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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 the PR world in June 2006 following a passion I had for writing and photography and a voluntary role that gave me a taste for…

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 posting of Ghent, so it was first on the list. Viator, a local touring company, were offering a day trip from the capital Brussels out…

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 in Armagh, the Young Farmers Clubs’ of Ulster and Bangor Worldwide Missionary Convention feature throughout the calendar. I had the privilege of meeting Maud Kells…

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 in some parts, traffic was only one way such was the limited space. As I made my way back downstairs from the top floor room…

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 to see if their new collection will be featured. The 2012 US edition was the largest ever with 916 pages, the majority of which were…

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 Borough Council in association with Lara Goodall Consulting and Nuala Foley & Associates, is designed to help individuals and small companies get extra help and…

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, in the spring of 2013. I attempted my first time lapse video, photographing the construction of the 520sq m hall based off the Downpatrick Street…

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 profile in the industry. So, in need of new profile pics for current work projects, I enlisted the help of Elaine Hill Photography. Having hired Elaine…

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 has achieved and been involved with over the past four years, I have put together a quick iMovie showing some of the highlights to date….