September 29 in history and trivia
522 BC – Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta, securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. 61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday. 1227 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, is ex ...
IHG PointBreaks now live - Award nights for only 5,000 points for stays until Nov 30
Although it recently had some changes made to it, the best hotel redemption offer continues to be IHG Rewards Club's PointBreaks. Once again there are not that many Canadian properties participating and internationally there is only one InterContinental Hotel participating but of course that does no ...
1711103/20140929a) Public and Private. Exposure and Privacy.
14:36 BST (British Summer Time), Kamal, 3rd Mashiyyat, 171 BE Perfection, Beauty of Will Year number 19, Vahid, (Unity) Vahid number 9, Baha, (Splendour) Kull-i-Shay (Fullness of Time), number 1, Alif, (A), Al-Ithnayn, 5th Dhu al-Hijjah, 1435 AH Second Day of the week, of The Month of Pilgrimage Mon ...
Barking up the wrong Apple tree
There is lots of excitement this morning about a story in the Financial Times about the European Commission state-aid investigation into Apple’s tax arrangements in Ireland. The story first appeared online under the headline “Apple hit by Brussels finding over illegal Irish tax deals”. When put on t ...
League of Ireland: Bray Wanderers v Derry City
Derry boss Peter Hutton is expected to name a weakened team for the league game with Bray as he prepares for Sunday's FAI Cup semi-final. Hutton fielded a strong side for Friday's draw against Athlone but he is set to give fringe players a chance in the ...
Ireland becoming a nation of television ‘bingers’
Over 1.4 million people in Ireland are television “bingeing” by watching their favourite TV series back to back, while the more active among us are increasingly choosing to “lifelog” our exercise patterns. The latest eircom Household Sentiment ...
Tourism Ireland on hand at Meedex to Promote Business Links
Five tourism enterprises from around the island of Ireland joined Tourism Ireland at Meedex recently, a business tourism workshop which took place in Paris. At the event, the participating Irish partners had the opportunity to meet and do business with ...
