New American route from Belfast…

Continental Airlines have agreed in principle to start a transatlantic service to Newark Airport in New York from Belfast International. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty

Blogging for businesses…

It’s not all politics and personal diaries. It looks like the blog concept is beginning to penetrate the business world. About.com have just produced a guide to blogging for small business. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty

Republic still benefits from EU…

It seems that, up until enlargement at least, the Republic and Portugal have been recipients of the largest amounts of subsidy from the EU – with the Netherlands providing the biggest per capita input to European coffers. Mick FealtyMick is founding editor of Slugger. He has written papers on the impacts of the Internet on politics and the wider media and is a regular guest and speaking events across Ireland, the UK and Europe. Twitter: @MickFealty

Ireland most expensive in Europe

Joe Humphreys in the Irish Times reports on the latest annual statement on prices and costs from the National Competitiveness Council. Consumer price inflation in Ireland has risen at twice the rate of the Euro zone average since 1999 and the average price of Irish goods and services by 22 per cent above the EU average in the same period.Statement and full report can be found here Selected quotes from the Irish Times article “Ireland is now ‘almost on a …

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