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It was around September 1981 I was 16 and the world was my oyster, I was waiting on my inter cert results and looking forward to going back to school. Results came 4 A’s 4 B’s and 1 C , Ireland was in the grip of a major recession/depression and I was listening to this [...]

Its not every day Ireland can boast a new World Champion… Then again, it’s not every day Ireland produces a world-beating driving-force such as Adam Carroll. The 26-year-old from Portadown today took a quantum leap towards his dream of Formula One stardom by clinching his own world championship crown in the prestigious A1GP World Cup [...]

I am a huge Lenovo fan This T60 is my second machine and I seriously love the brand, I haven’t had zero issues until now.Over the last few weeks my screen has been flashing intermittently and whilst its not too bad its starting to become annoying and needs to be fixed now before it gets [...]

Over the last few weeks I have been meeting with friends and chatting, the constant theme is that the 80′s are back. Cinema’s are booming, my local cinema is up 30% Strikes are back on the streets of Ireland. Lidl and Aldi the low cost retailers are turning record profits. We have had two window [...]

Tonight we won Cork emerging company of the year presented by The Cork Chamber. It was an excellent event and huge congrats to Chairman Joe Gantly and his team for running an event of this size, nearly 1000 people sat down for dinner. Digicel Chairman Denis O Brien was the guest of honor and made [...]

We got some nice news a few weeks ago from the Cork Chamber Of Commerce. Cubic Telecom has been short listed in the emerging company category. We have done our initial interview where we were quizzed by the chamber executive team on our business model and the execution of it. The grand announcement is next [...]

If you are vising Ireland or even visiting Dublin on business you can’t help but rush over to D4 hotels, D4 have a special at the moment for €20 a night, these are premium hotels and I just booked The Ballsbridge Court for this price. This hotel was previously known as The Berkeley Court and [...]

Well as usual Fedex are appalling in Ireland. One of our partners forgot how bad they are and shipped a package to us. They treat Ireland as a little outpost and their customer service besides lying is just downright useless. Evert has had the exact same if not worse treatment as us. We receive DHL [...]

I have been wanting to write this for ages as I have been on the road reguarly for almost 18 months now but top blogger and buddy Andy Abramson beat me to the punch. I do however want to add some bits and pieces to Andy’s excellent post and will start off by reiterating Andy’s [...]

Mrs Phelan needed a mammogram recently and toddled off to our local doctor. After being relieved of €60 she was told she would get an appointment in the post. With all the recent issues regarding breast cancer you think they would now have this somewhat under control. Appointment arrived last Friday check the date, yes [...]