This afternoon.
Steve Kingston writes:
“Rainbow landing on the Google offices in Dublin…insert witty title here…”
Meanwhile,
This morning.
The Samuel Beckett Bridge, Dublin
Thanks Daniel
A rainfall radar image issued earlier today by Met Eireann.
James O’Brien tweetz:
Rain the size and shape of Ireland prepares to slot into place.
Wind and rainfall warnings in place for most of the country RTE News)
Related The Broadsheet Book Of Unspecified Things That Look Like Ireland (Aidan Coughlan, New Island, €5)
An app that allows you to reconnect with people you met the night before but in all the excitement forgot to get their detaiuls.
Finally.
Whatifi co-founder Ken Fitzgerald write
We are a Dublin based Events Reconnection Dating App called Whatifi What we offer is something new in the Dating App space…
We are a next day app. We are the only app that reconnects people that
attended the same events the day after the event. We actually want people
to go out and enjoy themselves and not have their heads buried in their
mobile phones.Whatifi remembers all the places you visit on a night out. The next day your
timeline screen refreshes and shows you all the places you visited the
previous day. Users can then tap on a venue they attended and view all the
other users that were there at the same time.The user timeline screen is completely private to each user. Only fellow
users that attended the same events can contact each other….
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Yikes.
Declan Varley tweetz:
When they said ‘dip your headlights,’ they hardly meant this. The scene in Salthill this afternoon.
Pic: John Howard.
Earlier: Meanwhile, In Galway
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This morning.
Rico writes;
Spotted in IKEA [Ballymun Dublin 11]….Wonder will he deliver to other areas too?!
Fight!
A free course [details at link below] for refugees migrants and asylum seekers (and their supporters) in finding a voice, articulating a case and dealing with the media.
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Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton and Minister for Health Leo Varadkar at an Action Plan For Jobs event in Government Buildings this morning
Further to the Michael Lowry/Fine Gael brouhaha…
This morning Minister for Health Leo Varadkar said:
“I really wouldn’t like to see a Government that’s dependent on any Independent. Because if we’re back to that, we’re back to the kind of parish pump deals that existed in the past. Fine Gael has never actually engaged in them, only Fianna Fáil has historically and, of course, the last time Michael Lowry was involved in such a deal it was with Fianna Fáil. And there are a number of Independent TDs who have issues with the law including Mr Lowry, but others too. And I’d hate to see a Government dependent on somebody not having to be in court or, potentially, being in prison.”
Previously: ‘I Hope That’s That’s Clear’
Related: Fine Gael TDs issue warning on Michael Lowry pact (Irish Examiner)
Sam Boal/Rollingnews
Gulp.
One of a series of emails sent from Irish Water’s managing director John Tierney (top) to the company’s staff in Dublin – released to RTE under the Freedom of Information Act.
It was sent on Wednesday April 1, 2015, the same day anti-Irish Water demonstrators gathered outside the Irish Water offices on Talbot Street, Dublin.
Irish Water staff told not to look out the windows at water charge protesters (RTE)
Red Flag offices on Ely Place, Dublin 2
The Ireland edition of The Times reports this morning that Fine Gael had planned to use communications company Red Flag as its social media consultant but abandoned the plan because the PR firm is being sued by Denis O’Brien.
Mr O’Brien is claiming Red Flag was involved in a conspiracy against him.
John Walsh reports:
“In December Garret Doyle, Red Flag’s chief operations officer, told the High Court in an affidavit that Mr O’Brien’s case against the company had resulted in the loss of “one significant and valuable project”. It is understood this was a reference to the arrangement with Fine Gael.”
“…Red Flag was to make up to four staff available as part of the proposed deal, which was worth about €100,000. The company uses specialist software that Fine Gael was hoping to deploy to push and target its own message effectively on social media, but also to protect its candidates’ timelines or Facebook accounts being overrun by supporters of other parties.”
“…It is also understood that Fine Gael is now being advised by a London-based consultancy called Edmonds Elder, which is run by Craig Elder and Tom Edmonds. The firm ran the digital operation for the Conservatives during the 2015 UK general election. The British party’s campaign, particularly on Facebook, was considered one of the key elements in its successful re-election.”
“…On its website, Red Flag advises clients that it can act “your eyes, ears and mouth in the rapidly moving digital world”. The company advertises a software suite called Semafore which “monitors, evaluates and reports on market reaction and sentiment”.
“It advises companies that it will assist them to learn about reputation issues before they hit the headlines, be ready to launch pre-emptive strikes and “marshal allies to win the online space when things heat up”.”
Fine Gael dropped PR firm over O’Brien case (The Times, John Walsh)
Leah Farrell/RollingNews.ie