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Century Ireland set to bring 100 years of history alive with photos, artefacts and social media (IrishCentral)

Thu, 09 May 2013 04:06:37 PDT

By: MICHELLE K. SMITH

A new virtual newspaper which charts some of the most momentous periods in Irish history has gone live.

No shortage of ways to be Linkedin to Ireland and the Irish worldwide (IrishCentral)

Sun, 03 Mar 2013 07:02:00 PST

LinkedIn - the 7th most visited site in IrelandThe seventh most visited website in Ireland, Linkedin has over 200 million members in over 200 countries, over 26 million company pages and about two new members joining every secondAnd it has Groups, lots of Groups, about 16 million online gatherings of people, usually with something professional in common where members share news, tips, links, questions and comments READ MORE

One Direction dominate social media, 10 million on Facebook, while Niall Horan hits 7 million on Twitter (IrishCentral)

Fri, 19 Oct 2012 09:28:54 PDT

By: MICHELLE K SMITH

One Direction’s popularity continues to grow as the band’s facebook page has reached 10 million likes according to Unreality TV.

Irish woman will lead local social media reporting on presidential debate (IrishCentral)

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 04:27:01 PDT

By: SEAN O'BRIEN

Irish woman Kelly Fincham will lead the online news production at the award-winning Long Island Report at Hofstra University which is hosting the second presidential debate on Oct. 16.

Irish trad group Dervish withdraws from Israeli tour after torrent of ‘venom’ on social media (IrishCentral)

Fri, 04 May 2012 04:58:25 PDT

By: PATRICK COUNIHAN

A Palestine support group has claimed they are responsible for the cancellation of an Israeli concert tour by traditional Irish band Dervish.

Enclosed Irish nuns use social media in efforts to increase vocations (IrishCentral)

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 04:10:06 PDT

By: ANTOINETTE KELLY

An ancient order of enclosed Irish nuns have embraced social media in efforts to attract young women into their vocation.

On Facebook, Twitter & Google+, giving thanks for Guinness! (VIDEO) (IrishCentral)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:45:16 PST

Guinness drinkers are putting down their pints and picking up their iPhones to post their praises for their favorite brew Over the past year, Guinness got more shout-outs from social media users than any other beer, according to a new social media analytics report from AmplicateThe full report, “Public Opinion on Popular Beer Brands on Social Media,” will set you back $199, but you can take a few sips from it here for freeGuinness is most loved beer on social media with 82 percent of opinions expressing enthusiasm for the Irish favorite READ MORE

Social media fuels Irish artist’s cycling odyssey (IrishCentral)

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:53:29 PDT

So quaint--itinerant artist pedaling through the Irish countryside, paying for a night’s lodging with a deftly done painting—all so very analog But it’s digital that drives this clockwise, one-man, two-to-three month, slo-mo, 32-county, social media cycling and painting tour of Ireland Irish artist Eolaí, ak READ MORE

Irish priest using Twitter to bring the Stations of the Cross into the social media era (IrishCentral)

Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:16:00 PDT

By: CATHY HAYES

Twitter rants & raves a geek chorus to Irish elections (SEE VIDEO) (IrishCentral)

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 12:50:10 PST

Social media is a political power player, from the upheaval roiling the Arab world to an admittedly less dramatic but growing role in democratic power shifts Ireland managed to channel its considerable political tensions peacefully into the just concluded general election, reported on, commented on, critiqued on Twitter under the hashtag #GE11 (standing for "General Election 2011" A hashtag is a shorthand Twitter label using the “#” character with an abbreviation or acronym that makes tweets on a particular topic easy to find and follow)Search #GE11 on Twitter to find a steady stream of election reactions: thoughtful, inflammatory, partisan, hopeful, snarky and satirical READ MORE

Digital natives: how Irish teens live online. SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 31 Jan 2011 09:50:13 PST

Plugged-in: study finds Irish, ages 13-19, are teenagers…as in typical teenagers, living much of their lives on-line A recent study of the media habits of Irish teens show them communicating with friends by text messaging (56 percent) and by Facebook (38 percent) and with their parents by shrugs, scowls, eye-rolls and monosyllabic grunts (87 percent--not part of the study, pure conjecture on my part)The Irish Digital Teen Survey was undertaken in November by Mulley Communications Ltd, an online marketing and PR consultancy based in Cork and Dublin that actively studies Irish digital space READ MORE

