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Category archive: Public Relations

CIPR Summer Social

Last night, I attended the CIPR NI Social Summer at the National Cafe in Belfast. It is quite a rare opportunity for PR pro’s in Northern Ireland to meet up so it’s best to make the effort when an event is on. For those not familiar with the CIPR, it stands for the Chartered Institute…

Mrs Mary Trimble MBE lays a brick at the new Rathfriland YFC hall on Downpatrick Street assisted by club leader Christopher Simpson as Club President Rosemary McConnell and Vice President Rebecca McConnell look on.

Today, I had a photocall in the diary. That’s nothing new in the life of a PR professional but today was a very special photocall. For once, rather than directing a photographer on what photos to take for a client or, as most recently, taking the pictures for clients, I got to be in front…

Arrivederci & Mille Grazie Giro!

  Did you go and watch the Giro when it was in town? I hope you did. Maybe you managed to get elusive tickets to the team presentation or wore pink to work or were lucky enough to see the peloton pass through your local village. The weather wasn’t ideal for the riders but the…

Purple Rain goes PINK for Giro d’Italia

The countdown to the Grande Partenza of the Giro d’Italia is well and truly on hence various parts of Northern Ireland turning pink – everything from buildings and shop fronts to sheep and horses in county Antrim. Purple Rain has even gone pink with owner, Rebecca McConnell, volunteering in the media centre. Today, clad with…

The art of delivering a good speech

Last night the coveted Oscars ceremony took place in Los Angeles, as ever a star studded event bringing together the very best of Holywood and the movie industry. Amongst the decisions about which designer dress/tux to wear, what way to style their hair and who to bring as guests, the award nominees will also have…

This week I finally got around to doing a spot of DIY, something that I had been planning for quite some time. I had bought a colourful floral canvas and matching linen last year and various other bits and pieces to redecorate a room. With one thing and another it’s taken me this long to…

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