CruiseCamp Carrick-on-Shannon Leitrim

>> Written on July 13th, 2009 by Leon

Business/Networking event similar to OpenCoffee or BarCamp events onboard the Moon River Cruiser on the Shannon river, Co. Leitrim.

For more info and bookings on this FREE event check – http://cruisecamp.eventbrite.com/

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DNG Farrell & Auction Central Carrick-on-Shannon

>> Written on July 9th, 2009 by Leon

I’ve just taken down www.AuctionCentral.ie after waiting over 2 months to be paid. Emails were flying to and fro from various people in their office while the site was being built to a deadline and as soon as the invoice went out, almost no comms! Par for the course these days unfortunately as companies like this believe they can rob people. Seems the idea that the site was setup to promote has died so probably not much chance of getting paid ever.

DNG Farrell, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim – Named & Shamed.

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Inhouse V’s Outhouse Content Management

>> Written on July 3rd, 2009 by Leon

Got an idea to write this post from an email from the Enterprise Ireland Mailing list. It’s just an angle to think about that never occured to me before but it affects me as a user/provider of open source software! Read the full article »

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Bay Leaf Catering Leitrim Review

>> Written on July 1st, 2009 by Leon

Review of Bay Leaf Catering

Had our daughter’s christening recently and decided to pull out all the stops and have a great party because of the length of time it took to have her (5 years infertility treatment) and also partly to avoid cooking and preparing food for the 50 people that said they’d come! So for the first time ever we decided to get catering in and we tried a few local places, got some quotes etc before finally settling on the Bay Leaf Restaurant in Drumshanbo, Leitrim after having been there for dinner one Sunday afternoon. Read the full article »

Rated 4/5 on Jul 1 2009

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HGVUK.com

>> Written on July 1st, 2009 by Leon

New Website for HGVUK.com, UK Road Haulage news.

Live July 2009 – www.hgvuk.com

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Carrick-on-Shannon Water Music Festival

>> Written on July 1st, 2009 by Leon

5th Annual Carrick Water Music Festival

Carrick-on-Shannon

4th-9th August 09

See www.carrickwatermusic.com for a complete listing of events and to book online.  Great gigs in trad, classical, opera, jazz plus ‘fringe’ events in the making.

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The Future is Local

>> Written on June 30th, 2009 by Leon

We all know it takes a while to get paid sometimes and in this recession even longer but I’ve only ever had a couple of companies not pay me at all so far. Here’s one – www.futureislocal.com Despite my usual efforts to extract long overdue payments from clients this company has not paid a penny of the web design fee and domain/hosting costs I invoiced them for way back in August 2008. Whats worse, promises were made then broken and communication is crap. It seems this is a lost cause..

Future is Local, Co. Leitrim – Named & Shamed

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Anthony Harris & Co Solicitors

>> Written on June 30th, 2009 by Leon

Anthony Harris have handled a few cases for me in the last 10 years or so including 2 estate settlements and a repayment application and the service has been inadequate in each one. I was in correspondence with them regarding a recent nursing home repayment scheme application for my granny which they assured me would definitely yield a considerable amount of cash. I was kept informed of initial efforts and status but we ran into a problem when the executors of my granny’s will refused to provide the necessary signatures. Read the full article »

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Michael Jackson Poll Saint or Sinner

>> Written on June 29th, 2009 by Leon

As is often the case when someone famous/infamous dies, opinion is divided as to whether we should forgive their limitations or hail their virtues. I am a fan of Michael Jackson’s music but I was also a fan of his personality ever since his famous interview with Bashir. While most viewers quickly decided he was off the wall, I remember thinking it would be great if we could all be so innocent and sure of ourselves. I think Michael was another example of the lack of tolerance people have for anyone who is a bit different when  I believe we should really celebrate individuality. On the other hand while he didn’t seem to fit the profile of a child molester, there was some evidence that he might not have been as pure as he said he was. Poll below. Read the full article »

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THE RIVER RUN

>> Written on June 19th, 2009 by Leon

Website Re-design for The River Run Pleasure Cruiser, Athlone.

Live June 2009 – www.theriverrun.ie

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