Good News Thursday - 19th March
March 20, 2009 12:19 pm General musings, Good News ThursdayWell it’s Thursday already! I had some great feedback as I mentioned last week about GNT (Good News Thursday).
A lot of people have advised me that they have good news coming and it’s just what we need. Hope everyone had a great St. Patrick’s Day and we’ll be properly back on track next week for GNT.
Some stories for this week:
Home Brokers has saved Irish property buyers over €2million in negotiated discounts. Home Brokers is an independent agency for property buyers offering a comprehensive array of property buying services such as contract negotiation, lettings and property management.
George Hook is an avid twitterer. As a newbie, I’m in awe of his 2,350 followers. He regulary twitters and is inviting all like minded twitters to a party. Date to be arranged. Oh the power of the online social network.
Another Hollywood Movie to Ireland
A new Hollywood movie, Leap Year will be filmed in Ireland and will create 150 temporary jobs and will hire approx 1,500 extras.
US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said during the week that there is a reasonable prospect that the current recession will end in 2009 and that 2010 will be a year of recovery.
The All Island Talent Show is Over
Sunday night TV has always been bad but thankfully the All Island Talent Show is over. Congrats to the winners. No more Irish reality TV for a while!
Other Comments of Interest
Michael Deasy of Omac Financial Solutions advises me that we are in ‘Pre Boom Years’ and Good News Thursday should remind everyone of it.
Alan Higgins of Higgins Life & Pensions send me this FANTASTIC powerpoint. Check it out - it’s about a guy who bought a barn in Portugal. Would you swap places with him?!
Have a look at this powerpoint: thebarnfind1
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