Thursday, July 28, 2011

New horizon for recession buster Jenny

Jenny Cullen, 43, is a true recession buster. After a successful career in marketing and pr, she launched her own agency, Revolve Marketing and PR, five years ago and has now come to prominence in a very competitive field.

"We are very aware of the need to develop rapidly the online side of marketing and pr," says Jenny. "We can offer our clients a total strategic package, tailored exactly to their needs."

She was marketing manager (Ireland ) forL'Oreal before taking the big step of

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Friday, July 22, 2011

Naked ambition puts snappy undressers in the frame

Hairy bums aside, getting nude for art was a fantastic experience, writes Alison O'Riordan
Would you get your kit off -- every single bit of it -- and pose in the nude with more than 2,500 strangers of all shapes and sizes? No matter what the weather? Well, I was foolhardy enough despite my body image insecurities to bare my ass for art.

I just wish I had realised on the eve of this creative art project, when I spent hours in the bedroom checking myself out starker's in a full length

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It's about time PR gave itself a good name

PUBLIC Relations (PR) is one of the hottest jobs in Ireland at the moment but not for all the right reasons. In the past, television shows like Absolutely Fabulous and Sex and the Cityhave portrayed PR as a glamourous field of parties, where women have a glass of bubbly in one hand and a cell phone in the other and swank around chatting up journalists. Isn't it ironic how the main purpose of PR is to get good press and avoid bad press but PR itself has been the victim of bad publicity over

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Thursday, July 21, 2011

Gordon and Aoife have just one free date to wed

LEINSTER star Gordon D'Arcy will wed his model bride Aoife Cogan next summer.

However, the hectic working schedules of the Leinster ace and his fiancee means they only have one weekend to choose from next summer.

While keeping the exact date close to their chests, the couple are now looking at a number of potential wedding venues with a view to tying the knot next summer.

INTENSIVE

It is believed they will get married in late June or early July -- both these dates were used by

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I almost died from breast surgery

Doctor was found guilty of professional misconduct here but continues to practise in Italy

TWENTY-six-year-old Kate Murray avoids her reflection in mirrors. The petite brunette refuses to wear cute bikinis, instead opting for unflattering shorts and T-shirts. Unlike most other girls in their 20s, she cannot bop to the beat of tunes at her favourite concert, for fear people will bump into her.

The young woman became gravely ill following breast augmentation surgery at a cosmetic surgery

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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

The bright lights of New York finally beckon

It was exactly 10 years ago, but I remember it as if it was yesterday.
I was part of the staple Irish contingent that would exit the Irish shores in our droves each summer in search of a frat house with a stripper pole and kegs containing the cheapest beer in North America; concoct creative yet fictional employment history stories to secure a job which would pay rent and fund a hectic lifestyle; feast my eyes on hunky six-packed, sun-kissed American quarterback football stars and suffer

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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Who would you rate as the sexiest woman in Ireland?

Being 'sexy' is the ultimate accolade; it's what every woman strives for. But you either have it or you don't, its one of those things. Let's face it, men think about sex a good portion of the day, but what do they find "sexy"? Have you ever thought about why some women are considered sexy, while others, possibly of similar physical attributes, are not?

A woman's sexiness is not a precise formula, but is rather a complex concoction of charm, charisma, confidence, conversation, composure,

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Secret of a love affair that united Behan and Hemingway as family

It is a love story that has united two great literary figures --Brendan Behan and Ernest Hemingway.

According to Hemingway's Irish-born secretary Valerie, she had a lovechild with Brendan Behan.

On a recent visit to Dublin Valerie Hemingway -- the former wife of the writer's son Gregory Hemingway -- declined to go into detail on the "one-night stand" which took place after the opening night of The Hostage in San Francisco which led to the birth of their son Brendan.

But Valerie,

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Cheap is the new chic in Marbella -- but we still go

The love affair between the Irish and this mecca continues, but we're now doing it recession-style, writes Alison O'Riordan
The arrival of the Irish in fashionable Marbella each summer is still a rite of passage, but the Nama-steeped people of Irelandare holidaying in the pleasurable playground the no-frills way.

Whilst the vulgar champagne guzzling and flashy sports cars would have once made our forefathers blush, a much more modest holidaymaker who is counting the cost of the bubbles is

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High-fliers do their bit by taking holidays at home

Ireland's home holiday market is to be given a boost this summer with the who's who of Irish society opting to forgo foreign shores.

Trading the sunnier skies of overseas for the unpredictability of the Irish weather, the general public are following suit with nearly three-quarters of Irish people not splashing out on a foreign summer holiday. Reasons include lack of funds, prioritising expenditures and increased work pressures.

Only 26 per cent of people said they had already booked a

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