Author Archive

ATHLONE ADVERTISER, MARCH 05, 2010. By Finian Coghlan http://www.advertiser.ie/athlone/article/23166 A man who pleaded not guilty after an arrest for his part in mob chanting outside a late night chipper, was convicted and fined €200 in the District Court this week (March 3) after he conceded he’d read his charge sheet incorrectly. The court heard from Garda Brian Keane...
Read more »

Twitter via SMS (text) messaging is now available to customers of O2 in Ireland, although sending them incurs a cost of 11c. Up to 500 incoming tweets per month are free however. To start, have Twitter verify your mobile phone at http://www.twitter.com/devices. Then go to O2 at http://short.ie/a65hji to get all the details on terms...
Read more »

A 61-year-old Athlone man, who is living rough since his house burnt down, has been convicted of threatening behaviour. Patrick Dunne was acting aggressively at Mullingar Equestrian Centre on May 31 when Garda Michael Daniels arrived. He began calling the garda names, Inspector Keyes explained. Mr Robert Marren said his client had been living with his...
Read more »

There are lots of local businesses using Nortel PBX systems around here. They better wise up – Happy Thanksgiving! Nortel Networks – Top wireless turkeys of 2009 – FierceWireless.
Read more »

French captain Thierry Henry exposes himself as a cheat in football. Afterwards he blamed the referee.
Read more »

In the end the game was a tie at 20-20, somewhat unusually in rugby matches. Croke Park, Dublin Time Out Ireland score! - Posted using MobyPicture.com
Read more »

A judge suggested to a man who owes the State €50,000 that he default on his bank repayments and when it seeks legal redress he tell them that “the taxpayers are paying €3bn to bail them out”. “Tell him to go and tell the Bank of Ireland to take a flying jump,” said Judge John...
Read more »

I can’t believe that this was a battle to begin with. The concept of insurance is about risk equalization, why were insurance companies allowed to cherry-pick only those who were profitable?  That is behaviour I would expect from “the house”  were it a casino. It’s certainly not insurance! Anyway, it’s good to see the U.S....
Read more »

If you are a startup company in the Athlone area then you may be interested in visiting the Radisson Hotel, Athlone, On Saturday, November 14th, 2009, between 11am and 2pm. FK Development, part of the FK Group, with offices in Moate, Co. Westmeath, will be presenting details of the several properties they have in their...
Read more »

I had an example here but I removed it.
Read more »