Shameless Pimping: Electric Ireland #tweetemhome Race from Dublin – Galway

So this is the story. Electric Ireland (the ESB) are holding a charity race from Dublin to Galway and back. Three celeb teams – Team A Joe Rooney and Mundy in the DeLorean supporting Concern; Team B Katie Van Buren and Andrew Stanley in the New York Taxi supporting the Irish Cancer Society, and Team C Brent Pope and Keith Barry in the Renault Trophy supporting the ISPCC – are competing to bag €20,000 for their chosen charity. Each team has to bag petrol for their tank by having their hashtag used on Twitter, mentioned on Facebook, and by doing various challenges along the way… and each team has an online supporter. Culch.ie is the official supporter of Team A, Joe Rooney, Mundy and our lovely driver Ian O’Flynn. It takes place Thursday 8th and Friday 9th, each day we’ll be stopping in towns along the way to do challenges. … There’s more

Electric Ireland Tweet Em Home for Christmas offers you the chance to drive a DeLorean full of celebs…

Want to drive a DeLorean across Ireland? Want to get behind the wheel of a New York Taxi cab and take Andrew Stanley and Joe Rooney for a spin? This Christmas, you could. Electric Ireland (the ESB to your Ma) are launching Tweet Em Home For Christmas where three teams of celebs (Katie Van Buren and Mundy in the DeLorean representing Concern, Andrew Stanley and Joe Rooney in the New York Taxi representing the Irish Cancer Society and Brent Pope and Keith Barry in an Ecar representing the ISPCC) will take part in a two-day drive across Ireland on December 8th and 9th where their cars will be powered by tweets and possibly driven by you… The competition, launched this morning in Stephens Green, has a closing date of December 1st if you want to be a driver and you can enter over on Facebook. All of the teams taking … There’s more

Culch.ie Calling Cards - Gigs - September 20 - 26 2010

GIGS Brandon Flowers, usually the front man of Killers, remains stubbornly proud of his hometown, Las Vegas. he makes that clear when discussing his first solo album, Flamingo, which takes its name from a Sin City downtown street on which Sam’s Town is located. That’s where Flowers used to buy his records. “I grew up there, so it’s close to my heart,” … “I feel a responsibility to represent where I’m from, to defend it. It’s a place that a lot of people loathe. I can’t help but love it. I grew up with a lot of people who couldn’t wait to leave, and that was always strange to me. I feel a real connection to it. It’s in my blood.” He plays The Academy, Dublin on 22 September. Tickets. “Flamingo” is on the shelves now. Tim Robbins and The Rogues Gallery Band (yes, THAT Tim Robbins) plays at Whelans, … There’s more