September Edition 2007
 
 
 
 

 

‘Keep Digbeth Noisy’
By Enda Mullen
A battling Digbeth landlord has adopted a novel way to get his message across as he bids to quash a noise abatement order served on his popular pub...More

O'Brien becomes a Baron
By Enda Mullen
A former Land Rover worker has fulfilled his aristocratic ambitions after acquiring an ancient Irish title.
Tim O'Brien already owned two Rolls Royces and enjoyed fine wine and clay pigeon shooting but now he can truly claim to be a member of the nobility after becoming a baron...More

Magnificent Seven Challenge By Mid West Radio
By Brendan Mulvey
Mid West Radio’s Presenters set themselves an enormous chall-enge to raise 100,000 Euro in seven days, the monies raised will go to seven charities in Mayo...More

Birmingham Rose jubilant after trip to Tralee
By Cillian O'Brien
Aimee-Louise Porch, Birming-ham’s current Rose has return-ed from the International Rose of Tralee festival in jubilant mood...More

Partying in Ireland?
By Enda Mullen
Stag and hen parties might be seen as the scourge of Dublin by some but interest in the Emerald Isle as a destination for 'last fling' celebra-tions shows no sign of abating...More

 


Ikea reaches Ireland
Ikea, the home superstore is set to open its first branch in Ireland in December.
The Swedish store will be opening in Belfast on the 13th of December and will cover 29,000 square metres.
American rose
The coveted position of 2007 Rose of Tralee was secured by New Yorker, 27-year-old Lisa Murtagh.
Lisa works as an attorney in New York has strong links with Ireland as her father hails from Longford and her mother from Limerick.
Sunken aircraft
in Derry
An aeroplane sank into the tarmac on the runway at Derry airport last month.
The plane, which flew in from Spain was held up on the tarmac for thirty minutes before being signalled to move into the disembarking bay. The aircraft was unable to move and all one hundred and eighty passengers were removed safely before the plane was moved.
Derry airport was closed earlier this year due to runway subsidence. Safety officials are investigating the incident.
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