PR Writing Assignment-FICTIONAL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Gillian McGrath,
McCarron PR Ltd.,
Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4.

gillian.mcgrath@carronpr.ie
0851234567


3rd December 2008

FIRST IRISH IKEA STORE TO OPEN IN DUNDALK

Ikea, the Swedish furniture maker, is to open its first southern Irish store in Dundalk in March 2009.The news came as a surprise to the media when it was anounced at the press conference held in the Four Seasons Hotel yesterday (2-12-08) as the expectation was Drogheda would be chosen as the location for the well known brand.

Mark Kavanagh, spokesperson for Ikea, had this to say for why the company had chosen Dundalk for its new location; "Dundalk is an ideal location for our first Irish store. Halfway between Dublin and Belfast, its easily accesible from either city and Dundalk's reputation as one of the fastest growing gateway towns in the country added to its appeal.

It is expected that shoppers will travel from both sides of the border to enjoy the Ikea experience.

For more information visit www.ikea.com

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For further information contact: Gillian McGrath

085-1234567
gillian.mcgrath@carronpr.ie

E-Commerce And Search Engine Optimisation

The main aim of any company is to reach all their current and potential clients to inform them of new products, services and special offers. So it makes perfect sense to use all available mediums to achieve this aim.
The Internet has millions of users everyday and the most popular way to locate anything now is to use google. This means that the company has a high priority to try and make their brand or product number one in the search list.
This can be done in a number of ways, although some are underhanded and can incur penalties. Methods include using invisible text, that is, text in the same colour as the background so it shows on the search engines list of keywords but does not appear visible on the actual website.
Companies can pay to have their advertisement appear on the right hand side of the first page of the search engine list in a pay-per-click method but only 20% of users opt for these ads.
Organic listings are much more effective as the remaining 80% of users click these and it is for this reason that companies often hire agencies to conduct search engine optimisation on their website in a bid to achieve the coveted number one google list.

Lady Killfeather-Musical Extraordinaires!

Lady Killfeather-possibly the hottest 3 piece Rock/Alternative band to ever hail from Slane!
The band ensemble boasts Thomas O'Boyle on guitar, Sean O'Brien on drums and Kenno (no surname, like Flea) on bass. All 3 guys do vocals.

Influences include Rage Against The Machine, Queens Of The Stone Age, Billy Talent, Manic Street Preachers and Mars Volta.

Lady Killfeather play gigs in Dundalk, Maynooth and now predominantly Dublin.

Their latest gig is to be held on the 11th of December in renowned venue Radio City in Dublin, which has held host to bands such as Ham Sandwich, The Coronas, Director and Delerentos.
Phantasm Nights-Phantom 105.2fms gig nights are also a main feature in Radio City.

Tickets only cost €5 and can be bought prior to or on the night depending on availability but they are expected to sell fast so get them as soon as possible to avoid dissapointment!

For further information on the band check out Lady Killfeather here.

When you can't think....blog....

Playlist as requested!

1. Maps-The Yeah Yeah Yeahs
2. Fly Away-Lenny Kravitz
3. Lazy Eye-The Silversun Pickups
4. Strange Kind Of Woman-Deep Purple
5. Pinball Wizard-The Who
6. Love Rollercoaster-Red Hot Chilli Peppers
7. Happiness Is A Warm Gun-The Beatles
8. Blue Jay Way-The Beatles
9. Long Long Long-The Beatles
10. Can't Get My Head Around You-The Offspring
11. Smells Like Teen Spirit-Nirvana
12. The One-Foo Fighters
13. Want You Bad-The Offspring
14. Jeremy-Pearl Jam
15. Where Is My Mind-The Pixies
16. Some Velvet Morning-Lee Hazlewood And Nancy Sinatra
17. Turning On The Screw-Queens Of The Stone Age
18. If Only Everything-Queens Of The Stone Age
19. I Hate Everything About You-3Days Grace
20. Purple Haze-Jimi Hendrix
21. I Feel It All-Feist
22. House Of The Rising Sun-The Animals
23. Isis-Bob Dylan
24. Sara-Bob Dylan
25. Love Her Madly-The Doors
26. Sexy Sadie-The Beatles
27. Lust For Life-Iggy Pop
28. Followed The Waves-Auf Der Maur
29. Honky Tonk Woman-The Rolling Stones
30. My Hero-Foo Fighters
    

Only a fool doesn't steal quotes!

To lighten the mood after the below post-which isnt groundbreaking but hey-I'm posting my favorite but some highly offensive quotes from south park and adult swim! Look at your own risk.

Bonpop!

Women are not people, they are devices built by our Lord Jesus Christ for our entertainment.

Don't drink that stuff. You have no tolerance for it. It's disrespectful to the booze to drink it like that!

Stan: Dude, dolphins are intelligent and friendly!

Cartman: Intelligent and friendly on rye bread with some mayonnaise.

Jewish Kid: Is anyone else having problems concentrating on this? I just can't seem to concentrate.

Cartman: Maybe we should send you to a concentration camp.

Mr. Garrison: Who was in charge of the feminist movement of the early '60's?

Cartman: A bunch of fat old skanks on their periods.

Mr. Garrison: Right. But who was the fattest, oldest skank on her period?

Other Mom: Can Eric spend the night?

Mrs. Cartman: No, I'm sorry, Eric is grounded for trying to exterminate the Jews last week.

Eric Cartman: I would never let a woman kick my ass. If she tried something, I'd be like, HEY! You get your bitch ass back in the kitchen and make me some pie!!

Officer Barbrady: You can't kidnap people and lock them in your basement!

Cartman: They're not people; they're hippies!

Cartman: These are what we call the giggling stoners, pretty common form of hippies, usually found in the attics. Problem is, if you see one hippie, there are probably a whole more you're not seeing

Don't do drugs kids. There is a time and place for everything. It's called college.

Sweetheart do try these leaves, they're poisonous!

Have you heard my famous story? It starts in a couple of minutes....

So as the title suggests.....or not, this post is about the Internet sex industry, its porn Jim but not as we know it.

Many psychologists have said that the Internet has left little to the imagination, but a degree in psychology isn't needed to see that, type absolutely anything into google and it will appear free of charge, the same applies to porn, anything is available at the click of a button which is highly dangerous if children are left unsupervised as almost everything is associated with sex in some way-even child pornography itself, its readily available to any depraved mind wishing to see it and there is no way of completely eradicating it as the Internet is allowing it to thrive with sick images being uploaded every day.

The availability of Internet porn has removed the embarrassment men faced going into shops and reaching for the top shelf.....but this has also removed the amusement for the shop assistant.

Internet porn doesn't seem to be leaving anytime soon....gross.

Songs to check out......Cos i've clearly nothing better to do!!

Heya so i've been getting loads of new music that i'd previously been trying to hunt down for months cos i'd either lent or lost the cds!!
It goes as follows-check them out there's some classics!

• My Moon, My Man-Feist
• Followed The Waves-Auf Der Maur
• My Hero-Foo Fighters
• For Your Love-The Yardbirds
• Helter Skelter-The Beatles
• Is There A Ghost-Band Of Horses
• Nightclubbing-Iggy Pop
• Where Is My Mind-The Pixies
• The Killing Moon-Echo And The Bunnymen
• Some Velvet Morning-Primal Scream
• Blue Monday-New Order
• Tiny Dancer-Elton John
• Jumping Jack Flash-The Rolling Stones
• Black Hole Sun-Soundgarden
• Run Baby Run-Garbage
• I Got A Feeling (Just 19)-Eagles Of Death Metal
• I'm Waiting For The Man-The Velvet Underground