TheHarpNews.com

November Edition 2004

Mrs Brown Breaks Record for Fundraising

The Alexandra Theatre raised a phenomenal £2952 for the NSPCC over a two week period of October, during the highly successful sell – out show ‘Good Mourning Mrs Brown’.
Since October 2002, Clearchannel and The NSPCC have been in partnership for fundraising events and we are delighted to announce that with bucket collections after each performance of ‘Good Mourning Mrs Brown’, we were able to raise a grand total of £2952 over the two weeks the show was playing at the venue. This may be a new record amount set by any of the 21 Clearchannel venues across the UK, in such a short space of time
This fundraising campaign was part of a larger scale continuous fundraising campaign involving all 21 Clearchannel owned and/or managed theatres throughout the UK.
Hannah Collins, General Manager commented “This is a fantastic achievement and huge thanks must go to our generous patrons and the support of Brendan O’Carroll, writer and star of “Good Mourning Mrs Brown.” The money raised will go towards the latest effort of the NSPCC’s Full Stop Campaign, Someone To Turn To, to encourage people to take action, both in their own lives and in support of the NSPCC’s objectives, and to ensure all children have someone they can turn to if they have a problem.”
The Alexandra Theatre is pleased to announce that part three of The Mrs Brown Trilogy ‘Mrs Brown Rides Again’, will be returning to the venue between 3rd – 14th May 2005, and following the ecstatic response to the previous show ‘Good Mourning Mrs Brown’, it promises to be an instant sell out and roaring success.

EIRCOM IS GUILTY OF MISSLEADING CUSTOMERS
Eircom has been found guilty of missleading customers by providing inaccurate information in a bid to poach customers back from IFA Telecom with sells phone call to farmers.
Telecommunications watchdog, Comreg, ruled that Eircom had breached Carrier Pre-select code practice, and warned it would monitor the company for any further breaches and would take action if neccessary.

PILOTS DISPUTE IN
AER LINGUS
Pilots in Aer Lingus were working to rule, because the company failed to roster 30 of them for work over the last two months.
Although their action has not affected flights, it is expected that if the dispute continues it will affect the airline in the coming weeks. Aer Lingus claims it has a surplus of pilots since a fleet of BAE 146 jets were taken out of service. A spokesman from the company said it was negotiating with a facilitator.