Tag: Dublin
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A perfect pint in Dublin
Read more: A perfect pint in Dublinby Pádraic Gilligan, Co-Founder, SoolNua Consulting & Research / Consultancy, SITE Irish people are tricky when it comes to pubs and Guinness. We always prefer the reassuring familiarity of our own “local”, bound by the quiet rituals of where…
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Connect16 Dublin – why you must be there
Read more: Connect16 Dublin – why you must be thereby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Who are we? Are we travel and tourism professionals who specialise in meetings, incentives, conferences and events (MICE)? Or meeting and event professionals helping companies and associations communicate and connect? Or maybe corporate…
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10 must do activities for a Summer in Dublin
Read more: 10 must do activities for a Summer in Dublinby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Visitor numbers to Dublin have increased year on year by 16% in 2016 which means our message is getting out there and folks are anxious to catch a breath of fresh air, Dublin-style. Thankfully…
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Reflections on the Web Summit leaving Dublin – “It’s not you, it’s me!”
Read more: Reflections on the Web Summit leaving Dublin – “It’s not you, it’s me!”by Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Stuck like Glue It never happened to me – I’ve been stuck like glue to Rita Smyth since I was 19 – but others tell me that relationship break-ups often end with a…
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Dublin – more roads less travelled
Read more: Dublin – more roads less travelledby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Under the gloomy skies of a stormy January I was thinking about Louis MacNeice’s poem “Dublin”. Written in 1939, with Europe on the brink of war and Ireland as a nation barely standing…
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The Dean, Dublin – a star is born
Read more: The Dean, Dublin – a star is bornby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua The end of austerity In early 2014 following 4 successive years of severe belt tightening and austerity Ireland officially exited the bailout programme imposed by our masters in Europe. The years of hardship…
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What Ireland means to me [Guest Post]
Read more: What Ireland means to me [Guest Post]by Domingos Dirceu Franco (Brazil and Jordan) Earlier this week I received an e mail from Domi with this text. I met Domi while he was in Ireland for 3 months to learn English. He’s Brazilian but lives in…
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Seeing ourselves as others see us: Dublin as a MICE destination
Read more: Seeing ourselves as others see us: Dublin as a MICE destinationby Pádraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! Robert Burns “To a Louse” The sayings of my late mother have featured previously in this blog. This…
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Ireland: Food Nation
Read more: Ireland: Food Nationby Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua Collective Confusion Ireland’s historical relationship with food has tended to be problematical. Our DNA has tended to be encoded with vague, indistinct memories of famine and fasting leaving us collectively confused about the…
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Are airlines and hotels really listening on Social Media?
Read more: Are airlines and hotels really listening on Social Media?by Padraic Gilligan, Managing Partner, SoolNua For those of us who travel for a living, access to Social Media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Trip Advisor has become almost as essential as carrying multiple credit cards. If you’re…
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