Claire Shoesmith has left the Irish Times to move to England to work in a regional paper.
Mark Dorman has left his position as editor of the Metro to return to the United Kingdom. Chris Crowley, who was previously deputy editor at the Metro, has been promoted to the editor’s position.
The Irish Times reports (subscription required) that Clare FM is to be sold to Radio Kerry for €7.2 million.
Breakingnews.ie points out that the National Centre for Technology in Education will run courses available to teachers are to help them understand social networking sites and deal with the problem of cyber-bullying.
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RTE reports that Pope Benedict has appointed Monsignor Paul Tighe, a Dublin priest, as a top media advisor.
Comreg has announced that Ireland will pass the 800,000 broadband subscriber threshold this Christmas (via SiliconRepublic.com)
The latest Information Society statistics from the Central Statistics Office, Ireland shows that almost 31% of all households have a broadband connection, 57% of all households are now connected to the Internet and an estimated 65% of all households have a home computer.
New research from Halifax Bank shows that one-in-four people have made no provision of any kind for their retirement (via Irish Independent.)
TV3 is celebrating after it was awarded the rights to screen 30 GAA championship matches between 2008 and 2010 (via Irish Independent.)
Adrants draws attention to how New Message promoted the DVD release of Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, by placing bloody, severed arms in front of cinemas throughout the Netherlands.
Roy Greenslade points to comments made by Katie Vanneck, sales and marketing director for The Times and Sunday Times, who indicates the publication will move away from promotions as a tactic to retain readers.
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