Daily Archives: September 20, 2009

fingal vintage society annual show 2009

  By Peter | September 20, 2009 - 8:23 pm | The Culch
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A show that wa cancelled due to the bad weather… so bad that the lads couldn’t get into some of the fields… and what a day it turned out to be well done to all involved. A massive day for rural and the entire fingal region… definitely more than just a vintage car show. And more imporant than that a show which runs based upon so much generosity of people in the area… you know who you are. Stand up and take a bow! **music with permission and with thanks to the riptide movement track title: cry cry baby album: what about the tip jars

The Contestants

  By Darren Byrne | September 20, 2009 - 8:20 pm | Apprentice, The Culch, TV
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Here is a short biog of each of the 14 new contestants for this year’s Apprentice Ireland. Over the coming weeks, we’ll have a look at each one in more detail…well, we’ll look at whoever is left. With an average age of 27, the youngest is 22 and the oldest is 33, but who will become Bill Cullen’s new Apprentice? Aoiffe Madden is a 25 year old Galway girl and currently works as the Marketing/Business Development Executive for Clerys Department Store in Dublin. Her role involves developing monthly marketing strategies and promotions and overseeing the in-store and window displays. Aoiffe holds a BA (Hons) in Journalism and Visual Media from Griffith College Dublin and a postgraduate diploma in PR and Event Management. And yes, she does spell her name with two Fs. Breffny Morgan is a 22 year old Harvard graduate from Cork who returned back home to Ireland … There’s more →

Bill Cullen’s apprentice candidates get glammed up for the boardroom

  By lecraic | September 20, 2009 - 4:24 pm | Apprentice, Apprentice, TV
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Saturday’s Irish Daily Mail had a front page teaser reading ‘Exclusive : Meet the new apprentices”. Page 6 and 7 of the main newspaper had a large group photograph and a couple of paragraphs of text. The free ‘You’ magazine inside the paper had the real detail of all the candidates – or so I thought. The 6 page spread in the glossy magazine, had all the female candidates glammed up with a decent bio and mini interview with each one included. As you can see from the photo above, the 7 guys got a passport size shot with a the bare minimum of detail. This leads me to question if any of these women should even be in the competition. In my eyes, they have zero credibility for a €100,000 job in the world of business after signing up to become clothes horses for a photoshoot in a glossy mag. Or maybe I’m … There’s more →