SINCE the beginning of time brands have been coming up with clever and creative ways to engage with their customers on an emotional level, some using characters like 7up’s Fido Dido, Nestle’s M&M guys and of course, who could forget Ireland’s infamous Saint Patrick character who helped sell billions of cheap Irish merchandise over the… Read more »
FANS HAVE BEEN queuing up outside New York’s Broadway and London’s West End areas as the fizzy drink/Andrew Loyld Webber crossover extravaganza no one knew they wanted premiers just in time for Halloween. “Brand synergy and songs bursting with juicy orange flavour? Who do I have to bribe to get a ticket,” exclaimed one excited… Read more »
CERN scientists in conjunction with Fanta’s innovation department have announced a breakthrough in quantum science which could revolutionise the world as we know it, WWN has learned. Experimenting with the large Hadron Collider for the past 12 months, the fizzy drink manufacturer reportedly spent over $2bn on particle accelerator tests in the hopes of finding dark matter and to… Read more »
ALTHOUGH the vast majority of the Halloween-enjoying population has yet to pick out their fancy dress costume for this year’s festivities, Waterford native Sheila Keeling has had hers picked out since May – and if she’s really being honest, she’s had it in mind since September of last year. Keeling, who describes Halloween as being… Read more »
THE WARNING, issued by Met Éireann comes into affect in Derry and other locations across the island of Ireland from the 6th of September and is set to last for weeks. While the meteorological service rarely issues non-weather based warnings it is believed bright red balloons are associated with torrential rains and can lead to… Read more »
As society evolves, language tends to evolve together with it. As new things are invented, new names have to be found for them. These new names are quite often versions of old names, sometimes more than one of the old names that are merged into a new name. By now, your eyes have probably started… Read more »
A WATERFORD man is cursing himself into oblivion having failed to buy a ticket for last night’s €175 EuroMillions draw after subsequently finding out the record-setting winning ticket was sold here in Ireland. Gathering himself briefly to join in the office gossip with all his coworkers, who could talk of nothing else, Gary Finnerty (29)… Read more »
IT’S a new year, it’s a new semester… how about a new smartphone? After all, you’ve got another three or four months of college to get through; that means hours upon hours of course content and lectures that you’re going to have to entertain yourself during, as well as sending messages to classmates when you… Read more »
ALTHOUGH you have sternly and repeatedly reminded yourself already that you have to stretch that last €20 through all of January, like clockwork, the January sales entered the picture making eyes at you and flirting. That hussy. Flat broke after saying yes to every night out, catch up with friends, fancy pants brunch and overpriced… Read more »
It took me a while to figure out what exactly the UEFA Nations League was. The calendar dates that were previously occupied by international friendlies, now suddenly were part of some European competition. All I could think was what the teams are even playing for, being the champion of international friendlies? But after getting more… Read more »