A decade in PR
Ten years ago, I went to Paris for the first time. As well as a holiday, it was time between changing jobs and moving into a new career. I entered…
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Beautiful Bruges
I enjoyed a weekend break to Belgium recently. When Great Britain’s victorious Davis Cup team won the final in November 2015, I liked the tweets players and tennis journalists were…
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2016 Calendar
Introducing the Purple Rain 2016 calendar Drum roll please…the highly sought after 2016 calendar has arrived at Purple Rain HQ. Clients including the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, Shambles Variety Market…
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I like to write…let me write!
During a short city break in Paris in the summer, I found a treasure of a bookstore called Shakespeare and Company The shop was laden with books from floor to ceiling and…
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Fashion fans are only too well aware of the importance of the September issue of Vogue. It is their biggest edition of the year and fashion houses wait in anticipation…
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Market Start Up Programme in pursuit of new traders
A new Market Start Up Programme has been launched to attract new traders to The Shambles Variety Market in Armagh City. The programme, run by Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon…
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Rathfriland Young Farmers – A club on the move
Rathfriland YFC, a club that I have been a member for almost 20 years, recently undertook a major building project after selling their hall that was situated on Newry Street,…
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Strike a pose!
There comes a time in the life of a PR professional where you have to go in front of the camera. It’s not often but it’s necessary to keep your…
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Purple Rain is 4 today!
PR consultancy in Northern Ireland celebrates fourth birthday Today marks the anniversary of the establishment of Purple Rain as a PR consultancy in 2011. To celebrate all that Purple Rain…
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Purple Rain Calendars 2015
In amongst today’s list of tasks to be completed was the design of the Purple Rain calendar for 2015. With December coming faster than Rudolph on Red Bull, I realised…
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