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And now for something completely different Life used to be so simple. Pay the television license once a year (or don’t) and you got access to it all. Every channel available, or one yearly bill. You didn’t need to worry about missing anything. It was either on Channel One, or Channel Two. Things got even...
EU Gears up for Carbon Battle It was a very early start for Taoiseach, Micheál Martin as he set off to Brussels today for a major two-day summit which is expected to be dominated by discussions on the EU meeting its carbon emissions targets. Hopefully, he has packed a pair of his Dad’s old boxing...
What do you do when you get a finger in the post? For the past seven days, the Irish health system, known as the HSE, has been held hostage to a cyberattack and a €20 million ransom. This cyberattack has generated substantial media coverage globally. Informed and well-placed intelligence sources have told us that the...
More Female Participation is Sport’s Biggest Opportunity By Rory Sweeney, Account Manager at Paul Allen & Associates When the question of female participation in any sport is discussed, it is often seen as a challenge. A sort of chore that governing bodies are forced to devote time and attention to because it is bad...
You Only Like Twice – The Social Media Wars In 2019 we saw one of those media stories which, although hugely important, largely slid under the radar for most people. Former CIA officer, Kevin Patrick Mallory, received a 20-year prison sentence for passing classified documents to a Chinese intelligence officer. Mallory was in debt and...
The Burnout State of Mind The singer Neil Young once said ‘’its better to burn out than to fade away.’’ I’m sure he didn’t have the pandemic in mind. Over the past year, many have expressed the belief that people working from home are having a great time, barely working at all and spending most...
European Super League – What Football Needs to Learn from Other Breakaways in Sport Over the past few days, the world of football has been turned upside down by the announcement of the European Super League, and the 12 large clubs who have joined the breakaway competition. The opinion of fans and commentators has been...
Let’s Blame Coronavirus – Something for customer service managers to digest while working from home There’s nothing like a good crisis for helping create new opportunities for companies with quick reactions to take advantage of them. Coronavirus / Covid-19 is no different. I’m sure all of us are now very familiar with the phrase ‘’Due...
Dishi Rishi and the UK Budget Dishi Rishi Aka. Rishi Sunak. This week the UK, now a third country, will have its budget announced by Chancellor Rishi Sunak. Post-Brexit, and in the middle of a pandemic, it will be very interesting to see where the UK Government decides to go with its funding of Covid,...
Reflections of Superbowl 2021 One of the most exciting events in the global sporting calendar was the recent Superbowl. A game like no other, the Superbowl is synonymous with razzamatazz, coupled with big name stars performing at the half time show along with big budget TV commercials making it one of America’s greatest events. As...
