Emerald Extracts

Emerald Extracts for April 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011 at 01:29 PM

Sighs of relief as Kate Middleton and Prince William's Royal Wedding draws to a close - VIDEO

As the media begins to pack up and go home at Westminister Abbey and all of Kate Middleton and Prince William's guests had finally left the Abbey Verger Ben Sheward couldn't contains himself and displayed his relief by cartwheeling down the aisle.

The footage was caught by ITV cameras and has already been viewed by millions.

4 Comments

Friday, April 29, 2011 at 10:22 AM

St. Patrick’s Day Irish dancing flashmob video goes viral - VIDEO

St. Patrick's Day: the feast day of Ireland's patron saint, the emblem of Irish culture and religion, and now the subject of one of the most globally shared videos in the month of March, according to marketing magazine Contagious.

The video ad featured a flashmob of Irish dancers and was orchestrated by Discover Ireland to celebrate Irish culture and publicize its tourism industry. A flashmob, for those not in the viral-induced know, is a sudden gathering of a large group of people that, unbeknownst to anyone except the participants, join together in a seemingly impromptu performance.

This particular flashmob garnered more than 200,000 hits on YouTube in its first day; currently the video stands with over 775,000 views and continues to climb. Reactions to the video have been overwhelmingly positive, and an apparent success for the Irish Tourism board which has been vehemently enticing visitors to the Emerald Isle over the past couple of years to combat the nation's fiscal crisis.

Make a comment

Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 12:41 PM

TEDTalks: Inspiring story by Irishwoman Caroline Casey - VIDEO

Caroline Casey established the Aisling Foundation, an Irish organization which helped her achieve her mission. She establishing the O2 Ability Awards, has traveled around the world had completed ‘Challenge 32’ (running 32 eight minute miles, in Ireland’s 32 countries, in 32 hours).

Here she tells her incredible story on TED Talks:

9 Comments

Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 09:07 AM

Is healthy living being stuffed down our throats? What's happened to proper bacon?

We recently received this letter from Robert Sullivan in Cork and thought we'd share his views on what's happening to his diet and choice of food because of the modern obsession with healthy eating.

Do you agree?-

I picked up a packet of cream crackers in the shop and it said "now with 40% less fat".

1 Comment

Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 08:19 AM

Some of the most effective advertising for condoms ever seen - VIDEO

Here's a very effective advertisement for condoms from the NHS that caught our eye. Basically an advertisement for beer goggles but it works!

Pretty funny use of Photoshop:

Make a comment

Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 10:37 AM

Saorise Ronan interviewed about her role in 'Hanna' - VIDEO

1 Comment

Tuesday, April 05, 2011 at 08:18 AM

Startling graph shows the fall of Ireland's property prices

According to a report from MyHome.ie the average asking price for property in Dublin is now $368,000 (€260,000) and $428,000 (€302,000)

In the property barometer published on FinFacts.ie it also showed that the price of a one-bedroom apartment in Dublin is now dropping by an average of $7,000 (€5,000) every 3 months.

RSS

Recent Posts

Archives

Most Popular Blog Posts

Log into IrishCentral with your Facebook account

or sign-in directly

E-Mail:
Password: