Thursday, June 18, 2009

Northern Ireland promotion for Shannon Region

A million people in Northern Ireland will hear about the Shannon Region as a holiday destination when six radio stations broadcast live at the weekend.

Over 40 tourism businesses from Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and Offaly will be given an opportunity to sell their attractions and facilities live on air in a tourism promotion which has been organised by Shannon Development, reports the Limerick Leader newspaper.

Representatives from the six Northern Media Group radio stations travel to the Shannon Region this week to prepare for the live outside broadcasts which will take place in Killaloe/Ballina on Friday, June 19, from 2pm to 6pm and from a base at the Ballyhoura Mountain Biking Park in County Limerick on Saturday, June 20, from 2pm to 6.30pm. The six Northern Ireland radio stations are Q97.2 Fm; Seven Fm; Q102.9 Fm; Q101 Fm; Six Fm; and Five Fm.

Northern Ireland promotion for Shannon Region

A million people in Northern Ireland will hear about the Shannon Region as a holiday destination when six radio stations broadcast live at the weekend.

Over 40 tourism businesses from Limerick, Clare, Tipperary and Offaly will be given an opportunity to sell their attractions and facilities live on air in a tourism promotion which has been organised by Shannon Development, reports the Limerick Leader newspaper.

Representatives from the six Northern Media Group radio stations travel to the Shannon Region this week to prepare for the live outside broadcasts which will take place in Killaloe/Ballina on Friday, June 19, from 2pm to 6pm and from a base at the Ballyhoura Mountain Biking Park in County Limerick on Saturday, June 20, from 2pm to 6.30pm. The six Northern Ireland radio stations are Q97.2 Fm; Seven Fm; Q102.9 Fm; Q101 Fm; Six Fm; and Five Fm.

Dublin firm wins major telecoms award

Blue Ocean Wireless, a Dublin firm that develops communications technology for the global shipping industry, has won a Global Telecom Business Innovation Award.

Along with its partner, ip.access, it won the award for the wireless network infrastructure innovation category at in front of an audience of senior telecoms executives from around the world in London, according to businessworld.ie.

Blue Ocean Wireless and ip.access won the Award for BOW's global service, which uses ip.access nanoGSM picocells on commercial ships to provide on-board 2G mobile phone connectivity to merchant seafarers.