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THE IRISH SUN has announced its line-up for the new Sunday edition of the paper which will be published for the first time this weekend.
Paul Williams, who had originally moved from the Sunday World to the now-closed News of the World, is one of the headline names being used to tout the launch. Former Ireland soccer player Roy Keane is to have a weekly column in the paper – he had written for the Irish Sun recently. TV3 Exposé presenter Glenda Gilson will have a column on “fashion must-haves, celebrity gossip, as well as the scoops on the glitzy events she attends” – she used to write a column for the News of the World.
The Irish Sun is owned by News International, which shut News of the World in London and its Irish edition in Dublin last July in the wake of the phonehacking scandal revelations. As reported by TheJournal.ie on the night of that announcement, staff within the Irish Sun were told that their operation would switch to a seven-day run within the next few months.
The Sun’s editor Michael McNiffe, said that he was looking forward to “becoming Ireland’s number one Sunday newspaper”. What exactly that definition entails isn’t elaborated upon by McNiffe. ABC figures released today show that the Sunday World is currently Ireland’s biggest-selling Sunday newspaper with sales of 251,455. A close second is the Sunday Independent, whose sales are at 250,641. Some Sunday titles saw their circulations rise in the last half of 2011, which could in part be attributed to the closure of the News of the World.
Oliver Keenaghan, general manager of News International Ireland, said that he was excited about the “future plans” his group also have for the Irish Sun and the NI-owned Sunday Times. The Irish Sun on Sunday will sell for €1.
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Hailo’s message to Uber:……….. Fc*k Off we don’t wan’t competition.
Hailo are supposed to be in trouble over spending and no investment so uber def spells trouble for them
The journal will literally use any opportunity to mention the gay marriage referendum. Move on.
Gay people can get married now? Gosh, that must annoy certain types of people.
I had not noticed the passing reference to the free taxi service to the polling booths for the same sex marriage equality referendum until you drew it to my attention, RoN.
Clearly you would have preferred RoN to have had the service restricted to the opponents of same sex civil marriage.
Thank you for highlighting the Marriage Equality Referendum passed by more than 68% of those who voted.
This topic deserves another separate article so that RoN can get his full rant on.
When will companies and businesses in all industries cop on that they are not in any way simply entitled to your business? If they are out flanked by someone with an innovative idea, the onus is on them to either catch up or offer more appealing innovative ideas of their own.
In theory yes but it seems that the playing field isn’t level. Essentially they are both providing the same service but uber drivers are not vetted or regulated in any way and their costs are lower, for example insurance. Also, I don’t think uber drivers are taxed.
Harry Potters real?
No, just a fictional character who looks a bit like you.
Taxi service in Atlanta is dreadful, everyone i know uses uber and they rave about its convenience, low cost etc. I personally have only used it once and it was bang on, great idea, well executed.
Uber is incredible
Ireland is not Atlanta.
We dont need Uber destroying the jobs of licensed,regulated taxi drivers.
The industry is overcrowded as it is.
They are a scourge on the face of the earth.
The authorities have a responsibility to control this form of unbridled capitalism.
Can we all do part time work as civil servants/teachers/Gardai etc. and put them out of work.?
Not likely.
I hope that Uber is launched in its full form in Ireland, allowing those with a suitable car and a clean criminal background check to apply.
I used ubers multiple times in San Diego this summer and the system works brilliantly and is very cost effective too
No Hailo app for windowsphone…but there is an Uber app, so hailo for f**k off
In the U.S. UBER HAS STARTED DOING LOGISTICS NOW, will Hailo start doing the Ambulance service now???
we only have 12 ambulances in Dublin and these are fully stretched at this time of year… if you need to get to a hospital and a DFB ambulance will be another hour, why not get help?
I can see it happening with the TiSA Agreement privatised hospitals and ambulances, Uber is involved with logistics now. So god knows what the future will bring thanks to TTIP and the Trade in Services Agreement.
Many things are run down in order to change them and the excuse is cost but getting private firms to run things always costs more as the NHS model has shown and the same is starting to happen here now…
Help is one thing but cost will be another???
Given the wages of ambulance drivers, I am sure the government would love it.!
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