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Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Vanquish

Vanquish girl band are the supporting act for Westlife on their final tour. Before they went on stage in Belfast,  the girls popped in for chat (and a sing and a laugh). After much arguing, they finally settled on Mark being the best looking member of Westlife, so now you know.

Thursday, 22 March 2012

The PANI quiz

Last night I had the pleasure of hosting the annual PANI table quiz on the top floor of the Europa hotel in Belfast. PANI is the Publicity Association Northern Ireland so the quiz attracted the great and the good from across the advertising industry in the Province. Well done to the teams that took part, congratulations to the winners (U105) and sincere thanks to Tony Axon the Chairman of PANI for having me as host

Thursday, 8 March 2012

The shoes may get a few coats of polish this weekend

Friday afternoon I'm live on air for Drivetime on the Q radio network, Saturday I take to the stage in the Manor Hotel Killadeas County Fermanagh, Sunday the tuxedo is out as I host the Wedding Showcase at the beautiful Lough Erne Resort in County Fermanagh and Monday morning I have the pleasure of helping launch the clothing bank drive for the good people at Cancer Connect N.I.........The shoes may get a few coats of polish this weekend !

Saturday, 7 January 2012

Is there more of me now than this time last year ?

Usually a question like this is followed by a long sigh, a crash diet and a month of self denial and misery. Not this time (I hope !). From this month there IS more because I now have the pleasure of doing a 'National Drivetime Show' broadcast all over Northern Ireland on the Q Radio Network from 2pm to 6m on Weekdays!

If you're out in the car anywhere in the country have a flick around ...

On FM it's Q100.5 for Newry, Warrenpoint, Dundalk and the surrounding area / on FM it's Q106 in Cookstown Dungannon Magherafelt and Mid Ulster / on FM it's Q101.2 for Fermanagh Tyrone Monaghan Donegal / on Fm it's Q102.9 in Derry Limavady Dungiven and the north west of the province / on FM it's Q97 in Coleraine Portrush Ballymoney Ballycastle / and on FM it's Q107 for Ballymena Antrim and the surrounding area

(Listen live on http://www.qradionetwork.com/ , there's a live webcam (God help us) and there's a FREE App for your phone).

Hopefully I can have your company between 2pm and 6pm some afternoon ......

Thursday, 4 August 2011

Is 60mph fast ?

The answer to that question is "Yes, if you are completely sideways at 60mph in a yellow G3 Escort driven on the DOORHANDLES by 17year old Amy Cox!!"

Yesterday when I came off air I had the pleasure of spending the day with my colleagues from radio stations, publications and hotel groups accross the province all courtesy of Alltrack Rallysport Portadown Co Armagh. It was a great day.

Rally Drivers leading the charge included the likes of Eugene Donnelly - Allistair Fisher - Gary Jennings - Dennis and Stuart Bickerstaff  - to mention but a few. We were in good company.

Despite the fact that it was a full action day of Rallying, Digger driving, Quad biking and Rally Carting the highlights of my day by a country mile were my runs in the Donnelly familys G3 Escort from Tyrone piloted by the very brilliant Amy Cox. Though we were sideways a lot of the time, wheels were off the ground and the corners were challenging (we passed a Peugeot 205 that had rolled a minute before and we passed it fast!!) Amy was completely in control and my smile was from ear to ear.

Was 60mph fast? It was but I loved it

Monday, 20 June 2011

Lisnaskea for drinking tea

Lisnaskea for drinking tea, Maguiresbridge for brandy, Lisbellaw for wapping straw but Derrylins the Dandy!

The Lisnaskea Festival in County Fermanagh is now in it's fourth year and Friday afternoon found us live from the main street in the town to launch the weekends festivities. A great day of activity was had by all (an enormous amount of food) and plenty of giveaways as always - including £50 for the first person up to the wagon to mention Q101 and VIP gaming!

 Thank you to the festival committee for having us, the people of the town for their warm hospitality and to the staff of the Northern Bank for allowing us to park our wagon (which now looks remarkably like a South African Ambulance) in their yard. I nearly forgot, thank you to Gary who brought us coffee, chocolate and a 24pack of crisps, may they rest in peace !