has relit his fire with former band mates, it couldn’t be any more magic and we pray that they are back for good! To celebrate Robbie Williams reuniting with Take That, after 15 years of going solo, we decided to dedicate our Song of the Week to the top boybands of the 90’s. This week’s winner is Backstreet Boys with their smash hit Everybody (ev-ray-boooooooooood-aaaaay, hard not to sing it). This week the song choices were hotly debated and it was decided that all are classics in their own right. So
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