Irish video nuggets from YouTube stream SEE VIDEOS (IrishCentral)

Thu, 06 Jan 2011 04:35:09 PST

Looking back at the Irish digital media footprint in 2010, I’m stumbling across a few video nuggets gleamed from the relentless social media stream As 2010 really put the “dismal” in the “dismal science” of economics, maybe these YouTube robots, teddy bears and cartoon characters make as much sense of the Irish economic situation as anyone elseXtranormalcom lets you script your own little film with professional looking animation and quirky computer-generated voices, for example these robo-pundits worrying that the Irish people will get very angry at the economic situation…once the popular TV talent show “The X-Factor” wraps-up for the season READ MORE

Twitter hashtag brings out positive thinking and reality checks in Ireland (IrishCentral)

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 01:20:06 PST

Ireland is world news hotspot for all the wrong reasons Traditional media from around the globe is declaiming on the dire economic situation, backed by a Greek chorus of social media chatter A new Twitter hashtag, #positiveireland, has surfaced, attracting a real time digital stream of good Irish economic news to counter the prevailing Celtic doom, gloom and ire (represented the video surging on YouTube linked to below) Here's a sample of what they're tweeting with the #positiveireland hashtag:“Financial services firm Citi is to create 250 jobs in Dublin and Waterford”“300 construction jobs with €37m health center”“more good news, 250 job places in Citi FS for Dublin and Waterford”“US Tech investors Vanitas on why they're moving to Dublin in spite of it all”I’ve tweeted using the #positiveireland hashtag, but triggering an economic revival is an awful lot to ask of 140 characters READ MORE

YouTube viral video hit for ex-Riverdance duo gone rogue. SEE VIDEO (IrishCentral)

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:50:08 PDT

A cool post-modern, post-Riverdance, YouTube video has gone viral for a pair of traditional Irish dancers gone rogue “Look Ma, No Feet! - Irish HAND Dancing,” types one online fan of the quirky 2:20 minute video clip featuring the hands, arms, and off-beat (and on-the-beat) talents of dancers Suzanne Cleary and Peter Harding, alumni of Riverdance and creators of their own original take on Irish stepping, the multimedia enhanced Up & Over It!Cleary and Harding first met on the Irish dance competition circuit where they jigged their way to a slew of championship titles, earning them a four-year tour with Riverdance, followed by a stint as dancers and artistic directors for the touring Magic of the Dance The pair began stretching the boundaries of Irish dance, absorbing the influences of other dance styles and blending in multimedia innovations that would culminate in Up & Over It! READ MORE

Taoiseach on Twitter? Irish Government now a social media adopter (IrishCentral)

Mon, 12 Jul 2010 06:20:05 PDT

Inspired by the digital media initiatives of Obama and Sarkozy and the model of the UK government website Number10govuk, the Irish Government today launched its new social networking-based site, wwwMerrionStreet READ MORE

Tangible benefits of social media, digital media and internet content creation on Irish economy (IrishCentral)

Wed, 19 May 2010 09:35:11 PDT

Irish and Irish American businesspeople, civic leaders, entrepreneurs and digital media innovators at the recent Tangible Ireland meeting in New York invoked the power of social media, the social web, internet content and online communities as vital tools in reenergizing the Irish economyEvent organizer and founder of Tangible Ireland (http://wwwtangibleirelandcom/) Raymond Sexton, an engineering and management professional, set the media tone by titling the program “Start Spreading the News READ MORE

Virgin territory: Irish social media CEO turns ordeal into opportunity (IrishCentral)

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:20:11 PDT

Around St Patrick’s Day, when you’d expect to see the Irish all over the news, one Irishman monopolized the media, but not because of the holidayInternet entrepreneur David Hugh Martin, a native of Coolock, a few miles up the R107 from Dublin, became American media’s most wanted after he used his own social media platform, wwwkontain READ MORE