Good News Thursday - 2 April

Little late today - two weeks in a row (but it takes 21 weeks to make a habit so I’m not exactly habit forming just yet!)…Got some last minute stories in so all good for good news.

1. Recruitment is still alive & well with SMEs…..

Continuing on the vein of SMEs recruitment, New Bay Company, a software company based in Pearse Street are looking for talented Javascript/Interface Developers. Check out the recruitment page for more information.

Mor Solutions in Drogheda is still looking for PHP Developers.

2. Hollywood goes to the Dogs in Ireland…

Irish company Another Avenue were commissioned by Sony Pictures to produce a 2 minute video promoting the movie Mall Cop. It was filmed on location at Shelbourne Park and the Mall Cop himself flew into Dublin especially to film it.

You have to check out the site - www.anotheravenue.com - to see it. It’s fun. (I still can’t upload movies to wordpress!)

3. Super Cool Twitter Application - using your Phone

For all you twitterers….check out agtweet.com.  It allows folks to update your twitter status via an Irish mobile number.  Normal text rates apply but those of you who have a ‘text bundle’ can twitter text for free. Agtweet resulted from a  Sprint project - a rapid fire programme to launch a new online business in the shortest time possible. No procrastination allowed on this programme!

4. Awards & Winners

Women Mean Business magazine set the date for their fantastic conference & awards. Ladies, put 28th September into your diary. More information on the awards will be forth-coming in the June edition. I’ll be sure to share more details too.

Monaghan-based Universal Graphics won a prestigious national award for signage work on a fleet of 500 truck trailers. They print all types of large format trucks and their work for SuperValu won the award for best design on trucks. Well done.

And on a final note…….

I’d like to wish Sarah Nic Lochlainn of the fantastic Fushia House Restaurant in Ardee the best of luck on Sunday.  She remonished me for being late for GNT as her GNT is that she can now run 10km with ease and is taking part in the Great Ireland Run in the Pheonix Park on Sunday.

Good Luck Sarah (and everyone else taking part).

***Until next week - keep those good news stories coming***