Yearly Archives: 2014

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From 1999, an anti-smoking ad from the Health Promotion Unit.

The smoking ban was five years away

Giving hot Nico a chance to spread his essence over another generation.

Still would.

Good times.

Any excuse.

Earlier: Fancy a Major?

rac[Sky Sports Presenter Rachel Wyse]

Sky Sports has obtained exclusive Island of Ireland rights to 14 championship games. These consist of eight Saturday evening matches in the All-Ireland qualifiers, two All-Ireland football championship quarter-finals, and two Saturday evening and two Sunday provincial championship games.

Once they get in.

It’s over.

Media Rights (GAA)

Thanks John Gallen

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‘ello ‘ello ‘ello you.

Acting Garda Commissioner, Noirin O’Sullivan, leaves the Garda training college in Templemore, Co Tipperary, this afternoon after meeting Gardai ‘top brass’ in the wake of the resignation of former Commissioner, Martin Callinan and taped conversations in Garda stations.

(Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland)

bops

Voting in the first ‘Irish Blog and Online Publishing Association Awards’ in association with Littlewoods Ireland is officially OPEN.

Categories include…

Best Fashion Read
Best Beauty Read
Best Tech Read
Best Motoring Read
Best Travel Read
Best Food Read
Best Wedding Read
Best News & Current Affairs Read
Best Business & Corporate Read
Best Lifestyle & Family Read

Cast YOUR ballot here

Sinead at PR Slides writes:

“As it’s the first year of the awards we’ll be making a bit of a song and dance about it and winners will be announced live on Twitter from a glittering awards ceremony in Dublin on April 24th. The winners will claim their awards and the self-congratulatory selfies can begin…”

The Blog and Online Awards

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Jaysus.

Pillage-loving cosplayers re-enactors Gary Nolan (left) and Iain Barber at Temple Bar this morning lending their awesome pre-hipster beardage to promote Dublin City Council’s Battle of Clontarf Festival this Easter Weekend (April 19-20) in St Anne’s Park, Raheny, Dublin.

There may be Harp.

Battle of Clontarf Festival

Earlier: Exact Chainmail Only

IPS logo[Irish Prison Service logo]

It goes on.

“It said inmates are given a confidential phone line for conversations with a named solicitor, but because some inmates had more than one solicitor representing them but only one named with the prison service, the other conversations were inadvertently recorded.”

Calls between prisoners and solicitors recorded (RTE)