Nice waaaan, looking at one of our biggest single digital weeks in recent memory! Coming off the back of a bumper week for Today FM digitally – we had one of our biggest single weeks for the station in 3 years. 15million social reach in a week (over double normal) 5million video views in a →
Enjoyed this! Was delighted to be asked by the auld alma mater Dundalk Institute of Technology to speak at a virtual panel recently on the topic of ‘Carving your own career in the creative industry’. I’m a big supporter of all things DkIT, having loved my time there 10 years ago (jaysus). The chat we →
Absolutely chuffed to win Gold at the IMRO Radio Awards for ‘Digital & Social Innovation’ for my ‘The Know It All-Ireland Quiz’ for Today FM. The category is only in its second year, and we were lucky enough to bring it home on both occasions! The project was put together at home, in the depths of the →
Pulling some reports in Today FM – really great to see our adapted social strategy paying off so quickly. We’ve industry-topping stats across all metrics in recent weeks. //// Facebook & Instagram performance (last 7 days): \\\\ >>> Facebook: – Tracking No.1 across stations in Ireland across all metrics, for another week – We are →
Really strong week for Today FM on social – when it comes to video views against the entire Irish radio industry on Facebook – we account for 76% of all views across the industry. (source: CrowdTangle) →
Amazing! My first IMRO award – and we win it for the ‘Best Social & Digital Innovation’ for a project/radio station in Ireland. And a nice lil tidbit is that this is the categories first year in existence – nice to kick it off with a win! First off, a huge well done to Mario →
I had a chat with none-other-than Dave Fanning on RTE 2FM about the release of our GoldenPlec Magainze. Had a really good chat with Dave – talking about the merits of print, why we’re bringing going to print and more. →
If you follow me on the twitterz or your mates with me on the old facetube, you’ll no doubt have seen me post about the GoldenPlec Magazine we launched last week. For more information on the mag – click here (link coming soon). In our quest to promote the arse off the new magazine, we were →
I was asked along to take part in a panel discussion about music in a digital age. The discussion took place on Dawson Street in Dublin – organised by the gang over at Event Brite – Dublin. On the day, I was joined by: Laurence Mackin, editor of The Ticket (Irish Times) – Moderator Eoin →
In 2013, every week or so I’d take note of each gig I went to and logged it into this not so fancy list of gigs. In total, I took in 209 acts, 49 venues, 2 countries, 16 counties, 240’ish hours and a fair few pints. If you want to check out the full list, →