Author Archives: Aaron McAllorum

 

Update:

Irish selection: Rob Kearney, Tommy Bowe, BOD, Johnny Sexton, Conor Murray, Cian Healy, POC, SOB & Jamie Heaslip.

Combined age 254

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Restaurants Association of Ireland spokesman Neven Maguire championing the benefits of keeping that 9% VAT rate.

The #KeepVat9 campaign is being launched this morning.

RAI Chief Executive, Adrian Cummins sez:

“VAT at 9% has had a positive effect on all aspects of the restaurant sector specifically, but also the wider tourist industry generally. This is why the RAI fervently believes it would be foolhardy to get rid of it. Reducing VAT to this level is a real success story so the RAI is sending a clear message to Government saying Keep VAT at 9%”

 

YOU decide.

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IRFU Appoint Schmidt As New Ireland Coach (IrishRugby.ie)

Josef ‘Joe’ Schmidt?

Pic: (Inpho.ie / Irish Rugby)

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Alan O’Regan writes:

A small bottle of Riverrock Water in Cineworld Dublin = €2.75!! Everywhere else = about €1.20. There’s surely a job for these guys with Irish Water. They know how to charge.

 

Paul Kimmage

http://vimeo.com/58740295

A gripping promo for Rough Rider, the story of Irish journalist and former pro cyclist Paul Kimmage’s efforts to expose Lance Armstrong. And how it nearly destroyed him.

The Film Board funded documentary by Wildfire Films will be completed in November.

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A telly ad applauding the 350,000 mugs people who have downloaded the AIB app.

Made entirely with an iPhone 5!

The ad was shot entirely with an iPhone 5. “It was a big decision to shoot the ads on the iPhone. But once we did some preliminary tests, we knew that they were able to deliver high quality footage,” Damian Hanley, creative director at Irish ad agency Rothco, the creator of the ad.

 

Damn hipster spendthrifts.

Music; Delorentos ‘Petardu’.

This TV AD Was Shot On An iPhone (Mashable)

Thanks Owen Derby

$(KGrHqJ,!pQE7BcvTb,rBOy8miUu!!~~60_35Former Ireland soccer captain Tony Grealish who has died aged 56 from cancer.

Ireland legend Tony Grealish passes away (Independent.ie)

“Then we all got hammered… ” – Tony Grealish on Orient v Arsenal, FA Cup semi-final 1978 (View From The West Stand, Leyton Orient fanzine)

Pic via eBay