Hailo Ireland, the taxi app, has come up with a nice way to wish their customers a Happy St Patrick’s Day: a Hailo credit if your driver’s called Patrick, Paddy, Patricia, Pádraig or some variation thereof. The offer applies today and tomorrow – St Patrick’s Day – and if you get a suitably named driver, all […]
As it does with many other holidays and events, Google has embraced St Patrick’s Day by “going green” with today’s Google doodle: Last year’s doodle was a bit more playful and featured animated Irish dancers. In common with previous years the St Patrick’s Day theme is only displayed on English speaking territories so you’ll […]
I’ve got a full post in Irish over on the company blog today at blog.Blacknight.com. It’s a celebration for the week that’s in it, announcing 3 additional domain promotional videos (see below) with new soundtracks as Gaeilge, and some special offers for St Patrick’s Day. And there’s a little bit of explanation about why Blacknight […]
Here’s an unashamed bit of trumpet blowing, but I think it can be indulged for the week that’s in it! This video, produced for Fáilte Ireland’s Youtube channel, is racking up the hits at present thanks to the feelgood factor – and James Vincent McMorrow’s cover of Higher Love. [youtube]http://youtu.be/9wmIZEl1nSo[/youtube] But it’s not just the […]
The question of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin is unlikely to be discussed much this St Patrick’s Say, but a pin being presented in Washington DC today will feature the world’s smallest image of a shamrock etched on it. The pin is an ordinary Trinity College silver lapel pin, […]
As it’s St Patrick’s Day in Ireland Google.ie is now displaying the St Patrick’s Day themed doodle: The graphic for today is a playful animation of some very stereotypical traditional Irish dancers – some of them with red hair! Interestingly they’ve also given Google UK the same treatment, but they haven’t made any changes to […]
Anonymous have seemingly launched an attack targetting Irish government websites including revenue.ie. Previous Anonymous actions against Ireland took place during the controversy surrounding copyright legislation in early 2012. At the time and again now, the action was referred to as “OpIreland” They published a press release via Youtube to inform the Irish government of what […]
